Dethiobiotin synthetase; catalyzes the third step in the biotin biosynthesis pathway; BIO4 is in a cluster of 3 genes (BIO3, BIO4, and BIO5) that mediate biotin synthesis; BIO3 and BIO4 were acquired by horizontal gene transfer (HGT) from bacteria; expression appears to be repressed at low iron levels [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005340]

Chromosome XIV: 733,356-734,069 reverse strand.

R64-1-1:BK006947.3

This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant), 23 orthologues and is a member of 2 Ensembl protein families.

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