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    rec8 meiotic cohesin complex subunit Rec8 [ Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast) ]

    Gene ID: 2540458, updated on 8-May-2024

    Summary

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    Gene symbol
    rec8
    Gene description
    meiotic cohesin complex subunit Rec8
    Locus tag
    SPBC29A10.14
    Gene type
    protein coding
    RefSeq status
    PROVISIONAL
    Organism
    Schizosaccharomyces pombe (strain: 972h-)
    Lineage
    Eukaryota; Fungi; Dikarya; Ascomycota; Taphrinomycotina; Schizosaccharomycetes; Schizosaccharomycetales; Schizosaccharomycetaceae; Schizosaccharomyces
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    Genomic context

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    Location:
    chromosome: II
    Exon count:
    5
    Sequence:
    Chromosome: II; NC_003423.3 (2568893..2570993)

    Chromosome II - NC_003423.3Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene HMG-box Neighboring gene putative F0-ATPase subunit D Neighboring gene miscRNA Neighboring gene miscRNA Neighboring gene origin recognition complex subunit Orc1 Neighboring gene uncharacterized protein Neighboring gene putative cytochrome b5

    Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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    Genomic Sequence:
    NC_003423.3

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    Bibliography

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    Related articles in PubMed

    1. [Kinetochore geometry defined by cohesin within the centromere]. Sakuno T, et al. Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso, 2009 Nov. PMID 19894585
    2. Pre-meiotic S phase is linked to reductional chromosome segregation and recombination. Watanabe Y, et al. Nature, 2001 Jan 18. PMID 11201746
    3. Rec8 Cohesin-mediated Axis-loop chromatin architecture is required for meiotic recombination. Sakuno T, et al. Nucleic Acids Res, 2022 Apr 22. PMID 35333350, Free PMC Article
    4. Meiotic cohesin-based chromosome structure is essential for homologous chromosome pairing in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Ding DQ, et al. Chromosoma, 2016 Jun. PMID 26511279, Free PMC Article
    5. Cohesin and recombination proteins influence the G1-to-S transition in azygotic meiosis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Doll E, et al. Genetics, 2008 Oct. PMID 18780734, Free PMC Article

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    GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

    What's a GeneRIF?
    1. Rec8 Cohesin-mediated Axis-loop chromatin architecture is required for meiotic recombination.
      Title: Rec8 Cohesin-mediated Axis-loop chromatin architecture is required for meiotic recombination.
    2. Centromeres are dismantled by foundational meiotic proteins Spo11 and Rec8.
      Title: Centromeres are dismantled by foundational meiotic proteins Spo11 and Rec8.
    3. Rec8 and Pds5 play an essential role in building a platform to support the chromosome architecture necessary for the spatial alignment of homologous chromosomes.
      Title: Meiotic cohesin-based chromosome structure is essential for homologous chromosome pairing in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
    4. balance between Rec8 phosphorylation and its dephosphorylation by Sgo1-PP2A regulates the step-wise loss of chromosomal cohesion in meiosis
      Title: Shugoshin-PP2A counteracts casein-kinase-1-dependent cleavage of Rec8 by separase.
    5. Cohesin within the centromere regulates kinetochore geometry. (review)
      Title: [Kinetochore geometry defined by cohesin within the centromere].
    6. Meiotic prophase chromosomes are organized as chromatin loops emanating from a Rec8-containing axis: the absence of Rec8 disrupts the axis, resulting in disorganized chromosomes.
      Title: Meiotic cohesins modulate chromosome compaction during meiotic prophase in fission yeast.
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    Interactions

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    Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

    General gene information

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    Homology

    Gene Ontology Provided by PomBase

    Function Evidence Code Pubs
    enables chromatin binding IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
    		  
    enables chromatin binding IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
    		  
    enables protein binding IPI
    Inferred from Physical Interaction
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    enables topological DNA co-entrapment activity EXP
    Inferred from Experiment
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    Process Evidence Code Pubs
    involved_in chromatin looping IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    involved_in homologous chromosome pairing at meiosis IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    involved_in meiotic centromeric cohesion protection in anaphase I EXP
    Inferred from Experiment
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    involved_in meiotic centromeric cohesion protection in anaphase I IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    involved_in meiotic sister chromatid cohesion involved in meiosis I IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    involved_in mitotic sister chromatid cohesion IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
    		  
    involved_in replication-born double-strand break repair via sister chromatid exchange IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
    		  
    involved_in sister chromatid cohesion IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
    		  
    involved_in spindle attachment to meiosis I kinetochore EXP
    Inferred from Experiment
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    involved_in spindle attachment to meiosis I kinetochore IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    Component Evidence Code Pubs
    part_of chromatin IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    part_of cohesin complex IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
    		  
    part_of inner kinetochore IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    part_of meiotic cohesin complex IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    is_active_in meiotic spindle IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    is_active_in nucleus HDA PubMed 
    is_active_in nucleus IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    part_of pericentric heterochromatin IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    		 PubMed 

    General protein information

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    Preferred Names
    meiotic cohesin complex subunit Rec8

    NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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    Genome Annotation

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    Reference assembly

    Genomic

    1. NC_003423.3 Reference assembly

      Range
      2568893..2570993
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    mRNA and Protein(s)

    1. NM_001021970.2 → NP_596059.1  meiotic cohesin complex subunit Rec8 [Schizosaccharomyces pombe]

      See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_596059.1

      Status: PROVISIONAL

      UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
      O60051, P36626
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      pfam04824
      Location:503 → 557
      Rad21_Rec8; Conserved region of Rad21 / Rec8 like protein
      pfam04825
      Location:1 → 93
      Rad21_Rec8_N; N terminus of Rad21 / Rec8 like protein
    Nucleotide Protein
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