het-6 — Neurospora crassa

Summary

NCU17026 (het-6) on Neurospora crassa chromosome 5 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 is also linked to asexual reproduction, mating, and meiosis. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to similar incompatibility and cell death processes, though these associations are not yet established in N. crassa.