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protein coding gene - pcs2 (SPAC3H1.10) - phytochelatin synthetase

Gene summary

Standard name
pcs2
Systematic ID
SPAC3H1.10
Product
phytochelatin synthetase
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)
Synonyms
pcs
UniProt ID
Q10075
ORFeome ID
19/19H04
Characterisation status
biological role published
Feature type
mRNA gene
Genomic location
chromosome I: 1949678..1951508 forward strand

Annotation

GO biological process

GO:0098849 - cellular detoxification of cadmium ion

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GO:0071276 - cellular response to cadmium ion

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GO:0010273 - detoxification of copper ion

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GO:0046938 - phytochelatin biosynthetic process

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GO cellular component

GO:0005737 - cytoplasm

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GO:0005829 - cytosol

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GO:0005634 - nucleus

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GO molecular function

GO:0046870 - cadmium ion binding

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GO:0016756 - glutathione gamma-glutamylcysteinyltransferase activity

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Modification

MOD:00698 - metal or metal cluster containing modified residue

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MOD:00046 - O-phospho-L-serine

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MOD:00048 - O4'-phospho-L-tyrosine

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Multi-locus phenotype

FYPO:0000096 - sensitive to cadmium

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Qualitative gene expression

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:0000121 - abnormal sporulation

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FYPO:0003505 - abolished glutathione gamma-glutamylcysteinyltransferase activity

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FYPO:0002829 - decreased cellular phytochelatin level

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FYPO:0000755 - decreased glutathione gamma-glutamylcysteinyltransferase activity

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FYPO:0000708 - decreased mating efficiency

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FYPO:0001521 - increased cellular glutathione level during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0004557 - increased vegetative cell population growth

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FYPO:0001309 - increased viability in stationary phase

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FYPO:0004295 - multiseptate cell

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FYPO:0001753 - normal anaerobic cell population growth

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FYPO:0000753 - normal glutathione gamma-glutamylcysteinyltransferase activity

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FYPO:0001437 - normal growth on antimycin A

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FYPO:0003506 - normal growth on copper

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FYPO:0001164 - normal growth on glucose carbon source

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FYPO:0000962 - normal growth on hydrogen peroxide

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FYPO:0002691 - normal growth on menadione

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FYPO:0003508 - normal growth on mercury

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FYPO:0005884 - normal growth on myxothiazol

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FYPO:0000954 - normal growth on nickel cation

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FYPO:0001691 - normal growth on paraquat

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FYPO:0003509 - normal growth on selenite ion

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FYPO:0003510 - normal growth on silver ions

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FYPO:0001239 - normal growth on tert-butyl hydroperoxide

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FYPO:0003507 - normal growth on zinc

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FYPO:0002722 - phytochelatin absent from cell

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FYPO:0009079 - resistance to calcofluor and sodium dodecyl sulfate

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FYPO:0002693 - resistance to diamide

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FYPO:0009038 - resistance to egtazic acid

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FYPO:0001453 - resistance to ethanol

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FYPO:0001583 - resistance to lithium

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FYPO:0009085 - resistance to lithium chloride and sodium dodecyl sulfate

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FYPO:0009087 - resistance to magnesium chloride and sodium dodecyl sulfate

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FYPO:0003383 - resistance to tert-butyl hydroperoxide

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FYPO:0001097 - sensitive to amitrole

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FYPO:0000093 - sensitive to arsenic

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FYPO:0000096 - sensitive to cadmium

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FYPO:0000103 - sensitive to copper

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FYPO:0000748 - sensitive to mercury

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FYPO:0000750 - sensitive to silver ions

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FYPO:0006929 - sensitive to silver nanoparticles

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FYPO:0002060 - viable vegetative cell population

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FYPO:0002177 - viable vegetative cell with normal cell morphology

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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:0000055 - no apparent S. cerevisiae ortholog

Protein features

IDNameInterPro nameDB name
PF05023PhytochelatinPCS_NPFAM
PS51443PCSPCS_NPROSITE_PROFILES
G3DSA:3.90.70.30:FF:000001FUNFAM
SSF54001Cysteine proteinasesPapain-like_cys_pep_sfSUPERFAMILY
G3DSA:3.90.70.30PCS_N_sfGENE3D
PTHR33447GLUTATHIONE GAMMA-GLUTAMYLCYSTEINYLTRANSFERASEPCS-likePANTHER

Orthologs

References / Literature

PMID:23163955 - Analysis of stress-induced duplex destabilization (SIDD) properties of replication origins, genes and intergenes in the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Yadav MP et al. BMC Res Notes 2012 Nov 19;5:643
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: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:19001374 - Drosophila ABC transporter, DmHMT-1, confers tolerance to cadmium. DmHMT-1 and its yeast homolog, SpHMT-1, are not essential for vacuolar phytochelatin sequestration.
Sooksa-Nguan T et al. J Biol Chem 2009 Jan 02;284(1):354-362
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: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:19054771 - A common highly conserved cadmium detoxification mechanism from bacteria to humans: heavy metal tolerance conferred by the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter SpHMT1 requires glutathione but not metal-chelating phytochelatin peptides.
Prévéral S et al. J Biol Chem 2009 Feb 20;284(8):4936-43
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:12905027 - Localization and functional characterization of metal-binding sites in phytochelatin synthases.
Maier T et al. Planta 2003 Dec;218(2):300-8
PMID:27005325 - Diverse fission yeast genes required for responding to oxidative and metal stress: Comparative analysis of glutathione-related and other defense gene deletions.
Pluskal T et al. Genes Cells 2016 Jun;21(6):530-42
PMID:28410370 - A systematic screen for morphological abnormalities during fission yeast sexual reproduction identifies a mechanism of actin aster formation for cell fusion.
Dudin O et al. PLoS Genet 2017 Apr;13(4):e1006721
PMID:27558664 - Global Fitness Profiling Identifies Arsenic and Cadmium Tolerance Mechanisms in Fission Yeast.
Guo L et al. G3 (Bethesda) 2016 Oct 13;6(10):3317-3333
PMID:28357272 - A central role for TOR signalling in a yeast model for juvenile CLN3 disease.
Bond ME et al. Microb Cell 2015 Nov 11;2(12):466-480
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:37787768 - Broad functional profiling of fission yeast proteins using phenomics and machine learning.
Rodríguez-López M et al. Elife 2023 Oct 03;12
PMID:20937798 - Tonoplast-localized Abc2 transporter mediates phytochelatin accumulation in vacuoles and confers cadmium tolerance.
Mendoza-Cózatl DG et al. J Biol Chem 2010 Dec 24;285(52):40416-26
PMID:34028542 - TORC2 inhibition of α-arrestin Aly3 mediates cell surface persistence of S. pombe Ght5 glucose transporter in low glucose.
Toyoda Y et al. J Cell Sci 2021 May 15;134(10)
PMID:18684775 - A genome-wide screen of genes involved in cadmium tolerance in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Kennedy PJ et al. Toxicol Sci 2008 Nov;106(1):124-39
PMID:21511999 - Comparative functional genomics of the fission yeasts.
Rhind N et al. Science 2011 May 20;332(6032):930-6
PMID:16537923 - Sterol regulatory element binding protein is a principal regulator of anaerobic gene expression in fission yeast.
Todd BL et al. Mol Cell Biol 2006 Apr;26(7):2817-31
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:29294138 - Editor's Highlight: A Genome-wide Screening of Target Genes Against Silver Nanoparticles in Fission Yeast.
Lee AR et al. Toxicol Sci 2018 Jan 01;161(1):171-185
PMID:10368185 - Phytochelatin synthase genes from Arabidopsis and the yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Ha SB et al. Plant Cell 1999 Jun;11(6):1153-64
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:11886869 - A transporter in the endoplasmic reticulum of Schizosaccharomyces pombe cells mediates zinc storage and differentially affects transition metal tolerance.
Clemens S et al. J Biol Chem 2002 May 17;277(20):18215-21
PMID:10369673 - Tolerance to toxic metals by a gene family of phytochelatin synthases from plants and yeast.
Clemens S et al. EMBO J 1999 Jun 15;18(12):3325-33
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