BAIT

SPN1

IWS1, YPR133C
Protein involved in RNA polymerase II transcription; is constitutively recruited to the CYC1 promoter and is required for recruitment of chromatin remodeling factors for the expression of CYC1 gene; interacts genetically or physically with RNAP II, TBP, TFIIS, and chromatin remodelling factors; central domain highly conserved throughout eukaryotes; mutations confer an Spt- phenotype
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S288c)
PREY

NHP6B

YBR090C-A, L000001246, YBR089C-A
High-mobility group (HMG) protein; binds to and remodels nucleosomes; involved in recruiting FACT and other chromatin remodelling complexes to the chromosomes; functionally redundant with Nhp6Ap; required for transcriptional initiation fidelity of some tRNA genes; homologous to mammalian HMGB1 and HMGB2; NHP6B has a paralog, NHP6A, that arose from the whole genome duplication
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S288c)

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

Structure and biological importance of the Spn1-Spt6 interaction, and its regulatory role in nucleosome binding.

McDonald SM, Close D, Xin H, Formosa T, Hill CP

Eukaryotic transcription and mRNA processing depend upon the coordinated interactions of many proteins, including Spn1 and Spt6, which are conserved across eukaryotes, are essential for viability, and associate with each other in some of their biologically important contexts. Here we report crystal structures of the Spn1 core alone and in complex with the binding determinant of Spt6. Mutating interface residues ... [more]

Mol. Cell Dec. 10, 2010; 40(5);725-35 [Pubmed: 21094070]

Throughput

  • Low Throughput

Ontology Terms

  • phenotype: heat sensitivity (APO:0000147)

Additional Notes

  • Deletion of both NHP6A and NHP6B is required

Curated By

  • BioGRID