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protein coding gene - ams2 (SPCC290.04) - DNA-binding transcription factor for histones, zf-GATA-type Ams2

Gene summary

Standard name
ams2
Systematic ID
SPCC290.04
Product
DNA-binding transcription factor for histones, zf-GATA-type Ams2
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)
Synonyms
SPCC4F11.01
UniProt ID
Q9URT4
ORFeome ID
40/40H03
Characterisation status
biological role published
Feature type
mRNA gene
Genomic location
chromosome III: 2001159..2004364 forward strand

Annotation

Comment

PBO:0002537 - target of proteasome

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GO biological process

GO:0034080 - CENP-A containing chromatin assembly

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GO:0045944 - positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II

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GO cellular component

GO:0000785 - chromatin

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GO:0034506 - chromosome, centromeric core domain

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GO:0005634 - nucleus

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GO molecular function

GO:0019237 - centromeric DNA binding

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GO:0001228 - DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific

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GO:0005515 - protein binding

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GO:0000978 - RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding

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GO:0008270 - zinc ion 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:00696 - phosphorylated residue

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MOD:01148 - ubiquitinylated lysine

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Multi-locus phenotype

FYPO:0000141 - abnormal mitotic sister chromatid segregation

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FYPO:0004481 - abolished cell population growth at high temperature

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FYPO:0000080 - decreased cell population growth at low temperature

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FYPO:0004906 - decreased level of histone gene mRNA during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0004904 - decreased protein localization to centromere central core during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0001355 - decreased vegetative cell population growth

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FYPO:0002430 - inviable after spore germination, multiple cell divisions

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FYPO:0002061 - inviable vegetative cell population

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FYPO:0000284 - large and small daughter nuclei, with unequal mitotic sister chromatid segregation

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FYPO:0000833 - normal protein level during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0002574 - normal protein localization to centromere during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0001357 - normal vegetative cell population growth

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FYPO:0003241 - unequal mitotic sister chromatid segregation

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FYPO:0002060 - viable vegetative cell population

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Protein features

PBO:0111770 - zf-GATA type

PBO:0111743 - zinc finger protein

Qualitative gene expression

PomGeneEx:0000019 - protein level decreased

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PomGeneEx:0000024 - protein level fluctuates

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PomGeneEx:0000018 - protein level increased

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PomGeneEx:0000012 - RNA level decreased

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PomGeneEx:0000017 - RNA level fluctuates

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PomGeneEx:0000011 - RNA level increased

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Quantitative gene expression

PBO:0011963 - RNA level

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Single locus phenotype

FYPO:0001352 - abnormal chromatin organization during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0000623 - abnormal positive regulation of transcription

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FYPO:0000117 - abnormal septum assembly

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FYPO:0006411 - abolished histone RNA level oscillation during mitotic cell cycle

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FYPO:0000705 - abolished protein-protein interaction

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FYPO:0000227 - chromosome loss during mitotic chromosome segregation

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FYPO:0001270 - complete but unequal mitotic sister chromatid segregation

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FYPO:0000046 - decreased cell population growth

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FYPO:0000082 - decreased cell population growth at high temperature

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FYPO:0000080 - decreased cell population growth at low temperature

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FYPO:0003740 - decreased CENP-A containing chromatin assembly

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FYPO:0004907 - decreased chromatin binding at histone promoter

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FYPO:0006412 - decreased level of histone gene mRNA during mitotic S phase

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FYPO:0004906 - decreased level of histone gene mRNA during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0004904 - decreased protein localization to centromere central core during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0005047 - decreased protein localization to chromatin at RNA polymerase II promoter during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0001355 - decreased vegetative cell population growth

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FYPO:0006414 - increased level of histone gene mRNA during mitotic interphase

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FYPO:0006422 - increased level of histone gene mRNA during mitotic S phase

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FYPO:0006413 - increased level of histone gene mRNA during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0005371 - increased linear minichromosome loss during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0000228 - lagging mitotic chromosomes

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FYPO:0000284 - large and small daughter nuclei, with unequal mitotic sister chromatid segregation

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FYPO:0000833 - normal protein level during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0000644 - normal protein localization during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0005072 - normal protein localization to centromeric chromatin

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FYPO:0000703 - normal protein-protein interaction

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FYPO:0001317 - normal RNA level during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0001357 - normal vegetative cell population growth

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FYPO:0007933 - sensitive to 2,2′-dipyridyl

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FYPO:0000095 - sensitive to bleomycin

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FYPO:0001188 - sensitive to Calcofluor White

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FYPO:0003840 - sensitive to carbendazim

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FYPO:0000104 - sensitive to cycloheximide

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FYPO:0000107 - sensitive to latrunculin A

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FYPO:0000089 - sensitive to methyl methanesulfonate

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FYPO:0001234 - slow vegetative cell population growth

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FYPO:0001492 - viable elongated vegetative cell

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FYPO:0002060 - viable vegetative cell population

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Taxonomic conservation

PBO:0011065 - conserved in eukaryotes

PBO:0011064 - conserved in fungi

PBO:0011063 - conserved in fungi only

PBO:0006222 - predominantly single copy (one to one)

Protein features

IDNameInterPro nameDB name
PF00320GATAZnf_GATAPFAM
PF25823Ams2-SPT21_NAms2-SPT21_NPFAM
cd00202ZnF_GATAZnf_GATACDD
PS00344GATA_ZN_FINGER_1Znf_GATAPROSITE_PATTERNS
PS50114GATA_ZN_FINGER_2Znf_GATAPROSITE_PROFILES
SM00401GATA_3Znf_GATASMART
G3DSA:3.30.50.10:FF:000059FUNFAM
SSF57716Glucocorticoid receptor-like (DNA-binding domain)SUPERFAMILY
G3DSA:3.30.50.10Znf_NHR/GATAGENE3D
PTHR39147PROTEIN SPT21Spt21/Ams2PANTHER
mobidb-lite-Disorderdisorder_predictionMOBIDB-Disorder
mobidb-lite-Polardisorder_predictionMOBIDB-Polar

Orthologs

References / Literature

PMID:15908586 - The CHD remodeling factor Hrp1 stimulates CENP-A loading to centromeres.
Walfridsson J et al. Nucleic Acids Res 2005;33(9):2868-79
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:26771498 - A Proteome-wide Fission Yeast Interactome Reveals Network Evolution Principles from Yeasts to Human.
Vo TV et al. Cell 2016 Jan 14;164(1-2):310-323
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:27901072 - Characterisation of functional domains in fission yeast Ams2 that are required for core histone gene transcription.
Takayama Y et al. Sci Rep 2016 Nov 30;6:38111
PMID:20230746 - Hsk1- and SCF(Pof3)-dependent proteolysis of S. pombe Ams2 ensures histone homeostasis and centromere function.
Takayama Y et al. Dev Cell 2010 Mar 16;18(3):385-96
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
PMID:23195958 - Anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome-mediated proteolysis of Ams2 in the G1 phase ensures the coupling of histone gene expression to DNA replication in fission yeast.
Trickey M et al. J Biol Chem 2013 Jan 11;288(2):928-37
PMID:15897182 - Two distinct pathways responsible for the loading of CENP-A to centromeres in the fission yeast cell cycle.
Takahashi K et al. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2005 Mar 29;360(1455):595-606; discussion 606-7
PMID:26369364 - Mutation of histone H3 serine 86 disrupts GATA factor Ams2 expression and precise chromosome segregation in fission yeast.
Lim KK et al. Sci Rep 2015 Sep 15;5:14064
PMID:21511999 - Comparative functional genomics of the fission yeasts.
Rhind N et al. Science 2011 May 20;332(6032):930-6
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:27666591 - Ccp1 Homodimer Mediates Chromatin Integrity by Antagonizing CENP-A Loading.
Dong Q et al. Mol Cell 2016 Oct 06;64(1):79-91
GO_REF:0000002 - Comments
PMID:23695302 - Functional characterization of fission yeast transcription factors by overexpression analysis.
Vachon L et al. Genetics 2013 Aug;194(4):873-84
PMID:17452352 - Differential regulation of repeated histone genes during the fission yeast cell cycle.
Takayama Y et al. Nucleic Acids Res 2007;35(10):3223-37
PMID:23267073 - Cell cycle-dependent deposition of CENP-A requires the Dos1/2-Cdc20 complex.
Gonzalez M et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013 Jan 08;110(2):606-11
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:37787768 - Broad functional profiling of fission yeast proteins using phenomics and machine learning.
Rodríguez-López M et al. Elife 2023 Oct 03;12
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: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:29084823 - Phosphorylation of the RNA-binding protein Zfs1 modulates sexual differentiation in fission yeast.
Navarro FJ et al. J Cell Sci 2017 Dec 15;130(24):4144-4154
PMID:20519959 - S. pombe genome deletion project: an update.
Spirek M et al. Cell Cycle 2010 Jun 15;9(12):2399-402
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:25552606 - Identification of new players in cell division, DNA damage response, and morphogenesis through construction of Schizosaccharomyces pombe deletion strains.
Chen JS et al. G3 (Bethesda) 2014 Dec 31;5(3):361-70
PMID:27548313 - Transcription factors mediate condensin recruitment and global chromosomal organization in fission yeast.
Kim KD et al. Nat Genet 2016 Oct;48(10):1242-52
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: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:18077559 - Biphasic incorporation of centromeric histone CENP-A in fission yeast.
Takayama Y et al. Mol Biol Cell 2008 Feb;19(2):682-90
PMID:12535531 - A cell cycle-regulated GATA factor promotes centromeric localization of CENP-A in fission yeast.
Chen ES et al. Mol Cell 2003 Jan;11(1):175-87
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: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: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
PMID:23314747 - Myb-domain protein Teb1 controls histone levels and centromere assembly in fission yeast.
Valente LP et al. EMBO J 2013 Feb 06;32(3):450-60
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:18493607 - A DNA polymerase alpha accessory protein, Mcl1, is required for propagation of centromere structures in fission yeast.
Natsume T et al. PLoS One 2008 May 21;3(5):e2221
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