Methylglyoxalase that converts methylglyoxal to D-lactate; involved in oxidative stress resistance, diauxic shift, and stationary phase survival; has similarity to E. coli Hsp31 and C. albicans Glx3p; member of the DJ-1/ThiJ/PfpI superfamily, which includes human DJ-1 involved in Parkinson's disease and cancer; exists as a dimer and contains a putative metal-binding site; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002941]

Chromosome IV: 1,501,447-1,502,160 reverse strand.

This transcript has 1 exon, is annotated with 9 domains and features, is associated with 31 variant alleles and maps to 29 oligo probes.

This transcript is a product of gene YDR533C Show transcript tableHide transcript table