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Tavafoghi B, Ren L, Gould KL, Willet AH. Generation and characterization of temperature-sensitive alleles encoding GPI anchored proteins Psu1 and Dfg502 in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. MICROPUBLICATION BIOLOGY 2024; 2024:10.17912/micropub.biology.001179. [PMID: 38633868 PMCID: PMC11022074 DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.001179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2024] [Revised: 03/18/2024] [Accepted: 03/29/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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Glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchored proteins are implicated in remodeling of the yeast cell wall during growth and division. Schizosaccharomyces pombe proteins, Psu1 , Dfg501 , and Dfg502 are predicted GPI anchored proteins with likely cell wall modifying activity. Here, we isolated and characterized null and temperature-sensitive alleles that will allow further analysis of the function of these proteins and S. pombe cell wall formation. Our data confirm that Psu1 is necessary for cell separation, maintaining proper cell shape, and viability. Additionally, we found that Dfg501 and Dfg502 share a redundant and essential function necessary for cell separation and viability.
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- Bita Tavafoghi
- Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, US
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- Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, US
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- Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, US
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- Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, US
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Howard IV, Tavafoghi B, Igarashi MG, Ren L, Willet AH, Gould KL. Generation and characterization of temperature-sensitive alleles of the glucanosyltransferase Gas1 in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. MICROPUBLICATION BIOLOGY 2024; 2024:10.17912/micropub.biology.001144. [PMID: 38511077 PMCID: PMC10951720 DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.001144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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The Schizosaccharomyces pombe Gas family of β-1,3-glucanosyltransferases modify the cell wall by elongating β-1,3-glucan chains. While gas1Δ cells are inviable under standard laboratory growth conditions, they are viable in the presence of an osmotic stabilizer. Even under these conditions however, gas1Δ cells are slow-growing and display cell separation and morphology defects. Here, we isolated and characterized two gas1 temperature-sensitive alleles. Our data support that Gas1 is the primary S. pombe β-1,3-glucanosyltransferase important for cell separation and cell viability and provide useful tools for further analysis of S. pombe cell wall formation.
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- Isaac V. Howard
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, US
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, US
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, US
- Biophysical Sciences, Current address: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, US
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, US
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, US
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Rodríguez-López M, Bordin N, Lees J, Scholes H, Hassan S, Saintain Q, Kamrad S, Orengo C, Bähler J. Broad functional profiling of fission yeast proteins using phenomics and machine learning. eLife 2023; 12:RP88229. [PMID: 37787768 PMCID: PMC10547477 DOI: 10.7554/elife.88229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023] Open
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Many proteins remain poorly characterized even in well-studied organisms, presenting a bottleneck for research. We applied phenomics and machine-learning approaches with Schizosaccharomyces pombe for broad cues on protein functions. We assayed colony-growth phenotypes to measure the fitness of deletion mutants for 3509 non-essential genes in 131 conditions with different nutrients, drugs, and stresses. These analyses exposed phenotypes for 3492 mutants, including 124 mutants of 'priority unstudied' proteins conserved in humans, providing varied functional clues. For example, over 900 proteins were newly implicated in the resistance to oxidative stress. Phenotype-correlation networks suggested roles for poorly characterized proteins through 'guilt by association' with known proteins. For complementary functional insights, we predicted Gene Ontology (GO) terms using machine learning methods exploiting protein-network and protein-homology data (NET-FF). We obtained 56,594 high-scoring GO predictions, of which 22,060 also featured high information content. Our phenotype-correlation data and NET-FF predictions showed a strong concordance with existing PomBase GO annotations and protein networks, with integrated analyses revealing 1675 novel GO predictions for 783 genes, including 47 predictions for 23 priority unstudied proteins. Experimental validation identified new proteins involved in cellular aging, showing that these predictions and phenomics data provide a rich resource to uncover new protein functions.
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- María Rodríguez-López
- University College London, Institute of Healthy Ageing and Department of Genetics, Evolution & EnvironmentLondonUnited Kingdom
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- University College London, Institute of Structural and Molecular BiologyLondonUnited Kingdom
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- University College London, Institute of Structural and Molecular BiologyLondonUnited Kingdom
- University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
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- University College London, Institute of Structural and Molecular BiologyLondonUnited Kingdom
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- University College London, Institute of Healthy Ageing and Department of Genetics, Evolution & EnvironmentLondonUnited Kingdom
- Helwan University, Faculty of PharmacyCairoEgypt
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- University College London, Institute of Healthy Ageing and Department of Genetics, Evolution & EnvironmentLondonUnited Kingdom
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- University College London, Institute of Healthy Ageing and Department of Genetics, Evolution & EnvironmentLondonUnited Kingdom
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- University College London, Institute of Structural and Molecular BiologyLondonUnited Kingdom
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- University College London, Institute of Healthy Ageing and Department of Genetics, Evolution & EnvironmentLondonUnited Kingdom
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Willet AH, Wos M, Igarashi MG, Ren L, Turner LA, Gould KL. Elevated levels of sphingolipid MIPC in the plasma membrane disrupt the coordination of cell growth with cell wall formation in fission yeast. PLoS Genet 2023; 19:e1010987. [PMID: 37792890 PMCID: PMC10578601 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023] Open
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Coupling cell wall expansion with cell growth is a universal challenge faced by walled organisms. Mutations in Schizosaccharomyces pombe css1, which encodes a PM inositol phosphosphingolipid phospholipase C, prevent cell wall expansion but not synthesis of cell wall material. To probe how Css1 modulates cell wall formation we used classical and chemical genetics coupled with quantitative mass spectrometry. We found that elevated levels of the sphingolipid biosynthetic pathway's final product, mannosylinositol phosphorylceramide (MIPC), specifically correlated with the css1-3 phenotype. We also found that an apparent indicator of sphingolipids and a sterol biosensor accumulated at the cytosolic face of the PM at cell tips and the division site of css1-3 cells and, in accord, the PM in css1-3 was less dynamic than in wildtype cells. Interestingly, disrupting the protein glycosylation machinery recapitulated the css1-3 phenotype and led us to investigate Ghs2, a glycosylated PM protein predicted to modify cell wall material. Disrupting Ghs2 function led to aberrant cell wall material accumulation suggesting Ghs2 is dysfunctional in css1-3. We conclude that preventing an excess of MIPC in the S. pombe PM is critical to the function of key PM-localized proteins necessary for coupling growth with cell wall formation.
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- Alaina H. Willet
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, United States of America
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Cullati SN, Zhang E, Shan Y, Guillen RX, Chen JS, Navarrete-Perea J, Elmore ZC, Ren L, Gygi SP, Gould KL. Fission yeast CK1 promotes DNA double-strand break repair through both homologous recombination and non-homologous end joining. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.04.27.538600. [PMID: 37162912 PMCID: PMC10168346 DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.27.538600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The CK1 family are conserved serine/threonine kinases with numerous substrates and cellular functions. The fission yeast CK1 orthologues Hhp1 and Hhp2 were first characterized as regulators of DNA repair, but the mechanism(s) by which CK1 activity promotes DNA repair had not been investigated. Here, we found that deleting Hhp1 and Hhp2 or inhibiting CK1 catalytic activities in yeast or in human cells activated the DNA damage checkpoint due to persistent double-strand breaks (DSBs). The primary pathways to repair DSBs, homologous recombination and non-homologous end joining, were both less efficient in cells lacking Hhp1 and Hhp2 activity. In order to understand how Hhp1 and Hhp2 promote DSB repair, we identified new substrates using quantitative phosphoproteomics. We confirmed that Arp8, a component of the INO80 chromatin remodeling complex, is a bona fide substrate of Hhp1 and Hhp2 that is important for DSB repair. Our data suggest that Hhp1 and Hhp2 facilitate DSB repair by phosphorylating multiple substrates, including Arp8.
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- Sierra N. Cullati
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
- Current address: Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
- Current address: Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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Cryo-EM structure and function of S. pombe complex IV with bound respiratory supercomplex factor. Commun Chem 2023; 6:32. [PMID: 36797353 PMCID: PMC9935853 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-023-00827-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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Fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe serves as model organism for studying higher eukaryotes. We combined the use of cryo-EM and spectroscopy to investigate the structure and function of affinity purified respiratory complex IV (CIV) from S. pombe. The reaction sequence of the reduced enzyme with O2 proceeds over a time scale of µs-ms, similar to that of the mammalian CIV. The cryo-EM structure of CIV revealed eleven subunits as well as a bound hypoxia-induced gene 1 (Hig1) domain of respiratory supercomplex factor 2 (Rcf2). These results suggest that binding of Rcf2 does not require the presence of a CIII-CIV supercomplex, i.e. Rcf2 is a component of CIV. An AlphaFold-Multimer model suggests that the Hig1 domains of both Rcf1 and Rcf2 bind at the same site of CIV suggesting that their binding is mutually exclusive. Furthermore, the differential functional effect of Rcf1 or Rcf2 is presumably caused by interactions of CIV with their different non-Hig1 domain parts.
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Fujie N, Ito M, Kishida M, Hirata Y, Kondo A, Tanaka T. Metabolic engineering of Schizosaccharomyces pombe for itaconic acid production. J Biotechnol 2022; 358:111-117. [PMID: 36122598 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2022.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Revised: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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The economical production of value-added chemicals from renewable biomass is a promising aspect of producing a sustainable economy. Itaconic acid (IA) is a high value-added compound that is expected to be an alternative to petroleum-based chemicals. In this study, we developed a metabolic engineering strategy for the large-scale production of IA from glucose using the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Heterologous expression of the cis-aconitic acid decarboxylase (CAD) gene from Aspergillus terreus, which encodes cis-aconitate decarboxylase in the cytosol, led to the production of 0.132 g/L of IA. We demonstrated that mitochondrial localization of CAD enhanced the production of IA. To prevent the leakage of carbon flux from the TCA cycle, we generated a strain in which the endogenous malate exporter, citrate lyase, and citrate transporter genes were disrupted. A titer of 1.110 g/L of IA was obtained from a culture of this strain started with 50 g/L of glucose. By culturing the multiple mutant strain at increased cell density, we succeeded in enhancing the IA production to 1.555 g/L. The metabolic engineering strategies presented in this study have the potential to improve the titer of the biosynthesis of derivatives of intermediates of the TCA cycle.
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- Naofumi Fujie
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan; Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
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Mangione MC, Chen JS, Gould KL. Cdk1 phosphorylation of fission yeast paxillin inhibits its cytokinetic ring localization. Mol Biol Cell 2021; 32:1534-1544. [PMID: 34133210 PMCID: PMC8351747 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e20-12-0807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Revised: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Divisions of the genetic material and cytoplasm are coordinated spatially and temporally to ensure genome integrity. This coordination is mediated in part by the major cell cycle regulator cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk1). Cdk1 activity peaks during mitosis, but during mitotic exit/cytokinesis Cdk1 activity is reduced, and phosphorylation of its substrates is reversed by various phosphatases including Cdc14, PP1, PP2A, and PP2B. Cdk1 is known to phosphorylate several components of the actin- and myosin-based cytokinetic ring (CR) that mediates division of yeast and animal cells. Here we show that Cdk1 also phosphorylates the Schizosaccharomyces pombe CR component paxillin Pxl1. We determined that both the Cdc14 phosphatase Clp1 and the PP1 phosphatase Dis2 contribute to Pxl1 dephosphorylation at mitotic exit, but PP2B/calcineurin does not. Preventing Pxl1 phosphorylation by Cdk1 results in increased Pxl1 levels, precocious Pxl1 recruitment to the division site, and increased duration of CR constriction. In vitro Cdk1-mediated phosphorylation of Pxl1 inhibits its interaction with the F-BAR domain of the cytokinetic scaffold Cdc15, thereby disrupting a major mechanism of Pxl1 recruitment. Thus, Pxl1 is a novel substrate through which S. pombe Cdk1 and opposing phosphatases coordinate mitosis and cytokinesis.
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- MariaSanta C. Mangione
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37240
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37240
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37240
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Willet AH, Igarashi MG, Chen JS, Bhattacharjee R, Ren L, Cullati SN, Elmore ZC, Roberts-Galbraith RH, Johnson AE, Beckley JR, Gould KL. Phosphorylation in the intrinsically disordered region of F-BAR protein Imp2 regulates its contractile ring recruitment. J Cell Sci 2021; 134:271847. [PMID: 34279633 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.258645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The F-BAR protein Imp2 is an important contributor to cytokinesis in the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Because cell cycle regulated phosphorylation of the central intrinsically disordered region (IDR) of the Imp2 paralog, Cdc15, controls Cdc15 oligomerization state, localization, and ability to bind protein partners, we investigated whether Imp2 is similarly phosphoregulated. We found that Imp2 is endogenously phosphorylated on 28 sites within its IDR with the bulk of phosphorylation being constitutive. In vitro, casein kinase 1 (CK1) Hhp1 and Hhp2 can phosphorylate 17 sites and Cdk1 the remaining 11 sites. Mutations that prevent Cdk1 phosphorylation result in precocious Imp2 recruitment to the cell division site, and mutations designed to mimic these phosphorylation events delay Imp2 CR accumulation. Mutations that eliminated CK1 phosphorylation sites allowed CR sliding, and phosphomimetic substitutions at these sites reduced Imp2 protein levels and slowed CR constriction. Thus, like Cdc15, the Imp2 IDR is phosphorylated at many sites by multiple kinases. In contrast to Cdc15, for which phosphorylation plays a major cell cycle regulatory role, Imp2 phosphorylation is primarily constitutive with milder effects on localization and function.
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- Alaina H Willet
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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Bohnert KA, Rossi AM, Jin QW, Chen JS, Gould KL. Phosphoregulation of the cytokinetic protein Fic1 contributes to fission yeast growth polarity establishment. J Cell Sci 2020; 133:jcs244392. [PMID: 32878942 PMCID: PMC7520453 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.244392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cellular polarization underlies many facets of cell behavior, including cell growth. The rod-shaped fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe is a well-established, genetically tractable system for studying growth polarity regulation. S. pombe cells elongate at their two cell tips in a cell cycle-controlled manner, transitioning from monopolar to bipolar growth in interphase when new ends established by the most recent cell division begin to extend. We previously identified cytokinesis as a critical regulator of new end growth and demonstrated that Fic1, a cytokinetic factor, is required for normal polarized growth at new ends. Here, we report that Fic1 is phosphorylated on two C-terminal residues, which are each targeted by multiple protein kinases. Endogenously expressed Fic1 phosphomutants cannot support proper bipolar growth, and the resultant defects facilitate the switch into an invasive pseudohyphal state. Thus, phosphoregulation of Fic1 links the completion of cytokinesis to the re-establishment of polarized growth in the next cell cycle. These findings broaden the scope of signaling events that contribute to regulating S. pombe growth polarity, underscoring that cytokinetic factors constitute relevant targets of kinases affecting new end growth.This article has an associated First Person interview with Anthony M. Rossi, joint first author of the paper.
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- K Adam Bohnert
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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Wood V, Lock A, Harris MA, Rutherford K, Bähler J, Oliver SG. Hidden in plain sight: what remains to be discovered in the eukaryotic proteome? Open Biol 2019; 9:180241. [PMID: 30938578 PMCID: PMC6395881 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.180241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The first decade of genome sequencing stimulated an explosion in the characterization of unknown proteins. More recently, the pace of functional discovery has slowed, leaving around 20% of the proteins even in well-studied model organisms without informative descriptions of their biological roles. Remarkably, many uncharacterized proteins are conserved from yeasts to human, suggesting that they contribute to fundamental biological processes (BP). To fully understand biological systems in health and disease, we need to account for every part of the system. Unstudied proteins thus represent a collective blind spot that limits the progress of both basic and applied biosciences. We use a simple yet powerful metric based on Gene Ontology BP terms to define characterized and uncharacterized proteins for human, budding yeast and fission yeast. We then identify a set of conserved but unstudied proteins in S. pombe, and classify them based on a combination of orthogonal attributes determined by large-scale experimental and comparative methods. Finally, we explore possible reasons why these proteins remain neglected, and propose courses of action to raise their profile and thereby reap the benefits of completing the catalogue of proteins' biological roles.
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- Valerie Wood
- 1 Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK
- 2 Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK
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- 3 Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London , London , UK
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- 1 Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK
- 2 Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK
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- 1 Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK
- 2 Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK
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- 3 Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London , London , UK
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- 1 Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK
- 2 Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK
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Snider CE, Willet AH, Brown HT, Gould KL. Analysis of the contribution of phosphoinositides to medial septation in fission yeast highlights the importance of PI(4,5)P 2 for medial contractile ring anchoring. Mol Biol Cell 2018; 29:2148-2155. [PMID: 29975157 PMCID: PMC6249800 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e18-03-0179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, loss of the plasma membrane PI4-kinase scaffold Efr3 leads to sliding of the cytokinetic ring (CR) away from the cell center during anaphase, implicating phosphoinositides (PIPs) in CR anchoring. However, whether other PIP regulators contribute to CR anchoring has not been investigated. Here we report that mutants of other PIP kinases and their regulators divide with off-center septa, similar to efr3∆. Using new biosensors for S. pombe PIPs, we confirm that these mutants have disrupted PIP composition. We extend a previous finding that a mutant known to decrease PI(3,5)P2 levels indirectly affects CR positioning by increasing vacuole size which disrupts nuclear position at the onset of mitosis. Indeed, we found that other mutants with increased vacuole size also disrupt medial division via this mechanism. Although elevated plasma membrane PI(4,5)P2 levels do not affect medial cytokinesis, mutants with decreased levels display CR sliding events indicating a specific role for PI(4,5)P2 in CR anchoring.
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- Chloe E Snider
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232
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Elmore ZC, Guillen RX, Gould KL. The kinase domain of CK1 enzymes contains the localization cue essential for compartmentalized signaling at the spindle pole. Mol Biol Cell 2018; 29:1664-1674. [PMID: 29742018 PMCID: PMC6080649 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e18-02-0129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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CK1 protein kinases contribute to multiple biological processes, but how they are tailored to function in compartmentalized signaling events is largely unknown. Hhp1 and Hhp2 (Hhp1/2) are the soluble CK1 family members in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. One of their functions is to inhibit the septation initiation network (SIN) during a mitotic checkpoint arrest. The SIN is assembled by Sid4 at spindle pole bodies (SPBs), and though Hhp1/2 colocalize there, it is not known how they are targeted there or whether their SPB localization is required for SIN inhibition. Here, we establish that Hhp1/2 localize throughout the cell cycle to SPBs, as well as to the nucleus, cell tips, and division site. We find that their catalytic domains but not their enzymatic function are used for SPB targeting and that this targeting strategy is conserved in human CK1δ/ε localization to centrosomes. Further, we pinpoint amino acids in the Hhp1 catalytic domain required for SPB interaction; mutation of these residues disrupts Hhp1 association with the core SPB protein Ppc89, and the inhibition of cytokinesis in the setting of spindle stress. Taken together, these data have enabled us to define a molecular mechanism used by CK1 enzymes to target a specific cellular locale for compartmentalized signaling.
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- Zachary C Elmore
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232
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Genes Important for Schizosaccharomyces pombe Meiosis Identified Through a Functional Genomics Screen. Genetics 2017; 208:589-603. [PMID: 29259000 PMCID: PMC5788524 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.117.300527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Accepted: 12/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Meiosis is a specialized cell division that generates gametes, such as eggs and sperm. Errors in meiosis result in miscarriages and are the leading cause of birth defects; however, the molecular origins of these defects remain unknown. Studies in model organisms are beginning to identify the genes and pathways important for meiosis, but the parts list is still poorly defined. Here we present a comprehensive catalog of genes important for meiosis in the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Our genome-wide functional screen surveyed all nonessential genes for roles in chromosome segregation and spore formation. Novel genes important at distinct stages of the meiotic chromosome segregation and differentiation program were identified. Preliminary characterization implicated three of these genes in centrosome/spindle pole body, centromere, and cohesion function. Our findings represent a near-complete parts list of genes important for meiosis in fission yeast, providing a valuable resource to advance our molecular understanding of meiosis.
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Snider CE, Willet AH, Chen JS, Arpağ G, Zanic M, Gould KL. Phosphoinositide-mediated ring anchoring resists perpendicular forces to promote medial cytokinesis. J Cell Biol 2017; 216:3041-3050. [PMID: 28784611 PMCID: PMC5626552 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201705070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2017] [Revised: 06/23/2017] [Accepted: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Altering phosphoinositide composition through deletion of efr3, a PI4 kinase scaffold, results in type V myosin-dependent cytokinetic ring sliding in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Membrane-binding proteins contribute to ring anchoring to resist perpendicular forces and thereby promote medial cytokinesis. Many eukaryotic cells divide by assembling and constricting an actin- and myosin-based contractile ring (CR) that is physically linked to the plasma membrane (PM). In this study, we report that Schizosaccharomyces pombe cells lacking efr3, which encodes a conserved PM scaffold for the phosphatidylinositol-4 kinase Stt4, build CRs that can slide away from the cell middle during anaphase in a myosin V–dependent manner. The Efr3-dependent CR-anchoring mechanism is distinct from previously reported pathways dependent on the Fes/CIP4 homology Bin-Amphiphysin-Rvs167 (F-BAR) protein Cdc15 and paxillin Pxl1. In efr3Δ, the concentrations of several membrane-binding proteins were reduced in the CR and/or on the PM. Our results suggest that proper PM lipid composition is important to stabilize the central position of the CR and resist myosin V–based forces to promote the fidelity of cell division.
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- Chloe E Snider
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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Chen JS, Beckley JR, Ren L, Feoktistova A, Jensen MA, Rhind N, Gould KL. Discovery of genes involved in mitosis, cell division, cell wall integrity and chromosome segregation through construction of Schizosaccharomyces pombe deletion strains. Yeast 2016; 33:507-17. [PMID: 27168121 DOI: 10.1002/yea.3172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2016] [Revised: 04/28/2016] [Accepted: 05/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The fission yeast model system Schizosaccharomyces pombe is used to study fundamental biological processes. To continue to fill gaps in the Sz. pombe gene deletion collection, we constructed a set of 90 haploid gene deletion strains covering many previously uncharacterized genes. To begin to understand the function of these genes, we exposed this collection of strains to a battery of stress conditions. Using this information in combination with microscopy, proteomics and mini-chromosome loss assays, we identified genes involved in cell wall integrity, cytokinesis, chromosome segregation and DNA metabolism. This subset of non-essential gene deletions will add to the toolkits available for the study of biological processes in Sz. pombe. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Jun-Song Chen
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Genome Technology Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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Xu YJ. Inner nuclear membrane protein Lem2 facilitates Rad3-mediated checkpoint signaling under replication stress induced by nucleotide depletion in fission yeast. Cell Signal 2016; 28:235-45. [PMID: 26746798 PMCID: PMC4753118 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2015.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2015] [Revised: 12/02/2015] [Accepted: 12/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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DNA replication checkpoint is a highly conserved cellular signaling pathway critical for maintaining genome integrity in eukaryotes. It is activated when DNA replication is perturbed. In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, perturbed replication forks activate the sensor kinase Rad3 (ATR/Mec1), which works cooperatively with mediator Mrc1 and the 9-1-1 checkpoint clamp to phosphorylate the effector kinase Cds1 (CHK2/Rad53). Phosphorylation of Cds1 promotes autoactivation of the kinase. Activated Cds1 diffuses away from the forks and stimulates most of the checkpoint responses under replication stress. Although this signaling pathway has been well understood in fission yeast, how the signaling is initiated and thus regulated remains incompletely understood. Previous studies have shown that deletion of lem2(+) sensitizes cells to the inhibitor of ribonucleotide reductase, hydroxyurea. However, the underlying mechanism is still not well understood. This study shows that in the presence of hydroxyurea, Lem2 facilitates Rad3-mediated checkpoint signaling for Cds1 activation. Without Lem2, all known Rad3-dependent phosphorylations critical for replication checkpoint signaling are seriously compromised, which likely causes the aberrant mitosis and drug sensitivity observed in this mutant. Interestingly, the mutant is not very sensitive to DNA damage and the DNA damage checkpoint remains largely intact, suggesting that the main function of Lem2 is to facilitate checkpoint signaling in response to replication stress. Since Lem2 is an inner nuclear membrane protein, these results also suggest that the replication checkpoint may be spatially regulated inside the nucleus, a previously unknown mechanism.
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- Yong-Jie Xu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton OH 45435, USA.
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Bitton DA, Schubert F, Dey S, Okoniewski M, Smith GC, Khadayate S, Pancaldi V, Wood V, Bähler J. AnGeLi: A Tool for the Analysis of Gene Lists from Fission Yeast. Front Genet 2015; 6:330. [PMID: 26635866 PMCID: PMC4644808 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 10/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Genome-wide assays and screens typically result in large lists of genes or proteins. Enrichments of functional or other biological properties within such lists can provide valuable insights and testable hypotheses. To systematically detect these enrichments can be challenging and time-consuming, because relevant data to compare against query gene lists are spread over many different sources. We have developed AnGeLi (Analysis of Gene Lists), an intuitive, integrated web-tool for comprehensive and customized interrogation of gene lists from the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe. AnGeLi searches for significant enrichments among multiple qualitative and quantitative information sources, including gene and phenotype ontologies, genetic and protein interactions, numerous features of genes, transcripts, translation, and proteins such as copy numbers, chromosomal positions, genetic diversity, RNA polymerase II and ribosome occupancy, localization, conservation, half-lives, domains, and molecular weight among others, as well as diverse sets of genes that are co-regulated or lead to the same phenotypes when mutated. AnGeLi uses robust statistics which can be tailored to specific needs. It also provides the option to upload user-defined gene sets to compare against the query list. Through an integrated data submission form, AnGeLi encourages the community to contribute additional curated gene lists to further increase the usefulness of this resource and to get the most from the ever increasing large-scale experiments. AnGeLi offers a rigorous yet flexible statistical analysis platform for rich insights into functional enrichments and biological context for query gene lists, thus providing a powerful exploratory tool through which S. pombe researchers can uncover fresh perspectives and unexpected connections from genomic data. AnGeLi is freely available at: www.bahlerlab.info/AnGeLi.
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- Danny A. Bitton
- Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment – UCL Genetics Institute, University College LondonLondon, UK
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- Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment – UCL Genetics Institute, University College LondonLondon, UK
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- Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment – UCL Genetics Institute, University College LondonLondon, UK
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- Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment – UCL Genetics Institute, University College LondonLondon, UK
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- Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment – UCL Genetics Institute, University College LondonLondon, UK
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- Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment – UCL Genetics Institute, University College LondonLondon, UK
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- Cambridge Systems Biology and Department of Biochemistry, University of CambridgeCambridge, UK
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- Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment – UCL Genetics Institute, University College LondonLondon, UK
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