het-6 — Neurospora crassa

Summary

NCU07115, symbol het-6 on Neurospora crassa chromosome 6, encodes a heterokaryon incompatibility domain-containing protein belonging to the HetReg/Transcr_Mod and HET domain families. This gene is associated with programmed cell death, cell death, organelle disassembly, and DNA breakdown. It has also been linked to asexual reproduction, mating, and meiosis. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to ankyrin and HET domain-containing proteins, though these associations are not established for het-6 itself.