Mating pheromone a-factor; made by a cells; interacts with alpha cells to induce cell cycle arrest and other responses leading to mating; biogenesis involves C-terminal modification, N-terminal proteolysis, and export; also encoded by MFA2 [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002869]
Chromosome IV: 1,385,176-1,385,286 forward strand.
R64-1-1:BK006938.2
This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant) and 1 paralogue.