Vacuolar aspartyl protease (proteinase A); required for posttranslational precursor maturation of vacuolar proteinases; important for protein turnover after oxidative damage; plays a protective role in acetic acid induced apoptosis; synthesized as a zymogen, self-activates [Source:SGD;Acc:S000006075]
PHO9, PRA1, yscA
Chromosome XVI: 259,714-260,931 reverse strand.
R64-1-1:BK006949.2
This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant), 344 orthologues and 6 paralogues.