FKS1 [YLR342W]
Calcofluor white hypersensitivity protein 53; Catalytic subunit of 1,3-beta-D-glucan synthase; functionally redundant with alternate catalytic subunit Gsc2p; binds to regulatory subunit Rho1p; involved in cell wall synthesis and maintenance; localizes to sites of cell wall remodeling; FKS1 has a paralog, GSC2, that arose from the whole genome duplication
Synonyms: FKS1, FKS1p, E9P9I3, P38631, CND1 ...