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protein coding gene - pac1 (SPBC119.11c) - double-strand-specific ribonuclease Pac1

Gene summary

Standard name
pac1
Systematic ID
SPBC119.11c
Product
double-strand-specific ribonuclease Pac1
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)
Synonyms
hcs, rnt1, snm1
UniProt ID
P22192
ORFeome ID
32/32E01
Characterisation status
biological role published
Feature type
mRNA gene
Genomic location
chromosome II: 737503..738826 reverse strand

Annotation

PBO:0003317 - 3.1.26.3

GO biological process

GO:0106410 - box C/D sno(s)RNA 5'-end processing

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GO:0000956 - nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process

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GO:0016070 - RNA metabolic process

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GO:0006364 - rRNA processing

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GO:0030847 - termination of RNA polymerase II transcription, exosome-dependent

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GO:0034474 - U2 snRNA 3'-end processing

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GO:0034475 - U4 snRNA 3'-end processing

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GO cellular component

GO:0005730 - nucleolus

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GO:0005654 - nucleoplasm

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GO:0005634 - nucleus

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GO molecular function

GO:0003725 - double-stranded RNA binding

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GO:0032296 - double-stranded RNA-specific ribonuclease activity

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GO:0000182 - rDNA binding

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GO:0004525 - ribonuclease III activity

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GO:0035613 - RNA stem-loop 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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Multi-locus phenotype

FYPO:0001315 - normal vegetative cell morphology

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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:0000059 - abnormal mitotic cell cycle

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FYPO:0003556 - abnormal transcription termination

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FYPO:0001424 - abolished protein localization to nucleus during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0000082 - decreased cell population growth at high temperature

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FYPO:0007883 - decreased cleavage-dependent termination of RNA polymerase II transcription

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FYPO:0000303 - decreased conjugation frequency

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FYPO:0000708 - decreased mating efficiency

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FYPO:0004204 - decreased mature snRNA level

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FYPO:0003029 - decreased mRNA splicing, via spliceosome

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FYPO:0001152 - decreased RNA level during nitrogen starvation

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FYPO:0001117 - decreased RNA level during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0003041 - decreased snRNA splicing

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FYPO:0000584 - decreased sporulation frequency

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FYPO:0002894 - decreased transcription during cellular response to calcium ion

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FYPO:0001555 - formation of abnormal tRNA processing intermediates

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FYPO:0001890 - increased RNA level

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FYPO:0003600 - increased rRNA precursor level

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FYPO:0003700 - increased snoRNA primary transcript level

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FYPO:0002430 - inviable after spore germination, multiple cell divisions

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FYPO:0003529 - inviable after spore germination, multiple cell divisions, cell cycle arrest in mitotic interphase, elongated cells

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FYPO:0001490 - inviable elongated vegetative cell

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FYPO:0002061 - inviable vegetative cell population

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FYPO:0001147 - normal mating efficiency

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FYPO:0001317 - normal RNA level during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0002896 - normal transcription during cellular response to calcium ion

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FYPO:0001315 - normal vegetative cell morphology

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FYPO:0001357 - normal vegetative cell population growth

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FYPO:0000111 - sensitive to rapamycin

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FYPO:0000280 - sterile

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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:0011067 - conserved in bacteria

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
PF00035dsrmdsRBD_domPFAM
PF00636Ribonuclease_3RNase_III_domPFAM
cd00593RIBOcRNase_III_domCDD
cd19876DSRM_RNT1p-likeRnt1/Pac1_DSRM_fungiCDD
PS00517RNASE_3_1RNase_III_domPROSITE_PATTERNS
PS50142RNASE_3_2RNase_III_domPROSITE_PROFILES
PS50137DS_RBDdsRBD_domPROSITE_PROFILES
SM00535riboneu5RNase_III_domSMART
SM00358DRBM_3dsRBD_domSMART
G3DSA:1.10.1520.10:FF:000001FUNFAM
SSF54768dsRNA-binding domain-likeSUPERFAMILY
SSF69065RNase III domain-likeRNase_III_sfSUPERFAMILY
G3DSA:3.30.160.20GENE3D
G3DSA:1.10.1520.10Ribonuclease III domainRNase_III_sfGENE3D
PTHR11207RIBONUCLEASE IIIPANTHER
mobidb-lite-Disorderdisorder_predictionMOBIDB-Disorder
mobidb-lite-Low-complexitydisorder_predictionMOBIDB-Low-complexity
mobidb-lite-Positive-Polyelectrolytedisorder_predictionMOBIDB-Positive-Polyelectrolyte

Orthologs

References / Literature

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: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: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:1989884 - S. pombe pac1+, whose overexpression inhibits sexual development, encodes a ribonuclease III-like RNase.
Iino Y et al. EMBO J 1991 Jan;10(1):221-6
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:7616961 - Rescue of the fission yeast snRNA synthesis mutant snm1 by overexpression of the double-strand-specific Pac1 ribonuclease.
Rotondo G et al. Mol Gen Genet 1995 Jun 25;247(6):698-708
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: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:40859013 - RNase III cleavage sites spread across splice junctions enforce sequential snoRNA processing.
Migeot V et al. EMBO Rep 2025 Aug 26;
PMID:20152800 - Cleavage-induced termination in U2 snRNA gene expression.
Nabavi S et al. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2010 Mar 12;393(3):461-5
PMID:8710510 - Purification and characterization of the Pac1 ribonuclease of Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Rotondo G et al. Nucleic Acids Res 1996 Jun 15;24(12):2377-86
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:2205842 - A gene from S. pombe with homology to E. coli RNAse III blocks conjugation and sporulation when overexpressed in wild type cells.
Xu HP et al. Nucleic Acids Res 1990 Sep 11;18(17):5304
PMID:18254616 - MMM-QSAR recognition of ribonucleases without alignment: comparison with an HMM model and isolation from Schizosaccharomyces pombe, prediction, and experimental assay of a new sequence.
Agüero-Chapín G et al. J Chem Inf Model 2008 Feb;48(2):434-48
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:20609363 - Pac1 endonuclease and Dhp1p 5'-->3' exonuclease are required for U3 snoRNA termination in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Nabavi S et al. FEBS Lett 2010 Aug 04;584(15):3436-41
PMID:8144551 - Cloning of the pka1 gene encoding the catalytic subunit of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Maeda T et al. J Biol Chem 1994 Apr 01;269(13):9632-7
PMID:34352089 - Co-transcriptional RNA cleavage by Drosha homolog Pac1 triggers transcription termination in fission yeast.
Yague-Sanz C et al. Nucleic Acids Res 2021 Sep 07;49(15):8610-8624
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:9326493 - Substrate structure requirements of the Pac1 ribonuclease from Schizosaccharmyces pombe.
Rotondo G et al. RNA 1997 Oct;3(10):1182-93
PMID:21511999 - Comparative functional genomics of the fission yeasts.
Rhind N et al. Science 2011 May 20;332(6032):930-6
GO_REF:0000024 - Manual transfer of experimentally-verified manual GO annotation data to orthologs by curator judgment of sequence similarity.
PMID:22496451 - Genetic screening for regulators of Prz1, a transcriptional factor acting downstream of calcineurin in fission yeast.
Koike A et al. J Biol Chem 2012 Jun 01;287(23):19294-303
PMID:31474649 - Identification of 15 New Bypassable Essential Genes of Fission Yeast.
Takeda A et al. Cell Struct Funct 2019 Sep 27;44(2):113-119
GO_REF:0000033 - Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees
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:2406130 - A mutation in a single gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe affects the expression of several snRNAs and causes defects in RNA processing.
Potashkin J et al. EMBO J 1990 Feb;9(2):525-34
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:8534915 - Schizosaccharomyces pombe zfs1+ encoding a zinc-finger protein functions in the mating pheromone recognition pathway.
Kanoh J et al. Mol Biol Cell 1995 Sep;6(9):1185-95
PMID:2840284 - The S.pombe mei2 gene encoding a crucial molecule for commitment to meiosis is under the regulation of cAMP.
Watanabe Y et al. EMBO J 1988 Mar;7(3):761-7
PMID:10445882 - Pac1p, an RNase III homolog, is required for formation of the 3' end of U2 snRNA in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Zhou D et al. RNA 1999 Aug;5(8):1083-98