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

DNA topoisomerase 2 mutant allele mildly delays the mitotic progression and activates the checkpoint protein kinase Chk1 in fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

Yadav S, Verma SK, Ahmed S

SummaryDNA topoisomerases are specialized nuclear enzymes that perform topological modifications on double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) and hence are essential for DNA metabolism such as replication, transcription, recombination, condensation and segregation. In a genetic screen, we identified a temperature-sensitive mutant allele of topoisomerase 2 that exhibits conditional synthetic lethality with a chk1 knockout strain. The mutant allele of topoisomerase 2 is defective ... [more]

Genet Res (Camb) Aug. 01, 2011; 93(4);275-83 [Pubmed: 21767457]

Throughput

  • High Throughput|Low Throughput

Ontology Terms

  • phenotype: heat sensitivity (APO:0000147)

Related interactions

InteractionExperimental Evidence CodeDatasetThroughputScoreCurated ByNotes
CHK1 TOP2
Phenotypic Enhancement
Phenotypic Enhancement

A genetic interaction is inferred when mutation or overexpression of one gene results in enhancement of any phenotype (other than lethality/growth defect) associated with mutation or over expression of another gene.

High-BioGRID
557157
TOP2 CHK1
Phenotypic Suppression
Phenotypic Suppression

A genetic interaction is inferred when mutation or over expression of one gene results in suppression of any phenotype (other than lethality/growth defect) associated with mutation or over expression of another gene.

Low-BioGRID
557163
TOP2 CHK1
Synthetic Rescue
Synthetic Rescue

A genetic interaction is inferred when mutations or deletions of one gene rescues the lethality or growth defect of a strain mutated or deleted for another gene.

Low-BioGRID
557164

Curated By

  • BioGRID