| Primary Identifier | IPR040424 | Type | Family |
| Short Name | Smn1 |
| description | A survival motor neuron (SMN) orthologue has been identified and characterized in Schizosaccharomyces pombe [, ]. It is part of the SMN complex, which catalyzes the assembly of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs), the building blocks of the spliceosome, and thereby plays an important role in the splicing of cellular pre-mRNAs [, ]. Interestingly, Smn is not present in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Orthologues of this gene in fungi seem to be present predominately in filamentous fungi []. |
