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protein coding gene - cut8 (SPAC17C9.13c) - tethering factor for nuclear proteasome Cut8

Gene summary

Standard name
cut8
Systematic ID
SPAC17C9.13c
Product
tethering factor for nuclear proteasome Cut8
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)
UniProt ID
P38937
ORFeome ID
09/09H07
Characterisation status
biological role published
Feature type
mRNA gene
Genomic location
chromosome I: 4477478..4479000 forward strand

Annotation

Comment

PBO:0007850 - target of nuclear proteasome

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Experimental tools

PBO:0002742 - structure

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GO biological process

GO:0071630 - nuclear protein quality control by the ubiquitin-proteasome system

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GO cellular component

GO:0000785 - chromatin

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GO:0005635 - nuclear envelope

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GO:0031965 - nuclear membrane

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GO:0034399 - nuclear periphery

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GO:0005634 - nucleus

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GO molecular function

GO:0070628 - proteasome binding

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GO:0032934 - sterol binding

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Modification

MOD:01148 - ubiquitinylated lysine

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Multi-locus phenotype

FYPO:0006606 - abnormal dynamic protein localization pattern

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FYPO:0001055 - cut following normal mitotic chromosome condensation

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FYPO:0000082 - decreased cell population growth at high temperature

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FYPO:0004056 - decreased protein localization to nucleus, with protein mislocalized to cytoplasm

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FYPO:0000836 - increased protein level

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FYPO:0004108 - increased protein level during mitotic G1 phase

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FYPO:0002082 - increased protein ubiquitination during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0005435 - inviable after spore germination with elongated germ tube and fragmented nucleus

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FYPO:0002061 - inviable vegetative cell population

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FYPO:0000833 - normal protein level during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0002060 - viable vegetative cell population

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Quantitative gene expression

PBO:0011963 - RNA level

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Single locus phenotype

FYPO:0000620 - abnormal cell cycle arrest in mitotic metaphase

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FYPO:0000616 - abnormal mitotic anaphase progression

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FYPO:0000059 - abnormal mitotic cell cycle

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FYPO:0003738 - abnormal mitotic cell cycle arrest with condensed chromosomes

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FYPO:0000670 - abnormal mitotic sister chromatid separation

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FYPO:0000131 - abnormal mitotic spindle elongation

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FYPO:0000671 - abnormal rDNA separation

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FYPO:0005436 - abolished double-strand break repair

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FYPO:0002568 - abolished protein localization to nuclear periphery

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FYPO:0003074 - abolished protein localization to pericentric heterochromatin during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0001786 - abolished sterol binding

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FYPO:0000229 - cut

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FYPO:0004418 - cut cell with decreased poly(A)+ mRNA export from nucleus

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FYPO:0001055 - cut following normal mitotic chromosome condensation

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FYPO:0003165 - cut with abnormal chromosome segregation

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FYPO:0000082 - decreased cell population growth at high temperature

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FYPO:0004056 - decreased protein localization to nucleus, with protein mislocalized to cytoplasm

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FYPO:0004332 - delayed onset of protein degradation during mitosis

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FYPO:0000158 - DNA content increased during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0000950 - elongated aseptate vegetative cell

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FYPO:0000223 - elongated multiseptate vegetative cell

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FYPO:0005071 - increased chromatin silencing at centromere

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FYPO:0006926 - increased nucleus:cytoplasm ratio

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FYPO:0000836 - increased protein level

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FYPO:0001327 - increased protein level during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0001130 - increased protein localization to nucleus during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0003410 - increased spatial extent of CENP-A containing chromatin assembly

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FYPO:0000252 - increased spontaneous diploidization

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FYPO:0001042 - inviable after spore germination, single or double cell division

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FYPO:0002379 - inviable after spore germination, without cell division, with elongated germ tube

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FYPO:0002303 - inviable mononucleate monoseptate vegetative cell with anucleate compartment

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FYPO:0002061 - inviable vegetative cell population

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FYPO:0001023 - normal growth on cisplatin

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FYPO:0001705 - normal mitotic DNA damage checkpoint

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FYPO:0005437 - normal number of Rad52 foci during cellular response to bleomycin

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FYPO:0005410 - normal protein degradation during mitosis

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FYPO:0000644 - normal protein localization during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0001357 - normal vegetative cell population growth

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FYPO:0000783 - protein mislocalized to cytoplasm during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0002843 - protein mislocalized to nucleoplasm

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FYPO:0000784 - protein mislocalized to nucleus during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0001103 - resistance to hydrogen peroxide

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FYPO:0001098 - sensitive to 4-nitroquinoline N-oxide

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FYPO:0000093 - sensitive to arsenic

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FYPO:0006680 - sensitive to bisphenol A

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FYPO:0000095 - sensitive to bleomycin

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FYPO:0001701 - sensitive to bortezomib

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FYPO:0006930 - sensitive to butylated hydroxyanisole

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FYPO:0000096 - sensitive to cadmium

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FYPO:0000097 - sensitive to caffeine during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0000085 - sensitive to camptothecin

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FYPO:0000088 - sensitive to hydroxyurea

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FYPO:0000089 - sensitive to methyl methanesulfonate

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FYPO:0000268 - sensitive to UV during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0002060 - viable vegetative cell population

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Subunit composition

PBO:0015212 - homomeric(2)

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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:0006222 - predominantly single copy (one to one)

Protein features

IDNameInterPro nameDB name
PF08559Cut8Cut8/Sts1_famPFAM
G3DSA:1.20.58.1590Tethering factor for nuclear proteasome Cut8/Sts1Cut8/Sts1_sfGENE3D
PTHR28032FI02826PCut8/Sts1_famPANTHER
CoilCoilCOILS

Orthologs

References / Literature

PMID:16823372 - ORFeome cloning and global analysis of protein localization in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Matsuyama A et al. Nat Biotechnol 2006 Jul;24(7):841-7
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:16453724 - Isolation and characterization of Schizosaccharomyces pombe cutmutants that block nuclear division but not cytokinesis.
Hirano T et al. EMBO J 1986 Nov;5(11):2973-9
PMID:21504829 - Yeast SREBP cleavage activation requires the Golgi Dsc E3 ligase complex.
Stewart EV et al. Mol Cell 2011 Apr 22;42(2):160-71
PMID:37970674 - SUMOylation regulates Lem2 function in centromere clustering and silencing.
Strachan J et al. J Cell Sci 2023 Dec 01;136(23)
PMID:16096059 - Regulation of nuclear proteasome by Rhp6/Ubc2 through ubiquitination and destruction of the sensor and anchor Cut8.
Takeda K et al. Cell 2005 Aug 12;122(3):393-405
PMID:28545058 - A systematic genomic screen implicates nucleocytoplasmic transport and membrane growth in nuclear size control.
Kume K et al. PLoS Genet 2017 May;13(5):e1006767
PMID:10582241 - Control of metaphase-anaphase progression by proteolysis: cyclosome function regulated by the protein kinase A pathway, ubiquitination and localization.
Yanagida M et al. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 1999 Sep 29;354(1389):1559-69; discussion 1569-70
PMID:21976488 - Implications for proteasome nuclear localization revealed by the structure of the nuclear proteasome tether protein Cut8.
Takeda K et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 Oct 11;108(41):16950-5
PMID:39473973 - Limiting 20S proteasome assembly leads to unbalanced nucleo-cytoplasmic distribution of 26S/30S proteasomes and chronic proteotoxicity.
Ruiz-Romero G et al. iScience 2024 Nov 15;27(11):111095
PMID:37694715 - A ubiquitin-proteasome pathway degrades the inner nuclear membrane protein Bqt4 to maintain nuclear membrane homeostasis.
Le TK et al. J Cell Sci 2023 Oct 01;136(19)
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:19264558 - Screening a genome-wide S. pombe deletion library identifies novel genes and pathways involved in genome stability maintenance.
Deshpande GP et al. DNA Repair (Amst) 2009 May 01;8(5):672-9
PMID:8065367 - Identification of cut8+ and cek1+, a novel protein kinase gene, which complement a fission yeast mutation that blocks anaphase.
Samejima I et al. Mol Cell Biol 1994 Sep;14(9):6361-71
PMID:19672306 - Genome-wide screen of genes required for caffeine tolerance in fission yeast.
Calvo IA et al. PLoS One 2009 Aug 12;4(8):e6619
PMID:11084332 - Cut8, essential for anaphase, controls localization of 26S proteasome, facilitating destruction of cyclin and Cut2.
Tatebe H et al. Curr Biol 2000 Nov 02;10(21):1329-38
PMID:12553909 - Schizosaccharomyces pombe Int6 and Ras homologs regulate cell division and mitotic fidelity via the proteasome.
Yen HC et al. Cell 2003 Jan 24;112(2):207-17
PMID:30099677 - Genome-wide evidences of bisphenol a toxicity using Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Kim DM et al. Arch Pharm Res 2018 Aug;41(8):830-837
PMID:20537132 - Global fitness profiling of fission yeast deletion strains by barcode sequencing.
Han TX et al. Genome Biol 2010;11(6):R60
PMID:28974540 - The fission yeast nucleoporin Alm1 is required for proteasomal degradation of kinetochore components.
Salas-Pino S et al. J Cell Biol 2017 Nov 06;216(11):3591-3608
PMID:15161942 - The nucleolus is involved in mRNA export from the nucleus in fission yeast.
Ideue T et al. J Cell Sci 2004 Jun 15;117(Pt 14):2887-95
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
PMID:12006658 - Sum1, a component of the fission yeast eIF3 translation initiation complex, is rapidly relocalized during environmental stress and interacts with components of the 26S proteasome.
Dunand-Sauthier I et al. Mol Biol Cell 2002 May;13(5):1626-40
PMID:26527280 - Robust Ordering of Anaphase Events by Adaptive Thresholds and Competing Degradation Pathways.
Kamenz J et al. Mol Cell 2015 Nov 05;60(3):446-59
PMID:20133687 - Synergistic roles of the proteasome and autophagy for mitochondrial maintenance and chronological lifespan in fission yeast.
Takeda K et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010 Feb 23;107(8):3540-5
PMID:18684775 - A genome-wide screen of genes involved in cadmium tolerance in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Kennedy PJ et al. Toxicol Sci 2008 Nov;106(1):124-39
PMID:38780300 - Nitrogen availability is important for preventing catastrophic mitosis in fission yeast.
Zemlianski V et al. J Cell Sci 2024 May 23;
GO_REF:0000033 - Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees
PMID:17178839 - Fission yeast Cut8 is required for the repair of DNA double-strand breaks, ribosomal DNA maintenance, and cell survival in the absence of Rqh1 helicase.
Kearsey SE et al. Mol Cell Biol 2007 Mar;27(5):1558-67
PMID:21511999 - Comparative functional genomics of the fission yeasts.
Rhind N et al. Science 2011 May 20;332(6032):930-6
PMID:24957674 - Yeast X-chromosome-associated protein 5 (Xap5) functions with H2A.Z to suppress aberrant transcripts.
Anver S et al. EMBO Rep 2014 Aug;15(8):894-902
PB_REF:0000001 - Protein modification annotation by manual transfer of experimentally-verified annotation data to orthologs based on curator judgment of sequence features.
PMID:21247416 - Ubiquitin-proteasome genes as targets for modulation of cisplatin sensitivity in fission yeast.
Gatti L et al. BMC Genomics 2011 Jan 19;12:44
PMID:12653962 - A brute force postgenome approach to identify temperature-sensitive mutations that negatively interact with separase and securin plasmids.
Matsumura T et al. Genes Cells 2003 Apr;8(4):341-55
PMID:24710126 - The 19S proteasome subunit Rpt3 regulates distribution of CENP-A by associating with centromeric chromatin.
Kitagawa T et al. Nat Commun 2014 Apr 07;5:3597
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:21760946 - Identification of genes affecting the toxicity of anti-cancer drug bortezomib by genome-wide screening in S. pombe.
Takeda K et al. PLoS One 2011;6(7):e22021
PMID:15507118 - An interactive gene network for securin-separase, condensin, cohesin, Dis1/Mtc1 and histones constructed by mass transformation.
Yuasa T et al. Genes Cells 2004 Nov;9(11):1069-82
PMID:27558664 - Global Fitness Profiling Identifies Arsenic and Cadmium Tolerance Mechanisms in Fission Yeast.
Guo L et al. G3 (Bethesda) 2016 Oct 13;6(10):3317-3333
PMID:30647105 - Comparative Genomic Screen in Two Yeasts Reveals Conserved Pathways in the Response Network to Phenol Stress.
Alhoch B et al. G3 (Bethesda) 2019 Mar 07;9(3):639-650
PMID:21091378 - Txl1 and Txc1 are co-factors of the 26S proteasome in fission yeast.
Andersen KM et al. Antioxid Redox Signal 2011 May 01;14(9):1601-8