pmp20

UniProt ID: O14313
Organism: Schizosaccharomyces pombe 972h-
Review Status: COMPLETE
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Gene Description

Pmp20 is a small Prx5-like protein in Schizosaccharomyces pombe with cytosolic and nuclear pools. Recombinant Pmp20 has weak unfolded-protein holdase activity that inhibits thermal aggregation of citrate synthase. It retains a peroxidatic-cysteine region but lacks a second cysteine, and direct assays detected neither thioredoxin-dependent nor glutathione-dependent peroxidase activity. It also failed to protect glutamine synthetase in a thiol-driven oxidative-damage assay. Its physiological client proteins, possible additional redox partners and condition-dependent organellar distribution remain unresolved.

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: IBA annotation for cytoplasmic localization. UniProt confirms cytoplasmic localization.
Reason: Cytoplasmic localization is confirmed by high-throughput localization data (PMID:16823372) and consistent with the UniProt annotation.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE CORE
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN001625584 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
The target's own experimental localization supports the inherited cytoplasmic placement; its appearance among PAINT descendants is expected, not circular.
GO:0005777 peroxisome
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Over-annotated; no evidence places S. pombe Pmp20 in the peroxisome, and PAINT now withdraws the inference.
Reason: Two independent lines point the same way. The target's experimental locations are cytoplasm, cytosol and nucleus. Current PAINT places an IRD (NOT) for this term at PTN000824099 (2026-07-15), a fungal Pmp20 clade that includes S. pombe pmp20, so the IBA's ancestral support at PTN000046537 is withdrawn and the row remains only in the cached GOA file. The C-terminal SSL is not a consensus PTS1, but that is weak evidence on its own: human PRDX5 ends in the equally non-consensus SQL and is imported by PEX5, so the tripeptide does not exclude import. Under the root-organelle policy (projects/ORGANELLES.md, rule 3) a synthesis row whose organelle claim is not supported is MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED. It is not REMOVE, because no assay excludes a minor or condition-dependent peroxisomal pool; the name PMP20 is not localization evidence.
Propagation Review
Root cause: PROPAGATION BAD
Failure modes: COMPARTMENT OR COMPLEX MISMATCH
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000046537 SUPPORTS SOURCE BUT NOT TARGET
The ancestral peroxisomal location is supported by the source's experimental data, but does not transfer to the target, whose assayed locations are cytoplasm, cytosol and nucleus and whose clade PAINT now excludes by IRD.
Supporting Evidence:
file:SCHPO/pmp20/pmp20-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm
file:SCHPO/pmp20/pmp20-hypotheses/prediction-peroxiredoxin-activity/openscientist.md
Subcellular localization not independently verified here
GO:0042744 hydrogen peroxide catabolic process
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
REMOVE
Summary: Retain rejection of inferred hydrogen peroxide catabolism based on target experiments.
Reason: The complete PMID:20356456 paper reports no Trx-coupled peroxide reduction, no GSH-dependent activity (data not shown), and no protection in the thiol-driven metal-catalyzed oxidation assay. These are target-specific negative biochemical findings, reinforced by the existing experimental NOT annotations, rather than absence of a second cysteine alone. The two OpenScientist reports are corrected on GSH assay coverage. Untested partners or conditions are not exhaustively excluded, but no positive target evidence offsets these contradictory experiments; the observed holdase activity does not itself detoxify oxidants. Current PAINT places an IRD (NOT) for this term at PTN000824099 (2026-08-28), a fungal Pmp20 clade that includes S. pombe pmp20, so this IBA is no longer propagated by PAINT and remains only in the cached GOA file. The IRD agrees with this verdict. The experimental seeds of the blocked PTN001625584 IBD (A. fumigatus Asp f3 O43099, A. nidulans prxA Q5ASN8, human PRDX5) lie in other subfamilies (SF30, SF16), outside the PTN000824099 clade (SF39), so the IRD does not deny the activity to any assayed protein.
Propagation Review
Root cause: PROPAGATION BAD
Failure modes: FUNCTIONAL DIVERGENCE PSEUDO OR SUBACTIVITY LOSS
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN001625584 SUPPORTS SOURCE BUT NOT TARGET
Descendant peroxiredoxins support ancestral peroxide catabolism, but the direct Pmp20 negative assay prevents transfer to this target.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20356456
The fission yeast PMP20 without thioredoxin-dependent peroxidase activity may act as a molecular chaperone.
file:SCHPO/pmp20/pmp20-Kim2010-full-text.txt
None of the fission yeast Prxs and GPx showed GSH-dependent peroxidase activity (data not shown).
file:SCHPO/pmp20/pmp20-hypotheses/function-hypothesis-go-0008379/openscientist.md
recombinant PMP20 was directly assayed for thioredoxin-dependent peroxidase activity and showed none
GO:0034599 cellular response to oxidative stress
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Retain the broad oxidative-stress response inference.
Reason: A cellular response to oxidative stress need not be peroxide reduction. Pmp20 retains an experimentally demonstrated protein-protective holdase activity, compatible with stress protection despite loss of detectable canonical peroxidase activity. No target evidence excludes this broader inherited response. Acceptance is an evolutionary process inference; the heat-aggregation assay alone is not claimed to be a direct in-vivo oxidative-stress experiment. Retain the inherited oxidative-stress process as non-core relative to the directly demonstrated holdase activity; the latter was measured under heat aggregation and is not itself an oxidative-stress assay. Current PAINT places an IRD (NOT) for this term at PTN000824099 (2026-07-15), a fungal Pmp20 clade that includes S. pombe pmp20, so this IBA is no longer propagated by PAINT and remains only in the cached GOA file. This review keeps the broader stress response on the strength of the holdase activity, which the IRD does not address; the disagreement with PAINT is recorded rather than resolved.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE NON CORE
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN001625584 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
The broad stress-response transfer remains plausible for a holdase, but it is not direct evidence for an antioxidant reaction.
Supporting Evidence:
file:interpro/panther/PTHR10430/PTHR10430-paint.tsv
PTHR10430 PTN001625584 GO:0034599 P IBD false SGD:S000004099|UniProtKB:O43099|UniProtKB:P30044|UniProtKB:Q5ASN8 taxon: 20220922
GO:0045454 cell redox homeostasis
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
UNDECIDED
Summary: Redox homeostasis is broader than direct peroxide catalysis.
Reason: Target biochemical experiments contradict inferred peroxide detoxification, but GO:0045454 also permits regulatory or protective contributions to redox balance. Loss of a catalytic route does not establish absence of every process role. A holdase activity alone is not sufficient proof of redox maintenance either. The ancestral process inference remains unresolved, with the existing reports identifying the same mechanism/physiology gap. Current PAINT places an IRD (NOT) for this term at PTN000824099 (2026-07-15), a fungal Pmp20 clade that includes S. pombe pmp20, so this IBA is no longer propagated by PAINT and remains only in the cached GOA file. That is a PAINT judgement of loss for the clade, not target-specific evidence, so the verdict stays UNDECIDED.
Propagation Review
Root cause: UNRESOLVED
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN001625584 UNRESOLVED
The ancestral source function/location has biological support, but transfer to the target remains unresolved for the specific reasons in review.reason. Negative catalytic assays do not exclude every process contribution, and absent canonical targeting features do not exclude all import routes.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20356456
The fission yeast PMP20 without thioredoxin-dependent peroxidase activity may act as a molecular chaperone.
file:SCHPO/pmp20/pmp20-Kim2010-full-text.txt
None of the fission yeast Prxs and GPx showed GSH-dependent peroxidase activity (data not shown).
file:SCHPO/pmp20/pmp20-hypotheses/prediction-peroxiredoxin-activity/openscientist.md
direct catalytic activity in *S. pombe* remains unproven.
GO:0005739 mitochondrion
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Over-annotated; no evidence places S. pombe Pmp20 in the mitochondrion, and PAINT now withdraws the inference.
Reason: Three independent lines now point the same way. The target's experimental locations are cytoplasm, cytosol and nucleus. Current PAINT places an IRD (NOT) for this term at PTN000824099 (2026-07-15), a fungal Pmp20 clade that includes S. pombe pmp20, so the IBA's ancestral support at PTN000046537 is withdrawn and the row remains only in the cached GOA file. The protein also lacks the mitochondrial transit peptide that targets its mammalian family members: human PRDX5/P30044 has a residues 1–52 transit peptide, whereas canonical Pmp20 is 156 residues and lacks that extension. Under the root-organelle policy (projects/ORGANELLES.md, rule 3) a synthesis row whose organelle claim is not supported is MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED. It is not REMOVE, because no assay excludes an alternative import route or a minor mitochondrial pool.
Propagation Review
Root cause: PROPAGATION BAD
Failure modes: COMPARTMENT OR COMPLEX MISMATCH
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000046537 SUPPORTS SOURCE BUT NOT TARGET
The ancestral mitochondrial location is supported in the source, but does not transfer to the target, which lacks the PRDX5 N-terminal transit peptide, has no mitochondrial assay result, and lies in a clade PAINT now excludes by IRD.
FB:FBgn0038570 SUPPORTS SOURCE BUT NOT TARGET
The original fly-source evidence assessment is preserved in the superseded record; it supports the source location but does not directly assay S. pombe Pmp20 import.
RGD:71007 SUPPORTS SOURCE BUT NOT TARGET
The original rat-source evidence assessment is preserved in the superseded record; mammalian PRDX5 targeting architecture cannot be assumed for the short S. pombe protein.
Supporting Evidence:
file:SCHPO/pmp20/pmp20-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm
file:SCHPO/pmp20/pmp20-hypotheses/prediction-peroxiredoxin-activity/openscientist.md
Subcellular localization not independently verified here
GO:0005634 nucleus
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: IEA annotation for nuclear localization from UniProt subcellular location mapping.
Reason: Nuclear localization is confirmed by high-throughput data (PMID:16823372) and consistent with the HDA annotation below.
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: IEA annotation duplicating IBA for cytoplasmic localization.
Reason: Consistent with the IBA annotation and HDA data from PMID:16823372.
GO:0034599 cellular response to oxidative stress
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Retain the broad oxidative-stress response inference.
Reason: A cellular response to oxidative stress need not be peroxide reduction. Pmp20 retains an experimentally demonstrated protein-protective holdase activity, compatible with stress protection despite loss of detectable canonical peroxidase activity. No target evidence excludes this broader inherited response. Acceptance is an evolutionary process inference; the heat-aggregation assay alone is not claimed to be a direct in-vivo oxidative-stress experiment. Retain the inherited oxidative-stress process as non-core relative to the directly demonstrated holdase activity; the latter was measured under heat aggregation and is not itself an oxidative-stress assay.
Supporting Evidence:
file:interpro/panther/PTHR10430/PTHR10430-paint.tsv
PTHR10430 PTN001625584 GO:0034599 P IBD false SGD:S000004099|UniProtKB:O43099|UniProtKB:P30044|UniProtKB:Q5ASN8 taxon: 20220922
GO:0005634 nucleus
HDA
PMID:16823372
ORFeome cloning and global analysis of protein localization ...
ACCEPT
Summary: HDA annotation for nuclear localization from high-throughput localization study.
Reason: Nuclear localization determined by systematic ORFeome-based protein localization study in S. pombe (PMID:16823372). Consistent with UniProt annotation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16823372
we determined the localization of 4,431 proteins, corresponding to approximately 90% of the fission yeast proteome, by tagging each ORF with the yellow fluorescent protein.
GO:0005829 cytosol
HDA
PMID:16823372
ORFeome cloning and global analysis of protein localization ...
ACCEPT
Summary: HDA annotation for cytosolic localization from high-throughput study.
Reason: Cytosolic localization determined by systematic protein localization study (PMID:16823372). Consistent with the cytoplasm IBA annotation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16823372
we determined the localization of 4,431 proteins, corresponding to approximately 90% of the fission yeast proteome, by tagging each ORF with the yellow fluorescent protein.
GO:0008379 obsolete thioredoxin peroxidase activity
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
REMOVE
Summary: Retain rejection of inferred thioredoxin-dependent peroxidase activity based on target experiments.
Reason: The complete PMID:20356456 paper reports no Trx-coupled peroxide reduction, no GSH-dependent activity (data not shown), and no protection in the thiol-driven metal-catalyzed oxidation assay. These are target-specific negative biochemical findings, reinforced by the existing experimental NOT annotations, rather than absence of a second cysteine alone. The two OpenScientist reports are corrected on GSH assay coverage. Untested partners or conditions are not exhaustively excluded, but no positive target evidence offsets these contradictory experiments; the observed holdase activity does not itself detoxify oxidants. Current PAINT places an IRD (NOT) for this term at PTN000824099 (2026-08-28), a fungal Pmp20 clade that includes S. pombe pmp20, so this IBA is no longer propagated by PAINT and remains only in the cached GOA file. The IRD agrees with this verdict. The experimental seeds of the blocked PTN001625584 IBD (A. fumigatus Asp f3 O43099, A. nidulans prxA Q5ASN8, human PRDX5) lie in other subfamilies (SF30, SF16), outside the PTN000824099 clade (SF39), so the IRD does not deny the activity to any assayed protein.
Propagation Review
Root cause: PROPAGATION BAD
Failure modes: FUNCTIONAL DIVERGENCE PSEUDO OR SUBACTIVITY LOSS
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN001625584 SUPPORTS SOURCE BUT NOT TARGET
The ancestral Trx-dependent reaction is experimentally supported in active descendants, but direct target assays found no turnover. A single-Cys architecture is not by itself proof of universal redox inactivity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20356456
The fission yeast PMP20 without thioredoxin-dependent peroxidase activity may act as a molecular chaperone.
file:SCHPO/pmp20/pmp20-Kim2010-full-text.txt
None of the fission yeast Prxs and GPx showed GSH-dependent peroxidase activity (data not shown).
file:SCHPO/pmp20/pmp20-hypotheses/function-hypothesis-go-0008379/openscientist.md
recombinant PMP20 was directly assayed for thioredoxin-dependent peroxidase activity and showed none
GO:0016491 oxidoreductase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
UNDECIDED
Summary: Broader oxidoreductase catalysis remains unresolved after the negative peroxidase assays.
Reason: The target has a conserved Prx5-like peroxidatic region, but direct Trx- and GSH-dependent peroxidase assays were negative. This materially argues against the inferred canonical reaction without experimentally excluding every redox substrate/partner. The missing resolving cysteine alone is not proof of universal inactivity (single-Cys Candida Pmp20 is active), and AlphaFold geometry is not proof of turnover. Retain uncertainty for this much broader MF, with no new positive catalytic assertion.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20356456
The fission yeast PMP20 without thioredoxin-dependent peroxidase activity may act as a molecular chaperone.
file:SCHPO/pmp20/pmp20-Kim2010-full-text.txt
None of the fission yeast Prxs and GPx showed GSH-dependent peroxidase activity (data not shown).
file:SCHPO/pmp20/pmp20-hypotheses/prediction-peroxiredoxin-activity/openscientist.md
direct catalytic activity in *S. pombe* remains unproven.
PMID:11278957
Catalytic activity and dimerization of His(6)-CbPmp20 depended on the only cysteine residue corresponding to Cys(53).
GO:0098869 cellular oxidant detoxification
IEA
GO_REF:0000108
REMOVE
Summary: Retain rejection of inferred cellular oxidant detoxification based on target experiments.
Reason: The complete PMID:20356456 paper reports no Trx-coupled peroxide reduction, no GSH-dependent activity (data not shown), and no protection in the thiol-driven metal-catalyzed oxidation assay. These are target-specific negative biochemical findings, reinforced by the existing experimental NOT annotations, rather than absence of a second cysteine alone. The two OpenScientist reports are corrected on GSH assay coverage. Untested partners or conditions are not exhaustively excluded, but no positive target evidence offsets these contradictory experiments; the observed holdase activity does not itself detoxify oxidants.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20356456
The fission yeast PMP20 without thioredoxin-dependent peroxidase activity may act as a molecular chaperone.
file:SCHPO/pmp20/pmp20-Kim2010-full-text.txt
None of the fission yeast Prxs and GPx showed GSH-dependent peroxidase activity (data not shown).
file:SCHPO/pmp20/pmp20-hypotheses/function-hypothesis-go-0008379/openscientist.md
recombinant PMP20 was directly assayed for thioredoxin-dependent peroxidase activity and showed none
GO:0042744 hydrogen peroxide catabolic process
EXP NOT
PMID:20356456
Distinct functional roles of peroxiredoxin isozymes and glut...
ACCEPT
Summary: Retain the experimentally supported NOT annotation.
Reason: The primary negative Trx-dependent and GSH-dependent peroxidase results and negative oxidative protection assay support the curated NOT assertion. The GSH result is reported as data not shown. Acceptance does not claim that every substrate, external partner or physiological condition has been excluded; a contrary target assay would require reassessment.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20356456
The fission yeast PMP20 without thioredoxin-dependent peroxidase activity may act as a molecular chaperone.
file:SCHPO/pmp20/pmp20-Kim2010-full-text.txt
None of the fission yeast Prxs and GPx showed GSH-dependent peroxidase activity (data not shown).
GO:0140309 unfolded protein holdase activity
IDA
PMID:20356456
Distinct functional roles of peroxiredoxin isozymes and glut...
ACCEPT
Summary: Pmp20 has directly measured weak holdase activity.
Reason: Primary PMID:20356456 shows concentration-dependent protection of citrate synthase against thermal aggregation, approximately 30% at a 16:1 Pmp20:substrate ratio, with loss of protection after heat pretreatment. This supports holdase rather than active refolding. Physiological clients and the in-vivo contribution remain unestablished; the second provider report incorrectly frames this already measured activity as only a proposal.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20356456
TPx, PMP20, and GPx inhibited thermal aggregation of citrate synthase at 43(o)C
file:SCHPO/pmp20/pmp20-Kim2010-full-text.txt
Further studies will be required to determine whether the fission yeast PMP20 functions as a molecular chaperone in vivo.
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
EXP
PMID:16823372
ORFeome cloning and global analysis of protein localization ...
ACCEPT
Summary: The systematic ORFeome localization study observed a cytoplasmic pool of Pmp20. This is consistent with its cytosol HDA and cytoplasm IBA annotations.
Reason: Retain the experimental cytoplasmic localization; it independently corroborates the more specific cytosolic pool.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16823372
we determined the localization of 4,431 proteins, corresponding to approximately 90% of the fission yeast proteome, by tagging each ORF with the yellow fluorescent protein.
GO:0004601 peroxidase activity
IDA NOT
PMID:20356456
Distinct functional roles of peroxiredoxin isozymes and glut...
ACCEPT
Summary: Retain the experimentally supported NOT annotation.
Reason: The primary negative Trx-dependent and GSH-dependent peroxidase results and negative oxidative protection assay support the curated NOT assertion. The GSH result is reported as data not shown. Acceptance does not claim that every substrate, external partner or physiological condition has been excluded; a contrary target assay would require reassessment.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20356456
The fission yeast PMP20 without thioredoxin-dependent peroxidase activity may act as a molecular chaperone.
file:SCHPO/pmp20/pmp20-Kim2010-full-text.txt
None of the fission yeast Prxs and GPx showed GSH-dependent peroxidase activity (data not shown).

Core Functions

Weak, directly measured holdase activity that limits heat-induced citrate-synthase aggregation in vitro. Physiological clients remain unresolved; neither an active-refolding mechanism nor peroxide reduction is established.

Cellular Locations:
Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:20356456
    The fission yeast PMP20 without thioredoxin-dependent peroxidase activity may act as a molecular chaperone.
  • PMID:20356456
    TPx, PMP20, and GPx inhibited thermal aggregation of citrate synthase at 43(o)C, but BCP failed to inhibit the aggregation. The chaperone activities of PMP20 and GPx were weaker than that of TPx.

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Suggested Questions for Experts

Q: Does Pmp20 holdase activity protect specific endogenous client proteins during heat or oxidative stress in vivo?

Q: Does Pmp20 occupy peroxisomes or mitochondria under any physiological condition, despite lacking obvious canonical targeting features?

Q: Can native interaction partners or physiological substrates reveal redox activity beyond the negative Trx/GSH assays, or a noncatalytic contribution to redox homeostasis? GSH-dependent activity was already tested and negative (data not shown) in PMID:20356456, contrary to both provider reports.

Suggested Experiments

Experiment: Compare wild-type and pmp20 deletion cells during heat and oxidative stress using aggregation-sensitive reporters and quantitative insoluble-proteome analysis to test whether the weak in vitro holdase activity is physiologically relevant and identify candidate clients.

Experiment: Use functional endogenous fluorescent tagging with organelle markers, complemented by organelle fractionation and protease-protection assays, to resolve Pmp20 localization and topology under basal and stress conditions.

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