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OAF1 | Oleate-activated transcription factor; subunit of a heterodimeric complex with Pip2p, which binds to oleate-response elements (ORE) in the promoter of genes involved in beta-oxidation of fatty acids, peroxisome organization and biogenesis, activating transcription in the presence of oleate; regulates chromatin silencing at telomeres; involved in diauxic shift; OAF1 has a paralog, PIP2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (1047 aa) | ||||
NPC2 | Phosphatidylglycerol/phosphatidylinositol transfer protein; Sterol transport protein and functional homolog of human NPC2/He1; human NPC2 is a cholesterol-binding protein whose deficiency causes Niemann-Pick type C2 disease involving retention of cholesterol in lysosomes; yeast NPC2 can complement mutations in human NPC2; Belongs to the NPC2 family. (173 aa) |