Ontology: Molecular Function (GO:0008565)
Definition: Enables the directed movement of proteins into, out of or within a cell, or between cells.
Synonyms: enzyme transporter activity; holin; protein carrier activity; protein transport chaperone; secretin
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Definition: Enables the directed movement of proteins into, out of or within a cell, or between cells.
Synonyms: enzyme transporter activity; holin; protein carrier activity; protein transport chaperone; secretin
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This table lists the methods used to annotate genes either directly to the term
protein transporter activity (34 genes)
or to its variants containing one or more
qualifiers (6 genes). Note that some genes may have been annotated by more than one method so the numbers in the table below may not add up to the totals given here.
Links to Additional Annotations:
| Annotation Method | GO Term | # Yeast Genes Annotated |
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| Manually curated (download data) | contributes_to: protein transporter activity | 6 |
| protein transporter activity | 23 | |
| High-throughput | none | none |
| Computational (download data) | protein transporter activity | 23 |
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Annotation details for genes that have been directly annotated to the term
protein transporter activity or its variants containing one or more
qualifiers (NOT, contributes to, or colocalizes with).
| protein transporter activity 34 genes directly annotated to this term |
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| Locus | Evidence | Annotation Method | Reference | Assigned By |
| APL1/YJR005W | IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation with EBI:IPR016342 Last Updated 2013-03-02 |
computational | DDB, et al. (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. | InterPro |
| APL2/YKL135C | IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation with EBI:IPR016342 Last Updated 2013-03-02 |
computational | DDB, et al. (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. | InterPro |
| APL3/YBL037W | IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation with EBI:IPR017104 Last Updated 2013-03-02 |
computational | DDB, et al. (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. | InterPro |
| APL4/YPR029C | IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation with EBI:IPR017107 Last Updated 2013-03-02 |
computational | DDB, et al. (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. | InterPro |
| APL5/YPL195W | IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation with EBI:IPR017105 Last Updated 2013-03-02 |
computational | DDB, et al. (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. | InterPro |
| APS1/YLR170C | IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation with EBI:IPR016635 Last Updated 2013-03-02 |
computational | DDB, et al. (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. | InterPro |
| APS2/YJR058C | IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation with EBI:IPR016635, EBI:IPR027156 Last Updated 2013-03-02 |
computational | DDB, et al. (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. | InterPro |
| APS3/YJL024C | IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation with EBI:IPR016635, EBI:IPR027155 Last Updated 2013-03-02 |
computational | DDB, et al. (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. | InterPro |
| COG3/YER157W | TAS: Traceable Author Statement Assigned on 2002-10-02 |
manually curated | Friedmann E, et al. (2002) YOS9, the putative yeast homolog of a gene amplified in osteosarcomas, is involved in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-Golgi transport of GPI-anchored proteins. J Biol Chem 277(38):35274-81 | SGD |
| CRM1/YGR218W | IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay Assigned on 2009-10-20 |
manually curated | Yan C, et al. (1998) Crm1p mediates regulated nuclear export of a yeast AP-1-like transcription factor. EMBO J 17(24):7416-29 | SGD |
| IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2009-10-20 |
manually curated | Stade K, et al. (1997) Exportin 1 (Crm1p) is an essential nuclear export factor. Cell 90(6):1041-50 | SGD | |
| IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation with EBI:IPR001494 Last Updated 2013-03-02 |
computational | DDB, et al. (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. | InterPro | |
| CSE1/YGL238W | IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation with EBI:IPR001494 Last Updated 2013-03-02 |
computational | DDB, et al. (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. | InterPro |
| KAP114/YGL241W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype, IPI: Inferred from Physical Interaction with SGD:SPT15 Assigned on 2009-10-20 |
manually curated | Pemberton LF, et al. (1999) Nuclear import of the TATA-binding protein: mediation by the karyopherin Kap114p and a possible mechanism for intranuclear targeting. J Cell Biol 145(7):1407-17 | SGD |
| IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation with EBI:IPR001494 Last Updated 2013-03-02 |
computational | DDB, et al. (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. | InterPro | |
| KAP120/YPL125W | IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay, IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2010-11-29 |
manually curated | Kim KY, et al. (2010) Yeast Mpk1 cell wall integrity mitogen-activated protein kinase regulates nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of the Swi6 transcriptional regulator. Mol Biol Cell 21(9):1609-19 | SGD |
| IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation with EBI:IPR001494 Last Updated 2013-03-02 |
computational | DDB, et al. (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. | InterPro | |
| KAP122/YGL016W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype, IPI: Inferred from Physical Interaction with SGD:TOA2 Assigned on 2009-10-23 |
manually curated | Titov AA and Blobel G (1999) The karyopherin Kap122p/Pdr6p imports both subunits of the transcription factor IIA into the nucleus. J Cell Biol 147(2):235-46 | SGD |
| KAP123/YER110C | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype, IPI: Inferred from Physical Interaction with SGD:RPL25 Assigned on 2009-10-23 |
manually curated | Schlenstedt G, et al. (1997) Yrb4p, a yeast ran-GTP-binding protein involved in import of ribosomal protein L25 into the nucleus. EMBO J 16(20):6237-49 | SGD |
| IPI: Inferred from Physical Interaction with SGD:RPS1A Assigned on 2009-10-23 |
manually curated | Rout MP, et al. (1997) A distinct nuclear import pathway used by ribosomal proteins. Cell 89(5):715-25 | SGD | |
| IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation with EBI:IPR001494 Last Updated 2013-03-02 |
computational | DDB, et al. (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. | InterPro | |
| KAP95/YLR347C | IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay Assigned on 2009-10-29 |
manually curated | Enenkel C, et al. (1995) Identification of a yeast karyopherin heterodimer that targets import substrate to mammalian nuclear pore complexes. J Biol Chem 270(28):16499-502 | SGD |
| IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation with EBI:IPR001494, EBI:IPR027140 Last Updated 2013-03-02 |
computational | DDB, et al. (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. | InterPro | |
| LST4/YKL176C | IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay Assigned on 2002-10-01 |
manually curated | Roberg KJ, et al. (1997) Control of amino acid permease sorting in the late secretory pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by SEC13, LST4, LST7 and LST8. Genetics 147(4):1569-84 | SGD |
| LST7/YGR057C | IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay Assigned on 2002-10-01 |
manually curated | Roberg KJ, et al. (1997) Control of amino acid permease sorting in the late secretory pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by SEC13, LST4, LST7 and LST8. Genetics 147(4):1569-84 | SGD |
| MTR10/YOR160W | IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation with EBI:IPR001494 Last Updated 2013-03-02 |
computational | DDB, et al. (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. | InterPro |
| NMD5/YJR132W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2009-10-29 |
manually curated | Ferrigno P, et al. (1998) Regulated nucleo/cytoplasmic exchange of HOG1 MAPK requires the importin beta homologs NMD5 and XPO1. EMBO J 17(19):5606-14 | SGD |
| IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay Assigned on 2009-10-29 |
manually curated | Albertini M, et al. (1998) A novel nuclear import pathway for the transcription factor TFIIS. J Cell Biol 143(6):1447-55 | SGD | |
| IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation with EBI:IPR001494 Last Updated 2013-03-02 |
computational | DDB, et al. (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. | InterPro | |
| PSE1/YMR308C | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype, IPI: Inferred from Physical Interaction with SGD:YAP1 Assigned on 2009-10-20 |
manually curated | Isoyama T, et al. (2001) Nuclear import of the yeast AP-1-like transcription factor Yap1p is mediated by transport receptor Pse1p, and this import step is not affected by oxidative stress. J Biol Chem 276(24):21863-9 | SGD |
| SEC62/YPL094C | TAS: Traceable Author Statement Assigned on 2003-05-21 |
manually curated | Romisch K (1999) Surfing the Sec61 channel: bidirectional protein translocation across the ER membrane. J Cell Sci 112 ( Pt 23)():4185-91 | SGD |
| IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation with EBI:IPR004728, EBI:IPR011553 Last Updated 2013-03-02 |
computational | DDB, et al. (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. | InterPro | |
| SEC63/YOR254C | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2005-08-08 |
manually curated | Wang X and Johnsson N (2005) Protein kinase CK2 phosphorylates Sec63p to stimulate the assembly of the endoplasmic reticulum protein translocation apparatus. J Cell Sci 118(Pt 4):723-32 | SGD |
| IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation with EBI:IPR027137 Last Updated 2013-03-02 |
computational | DDB, et al. (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. | InterPro | |
| SEC66/YBR171W | TAS: Traceable Author Statement Assigned on 2003-05-21 |
manually curated | Romisch K (1999) Surfing the Sec61 channel: bidirectional protein translocation across the ER membrane. J Cell Sci 112 ( Pt 23)():4185-91 | SGD |
| SEC72/YLR292C | TAS: Traceable Author Statement Assigned on 2003-05-21 |
manually curated | Romisch K (1999) Surfing the Sec61 channel: bidirectional protein translocation across the ER membrane. J Cell Sci 112 ( Pt 23)():4185-91 | SGD |
| SRP1/YNL189W | IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay Assigned on 2009-10-29 |
manually curated | Enenkel C, et al. (1995) Identification of a yeast karyopherin heterodimer that targets import substrate to mammalian nuclear pore complexes. J Biol Chem 270(28):16499-502 | SGD |
| IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation with EBI:IPR024931, EBI:IPR002652 Last Updated 2013-03-02 |
computational | DDB, et al. (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. | InterPro | |
| SXM1/YDR395W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype, IPI: Inferred from Physical Interaction with SGD:NSP1, ISS: Inferred from Sequence or structural Similarity with SGD:KAP95 Assigned on 2009-10-29 |
manually curated | Rosenblum JS, et al. (1997) A nuclear import pathway for a protein involved in tRNA maturation. J Cell Biol 139(7):1655-61 | SGD |
| IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation with EBI:IPR001494 Last Updated 2013-03-02 |
computational | DDB, et al. (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. | InterPro | |
| TIM10/YHR005C-A | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2001-01-18 |
manually curated | Koehler CM, et al. (1998) Import of mitochondrial carriers mediated by essential proteins of the intermembrane space. Science 279(5349):369-73 | SGD |
| IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay Assigned on 2009-11-04 |
manually curated | Sirrenberg C, et al. (1998) Carrier protein import into mitochondria mediated by the intermembrane proteins Tim10/Mrs11 and Tim12/Mrs5. Nature 391(6670):912-5 | SGD | |
| IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation with EBI:IPR027100 Last Updated 2013-03-02 |
computational | DDB, et al. (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. | InterPro | |
| TIM13/YGR181W | IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay Assigned on 2009-11-04 |
manually curated | Koehler CM, et al. (1999) Human deafness dystonia syndrome is a mitochondrial disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 96(5):2141-6 | SGD |
| IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay, IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2001-01-18 |
manually curated | Leuenberger D, et al. (1999) Different import pathways through the mitochondrial intermembrane space for inner membrane proteins. EMBO J 18(17):4816-22 | SGD | |
| TIM8/YJR135W-A | IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay Assigned on 2009-11-04 |
manually curated | Koehler CM, et al. (1999) Human deafness dystonia syndrome is a mitochondrial disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 96(5):2141-6 | SGD |
| IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay, IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2001-01-18 |
manually curated | Leuenberger D, et al. (1999) Different import pathways through the mitochondrial intermembrane space for inner membrane proteins. EMBO J 18(17):4816-22 | SGD | |
| IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation with EBI:IPR027144 Last Updated 2013-03-02 |
computational | DDB, et al. (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. | InterPro | |
| contributes_to: protein transporter activity 6 genes directly annotated to this term |
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| Locus | Evidence | Annotation Method | Reference | Assigned By |
| MDJ2/YNL328C | IGI: Inferred from Genetic Interaction, IPI: Inferred from Physical Interaction Assigned on 2006-03-02 |
manually curated | Mokranjac D, et al. (2005) The import motor of the yeast mitochondrial TIM23 preprotein translocase contains two different J proteins, Tim14 and Mdj2. J Biol Chem 280(36):31608-14 | SGD |
| PEP8/YJL053W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype, IPI: Inferred from Physical Interaction Assigned on 2006-04-26 |
manually curated | Seaman MN, et al. (1998) A membrane coat complex essential for endosome-to-Golgi retrograde transport in yeast. J Cell Biol 142(3):665-81 | SGD |
| VPS17/YOR132W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype, IPI: Inferred from Physical Interaction Assigned on 2006-04-26 |
manually curated | Seaman MN, et al. (1998) A membrane coat complex essential for endosome-to-Golgi retrograde transport in yeast. J Cell Biol 142(3):665-81 | SGD |
| VPS29/YHR012W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype, IPI: Inferred from Physical Interaction Assigned on 2006-04-26 |
manually curated | Seaman MN, et al. (1998) A membrane coat complex essential for endosome-to-Golgi retrograde transport in yeast. J Cell Biol 142(3):665-81 | SGD |
| VPS35/YJL154C | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype, IPI: Inferred from Physical Interaction Assigned on 2006-04-26 |
manually curated | Seaman MN, et al. (1998) A membrane coat complex essential for endosome-to-Golgi retrograde transport in yeast. J Cell Biol 142(3):665-81 | SGD |
| VPS5/YOR069W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype, IPI: Inferred from Physical Interaction Assigned on 2006-04-26 |
manually curated | Seaman MN, et al. (1998) A membrane coat complex essential for endosome-to-Golgi retrograde transport in yeast. J Cell Biol 142(3):665-81 | SGD |




