GO cellular component ontology term - GO:0033557 - Slx1-Slx4 complex
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0033557
- Name
- Slx1-Slx4 complex
- Ontology or CV name
- GO cellular component
- Definition
- A heterodimeric protein complex that possesses an endonuclease activity that specifically cleaves certain types of branched DNA structures; because such structures often form during the replication ribosomal DNA (rDNA) repeats, the complex plays a role in the maintenance of rDNA. The subunits are known as Slx1 and Slx 4 in budding and fission yeasts, and are conserved in eukaryotes.
