YMR190C / SGS1

Description: Nucleolar DNA helicase of the RecQ family; involved in genome integrity maintenance; regulates chromosome synapsis and meiotic joint molecule/crossover formation; potential role as repressor of a subset of rapamycin responsive genes; rapidly lost in response to rapamycin in Rrd1p-dependent manner; similar to human BLM and WRN proteins implicated in Bloom and Werner syndromes

Other Aliases: none available

External IDs: S000004802 (sgd),