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protein coding gene - ste20 (SPBC12C2.02c) - Rictor homolog, Ste20

Gene summary

Standard name
ste20
Systematic ID
SPBC12C2.02c
Product
Rictor homolog, Ste20
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)
Synonyms
ste16
UniProt ID
Q09743
ORFeome ID
34/34A11
Characterisation status
biological role published
Feature type
mRNA gene
Genomic location
chromosome II: 2475879..2480462 forward strand

Annotation

GO biological process

GO:0038203 - TORC2 signaling

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GO cellular component

GO:0005938 - cell cortex

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GO:0032153 - cell division site

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GO:0005737 - cytoplasm

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GO:0005829 - cytosol

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GO:0005634 - nucleus

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GO:0031932 - TORC2 complex

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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:01148 - ubiquitinylated lysine

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Multi-locus phenotype

FYPO:0000082 - decreased cell population growth at high temperature

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FYPO:0001838 - decreased protein phosphorylation during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0001122 - elongated vegetative cell

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FYPO:0000245 - loss of viability in stationary phase

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FYPO:0000087 - sensitive to hydrogen peroxide

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FYPO:0000271 - sensitive to salt stress

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Qualitative gene expression

PomGeneEx:0000020 - protein level unchanged

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PomGeneEx:0000021 - protein present

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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:0004839 - abolished protein localization to plasma membrane, with protein mislocalized to cytoplasm, during glucose starvation

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FYPO:0002033 - abolished protein phosphorylation during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0001160 - cell cycle arrest at mitotic G2/M phase transition during stationary phase

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FYPO:0000082 - decreased cell population growth at high temperature

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FYPO:0000080 - decreased cell population growth at low temperature

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FYPO:0003743 - decreased cell population growth during glucose starvation

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

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FYPO:0009053 - decreased cell population growth on glutamate nitrogen source

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FYPO:0000684 - decreased cell population growth on glycerol carbon source

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FYPO:0007562 - decreased cell population growth on serine nitrogen source

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FYPO:0002827 - decreased chromatin silencing at silent mating-type cassette

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FYPO:0004604 - decreased chromatin silencing at subtelomere

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FYPO:0002340 - decreased DNA recombination during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0000185 - decreased gene conversion during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0006549 - decreased gene expression

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FYPO:0008378 - decreased histone H2A phosphorylation during cellular response to camptothecin

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FYPO:0000708 - decreased mating efficiency

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FYPO:0006470 - decreased mature rRNA level

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FYPO:0001156 - decreased pH of growth medium

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FYPO:0001382 - decreased protein kinase activity

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FYPO:0001324 - decreased protein level during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0001838 - decreased protein phosphorylation during vegetative growth

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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:0003601 - decreased rRNA precursor level

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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:0001122 - elongated vegetative cell

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FYPO:0001157 - increased cell population growth rate at high pH

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FYPO:0001154 - increased cellular methylamine level

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FYPO:0001159 - increased cellular pH

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FYPO:0000972 - increased number of Rad52 foci during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0005917 - increased subtelomeric heterochromatin RNA level

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FYPO:0001309 - increased viability in stationary phase

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FYPO:0000245 - loss of viability in stationary phase

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FYPO:0001153 - normal cellular methylamine level

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FYPO:0001158 - normal cellular pH

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FYPO:0001925 - normal cellular response to gamma radiation

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FYPO:0002567 - normal centromeric outer repeat transcript level

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FYPO:0001148 - normal growth on amiloride

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FYPO:0001149 - normal growth on methylamine

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FYPO:0002620 - normal growth on trichostatin A

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FYPO:0001147 - normal mating efficiency

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FYPO:0005035 - normal protein phosphorylation during nitrogen starvation

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FYPO:0000703 - normal protein-protein interaction

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FYPO:0003828 - normal ribosomal S6 protein phosphorylation during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0000125 - resistance to amiloride

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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:0001103 - resistance to hydrogen peroxide

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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:0009043 - resistance to potassium chloride and sodium dodecyl sulfate

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FYPO:0001034 - resistance to tunicamycin

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FYPO:0001098 - sensitive to 4-nitroquinoline N-oxide

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FYPO:0001097 - sensitive to amitrole

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FYPO:0009067 - sensitive to amorolfine

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FYPO:0000093 - sensitive to arsenic

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FYPO:0001701 - sensitive to bortezomib

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FYPO:0001501 - sensitive to brefeldin A

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FYPO:0000096 - sensitive to cadmium

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FYPO:0000085 - sensitive to camptothecin

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FYPO:0000104 - sensitive to cycloheximide

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FYPO:0000088 - sensitive to hydroxyurea

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FYPO:0000089 - sensitive to methyl methanesulfonate

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FYPO:0001150 - sensitive to methylamine

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FYPO:0002641 - sensitive to micafungin

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FYPO:0001214 - sensitive to potassium chloride

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FYPO:0000271 - sensitive to salt stress

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FYPO:0002617 - sensitive to sodium butyrate

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FYPO:0000086 - sensitive to tacrolimus

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FYPO:0000797 - sensitive to tert-butyl hydroperoxide

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FYPO:0000091 - sensitive to thiabendazole

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FYPO:0001457 - sensitive to tunicamycin

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FYPO:0000268 - sensitive to UV during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0000115 - sensitive to valproic acid

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FYPO:0000280 - sterile

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FYPO:0001492 - viable elongated vegetative cell

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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
PF14666RICTOR_MRICTOR_MPFAM
PF14664RICTOR_NPianissimo_NPFAM
PF14668RICTOR_VRICTOR_VPFAM
PF02185HR1HR1_rho-bdPFAM
PF14663RasGEF_N_2Rictor_IVPFAM
PS51860REM_1HR1_rho-bdPROSITE_PROFILES
SM01310RICTOR_V_2RICTOR_VSMART
SM01303RasGEF_N_2_2Rictor_IVSMART
SM01308RICTOR_N_3Pianissimo_NSMART
SM00742hr1_7HR1_rho-bdSMART
SM01307RICTOR_M_2RICTOR_MSMART
SSF48371ARM repeatARM-type_foldSUPERFAMILY
SSF46585HR1 repeatHR1_rpt_sfSUPERFAMILY
G3DSA:1.25.10.10ARM-likeGENE3D
G3DSA:1.10.287.160HR1 repeatGENE3D
PTHR13298CYTOSOLIC REGULATOR PIANISSIMOPianissimo_famPANTHER
CoilCoilCOILS
mobidb-lite-Disorderdisorder_predictionMOBIDB-Disorder
mobidb-lite-Polardisorder_predictionMOBIDB-Polar

Orthologs

References / Literature

PMID:37970674 - SUMOylation regulates Lem2 function in centromere clustering and silencing.
Strachan J et al. J Cell Sci 2023 Dec 01;136(23)
PMID:23703609 - TORC2 is required to maintain genome stability during S phase in fission yeast.
Schonbrun M et al. J Biol Chem 2013 Jul 05;288(27):19649-60
PMID:23861937 - Genome-wide screening for genes associated with valproic acid sensitivity in fission yeast.
Zhang L et al. PLoS One 2013;8(7):e68738
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:19264558 - Screening a genome-wide S. pombe deletion library identifies novel genes and pathways involved in genome stability maintenance.
Deshpande GP et al. DNA Repair (Amst) 2009 May 01;8(5):672-9
PMID:27206859 - TOR complex 2 localises to the cytokinetic actomyosin ring and controls the fidelity of cytokinesis.
Baker K et al. J Cell Sci 2016 Jul 01;129(13):2613-24
PMID:25411338 - Mechanisms of expression and translocation of major fission yeast glucose transporters regulated by CaMKK/phosphatases, nuclear shuttling, and TOR.
Saitoh S et al. Mol Biol Cell 2015 Jan 15;26(2):373-86
PMID:27191590 - Fission Yeast SCYL1/2 Homologue Ppk32: A Novel Regulator of TOR Signalling That Governs Survival during Brefeldin A Induced Stress to Protein Trafficking.
Kowalczyk KM et al. PLoS Genet 2016 May;12(5):e1006041
PMID:41258116 - TORC2 inactivation promotes heterochromatin formation in rDNA and prolongs viability of quiescent fission yeast cells.
Hirai H et al. Commun Biol 2025 Nov 19;8(1):1606
PMID:23950735 - Global analysis of fission yeast mating genes reveals new autophagy factors.
Sun LL et al. PLoS Genet 2013;9(8):e1003715
PMID:18235227 - Fission yeast TOR complex 2 activates the AGC-family Gad8 kinase essential for stress resistance and cell cycle control.
Ikeda K et al. Cell Cycle 2008 Feb 01;7(3):358-64
PMID:38971312 - TORC2 is required for accumulation of γH2A in response to DNA damage.
Cohen A et al. J Biol Chem 2024 Jul 04;:107531
PMID:26152587 - TORC1 Regulates Developmental Responses to Nitrogen Stress via Regulation of the GATA Transcription Factor Gaf1.
Laor D et al. mBio 2015 Jul 07;6(4):e00959
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:31477575 - Modulation of TOR complex 2 signaling by the stress-activated MAPK pathway in fission yeast.
Morigasaki S et al. J Cell Sci 2019 Oct 10;132(19)
PMID:28281664 - Genetic interactions and functional analyses of the fission yeast gsk3 and amk2 single and double mutants defective in TORC1-dependent processes.
Rallis C et al. Sci Rep 2017 Mar 10;7:44257
PMID:21035342 - Rab-family GTPase regulates TOR complex 2 signaling in fission yeast.
Tatebe H et al. Curr Biol 2010 Nov 23;20(22):1975-82
PMID:28945192 - Regulated Ire1-dependent mRNA decay requires no-go mRNA degradation to maintain endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis in S. pombe .
Guydosh NR et al. Elife 2017 Sep 25;6
PMID:28264193 - Substrate specificity of TOR complex 2 is determined by a ubiquitin-fold domain of the Sin1 subunit.
Tatebe H et al. Elife 2017 Mar 07;6
PMID:24463365 - Systematic screen for mutants resistant to TORC1 inhibition in fission yeast reveals genes involved in cellular ageing and growth.
Rallis C et al. Biol Open 2014 Feb 15;3(2):161-71
PMID:21850271 - Genome-wide screening for genes associated with FK506 sensitivity in fission yeast.
Ma Y et al. PLoS One 2011;6(8):e23422
PMID:17261596 - Loss of the TOR kinase Tor2 mimics nitrogen starvation and activates the sexual development pathway in fission yeast.
Matsuo T et al. Mol Cell Biol 2007 Apr;27(8):3154-64
PMID:24344203 - Isp7 is a novel regulator of amino acid uptake in the TOR signaling pathway.
Laor D et al. Mol Cell Biol 2014 Mar;34(5):794-806
PMID:20144990 - Fission yeast TORC1 regulates phosphorylation of ribosomal S6 proteins in response to nutrients and its activity is inhibited by rapamycin.
Nakashima A et al. J Cell Sci 2010 Mar 01;123(Pt 5):777-86
PMID:25590601 - Fission yeast Ryh1 GTPase activates TOR Complex 2 in response to glucose.
Hatano T et al. Cell Cycle 2015;14(6):848-56
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: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:22645648 - The reverse, but coordinated, roles of Tor2 (TORC1) and Tor1 (TORC2) kinases for growth, cell cycle and separase-mediated mitosis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Ikai N et al. Open Biol 2011 Nov;1(3):110007
PMID:19417002 - Fission yeast Tor1 functions as part of TORC1 to control mitotic entry through the stress MAPK pathway following nutrient stress.
Hartmuth S et al. J Cell Sci 2009 Jun 01;122(Pt 11):1737-46
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: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: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:29632066 - TOR complex 2 in fission yeast is required for chromatin-mediated gene silencing and assembly of heterochromatic domains at subtelomeres.
Cohen A et al. J Biol Chem 2018 May 25;293(21):8138-8150
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:18076573 - Rapamycin sensitivity of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe tor2 mutant and organization of two highly phosphorylated TOR complexes by specific and common subunits.
Hayashi T et al. Genes Cells 2007 Dec;12(12):1357-70
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:26098123 - Promoter nucleosome dynamics regulated by signalling through the CTD code.
Materne P et al. Elife 2015 Jun 22;4:e09008
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:10467002 - Gene ste20 controls amiloride sensitivity and fertility in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Hilti N et al. Curr Genet 1999 Jul;35(6):585-92
PMID:20537132 - Global fitness profiling of fission yeast deletion strains by barcode sequencing.
Han TX et al. Genome Biol 2010;11(6):R60
PMID:21760946 - Identification of genes affecting the toxicity of anti-cancer drug bortezomib by genome-wide screening in S. pombe.
Takeda K et al. PLoS One 2011;6(7):e22021
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:19546237 - TOR complex 2 controls gene silencing, telomere length maintenance, and survival under DNA-damaging conditions.
Schonbrun M et al. Mol Cell Biol 2009 Aug;29(16):4584-94
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:39705284 - Proteomic and phosphoproteomic analyses reveal that TORC1 is reactivated by pheromone signaling during sexual reproduction in fission yeast.
Bérard M et al. PLoS Biol 2024 Dec 20;22(12):e3002963
PMID:8846783 - Fission yeast pak1+ encodes a protein kinase that interacts with Cdc42p and is involved in the control of cell polarity and mating.
Ottilie S et al. EMBO J 1995 Dec 01;14(23):5908-19
PMID:17046992 - Fission yeast Tor2 promotes cell growth and represses cell differentiation.
Alvarez B et al. J Cell Sci 2006 Nov 01;119(Pt 21):4475-85
PMID:15507118 - An interactive gene network for securin-separase, condensin, cohesin, Dis1/Mtc1 and histones constructed by mass transformation.
Yuasa T et al. Genes Cells 2004 Nov;9(11):1069-82
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:21511999 - Comparative functional genomics of the fission yeasts.
Rhind N et al. Science 2011 May 20;332(6032):930-6
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