protein coding gene - bgs4 (SPCC1840.02c) - cell wall and secondary septum 1,6 branched 1,3-beta-glucan synthase catalytic subunit Bgs4

Gene summary

Standard name

bgs4

Systematic ID

SPCC1840.02c

Product

cell wall and secondary septum 1,6 branched 1,3-beta-glucan synthase catalytic subunit Bgs4

Organism

Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)

Synonyms

orb11, cwg1, pbr1, sph1

UniProt ID

O74475

ORFeome ID

34/34B11

Characterisation status

biological role published

Feature type

mRNA gene

Genomic location

chromosome III: 2248859..2256652 reverse strand

Annotation

Protein features

Orthologs

• bgs4 (SJAG_05285) Schizosaccharomyces japonicus
• GSC2 (YGR032W) Saccharomyces cerevisiae
• FKS1 (YLR342W) Saccharomyces cerevisiae
• FKS3 (YMR306W) Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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