DIN7 [YDR263C]
DNA damage-inducible protein DIN7; Mitochondrial nuclease functioning in DNA repair and replication; modulates the stability of the mitochondrial genome, induced by exposure to mutagens, also induced during meiosis at a time nearly coincident with commitment to recombination; DIN7 has a paralog, EXO1, that arose from the whole genome duplication; Belongs to the XPG/RAD2 endonuclease family.
Synonyms: DIN7, DIN7p, Q12086, DIN3, Q12086p ...