Possible chaperone and cysteine protease; required for transcriptional reprogramming during the diauxic shift and for survival in stationary phase; similar to E. coli Hsp31 and S. cerevisiae Hsp31p, Hsp32p, and Sno4p; member of the DJ-1/ThiJ/PfpI superfamily, which includes human DJ-1 involved in Parkinson's disease and cancer [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005918]
Chromosome XV: 1,078,545-1,079,258 reverse strand.
R64-1-1:BK006948.2
This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant), 360 orthologues and 3 paralogues.