This family consists of several eukaryotic sequences of unknown function. The mammalian members of this family are annotated as breast carcinoma amplified sequence 2 (BCAS2) proteins [1]. BCAS2 is a putative spliceosome associated protein [2].

1: Amplification of the BCAS2 gene at chromosome 1p13.3-21 in human primary breast cancer. Maass N, Rosel F, Schem C, Hitomi J, Jonat W, Nagasaki K; Cancer Lett 2002;185:219-223. PMID:12169396

2: Mass spectrometry and EST-database searching allows characterization of the multi-protein spliceosome complex. Neubauer G, King A, Rappsilber J, Calvio C, Watson M, Ajuh P, Sleeman J, Lamond A, Mann M; Nat Genet 1998;20:46-50. PMID:9731529