Ty5 retrotransposon

Ty5 is a type of retrotransposon found in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker’s yeast). Retrotransposons are genetic elements that can replicate and insert themselves into new locations within the genome, usually through a process called reverse transcription, which converts their RNA intermediate back into DNA. Ty5 belongs to the group of long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons, characterized by the presence of repeated sequences at both ends of their DNA.