Lectin-like cell wall protein (flocculin) involved in flocculation; binds mannose chains on the surface of other cells, confers floc-forming ability that is chymotrypsin resistant but heat labile; important for co-flocculation with other yeasts, mediating interaction with specific species; FLO5 has a paralog, FLO1, that arose from a segmental duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001254]
Chromosome VIII: 525,392-528,619 forward strand.
R64-1-1:BK006934.2
This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant), 7 orthologues and 3 paralogues.