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protein coding gene - tif211 (SPAC3G9.09c) - translation initiation factor eIF2 alpha subunit

Gene summary

Standard name
tif211
Systematic ID
SPAC3G9.09c
Product
translation initiation factor eIF2 alpha subunit
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)
Synonyms
eIF2alpha
UniProt ID
P56286
ORFeome ID
17/17A04
Characterisation status
biological role published
Feature type
mRNA gene
Genomic location
chromosome I: 3166428..3167699 forward strand

Annotation

GO biological process

GO:0002183 - cytoplasmic translational initiation

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GO cellular component

GO:0005829 - cytosol

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GO:0033290 - eukaryotic 48S preinitiation complex

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GO:0005850 - eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 complex

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GO molecular function

GO:1990624 - guanyl nucleotide exchange factor inhibitor activity

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GO:1990856 - methionyl-initiator methionine tRNA binding

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GO:0005515 - protein binding

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GO:0180014 - protein-tRNA adaptor activity

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GO:0043022 - ribosome binding

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GO:0003743 - translation initiation factor activity

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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:01455 - O-phosphorylated residue

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MOD:00696 - phosphorylated residue

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MOD:01148 - ubiquitinylated lysine

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Multi-locus phenotype

FYPO:0007523 - decreased protein level during cellular response to oxidative stress

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FYPO:0003930 - decreased protein level during cellular response to salt stress

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Qualitative gene expression

PomGeneEx:0000019 - protein level decreased

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PomGeneEx:0000012 - RNA 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:0005043 - abnormal regulation of translation in response to UV

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FYPO:0007803 - abolished macroautophagy during leucine starvation

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FYPO:0006398 - abolished protein phosphorylation during cellular response to leucine starvation

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FYPO:0000708 - decreased mating efficiency

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FYPO:0002798 - decreased protein degradation during nitrogen starvation

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FYPO:0007826 - decreased protein level during cellular response to leucine starvation

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FYPO:0000712 - delayed onset of cell cycle arrest in mitotic G1 phase in response to nitrogen starvation

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FYPO:0002352 - delayed onset of stress granule disassembly

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FYPO:0000998 - elongated cell during nitrogen starvation

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FYPO:0002151 - inviable spore

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FYPO:0002061 - inviable vegetative cell population

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FYPO:0005214 - normal regulation of translation in response to osmotic stress

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FYPO:0005230 - normal regulation of translation in response to UV

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Taxonomic conservation

PBO:0011072 - conserved in archaea

PBO:0011065 - conserved in eukaryotes

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
PF00575S1S1_domainPFAM
PF07541EIF_2_alphaTIF_2_asuPFAM
cd04452S1_IF2_alphaS1_IF2_alphaCDD
PS50126S1S1_domainPROSITE_PROFILES
SM00316S1_6S1_domainSMART
G3DSA:2.40.50.140:FF:000015FUNFAM
G3DSA:3.30.70.1130:FF:000001FUNFAM
G3DSA:1.10.150.190:FF:000002FUNFAM
SSF116742eIF2alpha middle domain-likeTIF2_asu_middle_sfSUPERFAMILY
SSF110993eIF-2-alpha, C-terminal domainTIF2_asu_CSUPERFAMILY
SSF50249Nucleic acid-binding proteinsNA-bd_OB-foldSUPERFAMILY
G3DSA:1.10.150.190Translation initiation factor 2; subunit 1; domain 2TIF2_asu_middle_sfGENE3D
G3DSA:3.30.70.1130EIF_2_alphaTIF2_asu_CGENE3D
G3DSA:2.40.50.140NA-bd_OB-foldGENE3D
PTHR10602EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 2 SUBUNIT 1TIF_2_asuPANTHER

Orthologs

References / Literature

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Wen WL et al. Nucleic Acids Res 2010 Oct;38(19):6555-66
GO_REF:0000033 - Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees
PMID:27298342 - Identification of S-phase DNA damage-response targets in fission yeast reveals conservation of damage-response networks.
Willis NA et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016 Jun 28;113(26):E3676-85
PMID:39705284 - Proteomic and phosphoproteomic analyses reveal that TORC1 is reactivated by pheromone signaling during sexual reproduction in fission yeast.
Bérard M et al. PLoS Biol 2024 Dec 20;22(12):e3002963
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:39476757 - Characterization of Ksg1 protein kinase-dependent phosphoproteome in the fission yeast S. pombe.
Cipak L et al. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2024 Oct 25;736:150895
PMID:21098141 - Cellular stress induces cytoplasmic RNA granules in fission yeast.
Nilsson D et al. RNA 2011 Jan;17(1):120-33
PMID:17952063 - TOR signalling regulates mitotic commitment through the stress MAP kinase pathway and the Polo and Cdc2 kinases.
Petersen J et al. Nat Cell Biol 2007 Nov;9(11):1263-72
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:33823663 - A TOR (target of rapamycin) and nutritional phosphoproteome of fission yeast reveals novel targets in networks conserved in humans.
Halova L et al. Open Biol 2021 Apr;11(4):200405
PMID:33313903 - Ribosome profiling reveals ribosome stalling on tryptophan codons and ribosome queuing upon oxidative stress in fission yeast.
Rubio A et al. Nucleic Acids Res 2021 Jan 11;49(1):383-399
PMID:33970532 - Magnesium depletion extends fission yeast lifespan via general amino acid control activation.
Ohtsuka H et al. Microbiologyopen 2021 Mar;10(2):e1176
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: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:16278445 - Stress-activated protein kinase pathway functions to support protein synthesis and translational adaptation in response to environmental stress in fission yeast.
Dunand-Sauthier I et al. Eukaryot Cell 2005 Nov;4(11):1785-93
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:21712547 - Mitotic substrates of the kinase aurora with roles in chromatin regulation identified through quantitative phosphoproteomics of fission yeast.
Koch A et al. Sci Signal 2011 Jun 28;4(179):rs6
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: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: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:23671279 - Receptor for activated C-kinase (RACK1) homolog Cpc2 facilitates the general amino acid control response through Gcn2 kinase in fission yeast.
Tarumoto Y et al. J Biol Chem 2013 Jun 28;288(26):19260-8
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:24818994 - The S. pombe translation initiation factor eIF4G is Sumoylated and associates with the SUMO protease Ulp2.
Jongjitwimol J et al. PLoS One 2014;9(5):e94182
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: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:26493332 - Stress-induced inhibition of translation independently of eIF2α phosphorylation.
Knutsen JH et al. J Cell Sci 2015 Dec 01;128(23):4420-7
PMID:17369398 - A novel checkpoint mechanism regulating the G1/S transition.
Tvegård T et al. Genes Dev 2007 Mar 15;21(6):649-54
PMID:22172946 - The stress granule protein Vgl1 and poly(A)-binding protein Pab1 are required for doxorubicin resistance in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Morita T et al. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2012 Jan 06;417(1):399-403
PMID:26901872 - Crystal structure of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B.
Kashiwagi K et al. Nature 2016 Mar 03;531(7592):122-5
PMID:27627185 - Crystal structure of eIF2B and insights into eIF2-eIF2B interactions.
Kashiwagi K et al. FEBS J 2017 Mar;284(6):868-874
PMID:28771613 - Activation of Gcn2 in response to different stresses.
Anda S et al. PLoS One 2017;12(8):e0182143
PMID:27984744 - Survival in Quiescence Requires the Euchromatic Deployment of Clr4/SUV39H by Argonaute-Associated Small RNAs.
Joh RI et al. Mol Cell 2016 Dec 15;64(6):1088-1101
PMID:20144990 - Fission yeast TORC1 regulates phosphorylation of ribosomal S6 proteins in response to nutrients and its activity is inhibited by rapamycin.
Nakashima A et al. J Cell Sci 2010 Mar 01;123(Pt 5):777-86
PMID:19033384 - The G1-S checkpoint in fission yeast is not a general DNA damage checkpoint.
Krohn M et al. J Cell Sci 2008 Dec 15;121(Pt 24):4047-54
PMID:21511999 - Comparative functional genomics of the fission yeasts.
Rhind N et al. Science 2011 May 20;332(6032):930-6
PMID:12242291 - Phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 by heme-regulated inhibitor kinase-related protein kinases in Schizosaccharomyces pombe is important for fesistance to environmental stresses.
Zhan K et al. Mol Cell Biol 2002 Oct;22(20):7134-46
PMID:29996109 - Quantitative Phosphoproteomics Reveals the Signaling Dynamics of Cell-Cycle Kinases in the Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Swaffer MP et al. Cell Rep 2018 Jul 10;24(2):503-514
PMID:30072440 - Regulation of global translation during the cell cycle.
Stonyte V et al. J Cell Sci 2018 Sep 03;131(17)
PMID:30321377 - Proteomic profiling and functional characterization of post-translational modifications of the fission yeast RNA exosome.
Telekawa C et al. Nucleic Acids Res 2018 Nov 30;46(21):11169-11183
PMID:31048492 - Structural basis for eIF2B inhibition in integrated stress response.
Kashiwagi K et al. Science 2019 May 03;364(6439):495-499
GO_REF:0000024 - Manual transfer of experimentally-verified manual GO annotation data to orthologs by curator judgment of sequence similarity.
PMID:33534698 - Tripartite suppression of fission yeast TORC1 signaling by the GATOR1-Sea3 complex, the TSC complex, and Gcn2 kinase.
Fukuda T et al. Elife 2021 Feb 03;10
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:37615341 - Schizosaccharomyces pombe Rtf2 is important for replication fork barrier activity of RTS1 via splicing of Rtf1 .
Budden AM et al. Elife 2023 Aug 24;12
PMID:21436456 - Clr4/Suv39 and RNA quality control factors cooperate to trigger RNAi and suppress antisense RNA.
Zhang K et al. Science 2011 Mar 25;331(6024):1624-7
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:19625445 - Role for RACK1 orthologue Cpc2 in the modulation of stress response in fission yeast.
Núñez A et al. Mol Biol Cell 2009 Sep;20(18):3996-4009
PMID:31285271 - Fission Yeast Asc1 Stabilizes the Interaction between Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 3a and Rps0A/uS2 for Protein Synthesis.
Wang YT et al. Mol Cell Biol 2019 Oct 01;39(19)
PMID:25639242 - Nitrogen regulates AMPK to control TORC1 signaling.
Davie E et al. Curr Biol 2015 Feb 16;25(4):445-54
PMID:37970674 - SUMOylation regulates Lem2 function in centromere clustering and silencing.
Strachan J et al. J Cell Sci 2023 Dec 01;136(23)
PMID:19880757 - Role of mitogen-activated protein kinase Sty1 in regulation of eukaryotic initiation factor 2alpha kinases in response to environmental stress in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Berlanga JJ et al. Eukaryot Cell 2010 Jan;9(1):194-207
PMID:18257517 - Phosphoproteome analysis of fission yeast.
Wilson-Grady JT et al. J Proteome Res 2008 Mar;7(3):1088-97
PMID:23687372 - New roles of the fission yeast eIF2α kinases Hri1 and Gcn2 in response to nutritional stress.
Martín R et al. J Cell Sci 2013 Jul 15;126(Pt 14):3010-20