Protein
Argonaute-binding protein 2
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (strain 972 / ATCC 24843)
Function
A member of the argonaute siRNA chaperone (ARC) complex which is required for histone H3K9 methylation, heterochromatin assembly and siRNA generation. The ARC complex contains mostly double-stranded siRNA. Inhibits the release of the siRNA passenger strand from ago1 together with arb1.
Sequence
MFRKKKSRVLQRDVNFGNCLEDMNLQITNDFYLRKLNAPNELYEFQVTKDKEYNEKFYFAVLDHVYSWTLQNSLLTRISIPLESSPSEPHSWIYATRNWQTNENGIVIIIQSMSHPLIWSNRNLREGDVRRATVLDVIAKCTEKKLSVVIFSPSALLWDQSINFPRTTRYFTSQGLQITKKSIIKDVETPESYVSIGLNYVMSNSVSTKIHFVGSEYGSYLLNSYLDLNWKKFSGKAGAILLIMNMSINEELHDPDYVSYLIEHARNYLPSHEPCRHLMNSIMTESGIPNFSAGKYIDEFYDYIGDVLLEMIALDTNTSKS