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Saccharomyces cerevisiae (R64-1-1)
Description

Cardiolipin synthase; produces cardiolipin, which is a phospholipid of the mitochondrial inner membrane that is required for normal mitochondrial membrane potential and function and for correct integration of membrane-multispanning proteins into the mitochondrial outer membrane; required to maintain tubular mitochondrial morphology and functions in mitochondrial fusion; also required for normal vacuolar ion homeostasis [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002301]

Gene Synonyms

CLS1

Location

Chromosome IV: 201,719-202,570 reverse strand.

R64-1-1:BK006938.2

About this gene

This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant), 195 orthologues and 1 paralogue.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeUniProt MatchFlags
YDL142C_mRNACRD1852283aaYDL142C
 
Protein coding
Q07560 Ensembl Canonical