SWI5/YDR146C Summary Help

Standard Name SWI5 1, 2
Systematic Name YDR146C
Feature Type ORF, Verified
Description Transcription factor that recruits Mediator and Swi/Snf complexes; activates transcription of genes expressed at the M/G1 phase boundary and in G1 phase; required for expression of the HO gene controlling mating type switching; localization to nucleus occurs during G1 and appears to be regulated by phosphorylation by Cdc28p kinase; SWI5 has a paralog, ACE2, that arose from the whole genome duplication (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and see Summary Paragraph)
Name Description SWItching deficient 1
Chromosomal Location
ChrIV:750742 to 748613 | ORF Map | GBrowse
Note: this feature is encoded on the Crick strand.
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Gene Ontology Annotations All SWI5 GO evidence and references
  View Computational GO annotations for SWI5
Molecular Function
Manually curated
High-throughput
Biological Process
Manually curated
Cellular Component
Manually curated
Regulatory Role
Binding motifs Predicted SWI5 Binding Site Locations
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Mutant phenotypes All SWI5 Phenotype evidence and references
Classical genetics
null
unspecified
Large-scale survey
null
overexpression
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interactions All SWI5 Interaction evidence and references
287 total interaction(s) for 223 unique genes/features.
Physical Interactions
  • Affinity Capture-MS: 12
  • Affinity Capture-Western: 7
  • Biochemical Activity: 4
  • Co-localization: 7
  • Reconstituted Complex: 10
  • Two-hybrid: 16
Genetic Interactions
  • Dosage Growth Defect: 2
  • Dosage Lethality: 3
  • Dosage Rescue: 5
  • Negative Genetic: 127
  • Phenotypic Enhancement: 6
  • Phenotypic Suppression: 5
  • Positive Genetic: 43
  • Synthetic Growth Defect: 19
  • Synthetic Lethality: 5
  • Synthetic Rescue: 16
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Expression Summary
histogram
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Protein Information All SWI5 Protein evidence and references
Localization
Phosphorylation PhosphoGRID | PhosphoPep Database
Structure
Homologs
sequence information
ChrIV:750742 to 748613 | 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..2130 750742..748613 2011-02-03 1996-07-31
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Analyze Sequence
S288C only
S288C vs. other species
S288C vs. other strains
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External Links All Associated Seq | Entrez Gene | Entrez RefSeq Protein | MIPS | Search all NCBI (Entrez) | UniProtKB
Primary SGDIDS000002553
SUMMARY PARAGRAPH for SWI5

SWI5 encodes a transcription factor that activates transcription of genes expressed at the M/G1 boundary and in G1 phase of the cell cycle (6, 10, 5). The DNA binding domain of Swi5p is very similar to that of another G1-specific transcription activator, Ace2p (6). Swi5p and Ace2p bind the same DNA sequences in vitro with similar affinites, and regulate a shared set of genes in vivo (10, 5); however, the two proteins also show distinct promoter specificities in some instances (6, 5). For example, Swi5p activates transcription of the HO endonuclease gene, whereas Ace2p does not; conversely, CTS1 is activated by Ace2p and not by Swi5p (6). Distinct regions of Swi5p and Ace2p that are involved in promoter-specific transcription activation have been identified (5).

SWI5 is transcribed in G2 phase (11); cell cycle specific SWI5 expression requires Mcm1p and the uncloned "Swi Five Factor (SFF)" (12, 13). The localization of Swi5p is regulated by phosphorylation; dephosphorylated Swi5p is found in the nucleus, and therefore active, early in G1 phase (14, 3).

Last updated: 1999-12-03

References cited on this page View Complete Literature Guide for SWI5
1) Stern M, et al.  (1984) Five SWI genes are required for expression of the HO gene in yeast. J Mol Biol 178(4):853-68
2) Stillman, D.  (1993) Personal Communication, Mortimer Map Edition 12
3) Moll T, et al.  (1991) The role of phosphorylation and the CDC28 protein kinase in cell cycle-regulated nuclear import of the S. cerevisiae transcription factor SWI5. Cell 66(4):743-58
4) Cosma MP, et al.  (1999) Ordered recruitment of transcription and chromatin remodeling factors to a cell cycle- and developmentally regulated promoter. Cell 97(3):299-311
5) McBride HJ, et al.  (1999) Distinct regions of the Swi5 and Ace2 transcription factors are required for specific gene activation. J Biol Chem 274(30):21029-36
6) Dohrmann PR, et al.  (1992) Parallel pathways of gene regulation: homologous regulators SWI5 and ACE2 differentially control transcription of HO and chitinase. Genes Dev 6(1):93-104
7) Bhoite LT, et al.  (2001) The Swi5 activator recruits the Mediator complex to the HO promoter without RNA polymerase II. Genes Dev 15(18):2457-69
8) Ubersax JA, et al.  (2003) Targets of the cyclin-dependent kinase Cdk1. Nature 425(6960):859-64
9) Byrne KP and Wolfe KH  (2005) The Yeast Gene Order Browser: combining curated homology and syntenic context reveals gene fate in polyploid species. Genome Res 15(10):1456-61
10) Dohrmann PR, et al.  (1996) Role of negative regulation in promoter specificity of the homologous transcriptional activators Ace2p and Swi5p. Mol Cell Biol 16(4):1746-58
11) Nasmyth K, et al.  (1987) Cell cycle regulation of SW15 is required for mother-cell-specific HO transcription in yeast. Cell 49(4):549-58
12) Lydall D, et al.  (1991) A new role for MCM1 in yeast: cell cycle regulation of SW15 transcription. Genes Dev 5(12B):2405-19
13) Althoefer H, et al.  (1995) Mcm1 is required to coordinate G2-specific transcription in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Cell Biol 15(11):5917-28
14) Nasmyth K, et al.  (1990) The identification of a second cell cycle control on the HO promoter in yeast: cell cycle regulation of SW15 nuclear entry. Cell 62(4):631-47
15) Badis G, et al.  (2008) A library of yeast transcription factor motifs reveals a widespread function for Rsc3 in targeting nucleosome exclusion at promoters. Mol Cell 32(6):878-87
16) Zhu J and Zhang MQ  (1999) SCPD: a promoter database of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Bioinformatics 15(7-8):607-11