protein coding gene - alp4 (SPBC365.15) - gamma tubulin complex GCP2 subunit Alp4

Gene summary

Standard name

alp4

Systematic ID

SPBC365.15

Product

gamma tubulin complex GCP2 subunit Alp4

Organism

Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)

UniProt ID

Q9Y705

ORFeome ID

38/38C08

Characterisation status

biological role published

Feature type

mRNA gene

Genomic location

chromosome II: 2524061..2527134 forward strand

Annotation

Protein features

Orthologs

• TUBGCP2 (HGNC:18599) Homo sapiens
• alp4 (SJAG_03835) Schizosaccharomyces japonicus
• SPC97 (YHR172W) Saccharomyces cerevisiae

References / Literature

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PMID:17486116 - Gamma-tubulin complex-mediated anchoring of spindle microtubules to spindle-pole bodies requires Msd1 in fission yeast.

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PMID:29996109 - Quantitative Phosphoproteomics Reveals the Signaling Dynamics of Cell-Cycle Kinases in the Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

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PMID:21993292 - Microtubule nucleation by γ-tubulin complexes.

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PMID:16611238 - The carboxy-terminus of Alp4 alters microtubule dynamics to induce oscillatory nuclear movement led by the spindle pole body in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

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PMID:29779879 - The XMAP215 Ortholog Alp14 Promotes Microtubule Nucleation in Fission Yeast.

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PMID:15068790 - Rsp1p, a J domain protein required for disassembly and assembly of microtubule organizing centers during the fission yeast cell cycle.

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PMID:16111942 - Hrs1p/Mcp6p on the meiotic SPB organizes astral microtubule arrays for oscillatory nuclear movement.

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PMID:25987607 - The Msd1-Wdr8-Pkl1 complex anchors microtubule minus ends to fission yeast spindle pole bodies.

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PMID:22425159 - Transient structure associated with the spindle pole body directs meiotic microtubule reorganization in S. pombe.

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PMID:25103238 - Tts1, the fission yeast homologue of the TMEM33 family, functions in NE remodeling during mitosis.

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PMID:15772152 - Effects of {gamma}-tubulin complex proteins on microtubule nucleation and catastrophe in fission yeast.

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PMID:30427751 - The J-domain cochaperone Rsp1 interacts with Mto1 to organize noncentrosomal microtubule assembly.

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PMID:37783794 - An ESCRT grommet cooperates with a diffusion barrier to maintain nuclear integrity.

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PMID:34346498 - Loss of kinesin-8 improves the robustness of the self-assembled spindle in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

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PMID:17021256 - Noncore components of the fission yeast gamma-tubulin complex.

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PMID:16611237 - Modulation of Alp4 function in Schizosaccharomyces pombe induces novel phenotypes that imply distinct functions for nuclear and cytoplasmic gamma-tubulin complexes.

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PMID:15800064 - Mto2p, a novel fission yeast protein required for cytoplasmic microtubule organization and anchoring of the cytokinetic actin ring.

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PMID:39367033 - Quantitative proteomics and phosphoproteomics profiling of meiotic divisions in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

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PMID:39476757 - Characterization of Ksg1 protein kinase-dependent phosphoproteome in the fission yeast S. pombe.

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PMID:26537787 - Targeting of SUMO substrates to a Cdc48-Ufd1-Npl4 segregase and STUbL pathway in fission yeast.

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PMID:11080156 - The fission yeast gamma-tubulin complex is required in G(1) phase and is a component of the spindle assembly checkpoint.

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PMID:33823663 - A TOR (target of rapamycin) and nutritional phosphoproteome of fission yeast reveals novel targets in networks conserved in humans.

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PMID:25720772 - Quantitative phosphoproteomics reveals pathways for coordination of cell growth and division by the conserved fission yeast kinase pom1.

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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.

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PMID:30726745 - Fission Yeast NDR/LATS Kinase Orb6 Regulates Exocytosis via Phosphorylation of the Exocyst Complex.

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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.

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PMID:27889481 - Mitotic Nuclear Envelope Breakdown and Spindle Nucleation Are Controlled by Interphase Contacts between Centromeres and the Nuclear Envelope.

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PMID:23886939 - Functional replacement of fission yeast γ-tubulin small complex proteins Alp4 and Alp6 by human GCP2 and GCP3.

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PMID:16823372 - ORFeome cloning and global analysis of protein localization in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

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PMID:28619713 - Molecular model of fission yeast centrosome assembly determined by superresolution imaging.

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PMID:21712547 - Mitotic substrates of the kinase aurora with roles in chromatin regulation identified through quantitative phosphoproteomics of fission yeast.

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PMID:25348260 - Kinesin-14 and kinesin-5 antagonistically regulate microtubule nucleation by γ-TuRC in yeast and human cells.

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PMID:21444751 - Microtubule stabilization in vivo by nucleation-incompetent γ-tubulin complex.

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PMID:23697806 - A genome-wide resource of cell cycle and cell shape genes of fission yeast.

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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

PMID:24763107 - Absolute proteome and phosphoproteome dynamics during the cell cycle of Schizosaccharomyces pombe (Fission Yeast).

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PMID:9658169 - Identification of novel temperature-sensitive lethal alleles in essential beta-tubulin and nonessential alpha 2-tubulin genes as fission yeast polarity mutants.

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PMID:19001497 - Two distinct regions of Mto1 are required for normal microtubule nucleation and efficient association with the gamma-tubulin complex in vivo.

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PMID:16537923 - Sterol regulatory element binding protein is a principal regulator of anaerobic gene expression in fission yeast.

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PMID:15569158 - The Sec14 family glycerophospholipid-transfer protein is required for structural integrity of the spindle pole body during meiosis in fission yeast.

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PMID:15659644 - Fission yeast mto2p regulates microtubule nucleation by the centrosomin-related protein mto1p.

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PB_REF:0000006 - Disease associations from Monarch via human-pombe orthologs

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PMID:27053664 - Synergistic role of fission yeast Alp16GCP6 and Mzt1MOZART1 in γ-tubulin complex recruitment to mitotic spindle pole bodies and spindle assembly.

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PMID:35622906 - Distribution of γ-tubulin ring complex at the Schizosaccharomyces pombe spindle pole.

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PMID:28017606 - Generation of a Spindle Checkpoint Arrest from Synthetic Signaling Assemblies.

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PMID:35286199 - Mitotic spindle formation in the absence of Polo kinase.

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PMID:20833892 - Schizosaccharomyces pombe calmodulin, Cam1, plays a crucial role in sporulation by recruiting and stabilizing the spindle pole body components responsible for assembly of the forespore membrane.

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PMID:12161753 - The transcriptional program of meiosis and sporulation in fission yeast.

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PMID:15004232 - Identification and characterization of two novel proteins affecting fission yeast gamma-tubulin complex function.

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PMID:21340088 - Microarray-based target identification using drug hypersensitive fission yeast expressing ORFeome.

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PMID:23101633 - Quantitative analysis of fission yeast transcriptomes and proteomes in proliferating and quiescent cells.

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PMID:11952833 - The gamma-tubulin complex protein Alp4 provides a link between the metaphase checkpoint and cytokinesis in fission yeast.

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PMID:21511999 - Comparative functional genomics of the fission yeasts.

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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: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:15837798 - Efficient formation of bipolar microtubule bundles requires microtubule-bound gamma-tubulin complexes.

Janson ME et al. J Cell Biol 2005 Apr 25;169(2):297-308

PMID:31618856 - Two XMAP215/TOG Microtubule Polymerases, Alp14 and Dis1, Play Non-Exchangeable, Distinct Roles in Microtubule Organisation in Fission Yeast.

Yukawa M et al. Int J Mol Sci 2019 Oct 15;20(20)

PMID:39833200 - Centromere positioning orchestrates telomere bouquet formation and the initiation of meiotic differentiation.

Jiménez-Martín A et al. Nat Commun 2025 Jan 20;16(1):837

GO_REF:0000033 - Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees

PMID:24943839 - A role for nuclear envelope-bridging complexes in homology-directed repair.

Swartz RK et al. Mol Biol Cell 2014 Aug 15;25(16):2461-71

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:15120067 - Microtubule nucleation at non-spindle pole body microtubule-organizing centers requires fission yeast centrosomin-related protein mod20p.

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PMID:19942852 - Fission yeast Pcp1 links polo kinase-mediated mitotic entry to gamma-tubulin-dependent spindle formation.

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PMID:18418055 - Protein complexes at the microtubule organizing center regulate bipolar spindle assembly.

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PMID:23388459 - Kinesin-14 Pkl1 targets γ-tubulin for release from the γ-tubulin ring complex (γ-TuRC) ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬.

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