UniProt functional annotation for Q09196

UniProt code: Q09196.

Organism: Schizosaccharomyces pombe (strain 972 / ATCC 24843) (Fission yeast).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Fungi; Dikarya; Ascomycota; Taphrinomycotina; Schizosaccharomycetes; Schizosaccharomycetales; Schizosaccharomycetaceae; Schizosaccharomyces.
 
Function: Involved in cytokinesis. Required for the formation and function of the contractile ring.
 
Subunit: Binds to myosin II chains myo2 and myo3. Interacts with vps27 and a PI 4-kinase pik1. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11087749}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm.
Ptm: Phosphorylated on either Ser-2 or Ser-6 but not both. Phosphorylation is not essential for the function of the protein. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10364209}.
Miscellaneous: In vitro, this chain does not seem to bind calcium.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.