GEM1/YAL048C Summary Help

Standard Name GEM1 1
Systematic Name YAL048C
Alias GON1
Feature Type ORF, Verified
Description Outer mitochondrial membrane GTPase, subunit of the ERMES complex; potential regulatory subunit of the ERMES complex that links the ER to mitochondria and may promote inter-organellar calcium and phospholipid exchange as well as coordinating mitochondrial DNA replication and growth; cells lacking Gem1p contain collapsed, globular, or grape-like mitochondria; ortholog of metazoan Miro GTPases (1, 2, 3, 4 and see Summary Paragraph)
Name Description GTPase EF-hand protein of Mitochondria 1
Chromosomal Location
ChrI:54789 to 52801 | ORF Map | GBrowse
Note: this feature is encoded on the Crick strand.
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Gene Ontology Annotations All GEM1 GO evidence and references
  View Computational GO annotations for GEM1
Molecular Function
Manually curated
Biological Process
Manually curated
Cellular Component
Manually curated
High-throughput
Mutant phenotypes All GEM1 Phenotype evidence and references
Classical genetics
null
Large-scale survey
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Resources
interactions All GEM1 Interaction evidence and references
142 total interaction(s) for 122 unique genes/features.
Physical Interactions
  • Affinity Capture-MS: 7
  • Affinity Capture-RNA: 1
  • Affinity Capture-Western: 4
Genetic Interactions
  • Dosage Growth Defect: 1
  • Dosage Lethality: 3
  • Negative Genetic: 62
  • Phenotypic Enhancement: 3
  • Phenotypic Suppression: 1
  • Positive Genetic: 3
  • Synthetic Growth Defect: 56
  • Synthetic Rescue: 1
Resources
Expression Summary
histogram
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Protein Information All GEM1 Protein evidence and references
Localization
Phosphorylation PhosphoGRID | PhosphoPep Database
Structure
Homologs
sequence information
ChrI:54789 to 52801 | ORF Map | GBrowse
Note: this feature is encoded on the Crick strand.
SGD ORF map
Last Update Coordinates: 2011-02-03 | Sequence: 1996-07-31
Subfeature details
Relative
Coordinates		 Chromosomal
Coordinates		 Most Recent Updates
Coordinates Sequence
CDS 1..1989 54789..52801 2011-02-03 1996-07-31
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Analyze Sequence
S288C only
S288C vs. other species
S288C vs. other strains
Resources
External Links All Associated Seq | E.C. | Entrez Gene | Entrez RefSeq Protein | MIPS | Search all NCBI (Entrez) | UniProtKB
Primary SGDIDS000000046
SUMMARY PARAGRAPH for GEM1

Gem1p (encoded by YAL048C) is a member of the evolutionarily conserved mitochondrial Rho (Miro) subgroup of Rho GTPases (5). A tail-anchored outer mitochondrial membrane protein, Gem1p contains two GTPase domains flanking a pair of calcium-binding EF-hand motifs which are exposed to the cytoplasm and required for function. Gem1p is a subunit of the ERMES complex that links the ER and mitochondria (3, 4). Cells lacking Gem1p contain collapsed, globular, or grape-like mitochondria (1). They also contain fewer, and larger, ERMES complex foci than normal (4). Overexpression of a mutant human Miro protein causes increased apoptotic activity in cultured cells (5), but Gem1p is not required for pheromone-induced yeast cell death.

Last updated: 2012-01-18

References cited on this page View Complete Literature Guide for GEM1
1) Frederick RL, et al.  (2004) Yeast Miro GTPase, Gem1p, regulates mitochondrial morphology via a novel pathway. J Cell Biol 167(1):87-98
2) Wolff AM, et al.  (1999) The open reading frame YAL048c affects the secretion of proteinase A in S. cerevisiae. Yeast 15(5):427-34
3) Stroud DA, et al.  (2011) Composition and topology of the endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria encounter structure. J Mol Biol 413(4):743-50
4) Kornmann B, et al.  (2011) The conserved GTPase Gem1 regulates endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria connections. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108(34):14151-6
5) Fransson A, et al.  (2003) Atypical Rho GTPases have roles in mitochondrial homeostasis and apoptosis. J Biol Chem 278(8):6495-502