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protein coding gene - hta1 (SPCC622.08c) - histone H2A alpha

Gene summary

Standard name
hta1
Systematic ID
SPCC622.08c
Product
histone H2A alpha
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)
UniProt ID
P04909
Characterisation status
biological role published
Feature type
mRNA gene
Genomic location
chromosome III: 1411144..1412181 reverse strand

Annotation

GO biological process

GO:0006302 - double-strand break repair

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GO:0031507 - heterochromatin formation

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GO:0045143 - homologous chromosome segregation

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GO:0007076 - mitotic chromosome condensation

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GO:0044773 - mitotic DNA damage checkpoint signaling

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GO:0007095 - mitotic G2 DNA damage checkpoint signaling

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GO cellular component

GO:0099115 - chromosome, subtelomeric region

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GO:0031934 - mating-type region heterochromatin

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GO:0000786 - nucleosome

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GO:0005634 - nucleus

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GO:0005721 - pericentric heterochromatin

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GO:0033553 - rDNA heterochromatin

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GO molecular function

GO:0140463 - chromatin-protein adaptor activity

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GO:0003677 - DNA binding

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GO:0005515 - protein binding

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GO:0030527 - structural constituent of chromatin

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Modification

MOD:00060 - N-acetyl-L-serine

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MOD:00080 - N5-methyl-L-glutamine

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MOD:00064 - N6-acetyl-L-lysine

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MOD:01893 - N6-malonyl-L-lysine

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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:01149 - sumoylated lysine

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MOD:01148 - ubiquitinylated lysine

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Multi-locus phenotype

FYPO:0003489 - abnormal mitotic cell cycle regulation during cellular response to ionizing radiation

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FYPO:0001093 - abolished chromatin binding

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FYPO:0001946 - abolished mitotic sister chromatid separation

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FYPO:0004318 - abolished mitotic spindle assembly checkpoint

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FYPO:0000634 - abolished protein localization to centromere during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0006455 - abolished protein localization to meiotic spindle during meiosis I

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FYPO:0006456 - abolished protein localization to meiotic spindle during meiosis II

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FYPO:0005396 - abolished protein localization to subtelomeric heterochromatin

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FYPO:0004262 - abolished protein phosphorylation during mitotic G2 phase during cellular response to ionizing radiation

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FYPO:0002033 - abolished protein phosphorylation during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0006260 - abolished subtelomeric chromatin knob formation

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FYPO:0001407 - decreased cell population growth on glucose carbon source

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FYPO:0004870 - decreased duration of mitotic G2 DNA damage checkpoint

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FYPO:0006423 - decreased meiotic sister chromatid cohesion at centromere during meiosis I

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FYPO:0004869 - decreased number of Crb2 foci during cellular response to ionizing radiation

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FYPO:0000450 - decreased protein localization to centromere during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0002909 - decreased protein localization to chromatin during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0002825 - decreased protein localization to mitotic spindle

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FYPO:0002679 - decreased protein phosphorylation

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FYPO:0002470 - decreased protein phosphorylation during cellular response to ionizing radiation

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FYPO:0001355 - decreased vegetative cell population growth

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FYPO:0003584 - increased double-strand break repair via nonhomologous end joining

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FYPO:0006263 - increased histone H3-K36 trimethylation during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0005225 - increased histone H3-K4 dimethylation during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0000972 - increased number of Rad52 foci during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0002573 - increased number of Ssb1 foci

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FYPO:0005917 - increased subtelomeric heterochromatin RNA level

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FYPO:0001489 - inviable vegetative cell

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FYPO:0002061 - inviable vegetative cell population

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FYPO:0000228 - lagging mitotic chromosomes

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FYPO:0003129 - loss of punctate nuclear protein localization during cellular response to ionizing radiation

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FYPO:0000969 - normal growth during cellular response to UV

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FYPO:0001690 - normal growth on camptothecin

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FYPO:0001164 - normal growth on glucose carbon source

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FYPO:0000957 - normal growth on methyl methanesulfonate

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FYPO:0001509 - normal protein localization to chromatin during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0004692 - normal protein localization to mitotic spindle midzone

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FYPO:0001357 - normal vegetative cell population growth

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FYPO:0000095 - sensitive to bleomycin

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FYPO:0000085 - sensitive to camptothecin

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FYPO:0000088 - sensitive to hydroxyurea

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FYPO:0004868 - sensitive to ionizing radiation during mitotic G1 phase

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FYPO:0000267 - sensitive to ionizing radiation during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0000089 - sensitive to methyl methanesulfonate

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FYPO:0000091 - sensitive to thiabendazole

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FYPO:0000268 - sensitive to UV during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0003182 - sister chromatid nondisjunction at meiosis II

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FYPO:0005634 - sister kinetochore dissociation in meiotic metaphase I with equational sister chromatid segregation in meiosis I

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FYPO:0001234 - slow vegetative cell population growth

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Protein features

PBO:0111763 - histone fold

Qualitative gene expression

PomGeneEx:0000011 - RNA level increased

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Quantitative gene expression

PBO:0006310 - protein level

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PBO:0011963 - RNA level

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Single locus phenotype

FYPO:0009097 - decreased cell population growth on xylose carbon source

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FYPO:0000450 - decreased protein localization to centromere during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0004212 - decreased protein localization to kinetochore during meiosis I

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FYPO:0002679 - decreased protein phosphorylation

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FYPO:0002019 - elongated telomeres during vegetative growth

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FYPO:0009052 - increased cell population growth on glutamate nitrogen source

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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:0009030 - resistance to amitrole

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FYPO:0009036 - resistance to benzamidine

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FYPO:0000764 - resistance to cycloheximide

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FYPO:0009038 - resistance to egtazic acid

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FYPO:0009034 - resistance to ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid

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FYPO:0009070 - resistance to itraconazole

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FYPO:0009083 - resistance to lithium chloride and methyl methanesulfonate

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FYPO:0009085 - resistance to lithium chloride and sodium dodecyl sulfate

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FYPO:0009087 - resistance to magnesium chloride and sodium dodecyl sulfate

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FYPO:0000725 - resistance to methyl methanesulfonate

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FYPO:0003383 - resistance to tert-butyl hydroperoxide

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FYPO:0000830 - resistance to vanadate

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FYPO:0004325 - sensitive to 5-fluorouracil

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FYPO:0001701 - sensitive to bortezomib

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FYPO:0001501 - sensitive to brefeldin A

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FYPO:0000104 - sensitive to cycloheximide

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FYPO:0000799 - sensitive to diamide

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FYPO:0000088 - sensitive to hydroxyurea

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FYPO:0000089 - sensitive to methyl methanesulfonate

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FYPO:0007924 - sensitive to potassium chloride and sodium dodecyl sulfate

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FYPO:0000091 - sensitive to thiabendazole

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FYPO:0001457 - sensitive to tunicamycin

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FYPO:0003182 - sister chromatid nondisjunction at meiosis II

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FYPO:0005633 - sister kinetochore dissociation in meiotic metaphase I, normal chromosome segregation in meiosis I, and sister chromatid non-disjunction in meiosis II

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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
PF16211Histone_H2A_CHistone_H2A_CPFAM
PF00125HistoneH2A/H2B/H3PFAM
cd00074HFD_H2AHistone_H2ACDD
PS00046HISTONE_H2AHistone_H2A_CSPROSITE_PATTERNS
SM00414h2a4Histone_H2ASMART
PR00620HISTONEH2AHistone_H2APRINTS
G3DSA:1.10.20.10:FF:000008FUNFAM
SSF47113Histone-foldHistone-foldSUPERFAMILY
G3DSA:1.10.20.10Histone, subunit AHistone-foldGENE3D
PTHR23430HISTONE H2AHistone_H2APANTHER

Orthologs

References / Literature

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Sugiyama T et al. Nucleic Acids Res 2013 Jul;41(13):6674-86
PMID:25483073 - Chromosome segregation and organization are targets of 5'-Fluorouracil in eukaryotic cells.
Mojardín L et al. Cell Cycle 2015;14(2):206-18
PMID:23173672 - Identification of novel genes involved in DNA damage response by screening a genome-wide Schizosaccharomyces pombe deletion library.
Pan X et al. BMC Genomics 2012 Nov 23;13:662
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:28784724 - Multi-BRCT Domain Protein Brc1 Links Rhp18/Rad18 and γH2A To Maintain Genome Stability during S Phase.
Reubens MC et al. Mol Cell Biol 2017 Nov 15;37(22)
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: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:18676809 - Structural and functional analysis of the Crb2-BRCT2 domain reveals distinct roles in checkpoint signaling and DNA damage repair.
Kilkenny ML et al. Genes Dev 2008 Aug 01;22(15):2034-47
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:29769606 - Malonylation of histone H2A at lysine 119 inhibits Bub1-dependent H2A phosphorylation and chromosomal localization of shugoshin proteins.
Ishiguro T et al. Sci Rep 2018 May 16;8(1):7671
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: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:20679488 - Requirement for the phospho-H2AX binding module of Crb2 in double-strand break targeting and checkpoint activation.
Sanders SL et al. Mol Cell Biol 2010 Oct;30(19):4722-31
PMID:15226425 - Histone H2A phosphorylation controls Crb2 recruitment at DNA breaks, maintains checkpoint arrest, and influences DNA repair in fission yeast.
Nakamura TM et al. Mol Cell Biol 2004 Jul;24(14):6215-30
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:33670267 - The Role of Non-Catalytic Domains of Hrp3 in Nucleosome Remodeling.
Dong W et al. Int J Mol Sci 2021 Feb 11;22(4)
GO_REF:0000033 - Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees
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:20679485 - BRCT domain interactions with phospho-histone H2A target Crb2 to chromatin at double-strand breaks and maintain the DNA damage checkpoint.
Sofueva S et al. Mol Cell Biol 2010 Oct;30(19):4732-43
PMID:24352239 - Glutamine methylation in histone H2A is an RNA-polymerase-I-dedicated modification.
Tessarz P et al. Nature 2014 Jan 23;505(7484):564-8
PMID:37970674 - SUMOylation regulates Lem2 function in centromere clustering and silencing.
Strachan J et al. J Cell Sci 2023 Dec 01;136(23)
PMID:21633354 - Condensin association with histone H2A shapes mitotic chromosomes.
Tada K et al. Nature 2011 Jun 01;474(7352):477-83
PMID:21098122 - Mre11 nuclease activity and Ctp1 regulate Chk1 activation by Rad3ATR and Tel1ATM checkpoint kinases at double-strand breaks.
Limbo O et al. Mol Cell Biol 2011 Feb;31(3):573-83
PMID:30348841 - Brc1 Promotes the Focal Accumulation and SUMO Ligase Activity of Smc5-Smc6 during Replication Stress.
Oravcová M et al. Mol Cell Biol 2019 Jan 15;39(2)
PMID:23231582 - Genome-wide characterization of the phosphate starvation response in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Carter-O'Connell I et al. BMC Genomics 2012 Dec 12;13:697
PMID:23080121 - Mre11 ATLD17/18 mutation retains Tel1/ATM activity but blocks DNA double-strand break repair.
Limbo O et al. Nucleic Acids Res 2012 Dec;40(22):11435-49
PMID:24713849 - Post-transcriptional regulation of meiotic genes by a nuclear RNA silencing complex.
Egan ED et al. RNA 2014 Jun;20(6):867-81
PMID:22426534 - DNA replication through hard-to-replicate sites, including both highly transcribed RNA Pol II and Pol III genes, requires the S. pombe Pfh1 helicase.
Sabouri N et al. Genes Dev 2012 Mar 15;26(6):581-93
PMID:22235339 - The S. pombe histone H2A dioxygenase Ofd2 regulates gene expression during hypoxia.
Lando D et al. PLoS One 2012;7(1):e29765
PMID:18257517 - Phosphoproteome analysis of fission yeast.
Wilson-Grady JT et al. J Proteome Res 2008 Mar;7(3):1088-97
PMID:34250083 - Barcode sequencing and a high-throughput assay for chronological lifespan uncover ageing-associated genes in fission yeast.
Romila CA et al. Microb Cell 2021 Jul 05;8(7):146-160
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:26412298 - A Degenerate Cohort of Yeast Membrane Trafficking DUBs Mediates Cell Polarity and Survival.
Beckley JR et al. Mol Cell Proteomics 2015 Dec;14(12):3132-41
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:19443688 - Diverse roles of HP1 proteins in heterochromatin assembly and functions in fission yeast.
Fischer T et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 Jun 02;106(22):8998-9003
PMID:25002536 - A novel histone deacetylase complex in the control of transcription and genome stability.
Zilio N et al. Mol Cell Biol 2014 Sep 15;34(18):3500-14
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: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:37787768 - Broad functional profiling of fission yeast proteins using phenomics and machine learning.
Rodríguez-López M et al. Elife 2023 Oct 03;12
PMID:18818364 - Conservation and rewiring of functional modules revealed by an epistasis map in fission yeast.
Roguev A et al. Science 2008 Oct 17;322(5900):405-10
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:20661445 - Rad3 decorates critical chromosomal domains with gammaH2A to protect genome integrity during S-Phase in fission yeast.
Rozenzhak S et al. PLoS Genet 2010 Jul 22;6(7):e1001032
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:19111658 - HP1 proteins form distinct complexes and mediate heterochromatic gene silencing by nonoverlapping mechanisms.
Motamedi MR et al. Mol Cell 2008 Dec 26;32(6):778-90
PMID:16314498 - Cooperative control of Crb2 by ATM family and Cdc2 kinases is essential for the DNA damage checkpoint in fission yeast.
Nakamura TM et al. Mol Cell Biol 2005 Dec;25(24):10721-30
PMID:26537787 - Targeting of SUMO substrates to a Cdc48-Ufd1-Npl4 segregase and STUbL pathway in fission yeast.
Køhler JB et al. Nat Commun 2015 Nov 05;6:8827
PMID:35820914 - Antagonistic effects of mitochondrial matrix and intermembrane space proteases on yeast aging.
Vega M et al. BMC Biol 2022 Jul 12;20(1):160
PMID:16778077 - Histone modification-dependent and -independent pathways for recruitment of checkpoint protein Crb2 to double-strand breaks.
Du LL et al. Genes Dev 2006 Jun 15;20(12):1583-96
PMID:19965387 - Phosphorylation of H2A by Bub1 prevents chromosomal instability through localizing shugoshin.
Kawashima SA et al. Science 2010 Jan 08;327(5962):172-7
PMID:26160178 - Dimerization Mediated by a Divergent Forkhead-associated Domain Is Essential for the DNA Damage and Spindle Functions of Fission Yeast Mdb1.
Luo S et al. J Biol Chem 2015 Aug 21;290(34):21054-21066
PMID:24957674 - Yeast X-chromosome-associated protein 5 (Xap5) functions with H2A.Z to suppress aberrant transcripts.
Anver S et al. EMBO Rep 2014 Aug;15(8):894-902
PMID:36408920 - UniProt: the Universal Protein Knowledgebase in 2023.
UniProt Consortium Nucleic Acids Res 2023 Jan 06;51(D1):D523-D531
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:20625380 - A genome-wide screen for Schizosaccharomyces pombe deletion mutants that affect telomere length.
Liu NN et al. Cell Res 2010 Aug;20(8):963-5
PMID:21511999 - Comparative functional genomics of the fission yeasts.
Rhind N et al. Science 2011 May 20;332(6032):930-6
PMID:23656778 - Brc1 links replication stress response and centromere function.
Lee SY et al. Cell Cycle 2013 Jun 01;12(11):1665-71
PMID:20094029 - gammaH2A binds Brc1 to maintain genome integrity during S-phase.
Williams JS et al. EMBO J 2010 Mar 17;29(6):1136-48
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:24013502 - Epe1 recruits BET family bromodomain protein Bdf2 to establish heterochromatin boundaries.
Wang J et al. Genes Dev 2013 Sep 01;27(17):1886-902
PMID:26368543 - Critical Function of γH2A in S-Phase.
Mejia-Ramirez E et al. PLoS Genet 2015 Sep;11(9):e1005517
PMID:38048463 - Rex1BD and the 14-3-3 protein control heterochromatin organization at tandem repeats by linking RNAi and HDAC.
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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:38971312 - TORC2 is required for accumulation of γH2A in response to DNA damage.
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PMID:26804021 - Shugoshin forms a specialized chromatin domain at subtelomeres that regulates transcription and replication timing.
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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:25795664 - Genetic Interaction Landscape Reveals Critical Requirements for Schizosaccharomyces pombe Brc1 in DNA Damage Response Mutants.
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GO_REF:0000050 - Manual transfer of GO annotation data to genes by curator judgment of sequence model
PMID:16540522 - Nuclear RanGAP is required for the heterochromatin assembly and is reciprocally regulated by histone H3 and Clr4 histone methyltransferase in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Nishijima H et al. Mol Biol Cell 2006 Jun;17(6):2524-36
PMID:20929775 - Two histone marks establish the inner centromere and chromosome bi-orientation.
Yamagishi Y et al. Science 2010 Oct 08;330(6001):239-43
PMID:24806815 - Mdb1, a fission yeast homolog of human MDC1, modulates DNA damage response and mitotic spindle function.
Wei Y et al. PLoS One 2014;9(5):e97028