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protein coding gene - cdc3 (SPAC4A8.15c) - profilin

Gene summary

Standard name
cdc3
Systematic ID
SPAC4A8.15c
Product
profilin
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)
UniProt ID
P39825
ORFeome ID
41/41C06
Characterisation status
biological role published
Feature type
mRNA gene
Genomic location
chromosome I: 2578956..2579525 reverse strand

Annotation

GO biological process

GO:0044396 - actin cortical patch organization

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GO:0030041 - actin filament polymerization

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GO:0000755 - cytogamy

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GO:1903475 - mitotic actomyosin contractile ring assembly

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GO cellular component

GO:0030479 - actin cortical patch

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GO:0051285 - cell cortex of cell tip

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GO:0043332 - mating projection tip

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GO:0031097 - medial cortex

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GO molecular function

GO:0003785 - actin monomer binding

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GO:0005085 - guanyl-nucleotide exchange factor activity

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Modification

MOD:00046 - O-phospho-L-serine

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Multi-locus phenotype

FYPO:0000161 - abnormal actomyosin contractile ring assembly

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FYPO:0000444 - abnormal mitotic cell cycle arrest with replicated DNA

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FYPO:0004105 - abolished polar cell growth

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FYPO:0001585 - abolished protein localization to cell tip during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0002033 - abolished protein phosphorylation during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0003315 - actin cables absent from cell

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FYPO:0004972 - actin cortical patches present in increased numbers

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FYPO:0001407 - decreased cell population growth on glucose carbon source

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FYPO:0001355 - decreased vegetative cell population growth

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FYPO:0002021 - dispersed actin cortical patch localization during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0000836 - increased protein level

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FYPO:0005468 - increased protein localization to cell tip during mitosis

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FYPO:0000314 - inviable after spore germination with elongated germ tube

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FYPO:0001493 - inviable elongated multinucleate vegetative cell

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FYPO:0001006 - inviable elongated multinucleate vegetative cell with central constriction

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FYPO:0006262 - inviable stubby binucleate vegetative cell

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FYPO:0003989 - inviable stubby mononucleate vegetative cell

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FYPO:0006199 - inviable stubby multinucleate vegetative cell

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FYPO:0002061 - inviable vegetative cell population

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FYPO:0002424 - normal actin cortical patch localization during mitotic interphase

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FYPO:0003332 - normal protein kinase activity during mitotic interphase

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FYPO:0001587 - normal protein localization to cell tip during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0000776 - normal protein phosphorylation during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0000673 - normal septum assembly

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FYPO:0002060 - viable vegetative cell population

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Qualitative gene expression

PomGeneEx:0000019 - protein level decreased

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PomGeneEx:0000027 - ribosomal density 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:0000190 - abnormal actin cortical patch localization during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0000791 - abnormal actin cortical patch morphology

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FYPO:0000727 - abnormal actin filament organization during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0003338 - abnormal actomyosin contractile ring morphology

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FYPO:0002023 - abnormal septum morphology during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0001009 - abolished actomyosin contractile ring assembly

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FYPO:0003363 - abolished cytogamy

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FYPO:0000417 - abolished cytokinesis

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FYPO:0001179 - abolished protein localization during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0003442 - abolished protein localization to actin cable

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FYPO:0002561 - abolished protein localization to actomyosin contractile ring

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FYPO:0001880 - abolished protein localization to cell division site

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FYPO:0002555 - abolished protein localization to medial cortex during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0006030 - actin cortical patches absent from cell

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FYPO:0001008 - actomyosin contractile ring absent

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FYPO:0007060 - decreased actin filament depolymerization involved in actomyosin contractile ring assembly

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FYPO:0000082 - decreased cell population growth at high temperature

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FYPO:0001382 - decreased protein kinase activity

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FYPO:0000835 - decreased protein level

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FYPO:0003317 - decreased protein localization to growing cell tip, with protein distributed in plasma membrane or cortex

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FYPO:0006176 - decreased rate of actin cortical patch localization

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FYPO:0001355 - decreased vegetative cell population growth

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FYPO:0002297 - dispersed actin cortical patch localization during mitotic interphase

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FYPO:0002021 - dispersed actin cortical patch localization during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0000133 - elongated multinucleate vegetative cell

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FYPO:0001011 - filamentous actin absent

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FYPO:0002987 - inviable after spore germination, without cell division, swollen binucleate cell with central constriction

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FYPO:0002024 - inviable elongated multinucleate aseptate vegetative cell

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FYPO:0002025 - inviable elongated multinucleate vegetative cell with abnormal septum morphology

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FYPO:0001006 - inviable elongated multinucleate vegetative cell with central constriction

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FYPO:0000779 - inviable elongated vegetative cell with central constriction

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FYPO:0002061 - inviable vegetative cell population

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FYPO:0000339 - mislocalized septum during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0002022 - normal actin cortical patch morphology

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FYPO:0007689 - normal cell growth polarization

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FYPO:0002141 - normal cell population growth at low temperature

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FYPO:0003876 - normal cytokinesis checkpoint

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FYPO:0001007 - normal mitosis

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FYPO:0000833 - normal protein level during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0001587 - normal protein localization to cell tip during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0002558 - normal protein localization to medial cortex during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0002999 - normal protein localization to medial cortical node

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FYPO:0002967 - normal protein localization to mitotic spindle pole body

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FYPO:0003626 - normal protein localization to shmoo tip

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FYPO:0001904 - premature actomyosin contractile ring disassembly

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FYPO:0002060 - viable vegetative cell population

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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
PF00235ProfilinPFNPFAM
cd00148PROFPFN_eukCDD
PS00414PROFILINProfilin_CSPROSITE_PATTERNS
SM00392prof_2PFN_eukSMART
PR01640PROFILINPLNTPFN_eukPRINTS
PR00392PROFILINPFN_eukPRINTS
G3DSA:3.30.450.30:FF:000001FUNFAM
SSF55770Profilin (actin-binding protein)PFN_sfSUPERFAMILY
G3DSA:3.30.450.30Dynein light chain 2a, cytoplasmicGENE3D
PTHR11604PROFILINPFN_eukPANTHER

Orthologs

References / Literature

PMID:16772338 - The fission yeast Chs2 protein interacts with the type-II myosin Myo3p and is required for the integrity of the actomyosin ring.
Martín-García R et al. J Cell Sci 2006 Jul 01;119(Pt 13):2768-79
PMID:18793338 - Rga2 is a Rho2 GAP that regulates morphogenesis and cell integrity in S. pombe.
Villar-Tajadura MA et al. Mol Microbiol 2008 Nov;70(4):867-81
PMID:16467379 - Actin-depolymerizing protein Adf1 is required for formation and maintenance of the contractile ring during cytokinesis in fission yeast.
Nakano K et al. Mol Biol Cell 2006 Apr;17(4):1933-45
PMID:12214236 - Actin dynamics in the contractile ring during cytokinesis in fission yeast.
Pelham RJ et al. Nature 2002 Sep 05;419(6902):82-6
PMID:10087262 - Fission yeast alpha-glucan synthase Mok1 requires the actin cytoskeleton to localize the sites of growth and plays an essential role in cell morphogenesis downstream of protein kinase C function.
Katayama S et al. J Cell Biol 1999 Mar 22;144(6):1173-86
PMID:9649519 - Isolation and characterization of new fission yeast cytokinesis mutants.
Balasubramanian MK et al. Genetics 1998 Jul;149(3):1265-75
PMID:8978670 - Fission yeast Sop2p: a novel and evolutionarily conserved protein that interacts with Arp3p and modulates profilin function.
Balasubramanian MK et al. EMBO J 1996 Dec 02;15(23):6426-37
PMID:17452625 - Acetylation regulates tropomyosin function in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Skoumpla K et al. J Cell Sci 2007 May 01;120(Pt 9):1635-45
PMID:9573052 - Pom1p, a fission yeast protein kinase that provides positional information for both polarized growth and cytokinesis.
Bähler J et al. Genes Dev 1998 May 01;12(9):1356-70
PMID:11294907 - Roles of a fimbrin and an alpha-actinin-like protein in fission yeast cell polarization and cytokinesis.
Wu JQ et al. Mol Biol Cell 2001 Apr;12(4):1061-77
PMID:19244341 - Role of tropomyosin in formin-mediated contractile ring assembly in fission yeast.
Skau CT et al. Mol Biol Cell 2009 Apr;20(8):2160-73
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:32915139 - Stress-activated MAPK signaling controls fission yeast actomyosin ring integrity by modulating formin For3 levels.
Gómez-Gil E et al. Elife 2020 Sep 11;9
PMID:10545452 - Drc1p/Cps1p, a 1,3-beta-glucan synthase subunit, is essential for division septum assembly in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Liu J et al. Genetics 1999 Nov;153(3):1193-203
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:19028693 - Incompatibility with formin Cdc12p prevents human profilin from substituting for fission yeast profilin: insights from crystal structures of fission yeast profilin.
Ezezika OC et al. J Biol Chem 2009 Jan 23;284(4):2088-97
PMID:23589458 - Insight into actin organization and function in cytokinesis from analysis of fission yeast mutants.
Subramanian D et al. Genetics 2013 Jun;194(2):435-46
PMID:9606213 - FH3, a domain found in formins, targets the fission yeast formin Fus1 to the projection tip during conjugation.
Petersen J et al. J Cell Biol 1998 Jun 01;141(5):1217-28
PMID:16864655 - Assembly of the cytokinetic contractile ring from a broad band of nodes in fission yeast.
Wu JQ et al. J Cell Biol 2006 Jul 31;174(3):391-402
PMID:958201 - Genetic control of the cell division cycle in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Nurse P et al. Mol Gen Genet 1976 Jul 23;146(2):167-78
PMID:10588653 - A mutant of Arp2p causes partial disassembly of the Arp2/3 complex and loss of cortical actin function in fission yeast.
Morrell JL et al. Mol Biol Cell 1999 Dec;10(12):4201-15
PMID:10769212 - Molecular mechanism of myosin-II assembly at the division site in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Motegi F et al. J Cell Sci 2000 May;113 ( Pt 10):1813-25
PMID:20967237 - Fission yeast cells undergo nuclear division in the absence of spindle microtubules.
Castagnetti S et al. PLoS Biol 2010 Oct 12;8(10):e1000512
PMID:23297348 - Comprehensive proteomics analysis reveals new substrates and regulators of the fission yeast clp1/cdc14 phosphatase.
Chen JS et al. Mol Cell Proteomics 2013 May;12(5):1074-86
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:10371213 - Identification of cold-sensitive mutations in the Schizosaccharomyces pombe actin locus.
McCollum D et al. FEBS Lett 1999 May 28;451(3):321-6
PMID:20603077 - Dephosphorylation of F-BAR protein Cdc15 modulates its conformation and stimulates its scaffolding activity at the cell division site.
Roberts-Galbraith RH et al. Mol Cell 2010 Jul 09;39(1):86-99
PMID:9200612 - tea1 and the microtubular cytoskeleton are important for generating global spatial order within the fission yeast cell.
Mata J et al. Cell 1997 Jun 13;89(6):939-49
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:11448769 - Fission yeast Clp1p phosphatase regulates G2/M transition and coordination of cytokinesis with cell cycle progression.
Trautmann S et al. Curr Biol 2001 Jun 26;11(12):931-40
PMID:24127216 - The formins Cdc12 and For3 cooperate during contractile ring assembly in cytokinesis.
Coffman VC et al. J Cell Biol 2013 Oct 14;203(1):101-14
PMID:8978671 - The Schizosaccharomyces pombe actin-related protein, Arp3, is a component of the cortical actin cytoskeleton and interacts with profilin.
McCollum D et al. EMBO J 1996 Dec 02;15(23):6438-46
PMID:11294914 - Profilin binding to poly-L-proline and actin monomers along with ability to catalyze actin nucleotide exchange is required for viability of fission yeast.
Lu J et al. Mol Biol Cell 2001 Apr;12(4):1161-75
PMID:18378776 - The Clp1/Cdc14 phosphatase contributes to the robustness of cytokinesis by association with anillin-related Mid1.
Clifford DM et al. J Cell Biol 2008 Apr 07;181(1):79-88
PMID:31509478 - The intrinsically disordered region of the cytokinetic F-BAR protein Cdc15 performs a unique essential function in maintenance of cytokinetic ring integrity.
Mangione MC et al. Mol Biol Cell 2019 Oct 15;30(22):2790-2801
PMID:8771785 - Arabidopsis profilins are functionally similar to yeast profilins: identification of a vascular bundle-specific profilin and a pollen-specific profilin.
Christensen HE et al. Plant J 1996 Aug;10(2):269-79
PMID:16085489 - The 14-3-3 protein rad24p modulates function of the cdc14p family phosphatase clp1p/flp1p in fission yeast.
Mishra M et al. Curr Biol 2005 Aug 09;15(15):1376-83
PMID:39358553 - Ageing-associated long non-coding RNA extends lifespan and reduces translation in non-dividing cells.
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PMID:9105045 - cdc12p, a protein required for cytokinesis in fission yeast, is a component of the cell division ring and interacts with profilin.
Chang F et al. J Cell Biol 1997 Apr 07;137(1):169-82
PMID:10388810 - Identification and characterization of Schizosaccharomyces pombe asp1(+), a gene that interacts with mutations in the Arp2/3 complex and actin.
Feoktistova A et al. Genetics 1999 Jul;152(3):895-908
PMID:23394829 - Identification of SIN pathway targets reveals mechanisms of crosstalk between NDR kinase pathways.
Gupta S et al. Curr Biol 2013 Feb 18;23(4):333-8
PMID:22891259 - Fission yeast Ags1 confers the essential septum strength needed for safe gradual cell abscission.
Cortés JC et al. J Cell Biol 2012 Aug 20;198(4):637-56
PMID:11231572 - Role of actin polymerization and actin cables in actin-patch movement in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Pelham RJ et al. Nat Cell Biol 2001 Mar;3(3):235-44
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:15743909 - Profilin-mediated competition between capping protein and formin Cdc12p during cytokinesis in fission yeast.
Kovar DR et al. Mol Biol Cell 2005 May;16(5):2313-24
PMID:12234926 - Fission yeast Mor2/Cps12, a protein similar to Drosophila Furry, is essential for cell morphogenesis and its mutation induces Wee1-dependent G(2) delay.
Hirata D et al. EMBO J 2002 Sep 16;21(18):4863-74
PMID:18305104 - Regulation and targeting of the fission yeast formin cdc12p in cytokinesis.
Yonetani A et al. Mol Biol Cell 2008 May;19(5):2208-19
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:21511999 - Comparative functional genomics of the fission yeasts.
Rhind N et al. Science 2011 May 20;332(6032):930-6
PMID:24790095 - Characterization of the roles of Blt1p in fission yeast cytokinesis.
Goss JW et al. Mol Biol Cell 2014 Jul 01;25(13):1946-57
PMID:9490631 - F-actin distribution and function during sexual differentiation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Petersen J et al. J Cell Sci 1998 Apr;111 ( Pt 7):867-76
PMID:6490749 - Septum pattern in ts mutants of Schizosaccharomyces pombe defective in genes cdc3, cdc4, cdc8 and cdc12.
Streiblová E et al. J Cell Sci 1984 Jul;69:47-65
PMID:25543282 - Profilin regulates F-actin network homeostasis by favoring formin over Arp2/3 complex.
Suarez C et al. Dev Cell 2015 Jan 12;32(1):43-53
PMID:31927482 - Splicing Defects of the Profilin Gene Alter Actin Dynamics in an S. pombe SMN Mutant.
Antoine M et al. iScience 2020 Jan 24;23(1):100809
PMID:20805322 - The mitosis-to-interphase transition is coordinated by cross talk between the SIN and MOR pathways in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Ray S et al. J Cell Biol 2010 Sep 06;190(5):793-805
PMID:18272786 - Pxl1p, a paxillin-related protein, stabilizes the actomyosin ring during cytokinesis in fission yeast.
Ge W et al. Mol Biol Cell 2008 Apr;19(4):1680-92
PMID:24798735 - The novel proteins Rng8 and Rng9 regulate the myosin-V Myo51 during fission yeast cytokinesis.
Wang N et al. J Cell Biol 2014 May 12;205(3):357-75
PMID:12456722 - Mob2p interacts with the protein kinase Orb6p to promote coordination of cell polarity with cell cycle progression.
Hou MC et al. J Cell Sci 2003 Jan 01;116(Pt 1):125-35
PMID:30355493 - Expanded Interactome of the Intrinsically Disordered Protein Dss1.
Schenstrøm SM et al. Cell Rep 2018 Oct 23;25(4):862-870
PMID:8207058 - The Schizosaccharomyces pombe cdc3+ gene encodes a profilin essential for cytokinesis.
Balasubramanian MK et al. J Cell Biol 1994 Jun;125(6):1289-301
PMID:21148300 - Actin cables and the exocyst form two independent morphogenesis pathways in the fission yeast.
Bendezú FO et al. Mol Biol Cell 2011 Jan 01;22(1):44-53
PMID:19111658 - HP1 proteins form distinct complexes and mediate heterochromatic gene silencing by nonoverlapping mechanisms.
Motamedi MR et al. Mol Cell 2008 Dec 26;32(6):778-90
PMID:15647375 - The roles of fission yeast ase1 in mitotic cell division, meiotic nuclear oscillation, and cytokinesis checkpoint signaling.
Yamashita A et al. Mol Biol Cell 2005 Mar;16(3):1378-95
PMID:11694585 - Interactions among a fimbrin, a capping protein, and an actin-depolymerizing factor in organization of the fission yeast actin cytoskeleton.
Nakano K et al. Mol Biol Cell 2001 Nov;12(11):3515-26
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: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:8834798 - Isolation and characterization of fission yeast mutants defective in the assembly and placement of the contractile actin ring.
Chang F et al. J Cell Sci 1996 Jan;109 ( Pt 1):131-42
PMID:9108274 - A wat1 mutant of fission yeast is defective in cell morphology.
Kemp JT et al. Mol Gen Genet 1997 Mar 26;254(2):127-38
PMID:16866873 - Actin-capping protein is involved in controlling organization of actin cytoskeleton together with ADF/cofilin, profilin and F-actin crosslinking proteins in fission yeast.
Nakano K et al. Genes Cells 2006 Aug;11(8):893-905
PMID:10459013 - Sid2p, a spindle pole body kinase that regulates the onset of cytokinesis.
Sparks CA et al. J Cell Biol 1999 Aug 23;146(4):777-90
PMID:10233158 - Ssp1 promotes actin depolymerization and is involved in stress response and new end take-off control in fission yeast.
Rupes I et al. Mol Biol Cell 1999 May;10(5):1495-510
PMID:19139265 - The SH3 domains of two PCH family members cooperate in assembly of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe contractile ring.
Roberts-Galbraith RH et al. J Cell Biol 2009 Jan 12;184(1):113-27
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:31626996 - Multiplexed proteome profiling of carbon source perturbations in two yeast species with SL-SP3-TMT.
Paulo JA et al. J Proteomics 2020 Jan 06;210:103531