Term Name: histone reader activity
Synonyms: epigenetic reader, histone reader
Definition: A chromatin adaptor activity that brings together a protein and a specific form of histone, either modified by a post-translational modification, or the unmodified form. Histone readers have roles in many processes, including in centromere function or in modulating the accessibility of cis-regulatory regions to the transcription machinery.
Ontology: GO: Molecular Function [GO:0140566]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: chromatin-protein adaptor activity
has subtype: histone H1 reader activity histone H2A reader activity histone H2B reader activity histone H3 reader activity histone H4 reader activity ubiquitin-modified histone reader activity unmodified histone reader activity
has_part: histone binding
occurs_in: nucleosome