UniProt functional annotation for P23615

UniProt code: P23615.

Organism: Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c) (Baker's yeast).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Fungi; Dikarya; Ascomycota; Saccharomycotina; Saccharomycetes; Saccharomycetales; Saccharomycetaceae; Saccharomyces.
 
Function: Plays a role in maintenance of chromatin structure during RNA polymerase II transcription elongation thereby repressing transcription initiation from cryptic promoters. Mediates the reassembly of nucleosomes onto the promoters of at least a selected set of genes during repression; the nucleosome reassembly is essential for transcriptional repression. Essential for viability. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12934008, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15531585, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16455495, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9450930}.
 
Subunit: Interacts with CTR9. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15531585}.
Subcellular location: Nucleus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14562095, ECO:0000269|PubMed:2201908}. Note=Colocalizes with RNA polymerase II on chromatin. Recruited to the active transcribed loci.
Miscellaneous: Present with 8890 molecules/cell in log phase SD medium. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14562106}.
Similarity: Belongs to the SPT6 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.