Establishment of sister chromatid cohesion N-acetyltransferase 1 is a
protein
Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues. Proteins perform a vast array of functions within organisms, including catalysing metabolic reactions, DNA replication, respon ...
that in humans is encoded by the ESCO1
gene
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.
Function
ESCO1 belongs to a conserved family of acetyltransferases involved in sister chromatid cohesion.
References
External links
PDBe-KBprovides an overview of all the structure information available in the PDB for Human N-acetyltransferase ESCO1
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