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protein coding gene - ste6 (SPCC1442.01) - RasGEF Ste6

Gene summary

Standard name
ste6
Systematic ID
SPCC1442.01
Product
RasGEF Ste6
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)
Synonyms
SPCC1450.17
UniProt ID
P26674
ORFeome ID
39/39A11
Characterisation status
biological role published
Feature type
mRNA gene
Genomic location
chromosome III: 1766086..1768971 forward strand

Annotation

Comment

PBO:0001192 - promoter contains MCB

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GO biological process

GO:0000747 - conjugation with cellular fusion

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GO:0062038 - positive regulation of pheromone response MAPK cascade

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GO cellular component

GO:0005829 - cytosol

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GO:1990819 - mating projection actin fusion focus

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GO:0005886 - plasma membrane

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GO molecular function

GO:0005085 - guanyl-nucleotide exchange factor activity

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Multi-locus phenotype

FYPO:0000584 - decreased sporulation frequency

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Genotypes:

FYPO:0001871 - increased agglutination

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FYPO:0002061 - inviable vegetative cell population

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FYPO:0001886 - meiotic cell cycle entry and sporulation in haploid

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FYPO:0001315 - normal vegetative cell morphology

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FYPO:0001420 - normal vegetative cell population growth rate

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FYPO:0000022 - shmoo with long tip

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FYPO:0002903 - viable pear-shaped vegetative cell

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FYPO:0002106 - viable stubby vegetative cell

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Qualitative gene expression

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:0000302 - abnormal response to pheromone

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FYPO:0000822 - decreased concentration of P-factor in growth medium

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FYPO:0000708 - decreased mating efficiency

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FYPO:0001152 - decreased RNA level during nitrogen starvation

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FYPO:0003770 - decreased transcriptional response to pheromone

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FYPO:0002048 - normal cell morphology during nitrogen starvation

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FYPO:0000478 - normal meiosis

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FYPO:0002674 - normal protein localization to plasma membrane

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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: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

Protein features

IDNameInterPro nameDB name
PF00617RasGEFRASGEF_cat_domPFAM
PF00618RasGEF_NRas-like_Gua-exchang_fac_NPFAM
PF00018SH3_1SH3_domainPFAM
cd06224REMRas-like_Gua-exchang_fac_NCDD
cd00174SH3CDD
cd00155RasGEFRASGEF_cat_domCDD
PS00720RASGEFRas_G-nucl-exch_fac_CSPROSITE_PATTERNS
PS50002SH3SH3_domainPROSITE_PROFILES
PS50009RASGEF_CATRASGEF_cat_domPROSITE_PROFILES
PS50212RASGEF_NTERRas-like_Gua-exchang_fac_NPROSITE_PROFILES
SM00326SH3_2SH3_domainSMART
SM00147RasGEF_3RASGEF_cat_domSMART
SM00229rasgefn_5Ras-like_Gua-exchang_fac_NSMART
SSF48366Ras GEFRas_GEF_dom_sfSUPERFAMILY
SSF50044SH3-domainSH3-like_dom_sfSUPERFAMILY
G3DSA:2.30.30.40SH3 DomainsGENE3D
G3DSA:1.10.840.10RASGEF_cat_dom_sfGENE3D
G3DSA:1.20.870.10Son of sevenless (SoS) protein Chain: S domain 1GENE3D
PTHR23113GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORRas-like_GEFPANTHER

Orthologs

References / Literature

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: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:24167631 - Klf1, a C2H2 zinc finger-transcription factor, is required for cell wall maintenance during long-term quiescence in differentiated G0 phase.
Shimanuki M et al. PLoS One 2013;8(10):e78545
PMID:1934121 - Pheromone production and response in sterile mutants of fission yeast.
Leupold U et al. Curr Genet 1991 Jul;20(1-2):79-85
PMID:12898217 - MCB-mediated regulation of cell cycle-specific cdc22+ transcription in fission yeast.
Maqbool Z et al. Mol Genet Genomics 2003 Sep;269(6):765-75
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:26098123 - Promoter nucleosome dynamics regulated by signalling through the CTD code.
Materne P et al. Elife 2015 Jun 22;4:e09008
PMID:29453312 - Inhibition of Ras activity coordinates cell fusion with cell-cell contact during yeast mating.
Merlini L et al. J Cell Biol 2018 Apr 02;217(4):1467-1483
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:12052869 - Two ras pathways in fission yeast are differentially regulated by two ras guanine nucleotide exchange factors.
Papadaki P et al. Mol Cell Biol 2002 Jul;22(13):4598-606
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:23950735 - Global analysis of fission yeast mating genes reveals new autophagy factors.
Sun LL et al. PLoS Genet 2013;9(8):e1003715
PMID:8264618 - Concerted action of RAS and G proteins in the sexual response pathways of Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Xu HP et al. Mol Cell Biol 1994 Jan;14(1):50-8
PMID:31276588 - Inositol pyrophosphates impact phosphate homeostasis via modulation of RNA 3' processing and transcription termination.
Sanchez AM et al. Nucleic Acids Res 2019 Sep 19;47(16):8452-8469
PMID:2107403 - Homologous activators of ras in fission and budding yeast.
Hughes DA et al. Nature 1990 Mar 22;344(6264):355-7
PMID:9133664 - The Schizosaccharomyces pombe mra1 gene, which is required for cell growth and mating, can suppress the mating inefficiency caused by a deficit in the Ras1 activity.
Hakuno F et al. Genes Cells 1996 Mar;1(3):303-15
PMID:7975894 - Mating pheromone-induced expression of the mat1-Pm gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe: identification of signalling components and characterization of upstream controlling elements.
Aono T et al. Yeast 1994 Jun;10(6):757-70
PMID:21511999 - Comparative functional genomics of the fission yeasts.
Rhind N et al. Science 2011 May 20;332(6032):930-6
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
GO_REF:0000033 - Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees
PMID:17032641 - Global roles of Ste11p, cell type, and pheromone in the control of gene expression during early sexual differentiation in fission yeast.
Mata J et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 Oct 17;103(42):15517-22
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;
PMID:41844616 - Phosphoregulation of the novel hemi-arrestin MAPK scaffold Sms1 prevents untimely mating.
Sieber B et al. Nat Commun 2026 Mar 17;
PMID:12161753 - The transcriptional program of meiosis and sporulation in fission yeast.
Mata J et al. Nat Genet 2002 Sep;32(1):143-7
PMID:14648198 - DSC1-MCB regulation of meiotic transcription in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Cunliffe L et al. Mol Genet Genomics 2004 Feb;271(1):60-71
PMID:2038319 - Identification of a GTPase-activating protein homolog in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Imai Y et al. Mol Cell Biol 1991 Jun;11(6):3088-94
PMID:1883874 - sar1, a gene from Schizosaccharomyces pombe encoding a protein that regulates ras1.
Wang Y et al. Cell Regul 1991 Jun;2(6):453-65
PMID:3185514 - The role of sterility genes (ste and aff) in the initiation of sexual development in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Sipiczki M Mol Gen Genet 1988 Aug;213(2-3):529-34
PMID:19714215 - The fission yeast homeodomain protein Yox1p binds to MBF and confines MBF-dependent cell-cycle transcription to G1-S via negative feedback.
Aligianni S et al. PLoS Genet 2009 Aug;5(8):e1000626
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: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