Synthetic Lethality

A genetic interaction is inferred when mutations or deletions in separate genes, each of which alone causes a minimal phenotype, result in lethality when combined in the same cell under a given condition.

Publication

Its8, a fission yeast homolog of Mcd4 and Pig-n, is involved in GPI anchor synthesis and shares an essential function with calcineurin in cytokinesis.

Yada T, Sugiura R, Kita A, Itoh Y, Lu Y, Hong Y, Kinoshita T, Shuntoh H, Kuno T

In fission yeast, calcineurin is required for cytokinesis and ion homeostasis; however, most of its physiological roles remain obscure. To identify genes that share an essential function with calcineurin, we screened for mutations that confer sensitivity to the calcineurin inhibitor FK506 and high temperature and isolated the mutant its8-1. its8(+) encodes a homolog of the budding yeast MCD4 and human ... [more]

J. Biol. Chem. Apr. 27, 2001; 276(17);13579-86 [Pubmed: 11297516]

Throughput

  • Low Throughput

Related interactions

InteractionExperimental Evidence CodeDatasetThroughputScoreCurated ByNotes
PPB1 ITS8
Synthetic Lethality
Synthetic Lethality

A genetic interaction is inferred when mutations or deletions in separate genes, each of which alone causes a minimal phenotype, result in lethality when combined in the same cell under a given condition.

Low-BioGRID
672555

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