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Saccharomyces cerevisiae (R64-1-1)
Description

Mating pheromone alpha-factor, made by alpha cells; interacts with mating type a cells to induce cell cycle arrest and other responses leading to mating; also encoded by MF(ALPHA)2, although MF(ALPHA)1 produces most alpha-factor; binds copper(II) ions [Source:SGD;Acc:S000006108]

Gene Synonyms

alpha factor

Location

Chromosome XVI: 193,648-194,145 forward strand.

R64-1-1:BK006949.2

About this gene

This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant), 31 orthologues and 1 paralogue.

NameTranscript IDbpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeUniProtRefSeqFlags
MF(ALPHA)1YPL187W_mRNA498165aaYPL187W
 
Protein coding
P01149 -Ensembl Canonical