Ure2p:FUNCTION:Nitrogen catabolite repressor####[TABLECONTEXT]:PROTEIN:Ure2p####[TABLECONTEXT]:[TITLE]:Fungal prion####Ure2p:YEAR_IDENTIFIED:1994####Ure2p:NATURAL_HOST:Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Identified in 1994, the Ure2p protein is a fungal prion with the natural host Saccharomyces cerevisiae, whose normal function is as a nitrogen catabolite repressor.