Enables chromatin binding activity. Predicted to be involved in GTP biosynthetic process. Located in chromatin and cytoplasm. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Leber congenital amaurosis 11; retinitis pigmentosa; and retinitis pigmentosa 10. Orthologous to several human genes including IMPDH1 (inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase 1).
SGD Description
Inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase; catalyzes the rate-limiting step in GTP biosynthesis, expression is induced by mycophenolic acid resulting in resistance to the drug, expression is repressed by nutrient limitation; IMD2 has a paralog, YAR073W/YAR075W, that arose from a segmental duplication