Here is some data: Ure2p FUNCTION Nitrogen catabolite repressor; PROTEIN Ure2p; Fungal prion; Ure2p YEAR_IDENTIFIED 1994; Ure2p NATURAL_HOST Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

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Identified in 1994, the Ure2p protein is a fungal prion with the natural host Saccharomyces cerevisiae, whose normal function is as a nitrogen catabolite repressor.