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protein coding gene - gtb1 (SPBC32F12.04) - gamma-tubulin Gtb1

Gene summary

Standard name
gtb1
Systematic ID
SPBC32F12.04
Product
gamma-tubulin Gtb1
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)
Synonyms
tug1
UniProt ID
P25295
ORFeome ID
40/40F08
Characterisation status
biological role published
Feature type
mRNA gene
Genomic location
chromosome II: 2791351..2794184 forward strand

Annotation

Complementation

PBO:0091802 - functionally complemented by human TUBG1

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PBO:0013092 - functionally complemented by S. japonicus gtb1

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Disease association

MONDO:0014171 - complex cortical dysplasia with other brain malformations 4

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GO biological process

GO:0031122 - cytoplasmic microtubule organization

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GO:0000212 - meiotic spindle organization

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GO:0007020 - microtubule nucleation

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GO:1902408 - mitotic cytokinesis, division site positioning

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GO:0051256 - mitotic spindle midzone assembly

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GO:0007052 - mitotic spindle organization

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GO cellular component

GO:0005737 - cytoplasm

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GO:0000923 - equatorial microtubule organizing center

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GO:0000931 - gamma-tubulin ring complex

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GO:0008275 - gamma-tubulin small complex

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GO:0061496 - half bridge of mitotic spindle pole body

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GO:0061497 - inner plaque of mitotic spindle pole body

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GO:0031021 - interphase microtubule organizing center

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GO:0043332 - mating projection tip

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GO:0005874 - microtubule

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GO:0044732 - mitotic spindle pole body

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GO:0005634 - nucleus

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GO:0071957 - old mitotic spindle pole body

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GO:0061499 - outer plaque of mitotic spindle pole body

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GO:0005819 - spindle

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GO molecular function

GO:0005525 - GTP binding

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GO:0140490 - microtubule nucleator activity

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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:00048 - O4'-phospho-L-tyrosine

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MOD:00696 - phosphorylated residue

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MOD:01149 - sumoylated lysine

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Multi-locus phenotype

FYPO:0004213 - abnormal attachment of mitotic spindle microtubules to kinetochore

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FYPO:0001355 - decreased vegetative cell population growth

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FYPO:0007391 - inviable aneuploid spore

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FYPO:0002061 - inviable vegetative cell population

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FYPO:0001357 - normal vegetative cell population 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:0000620 - abnormal cell cycle arrest in mitotic metaphase

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FYPO:0004595 - abnormal gamma-tubulin complex assembly

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FYPO:0004159 - abnormal homologous chromosome segregation

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FYPO:0000338 - abnormal mitotic spindle

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FYPO:0003066 - abnormal sporulation resulting in formation of ascus with fewer than four spores

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FYPO:0006825 - abolished protein localization to mitotic spindle pole body during mitosis

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FYPO:0000015 - branched vegetative cell

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FYPO:0005103 - curved elongated vegetative cell

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FYPO:0000229 - cut

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FYPO:0006195 - decreased number of elongated microtubule bundles curved around cell end

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FYPO:0001645 - decreased protein-protein interaction

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FYPO:0000903 - decreased rate of microtubule depolymerization during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0004866 - enlarged post-anaphase array with increased number of microtubules

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FYPO:0006180 - increased microtubule polymerization

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FYPO:0003307 - increased mitotic index

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FYPO:0000313 - inviable after spore germination, without cell division, with abnormal germ tube morphology

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FYPO:0002379 - inviable after spore germination, without cell division, with elongated germ tube

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FYPO:0001490 - inviable elongated vegetative cell

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FYPO:0001489 - inviable vegetative cell

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FYPO:0002061 - inviable vegetative cell population

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FYPO:0000228 - lagging mitotic chromosomes

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FYPO:0004612 - long astral microtubules

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FYPO:0004865 - long astral microtubules during mitotic anaphase A

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FYPO:0004511 - long curved interphase microtubules

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FYPO:0004439 - long curved mitotic spindle during anaphase

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FYPO:0002071 - mislocalized nucleus during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0000339 - mislocalized septum during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0002018 - mitotic spindle absent from cell

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FYPO:0000118 - multiseptate vegetative cell

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FYPO:0003627 - normal protein localization

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FYPO:0000091 - sensitive to thiabendazole

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FYPO:0004864 - viable curved vegetative cell with long curved interphase microtubules

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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
PF00091TubulinTubulin_FtsZ_GTPasePFAM
PF03953Tubulin_CTubulin/FtsZ_2-layer-sand-domPFAM
cd02188gamma_tubulinGamma_tubulinCDD
PS00227TUBULINTubulin_CSPROSITE_PATTERNS
SM00865Tubulin_C_4Tubulin/FtsZ_2-layer-sand-domSMART
SM00864Tubulin_4Tubulin_FtsZ_GTPaseSMART
PR01161TUBULINTubulinPRINTS
PR01164GAMMATUBULINGamma_tubulinPRINTS
G3DSA:1.10.287.600:FF:000004FUNFAM
G3DSA:3.40.50.1440:FF:000012FUNFAM
G3DSA:3.30.1330.20:FF:000003FUNFAM
SSF55307Tubulin C-terminal domain-likeTub_FtsZ_CSUPERFAMILY
SSF52490Tubulin nucleotide-binding domain-likeTubulin/FtsZ_GTPase_sfSUPERFAMILY
G3DSA:3.30.1330.20Tubulin/FtsZ-like_CGENE3D
G3DSA:3.40.50.1440Tubulin/FtsZ, GTPase domainTubulin/FtsZ_GTPase_sfGENE3D
G3DSA:1.10.287.600Helix hairpin binTubulin_CGENE3D
PTHR11588TUBULINTubulinPANTHER

Orthologs

References / Literature

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Takeoka A et al. J Cell Sci 2000 Dec;113 Pt 24:4557-62
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:11080156 - The fission yeast gamma-tubulin complex is required in G(1) phase and is a component of the spindle assembly checkpoint.
Vardy L et al. EMBO J 2000 Nov 15;19(22):6098-111
PMID:19547744 - Evolution of phosphoregulation: comparison of phosphorylation patterns across yeast species.
Beltrao P et al. PLoS Biol 2009 Jun 16;7(6):e1000134
PMID:8089179 - Human gamma-tubulin functions in fission yeast.
Horio T et al. J Cell Biol 1994 Sep;126(6):1465-73
PMID:12402243 - Molecular and structural characterization of the spindle pole bodies in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces japonicus var japonicus.
Horio T et al. Yeast 2002 Nov;19(15):1335-50
PMID:16611237 - Modulation of Alp4 function in Schizosaccharomyces pombe induces novel phenotypes that imply distinct functions for nuclear and cytoplasmic gamma-tubulin complexes.
Masuda H et al. Genes Cells 2006 Apr;11(4):319-36
PMID:16855399 - An extended anaphase signaling pathway for Mad2p includes microtubule organizing center proteins and multiple motor-dependent transitions.
Mayer C et al. Cell Cycle 2006 Jul;5(13):1456-63
PB_REF:0000006 - Disease associations from Monarch via human-pombe orthologs
GO_REF:0000111 - Gene Ontology annotations Inferred by Curator (IC) using at least one Inferred by Sequence Similarity (ISS) annotation to support the inference
PMID:25348260 - Kinesin-14 and kinesin-5 antagonistically regulate microtubule nucleation by γ-TuRC in yeast and human cells.
Olmsted ZT et al. Nat Commun 2014 Oct 28;5:5339
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:23388459 - Kinesin-14 Pkl1 targets γ-tubulin for release from the γ-tubulin ring complex (γ-TuRC) ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬.
Olmsted ZT et al. Cell Cycle 2013 Mar 01;12(5):842-8
PMID:19942852 - Fission yeast Pcp1 links polo kinase-mediated mitotic entry to gamma-tubulin-dependent spindle formation.
Fong CS et al. EMBO J 2010 Jan 06;29(1):120-30
PMID:10602257 - Lethal level overexpression of gamma-tubulin in fission yeast causes mitotic arrest.
Horio T et al. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 1999 Dec;44(4):284-95
PMID:15004232 - Identification and characterization of two novel proteins affecting fission yeast gamma-tubulin complex function.
Venkatram S et al. Mol Biol Cell 2004 May;15(5):2287-301
PMID:19001497 - Two distinct regions of Mto1 are required for normal microtubule nucleation and efficient association with the gamma-tubulin complex in vivo.
Samejima I et al. J Cell Sci 2008 Dec 01;121(Pt 23):3971-80
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:15280226 - Functional dissection of the gamma-tubulin complex by suppressor analysis of gtb1 and alp4 mutations in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Tange Y et al. Genetics 2004 Jul;167(3):1095-107
PMID:17277378 - Novel mad2 alleles isolated in a Schizosaccharomyces pombe gamma-tubulin mutant are defective in metaphase arrest activity, but remain functional for chromosome stability in unperturbed mitosis.
Tange Y et al. Genetics 2007 Apr;175(4):1571-84
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: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
PMID:18418055 - Protein complexes at the microtubule organizing center regulate bipolar spindle assembly.
Rodriguez AS et al. Cell Cycle 2008 May 01;7(9):1246-53
PMID:28619713 - Molecular model of fission yeast centrosome assembly determined by superresolution imaging.
Bestul AJ et al. J Cell Biol 2017 Aug 07;216(8):2409-2424
PMID:22737087 - The CCR4-NOT complex is implicated in the viability of aneuploid yeasts.
Tange Y et al. PLoS Genet 2012;8(6):e1002776
PMID:21511999 - Comparative functional genomics of the fission yeasts.
Rhind N et al. Science 2011 May 20;332(6032):930-6
PMID:26243668 - Mto2 multisite phosphorylation inactivates non-spindle microtubule nucleation complexes during mitosis.
Borek WE et al. Nat Commun 2015 Aug 05;6:7929
GO_REF:0000033 - Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees
PMID:24704079 - Activation of the γ-tubulin complex by the Mto1/2 complex.
Lynch EM et al. Curr Biol 2014 Apr 14;24(8):896-903
GO_REF:0000002 - Comments
PMID:24006493 - Mzt1/Tam4, a fission yeast MOZART1 homologue, is an essential component of the γ-tubulin complex and directly interacts with GCP3(Alp6).
Dhani DK et al. Mol Biol Cell 2013 Nov;24(21):3337-49
PMID:9742398 - Conjugation in S. pombe: identification of a microtubule-organising centre, a requirement for microtubules and a role for Mad2.
Petersen J et al. Curr Biol 1998 Aug 27;8(17):963-6
PMID:10749926 - A mutation in gamma-tubulin alters microtubule dynamics and organization and is synthetically lethal with the kinesin-like protein pkl1p.
Paluh JL et al. Mol Biol Cell 2000 Apr;11(4):1225-39
PMID:12134075 - A fourth component of the fission yeast gamma-tubulin complex, Alp16, is required for cytoplasmic microtubule integrity and becomes indispensable when gamma-tubulin function is compromised.
Fujita A et al. Mol Biol Cell 2002 Jul;13(7):2360-73
PMID:12791993 - Equatorial retention of the contractile actin ring by microtubules during cytokinesis.
Pardo M et al. Science 2003 Jun 06;300(5625):1569-74
PMID:17021256 - Noncore components of the fission yeast gamma-tubulin complex.
Anders A et al. Mol Biol Cell 2006 Dec;17(12):5075-93
PMID:1770000 - The fission yeast gamma-tubulin is essential for mitosis and is localized at microtubule organizing centers.
Horio T et al. J Cell Sci 1991 Aug;99 ( Pt 4):693-700
PMID:23885124 - Fission yeast MOZART1/Mzt1 is an essential γ-tubulin complex component required for complex recruitment to the microtubule organizing center, but not its assembly.
Masuda H et al. Mol Biol Cell 2013 Sep;24(18):2894-906
PMID:24055157 - CK1 is required for a mitotic checkpoint that delays cytokinesis.
Johnson AE et al. Curr Biol 2013 Oct 07;23(19):1920-6
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: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:37783794 - An ESCRT grommet cooperates with a diffusion barrier to maintain nuclear integrity.
Ader NR et al. Nat Cell Biol 2023 Oct;25(10):1465-1477
PMID:20850323 - A catalytic role for Mod5 in the formation of the Tea1 cell polarity landmark.
Bicho CC et al. Curr Biol 2010 Oct 12;20(19):1752-7
PMID:8834801 - Role of gamma-tubulin in mitosis-specific microtubule nucleation from the Schizosaccharomyces pombe spindle pole body.
Masuda H et al. J Cell Sci 1996 Jan;109 ( Pt 1):165-77