protein coding gene - gaf1 (SPCC1902.01) - DNA-binding transcription factor, nutrient sensing, zf-GATA-type Gaf1

Gene summary

Standard name

gaf1

Systematic ID

SPCC1902.01

Product

DNA-binding transcription factor, nutrient sensing, zf-GATA-type Gaf1

Organism

Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)

Synonyms

SPCC417.01c

UniProt ID

Q10280

ORFeome ID

37/37H01

Characterisation status

biological role published

Feature type

mRNA gene

Genomic location

chromosome III: 1665533..1669690 reverse strand

Annotation

Protein features

Orthologs

• GATA6 (HGNC:4174) Homo sapiens
• gaf1 (SJAG_02730) Schizosaccharomyces japonicus
• GAT1 (YFL021W) Saccharomyces cerevisiae

References / Literature

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: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: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: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: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:19547744 - Evolution of phosphoregulation: comparison of phosphorylation patterns across yeast species.

Beltrao P et al. PLoS Biol 2009 Jun 16;7(6):e1000134

PMID:27298342 - Identification of S-phase DNA damage-response targets in fission yeast reveals conservation of damage-response networks.

Willis NA et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016 Jun 28;113(26):E3676-85

PMID:37970674 - SUMOylation regulates Lem2 function in centromere clustering and silencing.

Strachan J et al. J Cell Sci 2023 Dec 01;136(23)

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:39747188 - PhpC NF-Y transcription factor infiltrates heterochromatin to generate cryptic intron-containing transcripts crucial for small RNA production.

Srivastav MK et al. Nat Commun 2025 Jan 02;16(1):268

PMID:34296454 - The TOR-dependent phosphoproteome and regulation of cellular protein synthesis.

Mak T et al. EMBO J 2021 Aug 16;40(16):e107911

PMID:9714831 - Molecular cloning of gaf1, a Schizosaccharomyces pombe GATA factor, which can function as a transcriptional activator.

Hoe KL et al. Gene 1998 Jul 30;215(2):319-28

PMID:31883795 - Positioning Heterochromatin at the Nuclear Periphery Suppresses Histone Turnover to Promote Epigenetic Inheritance.

Holla S et al. Cell 2020 Jan 09;180(1):150-164.e15

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:23695302 - Functional characterization of fission yeast transcription factors by overexpression analysis.

Vachon L et al. Genetics 2013 Aug;194(4):873-84

PMID:33260998 - High-Throughput Flow Cytometry Combined with Genetic Analysis Brings New Insights into the Understanding of Chromatin Regulation of Cellular Quiescence.

Zahedi Y et al. Int J Mol Sci 2020 Nov 27;21(23)

PMID:28357272 - A central role for TOR signalling in a yeast model for juvenile CLN3 disease.

Bond ME et al. Microb Cell 2015 Nov 11;2(12):466-480

PMID:18257517 - Phosphoproteome analysis of fission yeast.

Wilson-Grady JT et al. J Proteome Res 2008 Mar;7(3):1088-97

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

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:27227887 - The Loss of Lam2 and Npr2-Npr3 Diminishes the Vacuolar Localization of Gtr1-Gtr2 and Disinhibits TORC1 Activity in Fission Yeast.

Ma N et al. PLoS One 2016;11(5):e0156239

PMID:10438147 - DNA-induced conformational change of Gaf1, a novel GATA factor in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

Won M et al. Biochem Cell Biol 1999;77(2):127-32

PMID:22900017 - The fission yeast GATA factor, Gaf1, modulates sexual development via direct down-regulation of ste11+ expression in response to nitrogen starvation.

Kim L et al. PLoS One 2012;7(8):e42409

PMID:26689777 - Tor Signaling Regulates Transcription of Amino Acid Permeases through a GATA Transcription Factor Gaf1 in Fission Yeast.

Ma Y et al. PLoS One 2015;10(12):e0144677

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

Sivakova B et al. Sci Rep 2024 Oct 04;14(1):23105

PMID:23297348 - Comprehensive proteomics analysis reveals new substrates and regulators of the fission yeast clp1/cdc14 phosphatase.

Chen JS et al. Mol Cell Proteomics 2013 May;12(5):1074-86

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

Rhind N et al. Science 2011 May 20;332(6032):930-6

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: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:33223513 - Systematic Target Screening Revealed That Tif302 Could Be an Off-Target of the Antifungal Terbinafine in Fission Yeast.

Lee S et al. Biomol Ther (Seoul) 2021 Mar 01;29(2):234-247

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: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

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

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:36481249 - Critical role of Wat1/Pop3 in regulating the TORC1 signalling pathway in fission yeast S. pombe.

Panigrahi L et al. Fungal Genet Biol 2023 Jan;164:103764

GO_REF:0000002 - Comments

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

GO_REF:0000033 - Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees

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

Arita Y et al. Mol Biosyst 2011 May;7(5):1463-72

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

Cipak L et al. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2024 Oct 25;736:150895