wsc — Neurospora crassa

Summary

NCU07842, symbol wsc on Neurospora crassa chromosome 3, encodes a member of the Mpv17/PMP22 protein family. The gene product is associated with Woronin bodies, the cross wall, peroxisome membrane, and general membrane and cytoplasmic localisation. Annotated biological process associations include organelle fission, organelle localisation, response to wounding, peroxisome fission, and the MAPK cascade. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to integral membrane protein functions, though these associations are not established for wsc itself.