Silenced copy of a2 at HMR; similarity to Alpha2p; required along with a1p for inhibiting expression of the HO endonuclease in a/alpha HO/HO diploid cells with an active mating-type interconversion system
Component of the Rpd3L histone deacetylase complex; zinc-finger inhibitor of HO transcription; mRNA is localized and translated in the distal tip of anaphase cells, resulting in accumulation of Ash1p in daughter cell nuclei and inhibition of HO expression; potential Cdc28p substrate