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Saccharomyces cerevisiae (R64-1-1)
Description

Polo-like kinase; controls targeting and activation of Rho1p at cell division site via Rho1p guanine nucleotide exchange factors; regulates Spc72p; also functions in adaptation to DNA damage during meiosis; regulates the shape of the nucleus and expansion of the nuclear envelope during mitosis; similar to Xenopus Plx1 and S. pombe Plo1p; human homologs PLK1, PLK3 can each complement yeast cdc5 thermosensitive mutants [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004603]

Gene Synonyms

MSD2, PKX2

Location

Chromosome XIII: 269,019-271,136 reverse strand.

R64-1-1:BK006946.2

About this gene

This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant) and 191 orthologues.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeUniProt MatchFlags
YMR001C_mRNACDC52118705aaYMR001C
 
Protein coding
P32562 Ensembl Canonical