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protein coding gene - rho4 (SPAC16A10.04) - Rho family GTPase Rho4

Gene summary

Standard name
rho4
Systematic ID
SPAC16A10.04
Product
Rho family GTPase Rho4
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)
UniProt ID
Q874R1
ORFeome ID
16/16F09
Characterisation status
biological role published
Feature type
mRNA gene
Genomic location
chromosome I: 3087013..3088619 forward strand

Annotation

Disease association

MONDO:0032884 - ectodermal dysplasia with facial dysmorphism and acral, ocular, and brain anomalies

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GO biological process

GO:0000917 - division septum assembly

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GO:0071852 - fungal-type cell wall organization or biogenesis

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GO:2001043 - positive regulation of septum digestion after cytokinesis

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GO:0030994 - primary cell septum disassembly

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GO:0032956 - regulation of actin cytoskeleton organization

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GO:0007165 - signal transduction

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GO cellular component

GO:0005938 - cell cortex

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GO:0032153 - cell division site

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GO:0009898 - cytoplasmic side of plasma membrane

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GO:0005829 - cytosol

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GO:0000935 - division septum

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GO molecular function

GO:0005525 - GTP binding

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GO:0003924 - GTPase activity

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Modification

MOD:00437 - farnesylated residue

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MOD:00441 - geranylgeranylated residue

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MOD:00114 - L-cysteine methyl ester

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Multi-locus phenotype

FYPO:0001370 - abnormal protein localization

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FYPO:0004481 - abolished cell population growth at high temperature

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FYPO:0000082 - decreased cell population growth at high temperature

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FYPO:0001407 - decreased cell population growth on glucose carbon source

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FYPO:0004085 - decreased vegetative cell growth

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FYPO:0000223 - elongated multiseptate vegetative cell

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FYPO:0000650 - increased septation index

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FYPO:0000118 - multiseptate vegetative cell

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FYPO:0001164 - normal growth on glucose carbon source

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FYPO:0000079 - sensitive to caspofungin

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FYPO:0000647 - vegetative cell lysis

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Protein features

PBO:0111810 - Rho family

Qualitative gene expression

PomGeneEx:0000018 - protein level increased

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PomGeneEx:0000011 - RNA level increased

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Quantitative gene expression

PBO:0006310 - protein level

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PBO:0011963 - RNA level

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Single locus phenotype

FYPO:0000117 - abnormal septum assembly

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FYPO:0002555 - abolished protein localization to medial cortex during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0001407 - decreased cell population growth on glucose carbon source

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FYPO:0004085 - decreased vegetative cell growth

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FYPO:0000223 - elongated multiseptate vegetative cell

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FYPO:0002019 - elongated telomeres during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0004167 - increased cell population growth on glycerol carbon source

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FYPO:0009094 - increased cell population growth on lysine and proline nitrogen source

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FYPO:0000636 - increased cell population growth rate

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FYPO:0001571 - increased protein-protein interaction

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FYPO:0001309 - increased viability in stationary phase

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FYPO:0000674 - normal cell population growth at high temperature

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FYPO:0001164 - normal growth on glucose carbon source

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FYPO:0000644 - normal protein localization during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0000783 - protein mislocalized to cytoplasm during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0009031 - resistance to bleomycin

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FYPO:0000067 - resistance to brefeldin A

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FYPO:0001583 - resistance to lithium

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FYPO:0000830 - resistance to vanadate

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FYPO:0007921 - sensitive to benzamidine

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FYPO:0000096 - sensitive to cadmium

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FYPO:0000104 - sensitive to cycloheximide

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FYPO:0007931 - sensitive to egtazic acid

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FYPO:0000087 - sensitive to hydrogen peroxide

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FYPO:0009088 - sensitive to magnesium chloride and sodium dodecyl sulfate

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FYPO:0000089 - sensitive to methyl methanesulfonate

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FYPO:0001214 - sensitive to potassium chloride

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FYPO:0007924 - sensitive to potassium chloride and sodium dodecyl sulfate

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FYPO:0009090 - sensitive to sodium chloride and sodium dodecyl sulfate

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FYPO:0002060 - viable vegetative cell population

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FYPO:0002177 - viable vegetative cell with normal cell morphology

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Taxonomic conservation

PBO:0011065 - conserved in eukaryotes

PBO:0011071 - conserved in eukaryotes only

PBO:0011064 - conserved in fungi

PBO:0011069 - conserved in metazoa

PBO:0011070 - conserved in vertebrates

Warnings

PBO:0000070 - gene structure updated

Protein features

IDNameInterPro nameDB name
PF00071RasSmall_GTPasePFAM
cd04132Rho4_likeCDD
PS51420RHOPROSITE_PROFILES
PS51421RASSmall_GTPasePROSITE_PROFILES
PS51419RABPROSITE_PROFILES
SM00174rho_sub_3Small_GTPaseSMART
SM00175rab_sub_5SMART
SM00173ras_sub_4SMART
PR00449RASTRNSFRMNGPRINTS
G3DSA:3.40.50.300:FF:000678FUNFAM
SSF52540P-loop containing nucleoside triphosphate hydrolasesP-loop_NTPaseSUPERFAMILY
G3DSA:3.40.50.300P-loop_NTPaseGENE3D
PTHR24072RHO FAMILY GTPASESmall_GTPase_RhoPANTHER
TIGR00231small_GTPSmall_GTP-bdNCBIFAM

Orthologs

References / Literature

PMID:16421249 - Rgf1p is a specific Rho1-GEF that coordinates cell polarization with cell wall biogenesis in fission yeast.
García P et al. Mol Biol Cell 2006 Apr;17(4):1620-31
PMID:20625380 - A genome-wide screen for Schizosaccharomyces pombe deletion mutants that affect telomere length.
Liu NN et al. Cell Res 2010 Aug;20(8):963-5
PMID:23697806 - A genome-wide resource of cell cycle and cell shape genes of fission yeast.
Hayles J et al. Open Biol 2013 May 22;3(5):130053
PMID:34250083 - Barcode sequencing and a high-throughput assay for chronological lifespan uncover ageing-associated genes in fission yeast.
Romila CA et al. Microb Cell 2021 Jul 05;8(7):146-160
PB_REF:0000001 - Protein modification annotation by manual transfer of experimentally-verified annotation data to orthologs based on curator judgment of sequence features.
PMID:20473289 - Analysis of a genome-wide set of gene deletions in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Kim DU et al. Nat Biotechnol 2010 Jun;28(6):617-623
PMID:23966468 - Cooperation between Rho-GEF Gef2 and its binding partner Nod1 in the regulation of fission yeast cytokinesis.
Zhu YH et al. Mol Biol Cell 2013 Oct;24(20):3187-204
PMID:29432178 - General amino acid control in fission yeast is regulated by a nonconserved transcription factor, with functions analogous to Gcn4/Atf4.
Duncan CDS et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018 Feb 20;115(8):E1829-E1838
PMID:25452419 - Parallel profiling of fission yeast deletion mutants for proliferation and for lifespan during long-term quiescence.
Sideri T et al. G3 (Bethesda) 2014 Dec 01;5(1):145-55
GO_REF:0000033 - Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees
PMID:25411334 - The Rho-GEF Gef3 interacts with the septin complex and activates the GTPase Rho4 during fission yeast cytokinesis.
Wang N et al. Mol Biol Cell 2015 Jan 15;26(2):238-55
PMID:22681890 - Hierarchical modularity and the evolution of genetic interactomes across species.
Ryan CJ et al. Mol Cell 2012 Jun 08;46(5):691-704
PMID:14637153 - Role of guanine nucleotide exchange factors for Rho family GTPases in the regulation of cell morphology and actin cytoskeleton in fission yeast.
Iwaki N et al. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003 Dec 12;312(2):414-20
PMID:21511999 - Comparative functional genomics of the fission yeasts.
Rhind N et al. Science 2011 May 20;332(6032):930-6
PMID:12653963 - The small GTPase Rho4 is involved in controlling cell morphology and septation in fission yeast.
Nakano K et al. Genes Cells 2003 Apr;8(4):357-70
PMID:36408920 - UniProt: the Universal Protein Knowledgebase in 2023.
UniProt Consortium Nucleic Acids Res 2023 Jan 06;51(D1):D523-D531
PMID:12161753 - The transcriptional program of meiosis and sporulation in fission yeast.
Mata J et al. Nat Genet 2002 Sep;32(1):143-7
PMID:25651781 - Geranylgeranyltransferase Cwg2-Rho4/Rho5 module is implicated in the Pmk1 MAP kinase-mediated cell wall integrity pathway in fission yeast.
Doi A et al. Genes Cells 2015 Apr;20(4):310-23
PMID:37787768 - Broad functional profiling of fission yeast proteins using phenomics and machine learning.
Rodríguez-López M et al. Elife 2023 Oct 03;12
PMID:18793338 - Rga2 is a Rho2 GAP that regulates morphogenesis and cell integrity in S. pombe.
Villar-Tajadura MA et al. Mol Microbiol 2008 Nov;70(4):867-81
PMID:12796297 - Novel Rho GTPase involved in cytokinesis and cell wall integrity in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Santos B et al. Eukaryot Cell 2003 Jun;2(3):521-33
PMID:20118936 - Schizosaccharomyces pombe genome-wide nucleosome mapping reveals positioning mechanisms distinct from those of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Lantermann AB et al. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2010 Feb;17(2):251-7
PMID:23101633 - Quantitative analysis of fission yeast transcriptomes and proteomes in proliferating and quiescent cells.
Marguerat S et al. Cell 2012 Oct 26;151(3):671-83
PB_REF:0000006 - Disease associations from Monarch via human-pombe orthologs
PMID:39367033 - Quantitative proteomics and phosphoproteomics profiling of meiotic divisions in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Sivakova B et al. Sci Rep 2024 Oct 04;14(1):23105
PMID:40015273 - A comprehensive Schizosaccharomyces pombe atlas of physical transcription factor interactions with proteins and chromatin.
Skribbe M et al. Mol Cell 2025 Feb 19;
PMID:16415366 - A role for the septation initiation network in septum assembly revealed by genetic analysis of sid2-250 suppressors.
Jin QW et al. Genetics 2006 Apr;172(4):2101-12
PMID:16215171 - Rho4 GTPase is involved in secretion of glucanases during fission yeast cytokinesis.
Santos B et al. Eukaryot Cell 2005 Oct;4(10):1639-45
GO_REF:0000051 - S. pombe keyword mapping
PMID:25724972 - Rho4 interaction with exocyst and septins regulates cell separation in fission yeast.
Pérez P et al. Microbiology (Reading) 2015 May;161(Pt 5):948-959
PMID:31666919 - Rho Family GTPases in Fission Yeast Cytokinesis.
Hercyk B et al. Commun Integr Biol 2019;12(1):171-180
PMID:24947517 - The putative exchange factor Gef3p interacts with Rho3p GTPase and the septin ring during cytokinesis in fission yeast.
Muñoz S et al. J Biol Chem 2014 Aug 08;289(32):21995-2007