red1 — Schizosaccharomyces pombe 972h-

Summary

SPAC1006.03C (red1) on chromosome 1 of Schizosaccharomyces pombe encodes a protein with a putative zinc-finger domain and a Red1 domain, and its molecular functions include protein binding, bridging and zinc binding. The gene is associated with numerous nuclear processes, including constitutive heterochromatin assembly, HOOD assembly, fHC assembly, heterochromatin island assembly, meiotic prophase I, strand invasion, the pachytene checkpoint, sexual reproduction, RNA surveillance, sno(s)RNA processing, mRNA 3'-end processing and breakdown, and degradation of meiosis-specific transcripts. It is also linked to sumoylation and RNA-dependent gene silencing. The product localises to the nucleus, chromatin, nuclear bodies, the cleavage body, the Mmi1 nuclear focus, the Mei2 dot, heterochromatin islands and the NuRs complex. Related genes in other species are linked to the NURS complex.