Mitochondrial RNA polymerase specificity factor; has structural similarity to S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methyltransferases and functional similarity to bacterial sigma-factors; Mtf1p interacts with and stabilizes the Rpo41p-promoter complex, enhancing DNA bending and melting to facilitate pre-initiation open complex formation [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004841]
Chromosome XIII: 724,626-725,651 forward strand.
R64-1-1:BK006946.2
This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant) and 54 orthologues.