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protein coding gene - adf1 (SPAC20G4.06c) - actin depolymerizing factor, cofilin

Gene summary

Standard name
adf1
Systematic ID
SPAC20G4.06c
Product
actin depolymerizing factor, cofilin
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)
Synonyms
cof1
UniProt ID
P78929
ORFeome ID
07/07B10
Characterisation status
biological role published
Feature type
mRNA gene
Genomic location
chromosome I: 4825257..4826126 reverse strand

Annotation

Complementation

PBO:0091577 - functionally complemented by porcine CFL1

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Disease association

MONDO:0012538 - nemaline myopathy 7

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GO biological process

GO:0030042 - actin filament depolymerization

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GO:0051014 - actin filament severing

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GO:1903475 - mitotic actomyosin contractile ring assembly

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GO cellular component

GO:0030479 - actin cortical patch

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GO:0032153 - cell division site

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GO:0051286 - cell tip

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GO:0031097 - medial cortex

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GO:0110085 - mitotic actomyosin contractile ring

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GO:0016363 - nuclear matrix

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GO molecular function

GO:0051015 - actin filament binding

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GO:0140775 - actin filament debranching activity

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GO:0003789 - actin filament severing activity

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GO:0003785 - actin monomer binding

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Modification

MOD:00046 - O-phospho-L-serine

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MOD:00047 - O-phospho-L-threonine

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MOD:01148 - ubiquitinylated lysine

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Multi-locus phenotype

FYPO:0002031 - abnormal actin cable morphology

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Genotypes:

FYPO:0000161 - abnormal actomyosin contractile ring assembly

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FYPO:0001364 - abnormal actomyosin contractile ring contraction

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FYPO:0003338 - abnormal actomyosin contractile ring morphology

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FYPO:0000164 - abnormal cell separation after cytokinesis

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FYPO:0001009 - abolished actomyosin contractile ring assembly

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FYPO:0004562 - binucleate aseptate vegetative cell

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FYPO:0007201 - decreased rate of actin cortical patch localization to cell division site

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FYPO:0006207 - decreased rate of actin filament depolymerization

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FYPO:0001355 - decreased vegetative cell population growth

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FYPO:0000745 - delayed onset of actin cortical patch internalization

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FYPO:0002021 - dispersed actin cortical patch localization during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0000314 - inviable after spore germination with elongated germ tube

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FYPO:0002061 - inviable vegetative cell population

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FYPO:0001368 - normal actomyosin contractile ring assembly

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FYPO:0001904 - premature actomyosin contractile ring disassembly

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FYPO:0002438 - short, misoriented actin cables

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FYPO:0001492 - viable elongated vegetative cell

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FYPO:0002060 - viable vegetative cell population

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Protein features

PBO:0111848 - cofilin/tropomyosin family

Qualitative gene expression

PomGeneEx:0000019 - protein level decreased

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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:0002031 - abnormal actin cable morphology

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Genotypes:

FYPO:0000230 - abnormal actomyosin contractile ring actin filament organization

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FYPO:0000161 - abnormal actomyosin contractile ring assembly

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FYPO:0003338 - abnormal actomyosin contractile ring morphology

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FYPO:0003444 - abnormal medial cortical node condensation

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FYPO:0000059 - abnormal mitotic cell cycle

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FYPO:0001009 - abolished actomyosin contractile ring assembly

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FYPO:0002998 - abolished actomyosin contractile ring assembly, clumped medial cortical nodes

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FYPO:0003838 - abolished actomyosin contractile ring contraction

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FYPO:0000417 - abolished cytokinesis

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FYPO:0003371 - abolished protein localization to actomyosin contractile ring, with protein mislocalized to cytoplasm

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FYPO:0004747 - actin cortical patches present in increased numbers at cell tip during early mitosis

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FYPO:0007200 - aggregated actin cortical patches during mitotic interphase

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FYPO:0005430 - aggregated actin cortical patches during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0004562 - binucleate aseptate vegetative cell

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FYPO:0002656 - decreased actin filament binding

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FYPO:0006029 - decreased actin filament depolymerization

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FYPO:0006307 - decreased actin filament severing

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Genotypes:

FYPO:0006207 - decreased rate of actin filament depolymerization

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Genotypes:

FYPO:0003339 - decreased rate of actomyosin contractile ring assembly

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FYPO:0001365 - decreased rate of actomyosin contractile ring contraction

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FYPO:0003014 - decreased rate of actomyosin contractile ring disassembly

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FYPO:0001355 - decreased vegetative cell population growth

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FYPO:0000745 - delayed onset of actin cortical patch internalization

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FYPO:0001881 - elongated actin filaments

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FYPO:0001011 - filamentous actin absent

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FYPO:0004042 - fragmented septum

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FYPO:0003336 - increased duration of protein localization to actomyosin contractile ring

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FYPO:0004854 - increased protein localization to actomyosin contractile ring

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FYPO:0007899 - increased rate of protein localization to actomyosin contractile ring

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Genotypes:

FYPO:0003529 - inviable after spore germination, multiple cell divisions, cell cycle arrest in mitotic interphase, elongated cells

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FYPO:0005689 - inviable binucleate aseptate cell with mitotic cell cycle arrest before cell separation

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FYPO:0002061 - inviable vegetative cell population

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FYPO:0006305 - normal actin monomer binding

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FYPO:0004652 - normal actomyosin contractile ring morphology

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FYPO:0002999 - normal protein localization to medial cortical node

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FYPO:0004895 - normal rate of actomyosin contractile ring contraction

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FYPO:0001357 - normal vegetative cell population growth

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Genotypes:

FYPO:0001904 - premature actomyosin contractile ring disassembly

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FYPO:0005475 - swollen vegetative cell with normal cell length

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FYPO:0006308 - thick actin cables in medial region

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FYPO:0002060 - viable vegetative cell population

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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

Protein features

IDNameInterPro nameDB name
PF00241Cofilin_ADFADF-HPFAM
cd11286ADF_cofilin_likeADF/CofilinCDD
PS51263ADF_HADF-HPROSITE_PROFILES
SM00102adf_2ADF-HSMART
PR00006COFILINADF/CofilinPRINTS
G3DSA:3.40.20.10:FF:000060FUNFAM
SSF55753Actin depolymerizing proteinsSUPERFAMILY
G3DSA:3.40.20.10SeverinADF-H/Gelsolin-like_dom_sfGENE3D
PTHR11913COFILIN-RELATEDADF/CofilinPANTHER

Orthologs

References / Literature

GO_REF:0000044 - Gene Ontology annotation based on UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Subcellular Location vocabulary mapping, accompanied by conservative changes to GO terms applied by UniProt.
PMID:25451933 - Aip1 promotes actin filament severing by cofilin and regulates constriction of the cytokinetic contractile ring.
Chen Q et al. J Biol Chem 2015 Jan 23;290(4):2289-300
PMID:20042603 - Toxoplasma gondii actin depolymerizing factor acts primarily to sequester G-actin.
Mehta S et al. J Biol Chem 2010 Feb 26;285(9):6835-47
PMID:21148484 - Purification of actin from fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe and characterization of functional differences from muscle actin.
Ti SC et al. J Biol Chem 2011 Feb 18;286(7):5784-92
PMID:25688133 - The F-BAR Cdc15 promotes contractile ring formation through the direct recruitment of the formin Cdc12.
Willet AH et al. J Cell Biol 2015 Feb 16;208(4):391-9
PMID:34613787 - Counting actin in contractile rings reveals novel contributions of cofilin and type II myosins to fission yeast cytokinesis.
Malla M et al. Mol Biol Cell 2022 May 15;33(6):ar51
PMID:11694585 - Interactions among a fimbrin, a capping protein, and an actin-depolymerizing factor in organization of the fission yeast actin cytoskeleton.
Nakano K et al. Mol Biol Cell 2001 Nov;12(11):3515-26
PB_REF:0000006 - Disease associations from Monarch via human-pombe orthologs
PMID:31927482 - Splicing Defects of the Profilin Gene Alter Actin Dynamics in an S. pombe SMN Mutant.
Antoine M et al. iScience 2020 Jan 24;23(1):100809
PMID:28282023 - Competition between Tropomyosin, Fimbrin, and ADF/Cofilin drives their sorting to distinct actin filament networks.
Christensen JR et al. Elife 2017 Mar 10;6
PMID:19713940 - Fission yeast IQGAP arranges actin filaments into the cytokinetic contractile ring.
Takaine M et al. EMBO J 2009 Oct 21;28(20):3117-31
PMID:16467379 - Actin-depolymerizing protein Adf1 is required for formation and maintenance of the contractile ring during cytokinesis in fission yeast.
Nakano K et al. Mol Biol Cell 2006 Apr;17(4):1933-45
PMID:16866873 - Actin-capping protein is involved in controlling organization of actin cytoskeleton together with ADF/cofilin, profilin and F-actin crosslinking proteins in fission yeast.
Nakano K et al. Genes Cells 2006 Aug;11(8):893-905
PMID:17018289 - Mechanism of actin filament turnover by severing and nucleation at different concentrations of ADF/cofilin.
Andrianantoandro E et al. Mol Cell 2006 Oct 06;24(1):13-23
PMID:21511999 - Comparative functional genomics of the fission yeasts.
Rhind N et al. Science 2011 May 20;332(6032):930-6
PMID:24954052 - Formins determine the functional properties of actin filaments in yeast.
Johnson M et al. Curr Biol 2014 Jul 07;24(13):1525-30
PMID:22024167 - Actin filament severing by cofilin is more important for assembly than constriction of the cytokinetic contractile ring.
Chen Q et al. J Cell Biol 2011 Oct 31;195(3):485-98
PMID:21642440 - Actin filament bundling by fimbrin is important for endocytosis, cytokinesis, and polarization in fission yeast.
Skau CT et al. J Biol Chem 2011 Jul 29;286(30):26964-77
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: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:38269097 - Rapamycin-sensitive mechanisms confine the growth of fission yeast below the temperatures detrimental to cell physiology.
Morozumi Y et al. iScience 2024 Jan 19;27(1):108777
PMID:31509478 - The intrinsically disordered region of the cytokinetic F-BAR protein Cdc15 performs a unique essential function in maintenance of cytokinetic ring integrity.
Mangione MC et al. Mol Biol Cell 2019 Oct 15;30(22):2790-2801
PMID:21723825 - Cofilin-linked changes in actin filament flexibility promote severing.
McCullough BR et al. Biophys J 2011 Jul 06;101(1):151-9
PMID:30726745 - Fission Yeast NDR/LATS Kinase Orb6 Regulates Exocytosis via Phosphorylation of the Exocyst Complex.
Tay YD et al. Cell Rep 2019 Feb 05;26(6):1654-1667.e7
PMID:19362000 - Cofilin dissociates Arp2/3 complex and branches from actin filaments.
Chan C et al. Curr Biol 2009 Apr 14;19(7):537-45
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: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
GO_REF:0000033 - Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees
PMID:25720772 - Quantitative phosphoproteomics reveals pathways for coordination of cell growth and division by the conserved fission yeast kinase pom1.
Kettenbach AN et al. Mol Cell Proteomics 2015 May;14(5):1275-87
PMID:20705466 - Fimbrin and tropomyosin competition regulates endocytosis and cytokinesis kinetics in fission yeast.
Skau CT et al. Curr Biol 2010 Aug 24;20(16):1415-22
PMID:26412298 - A Degenerate Cohort of Yeast Membrane Trafficking DUBs Mediates Cell Polarity and Survival.
Beckley JR et al. Mol Cell Proteomics 2015 Dec;14(12):3132-41
PMID:24763107 - Absolute proteome and phosphoproteome dynamics during the cell cycle of Schizosaccharomyces pombe (Fission Yeast).
Carpy A et al. Mol Cell Proteomics 2014 Aug;13(8):1925-36
PMID:26542710 - Identification and characterization of Csh3 as an SH3 protein that interacts with fission yeast Cap1.
Yamamoto T et al. FEMS Yeast Res 2015 Dec;15(8)
PMID:20603077 - Dephosphorylation of F-BAR protein Cdc15 modulates its conformation and stimulates its scaffolding activity at the cell division site.
Roberts-Galbraith RH et al. Mol Cell 2010 Jul 09;39(1):86-99
PMID:30201262 - Fission yeast Adf1 is necessary for reassembly of actin filaments into the contractile ring during cytokinesis.
Ueda EI et al. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018 Nov 25;506(2):330-338
PMID:20517925 - GMF is an evolutionarily developed Adf/cofilin-super family protein involved in the Arp2/3 complex-mediated organization of the actin cytoskeleton.
Nakano K et al. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2010 Jun;67(6):373-82
PMID:23727096 - Actin filament severing by cofilin dismantles actin patches and produces mother filaments for new patches.
Chen Q et al. Curr Biol 2013 Jul 08;23(13):1154-62
PMID:37970674 - SUMOylation regulates Lem2 function in centromere clustering and silencing.
Strachan J et al. J Cell Sci 2023 Dec 01;136(23)
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