Organism
Kluyveromyces lactis (strain ATCC 8585 / CBS 2359 / DSM 70799 / NBRC 1267 / NRRL Y-1140 / WM37)
Function
Required for initiation of meiotic chromosome synapsis. Involved in synaptonemal complex formation, a structure that tethers a pair of homologous chromosomes along their lengths and plays a central role in recombination and homolog segregation during meiosis (By similarity).
Similarity
Belongs to the ZIP2 family.
Sequence
MVSAMWDTSALKLRNIFEEEFGGYLEKRLRESIQLNRPTKRYLKLATRSDIDLKFHKVGKKESNGSSLVKYIIEFDTTAILVKGYIRPWNNPEWKCKAPYNSNQNVDTRSLYKEKIIVRDNVKDLFSAALTKLDLSVRLNKFDQNVHAKYRLNEDFLQPLGRTLRHSCEFPVMHSRLVQRESELYEEFLSYDLPKRQMTTMDIQFKTVKVQSFQQYKIQYIQTLTREKTSQEYTSSARLPHWQSNQIQNSSIKFLKLCCEDEDFHPLELYKLENPKADQFQRKAVYRSKPIKPKWRISDEIIKRLNWNPFKELNLPKNSELLESLRDVQVRCTSYALVFKRIPSSKIDLMVSKIPVSFRSVNAISYDQFDPKSKENVQESSQCIDSLANEETTDVDEVTNKRIMTSGKRSFINADLVSIIAAKRSKLKRLSISNGDVNPVATLNETVEQSTMSNVTFQLSDKSFHNAEEKVIIFNAEYIAKNYKLINFLHQNNFCVLEMDLGDHSDILLDASTCLILRNITSVYQKQVDSFPLLRAIQELKCKYKRVVIFLSYSERSLALDSNLAYKTQLLLNCLGGTTTHLVEETQLKLTATWISLYCGTNTPNEQQIYRMSLSKEVLQHFDINPIAIESILSLTSLEEFLSISYGKRALLYGKFLTEYQLAHIDDFVTMSWSE