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protein coding gene - rif1 (SPAC6F6.17) - telomere length regulator protein Rif1

Gene summary

Standard name
rif1
Systematic ID
SPAC6F6.17
Product
telomere length regulator protein Rif1
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)
Synonyms
tap1, tap11, SPAPJ736.01
UniProt ID
Q96UP3
ORFeome ID
30/30G03
Characterisation status
biological role published
Feature type
mRNA gene
Genomic location
chromosome I: 2766273..2770704 forward strand

Annotation

Comment

PBO:0034732 - chromatin binding profiling

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GO biological process

GO:0000723 - telomere maintenance

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GO cellular component

GO:0000785 - chromatin

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GO:0140445 - chromosome, telomeric repeat region

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GO:0005730 - nucleolus

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GO:0005634 - nucleus

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GO molecular function

GO:0140463 - chromatin-protein adaptor activity

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GO:0051880 - G-quadruplex DNA binding

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GO:0005515 - protein binding

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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:01149 - sumoylated lysine

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Multi-locus phenotype

FYPO:0000584 - decreased sporulation frequency

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FYPO:0001355 - decreased vegetative cell population growth

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FYPO:0002019 - elongated telomeres during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0001249 - increased origin firing efficiency

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FYPO:0002061 - inviable vegetative cell population

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FYPO:0003082 - normal genetic imprinting at mating-type locus

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FYPO:0001690 - normal growth on camptothecin

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FYPO:0000963 - normal growth on hydroxyurea

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FYPO:0000957 - normal growth on methyl methanesulfonate

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FYPO:0002887 - normal protein localization to telomere during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0001357 - normal vegetative cell population growth

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FYPO:0006272 - premature mitotic DNA replication initiation from late origin

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FYPO:0000085 - sensitive to camptothecin

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FYPO:0000088 - sensitive to hydroxyurea

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FYPO:0000089 - sensitive to methyl methanesulfonate

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FYPO:0000268 - sensitive to UV during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0003106 - stable shortened telomeres during vegetative growth

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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:0001344 - abnormal mitotic DNA replication initiation

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FYPO:0005758 - abnormal regulation of mitotic DNA replication initiation from late origin

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FYPO:0000705 - abolished protein-protein interaction

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FYPO:0007212 - decreased chromatin silencing at heterochromatin island

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FYPO:0004604 - decreased chromatin silencing at subtelomere

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FYPO:0007235 - decreased protein localization to chromatin at early replication origin

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FYPO:0005937 - decreased protein localization to chromatin at late replication origin

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FYPO:0003803 - decreased protein localization to telomere

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FYPO:0001645 - decreased protein-protein interaction

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FYPO:0000581 - decreased spore germination frequency

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FYPO:0007233 - delayed onset of mitotic DNA replication initiation from early origin

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FYPO:0007236 - delayed onset of protein localization to chromatin at early replication origin

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FYPO:0002019 - elongated telomeres during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0004806 - incomplete cell wall disassembly at cell fusion site

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FYPO:0007068 - increased origin firing efficiency in subtelomeric heterochromatin

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FYPO:0005759 - increased protein localization to chromatin at late replication origin

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FYPO:0000245 - loss of viability in stationary phase

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FYPO:0002336 - normal chromatin silencing at silent mating-type cassette

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FYPO:0000969 - normal growth during cellular response to UV

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FYPO:0001690 - normal growth on camptothecin

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FYPO:0000963 - normal growth on hydroxyurea

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FYPO:0000957 - normal growth on methyl methanesulfonate

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FYPO:0000964 - normal growth on thiabendazole

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FYPO:0004093 - normal meiotic telomere clustering

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FYPO:0005938 - normal protein localization to chromatin at late replication origin

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FYPO:0004962 - normal protein localization to chromatin at replication origin

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FYPO:0002887 - normal protein localization to telomere during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0002052 - normal sporulation frequency

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FYPO:0001357 - normal vegetative cell population growth

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FYPO:0006272 - premature mitotic DNA replication initiation from late origin

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FYPO:0006014 - promiscuous mating

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

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FYPO:0003383 - resistance to tert-butyl hydroperoxide

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FYPO:0000799 - sensitive to diamide

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FYPO:0007924 - sensitive to potassium chloride and sodium dodecyl sulfate

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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:0011070 - conserved in vertebrates

PBO:0006222 - predominantly single copy (one to one)

Protein features

IDNameInterPro nameDB name
PF12231Rif1_NRif1_NPFAM
SSF48371ARM repeatARM-type_foldSUPERFAMILY
PTHR22928TELOMERE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN RIF1PANTHER
mobidb-lite-Disorderdisorder_predictionMOBIDB-Disorder
mobidb-lite-Low-complexitydisorder_predictionMOBIDB-Low-complexity
mobidb-lite-Polardisorder_predictionMOBIDB-Polar
mobidb-lite-Polyampholytedisorder_predictionMOBIDB-Polyampholyte
mobidb-lite-Positive-Polyelectrolytedisorder_predictionMOBIDB-Positive-Polyelectrolyte

Orthologs

References / Literature

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Davé A et al. Cell Rep 2014 Apr 10;7(1):53-61
PMID:27984725 - CDK Substrate Phosphorylation and Ordering the Cell Cycle.
Swaffer MP et al. Cell 2016 Dec 15;167(7):1750-1761.e16
PMID:28366642 - Spt5 Plays Vital Roles in the Control of Sense and Antisense Transcription Elongation.
Shetty A et al. Mol Cell 2017 Apr 06;66(1):77-88.e5
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: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:24013502 - Epe1 recruits BET family bromodomain protein Bdf2 to establish heterochromatin boundaries.
Wang J et al. Genes Dev 2013 Sep 01;27(17):1886-902
PMID:26537787 - Targeting of SUMO substrates to a Cdc48-Ufd1-Npl4 segregase and STUbL pathway in fission yeast.
Køhler JB et al. Nat Commun 2015 Nov 05;6:8827
PMID:11676925 - spRap1 and spRif1, recruited to telomeres by Taz1, are essential for telomere function in fission yeast.
Kanoh J et al. Curr Biol 2001 Oct 16;11(20):1624-30
PMID:28180297 - Fission yeast Stn1 is crucial for semi-conservative replication at telomeres and subtelomeres.
Takikawa M et al. Nucleic Acids Res 2017 Feb 17;45(3):1255-1269
PMID:26201080 - The DNA-Binding Domain of S. pombe Mrc1 (Claspin) Acts to Enhance Stalling at Replication Barriers.
Zech J et al. PLoS One 2015;10(7):e0132595
PMID:25245948 - Tls1 regulates splicing of shelterin components to control telomeric heterochromatin assembly and telomere length.
Wang J et al. Nucleic Acids Res 2014 Oct;42(18):11419-32
PMID:41201383 - Combinatorial Analyses of Pre-mRNA Splicing-Defective Mutants Reveal Differential Quantitative Requirements for Shelterin in Distinct Telomere Functions.
Takeuchi M et al. Genes Cells 2025 Nov;30(6):e70064
PMID:22279046 - Rif1 is a global regulator of timing of replication origin firing in fission yeast.
Hayano M et al. Genes Dev 2012 Jan 15;26(2):137-50
PMID:30796050 - Ssu72 phosphatase is a conserved telomere replication terminator.
Escandell JM et al. EMBO J 2019 Apr 01;38(7)
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:16096639 - Taz1, Rap1 and Rif1 act both interdependently and independently to maintain telomeres.
Miller KM et al. EMBO J 2005 Sep 07;24(17):3128-35
PMID:27066066 - Rif1: A Conserved Regulator of DNA Replication and Repair Hijacked by Telomeres in Yeasts.
Mattarocci S et al. Front Genet 2016;7:45
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: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: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: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:17209013 - Role of SUMO in the dynamics of telomere maintenance in fission yeast.
Xhemalce B et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 Jan 16;104(3):893-8
PMID:20625380 - A genome-wide screen for Schizosaccharomyces pombe deletion mutants that affect telomere length.
Liu NN et al. Cell Res 2010 Aug;20(8):963-5
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:29216371 - Fission yeast Ccq1 is a modulator of telomerase activity.
Armstrong CA et al. Nucleic Acids Res 2018 Jan 25;46(2):704-716
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:26436827 - Rif1 binds to G quadruplexes and suppresses replication over long distances.
Kanoh Y et al. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2015 Nov;22(11):889-97
PMID:27320927 - Rif1 Regulates the Fate of DNA Entanglements during Mitosis.
Zaaijer S et al. Cell Rep 2016 Jun 28;16(1):148-160
PMID:27473316 - Characterization of a Novel MMS-Sensitive Allele of Schizosaccharomyces pombe mcm4.
Ranatunga NS et al. G3 (Bethesda) 2016 Oct 13;6(10):3049-3063
PMID:30217821 - Molecular architecture of G-quadruplex structures generated on duplex Rif1-binding sequences.
Masai H et al. J Biol Chem 2018 Nov 02;293(44):17033-17049
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: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:29774234 - The fission yeast Stn1-Ten1 complex limits telomerase activity via its SUMO-interacting motif and promotes telomeres replication.
Matmati S et al. Sci Adv 2018 May;4(5):eaar2740
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: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:24925530 - Tpz1TPP1 SUMOylation reveals evolutionary conservation of SUMO-dependent Stn1 telomere association.
Garg M et al. EMBO Rep 2014 Aug;15(8):871-7
PMID:32586625 - Detection of cellular G-quadruplex by using a loop structure as a structural determinant.
Masai H et al. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2020 Oct 08;531(1):75-83
PMID:23936074 - Telomeric repeats facilitate CENP-A(Cnp1) incorporation via telomere binding proteins.
Castillo AG et al. PLoS One 2013;8(7):e69673
PMID:29422503 - LARP7-like protein Pof8 regulates telomerase assembly and poly(A)+TERRA expression in fission yeast.
Mennie AK et al. Nat Commun 2018 Feb 08;9(1):586
PMID:21511999 - Comparative functional genomics of the fission yeasts.
Rhind N et al. Science 2011 May 20;332(6032):930-6
PMID:26990647 - Swi1Timeless Prevents Repeat Instability at Fission Yeast Telomeres.
Gadaleta MC et al. PLoS Genet 2016 Mar;12(3):e1005943
PMID:22987637 - Telomere-binding protein Taz1 controls global replication timing through its localization near late replication origins in fission yeast.
Tazumi A et al. Genes Dev 2012 Sep 15;26(18):2050-62
PMID:28228545 - Ablation of RNA interference and retrotransposons accompany acquisition and evolution of transposases to heterochromatin protein CENPB.
Upadhyay U et al. Mol Biol Cell 2017 Apr 15;28(8):1132-1146
PMID:29422501 - LARP7 family proteins have conserved function in telomerase assembly.
Collopy LC et al. Nat Commun 2018 Feb 08;9(1):557
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:31289327 - Telomere DNA length-dependent regulation of DNA replication timing at internal late replication origins.
Hasegawa Y et al. Sci Rep 2019 Jul 09;9(1):9946
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: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:37787768 - Broad functional profiling of fission yeast proteins using phenomics and machine learning.
Rodríguez-López M et al. Elife 2023 Oct 03;12
PMID:25398909 - Fission yeast Cactin restricts telomere transcription and elongation by controlling Rap1 levels.
Lorenzi LE et al. EMBO J 2015 Jan 02;34(1):115-29
PMID:19547744 - Evolution of phosphoregulation: comparison of phosphorylation patterns across yeast species.
Beltrao P et al. PLoS Biol 2009 Jun 16;7(6):e1000134