tas3 cDNA ORF clone, Schizosaccharomyces pombe(fission yeast)

The genome sequence of Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
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Nature415(6874)871-80(2002 Feb)

The Chp1-Tas3 complex provides a solid and versatile platform to recruit both RNAi-dependent and RNAi-independent gene-silencing pathways for locus-specific regulation of heterochromatin.
Title: The Chp1-Tas3 core is a multifunctional platform critical for gene silencing by RITS.

Tas3 self-association is required for RNA-induced transcriptional silencing (RITS)spreading and efficient heterochromatic gene silencing at centromeric repeat regions.
Title: An alpha motif at Tas3 C terminus mediates RITS cis spreading and promotes heterochromatic gene silencing.

findings suggest a pivotal role for Chp1 and its association with Tas3 for the recruitment of RITS, RDRC, and histone H3 K9 methyltransferase activity to centromeres
Title: Chp1-Tas3 interaction is required to recruit RITS to fission yeast centromeres and for maintenance of centromeric heterochromatin.

Results describe a repetitive motif within Tas3, termed the 'Argonaute hook', that is conserved from yeast to humans and binds Ago1 and 2 through their PIWI domains in vitro and in vivo.
Title: A conserved motif in Argonaute-interacting proteins mediates functional interactions through the Argonaute PIWI domain.

Tas3 interacts with Chp1 through the C-terminal domain of Chp1, and this interaction is necessary for Tas3 stability.
Title: RNA interference (RNAi)-dependent and RNAi-independent association of the Chp1 chromodomain protein with distinct heterochromatic loci in fission yeast.