UniProt functional annotation for Q9USZ3

UniProt code: Q9USZ3.

Organism: Schizosaccharomyces pombe (strain 972 / ATCC 24843) (Fission yeast).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Fungi; Dikarya; Ascomycota; Taphrinomycotina; Schizosaccharomycetes; Schizosaccharomycetales; Schizosaccharomycetaceae; Schizosaccharomyces.
 
Function: Involved in pre-mRNA splicing. Binds and is required for the stability of snRNA U1, U2, U4 and U5 which contain a highly conserved structural motif called the Sm binding site. Involved in cap modification (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q12330}.
 
Subunit: Component of the Sm core complex, present in spliceosomal snRNP U1, U2, U4/U6 and U5. The core complex contains smb1, smd1, smd2, smd3, sme1, smf1 and smg1 (Sm proteins B, D1, D2, D3, E, F and G, respectively), and is probably a heptameric ring structure. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q12330, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17264129}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16823372}. Nucleus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16823372}.
Similarity: Belongs to the snRNP Sm proteins family. {ECO:0000255}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.