Essential alpha-kleisin subunit of the cohesin complex; required for sister chromatid cohesion in mitosis and meiosis; apoptosis induces cleavage and translocation of a C-terminal fragment to mitochondria; expression peaks in S phase [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002161]
PDS3, RHC21, SCC1
Chromosome IV: 444,683-446,383 forward strand.
R64-1-1:BK006938.2
This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant), 348 orthologues and 1 paralogue.