ESCO1 explained

Establishment of sister chromatid cohesion N-acetyltransferase 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ESCO1 gene.^[1]

Function

ESCO1 belongs to a conserved family of acetyltransferases involved in sister chromatid cohesion.^[2]

See also

• Lysine N-acetyltransferase

External links

• PDBe-KB provides an overview of all the structure information available in the PDB for Human N-acetyltransferase ESCO1

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entrez Gene: Establishment of sister chromatid cohesion N-acetyltransferase 1. 2015-09-17 .
2. Hou F, Zou H . Two human orthologues of Eco1/Ctf7 acetyltransferases are both required for proper sister-chromatid cohesion . Molecular Biology of the Cell . 16 . 8 . 3908–18 . 2005 . 15958495 . 1182326 . 10.1091/mbc.E04-12-1063 .