Subunit of the telomeric Ku complex (Yku70p-Yku80p); involved in telomere length maintenance, structure and telomere position effect; required for localization of telomerase ribonucleoprotein to nucleus via interaction with the TLC1 guide RNA; relocates to sites of double-strand cleavage to promote nonhomologous end joining during DSB repair [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004897]
HDF1, KU70, NES24
Chromosome XIII: 838,187-839,995 forward strand.
R64-1-1:BK006946.2
This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant), 331 orthologues, 1 paralogue and is a member of 1 Ensembl protein family.