protein coding gene - ssu72 (SPAC3G9.04) - RNA polymerase II CTD phosphatase Ssu72

Gene summary

Standard name

ssu72

Systematic ID

SPAC3G9.04

Product

RNA polymerase II CTD phosphatase Ssu72

Organism

Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)

UniProt ID

O42868

ORFeome ID

07/07D04

Characterisation status

biological role published

Feature type

mRNA gene

Genomic location

chromosome I: 3176427..3177261 reverse strand

Annotation

Protein features

Orthologs

• SSU72 (HGNC:25016) Homo sapiens
• ssu72 (SJAG_03624) Schizosaccharomyces japonicus
• SSU72 (YNL222W) Saccharomyces cerevisiae

References / Literature

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:14617822 - A comparative analysis of an orthologous proteomic environment in the yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

Roguev A et al. Mol Cell Proteomics 2004 Feb;3(2):125-32

PMID:26264592 - RNA polymerase II CTD phospho-sites Ser5 and Ser7 govern phosphate homeostasis in fission yeast.

Schwer B et al. RNA 2015 Oct;21(10):1770-80

PMID:29259000 - Genes Important for Schizosaccharomyces pombe Meiosis Identified Through a Functional Genomics Screen.

Blyth J et al. Genetics 2018 Feb;208(2):589-603

PMID:31269446 - CPF Recruitment to Non-canonical Transcription Termination Sites Triggers Heterochromatin Assembly and Gene Silencing.

Vo TV et al. Cell Rep 2019 Jul 02;28(1):267-281.e5

PMID:38133430 - Genetic suppressor screen identifies Tgp1 (glycerophosphocholine transporter), Kcs1 (IP 6 kinase), and Plc1 (phospholipase C) as determinants of inositol pyrophosphate toxicosis in fission yeast.

Bednor L et al. mBio 2023 Dec 22;:e0306223

PMID:42420319 - Spliceosomal proteins direct RNA methylation to modulate gene expression and silence retrotransposons.

Vijayakumari D et al. Nat Commun 2026 Jul 08;

PMID:37772819 - Activities, substrate specificity, and genetic interactions of fission yeast Siw14, a cysteinyl-phosphatase-type inositol pyrophosphatase.

Sanchez AM et al. mBio 2023 Sep 29;14(5):e0205623

PMID:27172183 - Interconnections Between RNA-Processing Pathways Revealed by a Sequencing-Based Genetic Screen for Pre-mRNA Splicing Mutants in Fission Yeast.

Larson A et al. G3 (Bethesda) 2016 Jun 01;6(6):1513-23

PMID:33410907 - The fission yeast Pin1 peptidyl-prolyl isomerase promotes dissociation of Sty1 MAPK from RNA polymerase II and recruits Ssu72 phosphatase to facilitate oxidative stress induced transcription.

Wang YT et al. Nucleic Acids Res 2021 Jan 25;49(2):805-817

GO_REF:0000108 - Automatic assignment of GO terms using logical inference, based on on inter-ontology links.

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:34389684 - Genetic screen for suppression of transcriptional interference identifies a gain-of-function mutation in Pol2 termination factor Seb1.

Schwer B et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021 Aug 17;118(33)

PMID:34967420 - Genetic screen for suppression of transcriptional interference reveals fission yeast 14-3-3 protein Rad24 as an antagonist of precocious Pol2 transcription termination.

Garg A et al. Nucleic Acids Res 2022 Jan 25;50(2):803-819

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

PMID:41974504 - Nuclear basket subunits Nup211 and Rsm1 influence RNA 3'-processing and transcription termination in fission yeast.

Bednor L et al. RNA 2026 Apr 13;

PMID:33010152 - A genetic screen for suppressors of hyper-repression of the fission yeast PHO regulon by Pol2 CTD mutation T4A implicates inositol 1-pyrophosphates as agonists of precocious lncRNA transcription termination.

Garg A et al. Nucleic Acids Res 2020 Nov 04;48(19):10739-10752

PMID:28218250 - Chromatin remodeller Fun30 Fft3 induces nucleosome disassembly to facilitate RNA polymerase II elongation.

Lee J et al. Nat Commun 2017 Feb 20;8:14527

PMID:21511999 - Comparative functional genomics of the fission yeasts.

Rhind N et al. Science 2011 May 20;332(6032):930-6

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:30796050 - Ssu72 phosphatase is a conserved telomere replication terminator.

Escandell JM et al. EMBO J 2019 Apr 01;38(7)

PMID:28281664 - Genetic interactions and functional analyses of the fission yeast gsk3 and amk2 single and double mutants defective in TORC1-dependent processes.

Rallis C et al. Sci Rep 2017 Mar 10;7:44257

PMID:31276588 - Inositol pyrophosphates impact phosphate homeostasis via modulation of RNA 3' processing and transcription termination.

Sanchez AM et al. Nucleic Acids Res 2019 Sep 19;47(16):8452-8469

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: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:19547744 - Evolution of phosphoregulation: comparison of phosphorylation patterns across yeast species.

Beltrao P et al. PLoS Biol 2009 Jun 16;7(6):e1000134

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: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:30355770 - RNA polymerase II CTD interactome with 3' processing and termination factors in fission yeast and its impact on phosphate homeostasis.

Sanchez AM et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018 Nov 06;115(45):E10652-E10661

PMID:32282918 - Genetic interactions and transcriptomics implicate fission yeast CTD prolyl isomerase Pin1 as an agent of RNA 3' processing and transcription termination that functions via its effects on CTD phosphatase Ssu72.

Sanchez AM et al. Nucleic Acids Res 2020 May 21;48(9):4811-4826

PMID:33579781 - Transcriptional profiling of fission yeast RNA polymerase II CTD mutants.

Garg A et al. RNA 2021 Feb 12;27(5):560-70

GO_REF:0000051 - S. pombe keyword mapping

PMID:34496258 - Transcription and chromatin-based surveillance mechanism controls suppression of cryptic antisense transcription.

Heo DH et al. Cell Rep 2021 Sep 07;36(10):109671

PMID:18818364 - Conservation and rewiring of functional modules revealed by an epistasis map in fission yeast.

Roguev A et al. Science 2008 Oct 17;322(5900):405-10

PMID:24945319 - CPF-associated phosphatase activity opposes condensin-mediated chromosome condensation.

Vanoosthuyse V et al. PLoS Genet 2014 Jun;10(6):e1004415

PMID:35012333 - Cleavage-Polyadenylation Factor Cft1 and SPX Domain Proteins Are Agents of Inositol Pyrophosphate Toxicosis in Fission Yeast.

Schwer B et al. mBio 2022 Feb 22;13(1):e0347621

PMID:36882296 - Duf89 abets lncRNA control of fission yeast phosphate homeostasis via its antagonism of precocious lncRNA transcription termination.

Sanchez AM et al. RNA 2023 Jun;29(6):808-825

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:32546512 - Inactivation of fission yeast Erh1 de-represses pho1 expression: evidence that Erh1 is a negative regulator of prt lncRNA termination.

Schwer B et al. RNA 2020 Oct;26(10):1334-1344

PMID:33711009 - Structure-function analysis of fission yeast cleavage and polyadenylation factor (CPF) subunit Ppn1 and its interactions with Dis2 and Swd22.

Benjamin B et al. PLoS Genet 2021 Mar;17(3):e1009452

GO_REF:0000033 - Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees

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:38886153 - Ssu72 phosphatase deficiency leads to spindle crossing during the second meiotic division process.

Jing-Liang Y et al. Yi Chuan 2024 Jun 20;46(6):502-508

PMID:38899862 - Suppression of inositol pyrophosphate toxicosis and hyper-repression of the fission yeast PHO regulon by loss-of-function mutations in chromatin remodelers Snf22 and Sol1.

Schwer B et al. mBio 2024 Jun 20;:e0125224

PMID:25883047 - Genetic and structural analysis of the essential fission yeast RNA polymerase II CTD phosphatase Fcp1.

Schwer B et al. RNA 2015 Jun;21(6):1135-46

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:23050226 - A genetic screen to discover pathways affecting cohesin function in Schizosaccharomyces pombe identifies chromatin effectors.

Chen Z et al. G3 (Bethesda) 2012 Oct;2(10):1161-8

PMID:29899453 - A Cdk9-PP1 switch regulates the elongation-termination transition of RNA polymerase II.

Parua PK et al. Nature 2018 Jun;558(7710):460-464