BAIT

ABC2

SPAC3F10.11c
glutathione S-conjugate-exporting ATPase Abc2
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (972h)

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

Schizosaccharomyces pombe Abc2 transporter mediates phytochelatin accumulation in vacuoles and confers cadmium tolerance.

Mendoza-Cozatl DG, Zhai Z, Jobe TO, Akmakjian GZ, Song WY, Limbo O, Russell MR, Kozlovskyy VI, Martinoia E, Vatamaniuk OK, Russell P, Schroeder JI

Phytochelatins mediate tolerance to heavy metals in plants and some fungi by sequestering phytochelatin-metal complexes into vacuoles. To date, only Schizosaccharomyces pombe Hmt1 has been described as a phytochelatin transporter and attempts to identify orthologous phytochelatin transporters in plants and other organisms have failed. Furthermore, recent data indicate that the hmt1 mutant accumulates significant phytochelatin levels in vacuoles, suggesting that ... [more]

J. Biol. Chem. Oct. 11, 2010; 0(0); [Pubmed: 20937798]

Throughput

  • Low Throughput

Ontology Terms

  • phenotype: inviable (APO:0000112)
  • phenotype: metal resistance (APO:0000090)

Additional Notes

  • An abc2 hmt1 mutant shows increased sensitivity to cadmium.

Curated By

  • BioGRID