SKG6/Axl2 are membrane proteins that show polarised intracellular localisation [1]. SKG6_Tmem is the highly conserved transmembrane alpha-helical domain of SKG6 and Axl2 proteins [1], [2]. The full-length fungal protein has a negative regulatory function in cytokinesis [3].

1: SKG6, a suppressor gene of synthetic lethality of kex2Delta gas1Delta mutations, encodes a novel membrane protein showing polarized intracellular localization. Tomishige N, Noda Y, Adachi H, Yoda K; J Gen Appl Microbiol. 2005;51:323-326. PMID:16314687

2: Four novel suppressors of gic1 gic2 and their roles in cytokinesis and polarized cell growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Gandhi M, Goode BL, Chan CS; Genetics. 2006;174:665-678. PMID:16816427

3: Sequential and distinct roles of the cadherin domain-containing protein Axl2p in cell polarization in yeast cell cycle. Gao XD, Sperber LM, Kane SA, Tong Z, Tong AH, Boone C, Bi E; Mol Biol Cell. 2007;18:2542-2560. PMID:17460121