Arp1 — Aspergillus nidulans FGSC A4

Summary

ANIA_08653 (Arp1) on chromosome 3 of Aspergillus nidulans FGSC A4 encodes a glutamyl-tRNA(Gln) amidotransferase subunit A, a protein with an amidase domain and lyase activity. The gene is associated with glutaminyl-tRNAGln biosynthesis via transamidation, pigmentation and pigment anabolism, nuclear transport, mitotic spindle assembly, intracellular transport, microtubule assembly, RNA splicing, nuclear movement, spindle assembly, and mitochondrial translation. It is linked to the glutamyl-tRNA(Gln) amidotransferase complex and mitochondria. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to lyase activity (EC 4.2.1.-).