UniProt functional annotation for P78972

UniProt code: P78972.

Organism: Schizosaccharomyces pombe (strain 972 / ATCC 24843) (Fission yeast).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Fungi; Dikarya; Ascomycota; Taphrinomycotina; Schizosaccharomycetes; Schizosaccharomycetales; Schizosaccharomycetaceae; Schizosaccharomyces.
 
Function: Required for mad2-dependent spindle checkpoint activation. Promotes ubiquitin-dependent degradation of cdc13 by the anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15791259, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9001228, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9461438}.
 
Subunit: Interacts with cdc13, mad3 and mes1. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11909965, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15791259}.
Similarity: Belongs to the WD repeat CDC20/Fizzy family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.