Symbol: SPT4 Name: Protein that forms a complex with Spt5p and mediates both activation and inhibition of transcription elongation, and plays a role in pre-mRNA processing; in addition, Spt4p is involved in kinetochore function and gene silencing Entrez gene ID: 852955 Species: Yeast (Taxid: 4932) Functional description: Spt4p; Protein involved in the regulating Pol I and Pol II transcription, pre-mRNA processing, kinetochore function, and gene silencing; forms a complex with Spt5p [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003295] [Ensembl]; Component of the universally conserved Spt4/5 complex (DSIF complex); the complex has multiple roles in concert with RNA polymerases I and II, including regulation of transcription elongation, RNA processing, quality control, and transcription-coupled DNA repair; Spt4p also localizes to kinetochores and heterochromatin and affects chromosome dynamics and silencing [SGD] Observation: Replicative lifespan increased by 40% in alpha and a strains Assays: Classification: Aging Relevance Analysis/Source: Homologs Edit \ Update (Admin) | Delete |
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