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protein coding gene - ecl2 (SPBP35G2.16c) - TORC1 inhibitor, Ecl2

Gene summary

Standard name
ecl2
Systematic ID
SPBP35G2.16c
Product
TORC1 inhibitor, Ecl2
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)
Synonyms
SPNGAF61
UniProt ID
C6Y4C5
Characterisation status
biological role inferred
Feature type
mRNA gene
Genomic location
chromosome II: 961007..962515 reverse strand

Annotation

GO biological process

GO:1904262 - negative regulation of TORC1 signaling

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GO cellular component

GO:0005634 - nucleus

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GO molecular function

GO:0004860 - protein kinase inhibitor activity

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GO:0030291 - protein serine/threonine kinase inhibitor activity

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Modification

MOD:00046 - O-phospho-L-serine

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Multi-locus phenotype

FYPO:0008320 - abnormal cell morphology during sulphur deprivation

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FYPO:0007120 - abolished cell cycle arrest in mitotic G1 phase in response to leucine starvation

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FYPO:0008066 - abolished cell cycle arrest in mitotic G1 phase in response to phosphate starvation

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FYPO:0007500 - abolished macroautophagy during sulfur starvation

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FYPO:0007087 - abolished sporulation during sulfur starvation

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FYPO:0000080 - decreased cell population growth at low temperature

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FYPO:0000708 - decreased mating efficiency

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FYPO:0008064 - decreased mating efficiency during phosphate starvation

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FYPO:0006331 - decreased mating efficiency during stationary phase

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FYPO:0001838 - decreased protein phosphorylation during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0007084 - decreased RNA level during cellular response to sulfur starvation

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FYPO:0006334 - decreased RNA level during cellular response to zinc ion starvation

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FYPO:0002944 - decreased RNA level during G0

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FYPO:0001117 - decreased RNA level during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0000584 - decreased sporulation frequency

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FYPO:0008065 - decreased sporulation frequency during phosphate starvation

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FYPO:0000712 - delayed onset of cell cycle arrest in mitotic G1 phase in response to nitrogen starvation

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FYPO:0007086 - elongated vegetative cell during sulfur starvation

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FYPO:0007093 - increased level of ribosomal protein gene mRNA during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0008427 - increased protein level during cellular response to sulfur starvation

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FYPO:0008428 - increased protein phosphorylation during sulfur starvation

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FYPO:0007085 - increased RNA level during cellular response to sulfur starvation

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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:0007119 - loss of viability upon amino acid starvation

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FYPO:0007792 - loss of viability upon magnesium starvation

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FYPO:0001178 - loss of viability upon nitrogen starvation

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FYPO:0007088 - loss of viability upon sulfur starvation

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FYPO:0007089 - normal cell cycle arrest at mitotic G2/M phase transition during sulfur starvation

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FYPO:0002048 - normal cell morphology during nitrogen starvation

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FYPO:0001147 - normal mating efficiency

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FYPO:0004993 - normal spore germination frequency

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FYPO:0002052 - normal sporulation frequency

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FYPO:0005549 - normal viability upon nitrogen starvation

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FYPO:0000087 - sensitive to hydrogen peroxide

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FYPO:0000280 - sterile

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Qualitative gene expression

PomGeneEx:0000021 - protein present

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PomGeneEx:0000012 - RNA level decreased

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PomGeneEx:0000011 - RNA level increased

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PomGeneEx:0000014 - RNA present

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Quantitative gene expression

PBO:0011963 - RNA level

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Single locus phenotype

FYPO:0002780 - decreased cellular reactive oxygen species level during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0002143 - decreased cellular reactive oxygen species level in stationary phase

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FYPO:0002173 - increased level of meiotic gene mRNA during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0002172 - increased level of nitrogen starvation gene mRNA during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0002664 - increased level of stress responsive gene mRNA during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0001043 - increased mating efficiency

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FYPO:0000825 - increased RNA level during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0000588 - increased sporulation frequency

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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:0001164 - normal growth on glucose carbon source

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FYPO:0001147 - normal mating efficiency

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FYPO:0004168 - normal viability in stationary phase during glucose starvation

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FYPO:0001103 - resistance to hydrogen peroxide

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FYPO:0000094 - sensitive to benomyl

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FYPO:0000107 - sensitive to latrunculin A

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FYPO:0001491 - viable vegetative cell

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FYPO:0002060 - viable vegetative cell population

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Taxonomic conservation

PBO:0011064 - conserved in fungi

PBO:0011063 - conserved in fungi only

Warnings

PBO:0000082 - new gene

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Protein features

IDNameInterPro nameDB name
PF12855Ecl1Ecl1/2/3PFAM

Orthologs

References / Literature

PMID:28388826 - Sulfur restriction extends fission yeast chronological lifespan through Ecl1 family genes by downregulation of ribosome.
Ohtsuka H et al. Mol Microbiol 2017 Jul;105(1):84-97
PMID:28160081 - Ecl1 is a zinc-binding protein involved in the zinc-limitation-dependent extension of chronological life span in fission yeast.
Shimasaki T et al. Mol Genet Genomics 2017 Apr;292(2):475-481
PMID:31456006 - Leucine depletion extends the lifespans of leucine-auxotrophic fission yeast by inducing Ecl1 family genes via the transcription factor Fil1.
Ohtsuka H et al. Mol Genet Genomics 2019 Dec;294(6):1499-1509
PMID:33313903 - Ribosome profiling reveals ribosome stalling on tryptophan codons and ribosome queuing upon oxidative stress in fission yeast.
Rubio A et al. Nucleic Acids Res 2021 Jan 11;49(1):383-399
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: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:26896847 - Ensembl comparative genomics resources.
Herrero J et al. Database (Oxford) 2016;2016
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:21072667 - hsf1 (+) extends chronological lifespan through Ecl1 family genes in fission yeast.
Ohtsuka H et al. Mol Genet Genomics 2011 Jan;285(1):67-77
PMID:33970532 - Magnesium depletion extends fission yeast lifespan via general amino acid control activation.
Ohtsuka H et al. Microbiologyopen 2021 Mar;10(2):e1176
PMID:22212525 - Chronological lifespan extension by Ecl1 family proteins depends on Prr1 response regulator in fission yeast.
Ohtsuka H et al. Genes Cells 2012 Jan;17(1):39-52
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:39910760 - Novel TORC1 inhibitor Ecl1 is regulated by phosphorylation in fission yeast.
Ohtsuka H et al. Aging Cell 2025 Feb 05;:e14450
PMID:40395999 - Cdc13 (cyclin B) is degraded by autophagy under sulfur depletion in fission yeast.
Ohtsuka H et al. Autophagy Rep 2022;1(1):51-64
GO_REF:0000024 - Manual transfer of experimentally-verified manual GO annotation data to orthologs by curator judgment of sequence similarity.
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:27168121 - Discovery of genes involved in mitosis, cell division, cell wall integrity and chromosome segregation through construction of Schizosaccharomyces pombe deletion strains.
Chen JS et al. Yeast 2016 Sep;33(9):507-17
PMID:24696293 - Ecl1 is activated by the transcription factor Atf1 in response to H2O2 stress in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Shimasaki T et al. Mol Genet Genomics 2014 Aug;289(4):685-93
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:19352039 - Identification of Ecl family genes that extend chronological lifespan in fission yeast.
Ohtsuka H et al. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2009 Apr 23;73(4):885-9
PMID:25204792 - Sexual development of Schizosaccharomyces pombe is induced by zinc or iron limitation through Ecl1 family genes.
Ohtsuka H et al. Mol Genet Genomics 2015 Feb;290(1):173-85
PMID:29432178 - General amino acid control in fission yeast is regulated by a nonconserved transcription factor, with functions analogous to Gcn4/Atf4.
Duncan CDS et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018 Feb 20;115(8):E1829-E1838
PMID:39105351 - A novel transcription factor Sdr1 involving sulfur depletion response in fission yeast.
Ohtsuka H et al. Genes Cells 2024 Aug;29(8):667-680
PMID:36779416 - The ecl family gene ecl3+ is induced by phosphate starvation and contributes to sexual differentiation in fission yeast.
Ohtsuka H et al. J Cell Sci 2023 Mar 15;136(6)
PMID:33064910 - Sulfur depletion induces autophagy through Ecl1 family genes in fission yeast.
Shimasaki T et al. Genes Cells 2020 Dec;25(12):825-830
PMID:40015273 - A comprehensive Schizosaccharomyces pombe atlas of physical transcription factor interactions with proteins and chromatin.
Skribbe M et al. Mol Cell 2025 Feb 19;