protein coding gene - erg4 (SPAC20G4.07c) - C-24(28) sterol reductase Erg4

Gene summary

Standard name

erg4

Systematic ID

SPAC20G4.07c

Product

C-24(28) sterol reductase Erg4

Organism

Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)

Synonyms

sts1

UniProt ID

P36209

ORFeome ID

44/44C10

Characterisation status

biological role published

Feature type

mRNA gene

Genomic location

chromosome I: 4826601..4828192 reverse strand

Annotation

Protein features

Orthologs

• DHCR7 (HGNC:2860) Homo sapiens
• erg4 (SJAG_03024) Schizosaccharomyces japonicus
• ERG4 (YGL012W) Saccharomyces cerevisiae

References / Literature

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PMID:11152613 - Predicting transmembrane protein topology with a hidden Markov model: application to complete genomes.

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PMID:1320960 - Fission yeast sts1+ gene encodes a protein similar to the chicken lamin B receptor and is implicated in pleiotropic drug-sensitivity, divalent cation-sensitivity, and osmoregulation.

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PMID:27984744 - Survival in Quiescence Requires the Euchromatic Deployment of Clr4/SUV39H by Argonaute-Associated Small RNAs.

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PMID:25651869 - Chemical genomics approach to identify genes associated with sensitivity to rapamycin in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

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PMID:25373780 - A genomic Multiprocess survey of machineries that control and link cell shape, microtubule organization, and cell-cycle progression.

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PMID:22907753 - Posttranscriptional regulation of cell-cell interaction protein-encoding transcripts by Zfs1p in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

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GO_REF:0000033 - Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees

PMID:29852001 - New insights into donor directionality of mating-type switching in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

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PMID:24763107 - Absolute proteome and phosphoproteome dynamics during the cell cycle of Schizosaccharomyces pombe (Fission Yeast).

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PMID:23145048 - A genetic and pharmacological analysis of isoprenoid pathway by LC-MS/MS in fission yeast.

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PMID:33109728 - High-Throughput Identification of Nuclear Envelope Protein Interactions in Schizosaccharomyces pombe Using an Arrayed Membrane Yeast-Two Hybrid Library.

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PMID:37792890 - Elevated levels of sphingolipid MIPC in the plasma membrane disrupt the coordination of cell growth with cell wall formation in fission yeast.

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PB_REF:0000006 - Disease associations from Monarch via human-pombe orthologs