Meiosis-specific protein that initiates meiotic recombination; initiates meiotic recombination by catalyzing the formation of double-strand breaks in DNA via a transesterification reaction; required for homologous chromosome pairing and synaptonemal complex formation [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001014]
Chromosome VIII: 62,961-64,157 reverse strand.
R64-1-1:BK006934.2
This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant), 315 orthologues and is a member of 1 Ensembl protein family.