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protein coding gene - mal2 (SPAC25B8.14) - CENP-O ortholog Mal2

Gene summary

Standard name
mal2
Systematic ID
SPAC25B8.14
Product
CENP-O ortholog Mal2
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)
UniProt ID
Q10290
ORFeome ID
43/43E11
Characterisation status
biological role published
Feature type
mRNA gene
Genomic location
chromosome I: 4185282..4187416 forward strand

Annotation

GO biological process

GO:0034080 - CENP-A containing chromatin assembly

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GO cellular component

GO:0000779 - condensed chromosome, centromeric region

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GO:0005829 - cytosol

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GO:0000776 - kinetochore

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GO:0031511 - Mis6-Sim4 complex

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GO:0005634 - nucleus

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GO molecular function

GO:0005515 - protein binding

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Modification

MOD:01149 - sumoylated lysine

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Multi-locus phenotype

FYPO:0004085 - decreased vegetative cell growth

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FYPO:0001355 - decreased vegetative cell population growth

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FYPO:0002638 - increased activation of mitotic spindle assembly checkpoint

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FYPO:0002430 - inviable after spore germination, multiple cell divisions

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FYPO:0002151 - inviable spore

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FYPO:0002061 - inviable vegetative cell population

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FYPO:0000228 - lagging mitotic chromosomes

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FYPO:0004307 - long mitotic spindle during metaphase

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FYPO:0001420 - normal vegetative cell population growth rate

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FYPO:0001234 - slow vegetative cell population growth

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Quantitative gene expression

PBO:0011963 - RNA level

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Single locus phenotype

FYPO:0004308 - abnormal CENP-A containing chromatin organization

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FYPO:0000059 - abnormal mitotic cell cycle

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FYPO:0000141 - abnormal mitotic sister chromatid segregation

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FYPO:0001269 - abolished protein localization to kinetochore during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0001270 - complete but unequal mitotic sister chromatid segregation

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FYPO:0000082 - decreased cell population growth at high temperature

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FYPO:0003217 - decreased chromatin silencing at centromere central core

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FYPO:0001840 - increased minichromosome loss during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0002490 - inviable after spore germination, multiple cell divisions, swollen cell

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FYPO:0001991 - inviable after spore germination, without cell division

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FYPO:0001490 - inviable elongated vegetative cell

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

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FYPO:0002414 - inviable swollen vegetative cell

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FYPO:0002061 - inviable vegetative cell population

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FYPO:0001511 - inviable vegetative cell, abnormal cell shape, normal cell size

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FYPO:0004307 - long mitotic spindle during metaphase

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FYPO:0001387 - loss of viability at high temperature

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FYPO:0000324 - mitotic metaphase/anaphase transition delay

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FYPO:0001273 - mitotic spindle elongation with incomplete, unequal mitotic sister chromatid segregation and unseparated DNA

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FYPO:0001976 - normal cytoplasmic microtubules during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0000963 - normal growth on hydroxyurea

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FYPO:0001975 - normal growth on nocodazole

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FYPO:0002390 - normal mitotic sister chromatid cohesion

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FYPO:0001905 - normal mitotic spindle microtubules

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FYPO:0002901 - normal protein localization to kinetochore during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0001420 - normal vegetative cell population growth rate

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FYPO:0000094 - sensitive to benomyl

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FYPO:0000091 - sensitive to thiabendazole

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FYPO:0003241 - unequal mitotic sister chromatid segregation

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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

PBO:0006222 - predominantly single copy (one to one)

Protein features

IDNameInterPro nameDB name
PF09496CENP-OCENP-OPFAM
cd23834DRWD-C_Mcm21CDD
PTHR14582INNER KINETOCHORE SUBUNIT MAL2CENP-OPANTHER
CoilCoilCOILS

Orthologs

References / Literature

PMID:21445296 - Mis17 is a regulatory module of the Mis6-Mal2-Sim4 centromere complex that is required for the recruitment of CenH3/CENP-A in fission yeast.
Shiroiwa Y et al. PLoS One 2011 Mar 21;6(3):e17761
PMID:21511999 - Comparative functional genomics of the fission yeasts.
Rhind N et al. Science 2011 May 20;332(6032):930-6
PMID:16079915 - The DASH complex and Klp5/Klp6 kinesin coordinate bipolar chromosome attachment in fission yeast.
Sanchez-Perez I et al. EMBO J 2005 Aug 17;24(16):2931-43
PMID:24789708 - Eic1 links Mis18 with the CCAN/Mis6/Ctf19 complex to promote CENP-A assembly.
Subramanian L et al. Open Biol 2014 Apr 30;4(4):140043
PMID:28228545 - Ablation of RNA interference and retrotransposons accompany acquisition and evolution of transposases to heterochromatin protein CENPB.
Upadhyay U et al. Mol Biol Cell 2017 Apr 15;28(8):1132-1146
GO_REF:0000111 - Gene Ontology annotations Inferred by Curator (IC) using at least one Inferred by Sequence Similarity (ISS) annotation to support the inference
PMID:16079914 - Molecular analysis of kinetochore architecture in fission yeast.
Liu X et al. EMBO J 2005 Aug 17;24(16):2919-30
PMID:12242294 - The mal2p protein is an essential component of the fission yeast centromere.
Jin QW et al. Mol Cell Biol 2002 Oct;22(20):7168-83
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:16855021 - Fta2, an essential fission yeast kinetochore component, interacts closely with the conserved Mal2 protein.
Kerres A et al. Mol Biol Cell 2006 Oct;17(10):4167-78
PMID:15371542 - The fission yeast kinetochore component Spc7 associates with the EB1 family member Mal3 and is required for kinetochore-spindle association.
Kerres A et al. Mol Biol Cell 2004 Dec;15(12):5255-67
PMID:17035632 - Reconstruction of the kinetochore during meiosis in fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Hayashi A et al. Mol Biol Cell 2006 Dec;17(12):5173-84
PMID:26670050 - Regulation of mRNA Levels by Decay-Promoting Introns that Recruit the Exosome Specificity Factor Mmi1.
Kilchert C et al. Cell Rep 2015 Dec 22;13(11):2504-2515
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:36537249 - The fission yeast kinetochore complex Mhf1-Mhf2 regulates the spindle assembly checkpoint and faithful chromosome segregation.
Jian Y et al. J Cell Sci 2023 Jan 15;136(2)
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:12719471 - Sim4: a novel fission yeast kinetochore protein required for centromeric silencing and chromosome segregation.
Pidoux AL et al. J Cell Biol 2003 Apr 28;161(2):295-307
PMID:26537787 - Targeting of SUMO substrates to a Cdc48-Ufd1-Npl4 segregase and STUbL pathway in fission yeast.
Køhler JB et al. Nat Commun 2015 Nov 05;6:8827
PMID:8887647 - Fission yeast mal2+ is required for chromosome segregation.
Fleig U et al. Mol Cell Biol 1996 Nov;16(11):6169-77
PMID:17442892 - The conserved Spc7 protein is required for spindle integrity and links kinetochore complexes in fission yeast.
Kerres A et al. Mol Biol Cell 2007 Jul;18(7):2441-54
PMID:24497846 - A chaperone-assisted degradation pathway targets kinetochore proteins to ensure genome stability.
Kriegenburg F et al. PLoS Genet 2014 Jan;10(1):e1004140
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