Two of the members in this family have been characterised as being involved in regulation of Ste11 regulated sex genes [1,2]. Mammalian Rcd1 is a novel transcriptional cofactor that mediates retinoic acid-induced cell differentiation [3].

1: An RNA binding protein negatively controlling differentiation in fission yeast. Tsukahara K, Yamamoto H, Okayama H; Mol Cell Biol 1998;18:4488-4498. PMID:9671458

2: Novel factor highly conserved among eukaryotes controls sexual development in fission yeast. Okazaki N, Okazaki K, Watanabe Y, Kato-Hayashi M, Yamamoto M, Okayama H; Mol Cell Biol 1998;18:887-895. PMID:9447985

3: Mammalian Rcd1 is a novel transcriptional cofactor that mediates retinoic acid-induced cell differentiation. Hiroi N, Ito T, Yamamoto H, Ochiya T, Jinno S, Okayama H; EMBO J 2002;21:5235-5244. PMID:12356739