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protein coding gene - esc1 (SPAC56F8.16) - DNA-binding transcription factor, sexual differentiation inducing Esc1

Gene summary

Standard name
esc1
Systematic ID
SPAC56F8.16
Product
DNA-binding transcription factor, sexual differentiation inducing Esc1
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)
UniProt ID
Q04635
ORFeome ID
19/19H01
Characterisation status
biological role published
Feature type
mRNA gene
Genomic location
chromosome I: 1153580..1156804 forward strand

Annotation

GO biological process

GO:0031141 - induction of conjugation upon carbon starvation

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GO:0045944 - positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II

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GO cellular component

GO:0005634 - nucleus

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GO molecular function

GO:0001228 - DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific

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GO:0000978 - RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding

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Multi-locus phenotype

FYPO:0001355 - decreased vegetative cell population growth

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FYPO:0001886 - meiotic cell cycle entry and sporulation in haploid

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FYPO:0002060 - viable vegetative cell population

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Qualitative gene expression

PomGeneEx:0000011 - RNA level increased

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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:0000141 - abnormal mitotic sister chromatid segregation

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FYPO:0000046 - decreased cell population growth

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FYPO:0000250 - decreased cell population growth on proline nitrogen source

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FYPO:0000303 - decreased conjugation frequency

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FYPO:0009094 - increased cell population growth on lysine and proline nitrogen source

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FYPO:0000761 - increased conjugation frequency

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FYPO:0001309 - increased viability in stationary phase

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FYPO:0006518 - loss of viability in G0

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FYPO:0007553 - normal G1 to G0 transition

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FYPO:0002052 - normal sporulation frequency

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FYPO:0001420 - normal vegetative cell population growth rate

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FYPO:0009031 - resistance to bleomycin

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FYPO:0000764 - resistance to cycloheximide

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FYPO:0002693 - resistance to diamide

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FYPO:0001453 - resistance to ethanol

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FYPO:0001103 - resistance to hydrogen peroxide

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FYPO:0000725 - resistance to methyl methanesulfonate

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FYPO:0009043 - resistance to potassium chloride and sodium dodecyl sulfate

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FYPO:0000830 - resistance to vanadate

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FYPO:0000097 - sensitive to caffeine during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0007931 - sensitive to egtazic acid

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FYPO:0001492 - viable elongated vegetative cell

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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:0000110 - orthologs cannot be distinguished

Protein features

IDNameInterPro nameDB name
PF00010HLHbHLH_domPfam
cd19690bHLHzip_spESC1_likeEsc1_bHLHzipCDD
PS50888BHLHbHLH_domPROSITE profiles
SM00353HLHbHLH_domSMART
G3DSA:4.10.280.10HLH_DNA-bd_sfCATH-Gene3D
SSF47459HLH_DNA-bd_sfSUPERFAMILY
PTHR10328PANTHER
CoilCOILS
mobidb-lite-Disorderdisorder_predictionMobiDB-Disorder
mobidb-lite-Low-complexitydisorder_predictionMobiDB-Low-complexity
mobidb-lite-Polardisorder_predictionMobiDB-Polar

Orthologs

References / Literature

PMID:33260998 - High-Throughput Flow Cytometry Combined with Genetic Analysis Brings New Insights into the Understanding of Chromatin Regulation of Cellular Quiescence.
Zahedi Y et al. Int J Mol Sci 2020 Nov 27;21(23)
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:20118936 - Schizosaccharomyces pombe genome-wide nucleosome mapping reveals positioning mechanisms distinct from those of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Lantermann AB et al. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2010 Feb;17(2):251-7
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: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: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:25375137 - Systematic analysis of the role of RNA-binding proteins in the regulation of RNA stability.
Hasan A et al. PLoS Genet 2014 Nov;10(11):e1004684
PMID:26771498 - A Proteome-wide Fission Yeast Interactome Reveals Network Evolution Principles from Yeasts to Human.
Vo TV et al. Cell 2016 Jan 14;164(1-2):310-323
PMID:16143612 - Schizosaccharomyces pombe adenylate cyclase suppressor mutations suggest a role for cAMP phosphodiesterase regulation in feedback control of glucose/cAMP signaling.
Wang L et al. Genetics 2005 Dec;171(4):1523-33
PMID:36794724 - Cellular responses to long-term phosphate starvation of fission yeast: Maf1 determines fate choice between quiescence and death associated with aberrant tRNA biogenesis.
Garg A et al. Nucleic Acids Res 2023 Apr 24;51(7):3094-3115
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: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:23695302 - Functional characterization of fission yeast transcription factors by overexpression analysis.
Vachon L et al. Genetics 2013 Aug;194(4):873-84
PMID:8381348 - A Schizosaccharomyces pombe gene that promotes sexual differentiation encodes a helix-loop-helix protein with homology to MyoD.
Benton BK et al. EMBO J 1993 Jan;12(1):135-43
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: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:35820914 - Antagonistic effects of mitochondrial matrix and intermembrane space proteases on yeast aging.
Vega M et al. BMC Biol 2022 Jul 12;20(1):160
PMID:35924983 - Genetic-interaction screens uncover novel biological roles and regulators of transcription factors in fission yeast.
Chatfield-Reed K et al. G3 (Bethesda) 2022 Aug 25;12(9)
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: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:21511999 - Comparative functional genomics of the fission yeasts.
Rhind N et al. Science 2011 May 20;332(6032):930-6