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Cytoplasmic aldehyde dehydrogenase, involved in ethanol oxidation and beta-alanine biosynthesis; uses NAD+ as the preferred coenzyme; expression is stress induced and glucose repressed; very similar to Ald3p

Putative amidase

Subunit of the N-terminal acetyltransferase NatA (Nat1p, Ard1p, Nat5p); N-terminally acetylates many proteins, which influences multiple processes such as the cell cycle, heat-shock resistance, mating, sporulation, and telomeric silencing

Heavy metal ion homeostasis protein, facilitates trafficking of Smf1p and Smf2p metal transporters to the vacuole where they are degraded, controls metal ion transport, prevents metal hyperaccumulation, functions in copper detoxification

GTPase activating factor for Rsr1p/Bud1p; required for both axial and bipolar budding patterns; mutants exhibit random budding in all cell types; mutant deficient in mitotic spindle position checkpoint

C2H2-type zinc finger protein required for ribosome assembly; shuttling factor which associates with pre-60S particles in the nucleus, accompanying them to the cytoplasm; cytoplasmic dissociation of Bud20p requires Drg1p; N-terminus harbors a nuclear localization signal (NLS) and a nuclear export signal (NES); cytoplasmic Bud20p is reimported by Kap123-dependent pathway; involved in bud-site selection; diploid mutants display a random budding pattern; similar to human ZNF593

Component of small ribosomal subunit (SSU) processosome that contains U3 snoRNA; originally isolated as bud-site selection mutant that displays a random budding pattern

Protein required for 18S rRNA maturation and small ribosomal subunit biogenesis; cosediments with pre-ribosomal particles; mutation decreases efficiency of +1 Ty1 frameshifting and transposition, and affects budding pattern

Methyltransferase, methylates residue G1575 of 18S rRNA; required for rRNA processing and nuclear export of 40S ribosomal subunits independently of methylation activity; diploid mutant displays random budding pattern

Auxilin-like protein involved in vesicular transport; clathrin-binding protein required for uncoating of clathrin-coated vesicles

Protein involved in bud-site selection; diploid mutants display a random budding pattern instead of the wild-type bipolar pattern

Dubious open reading frame, unlikely to encode a protein; not conserved in closely related Saccharomyces species; 1% of ORF overlaps the verified gene SNU56; diploid mutant displays a weak budding pattern phenotype in a systematic assay

Unconventional prefoldin protein involved in translation initiation; required for correct assembly of RNAP I, II, and III in an Rpb5p-dependent manner; shuttles between nucleus and cytoplasm; mutants have inappropriate expression of nutrient sensitive genes due to translational derepression of Gcn4p transcription factor; diploid mutants show random budding; ortholog of human URI/RMP

Dubious open reading frame, unlikely to encode a protein; not conserved in closely related Saccharomyces species; 98% of ORF overlaps the verified gene RPL22A; diploid mutant displays a weak budding pattern phenotype in a systematic assay

Nuclear pore-associated protein; component of TREX-2 complex (Sac3p-Thp1p-Sus1p-Cdc31p) involved in transcription elongation and mRNA export from the nucleus; involved in post-transcriptional tethering of active genes to the nuclear periphery and to non-nascent mRNP; contains a PAM domain implicated in protein-protein binding

Cadmium transporting P-type ATPase; may also have a role in copper and iron homeostasis; stabilized by Cd binding, which prevents ubiquitination; S288C and other lab strains contain a G970R mutation which eliminates Cd transport function

Component of the conserved oligomeric Golgi complex (Cog1p through Cog8p), a cytosolic tethering complex that functions in protein trafficking to mediate fusion of transport vesicles to Golgi compartments

Chitin synthase III, catalyzes the transfer of N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) to chitin; required for synthesis of the majority of cell wall chitin, the chitin ring during bud emergence, and spore wall chitosan

Essential subunit of the Dam1 complex (aka DASH complex), couples kinetochores to the force produced by MT depolymerization thereby aiding in chromosome segregation; is transferred to the kinetochore prior to mitosis

Class E protein of the vacuolar protein-sorting (Vps) pathway; binds Vps4p and directs it to dissociate ESCRT-III complexes; forms a functional and physical complex with Ist1p; human ortholog may be altered in breast tumors

D-lactate dehydrogenase, located in the mitochondrial matrix

Alpha subunit of the heteromeric nascent polypeptide-associated complex (NAC) involved in protein sorting and translocation, associated with cytoplasmic ribosomes

Subunit of the GPI (glycosylphosphatidylinositol):protein transamidase complex, removes the GPI-anchoring signal and attaches GPI to proteins in the ER

HDEL receptor, an integral membrane protein that binds to the HDEL motif in proteins destined for retention in the endoplasmic reticulum; has a role in maintenance of normal levels of ER-resident proteins

Delta subunit of the translation initiation factor eIF2B, the guanine-nucleotide exchange factor for eIF2; activity subsequently regulated by phosphorylated eIF2; first identified as a negative regulator of GCN4 expression

Protein of unknown function; identified as a high-copy suppressor of a dbp5 mutation; GFD2 has a paralog, YDR514C, that arose from the whole genome duplication

Component of GID Complex that confers ubiquitin ligase (U3) activity; necessary for polyubiquitination and degradation of the gluconeogenic enzyme fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase; forms dimer with Fyv10p that is then recruited to GID Complex by Gid8p; also required for sporulation; conserved protein that has a degenerate RING finger domain

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, isozyme 2; involved in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis; tetramer that catalyzes the reaction of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate to 1,3 bis-phosphoglycerate; detected in the cytoplasm and cell wall; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress; TDH2 has a paralog, TDH3, that arose from the whole genome duplication

6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (decarboxylating); catalyzes an NADPH regenerating reaction in the pentose phosphate pathway; required for growth on D-glucono-delta-lactone; GND2 has a paralog, GND1, that arose from the whole genome duplication

NAD-dependent glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase; expression is controlled by an oxygen-independent signaling pathway required to regulate metabolism under anoxic conditions; located in cytosol and mitochondria; constitutively active but is inactivated via phosphorylation by energy-stress responsive kinase SNF1; GPD2 has a paralog, GPD1, that arose from the whole genome duplication

Nexin-1 homolog; required for localizing membrane proteins from a prevacuolar/late endosomal compartment back to late Golgi; structural component of retromer membrane coat complex; forms a retromer subcomplex with Vps17p; required for recruiting the retromer complex to the endosome membranes; VPS5 has a paralog, YKR078W, that arose from the whole genome duplication

Essential component of the conserved oligomeric Golgi complex (Cog1p through Cog8p), a cytosolic tethering complex that functions in protein trafficking to mediate fusion of transport vesicles to Golgi compartments

P subunit of the mitochondrial glycine decarboxylase complex, required for the catabolism of glycine to 5,10-methylene-THF; expression is regulated by levels of 5,10-methylene-THF in the cytoplasm

Essential helicase component of heterohexameric MCM2-7 complexes which bind pre-replication complexes on DNA and melt DNA prior to replication; forms an Mcm4p-6p-7p subcomplex; shows nuclear accumulation in G1; homolog of S. pombe Cdc21p

G protein beta subunit, forms a dimer with Ste18p to activate the mating signaling pathway, forms a heterotrimer with Gpa1p and Ste18p to dampen signaling; may recruit Rho1p to the polarized growth site during mating; contains WD40 repeats

Non-ATPase base subunit of the 19S regulatory particle of the 26S proteasome; may participate in the recognition of several ligands of the proteasome; contains a leucine-rich repeat (LRR) domain, a site for protein-protein interactions

Mitochondrial ribosomal protein of the large subunit

Mitochondrial 3-hydroxyacyl-thioester dehydratase involved in fatty acid biosynthesis, required for respiratory growth and for normal mitochondrial morphology

Component of the BUB2-dependent spindle checkpoint pathway, interacts with Bfa1p and functions upstream of Bub2p and Bfa1p

Inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase; catalyzes the rate-limiting step in GTP biosynthesis, expression is induced by mycophenolic acid resulting in resistance to the drug, expression is repressed by nutrient limitation; IMD2 has a paralog, YAR073W/YAR075W, that arose from a segmental duplication

JmjC domain family histone demethylase specific for H3-K4 (histone H3 Lys4); removes methyl groups specifically added by Set1p methyltransferase; protein levels regulated by Not4p (E3 ubiquitin ligase) polyubiquitin-mediated degradation

Dihydrolipoyl transsuccinylase, component of the mitochondrial alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex, which catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of alpha-ketoglutarate to succinyl-CoA in the TCA cycle; phosphorylated

Component of the spindle-assembly checkpoint complex; delays the onset of anaphase in cells with defects in mitotic spindle assembly; forms a complex with Mad1p; regulates APC/C activity during prometaphase and metaphase of meiosis I

Subunit of the RNA polymerase II mediator complex; associates with core polymerase subunits to form the RNA polymerase II holoenzyme; essential for transcriptional regulation

Subunit of the RNA polymerase II mediator complex; associates with core polymerase subunits to form the RNA polymerase II holoenzyme; general transcription factor involved in telomere maintenance

Subunit of the RNA polymerase II mediator complex; associates with core polymerase subunits to form the RNA polymerase II holoenzyme; essential for transcriptional regulation; target of the global repressor Tup1p

Subunit of the RNA polymerase II mediator complex; associates with core polymerase subunits to form the RNA polymerase II holoenzyme; essential for transcriptional regulation

O-glycosylated plasma membrane protein; acts as a sensor for cell wall integrity signaling and activates the pathway; interacts with Rom2p, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Rho1p, and with cell integrity pathway protein Zeo1p; MID2 has a paralog, MTL1, that arose from the whole genome duplication

Subunit of the anaphase-promoting complex (APC); necessary for maintaining sister chromatid cohesion in prophase I of meiosis by inhibiting premature ubiquitination and subsequent degradation of substrates by the APC(Ama1) ubiquitin ligase

Member of the protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) family, exhibits chaperone activity; overexpression suppresses the lethality of a pdi1 deletion but does not complement all Pdi1p functions; undergoes oxidation by Ero1p

Polo-like kinase with multiple functions in mitosis and cytokinesis through substrate phosphorylation, also functions in adaptation to DNA damage during meiosis; has similarity to Xenopus Plx1 and S. pombe Plo1p; possible Cdc28p substrate

Protein involved in early pre-mRNA splicing; component of the pre-mRNA-U1 snRNP complex, the commitment complex; interacts with Msl5p/BBP splicing factor and Sub2p; similar to metazoan splicing factor U2AF65

Mannosyltransferase of the cis-Golgi apparatus, initiates the polymannose outer chain elongation of N-linked oligosaccharides of glycoproteins

Protein involved in the nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) pathway; interacts with Nam7p and Upf3p; involved in telomere maintenance

Presumed helicase and subunit of the Nrd1 complex (Nrd1p-Nab3p-Sen1p); complex interacts with the exosome to mediate 3' end formation of some mRNAs, snRNAs, snoRNAs, and CUTs; has a separate role in coordinating DNA replication with transcription, by associating with moving replication forks and preventing errors that occur when forks encounter transcribed regions; homolog of Senataxin, which is implicated in Ataxia-Oculomotor Apraxia 2 and a dominant form of ALS

Subunit of the heterohexameric cochaperone prefoldin complex which binds specifically to cytosolic chaperonin and transfers target proteins to it

Transcriptional activator; involved in regulation of invertase and glucoamylase expression, invasive growth and pseudohyphal differentiation, iron uptake, chromium accumulation, and response to osmotic stress; localizes to the nucleus; relative distribution to the nucleus increases upon DNA replication stress

Phosphatidylserine decarboxylase of the Golgi and vacuolar membranes, converts phosphatidylserine to phosphatidylethanolamine

Single-stranded DNA endonuclease, cleaves single-stranded DNA during nucleotide excision repair to excise damaged DNA; subunit of Nucleotide Excision Repair Factor 3 (NEF3); homolog of human XPG protein

Protein with ubiquitin-like N terminus, subunit of Nuclear Excision Repair Factor 2 (NEF2) with Rad4p that binds damaged DNA; enhances protein deglycosylation activity of Png1p; also involved, with Rad4p, in ubiquitylated protein turnover

Checkpoint protein, involved in the activation of the DNA damage and meiotic pachytene checkpoints; subunit of a clamp loader that loads Rad17p-Mec3p-Ddc1p onto DNA; homolog of human and S. pombe Rad17 protein

Component of RNA polymerase transcription factor TFIIH holoenzyme; has DNA-dependent ATPase/helicase activity and is required, with Rad3p, for unwinding promoter DNA; interacts functionally with TFIIB and has roles in transcription start site selection and in gene looping to juxtapose initiation and termination regions; involved in DNA repair; homolog of human ERCC3

Protein involved in transcription-coupled nucleotide excision repair of UV-induced DNA lesions; recruitment to DNA lesions is dependent on an elongating RNA polymerase II; homolog of human CSB protein

5' to 3' exonuclease, 5' flap endonuclease, required for Okazaki fragment processing and maturation as well as for long-patch base-excision repair; member of the S. pombe RAD2/FEN1 family

Protein involved in DNA repair, related to the human CSA protein that is involved in transcription-coupled repair nucleotide excision repair

Possible rhomboid protease, has similarity to eukaryotic rhomboid proteases including Pcp1p

GTPase-activating protein (RhoGAP) for Cdc42p and Rho5p; relocalizes from bud neck to cytoplasm upon DNA replication stress

Component of the Trk1p-Trk2p potassium transport system; TRK2 has a paralog, TRK1, that arose from the whole genome duplication

Peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans-isomerase; also activates the phosphotyrosyl phosphatase activity of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A); regulates G1 phase progression, the osmoresponse, microtubule dynamics; subunit of the Tap42p-Pph21p-Rrd2p complex; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress

Ubiquitin; becomes conjugated to proteins, marking them for selective degradation via the ubiquitin-26S proteasome system; essential for the cellular stress response; encoded as a polyubiquitin precursor comprised of 5 head-to-tail repeats; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress

Subunit of the Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C), which is a ubiquitin-protein ligase required for degradation of anaphase inhibitors, including mitotic cyclins, during the metaphase/anaphase transition

Guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF); activates Sar1p by catalyzing the exchange of GDP for GTP; required for the initiation of COPII vesicle formation in ER to Golgi transport; glycosylated integral membrane protein of the ER; SEC12 has a paralog, SED4, that arose from the whole genome duplication

DNA replication licensing factor, required for pre-replication complex assembly

Single-stranded DNA origin-binding and annealing protein; required for the initiation of DNA replication; phosphorylated in S phase by cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks), promoting origin binding, DNA replication and Dpb11p complex formation; component of the preloading complex; unphosphorylated or CDK-phosphorylated Sld2p binds to the MCM2-7 complex;required for the S phase checkpoint; relative distribution to the nucleus increases upon DNA replication stress

Core Sm protein Sm D2; part of heteroheptameric complex (with Smb1p, Smd1p, Smd3p, Sme1p, Smx3p, and Smx2p) that is part of the spliceosomal U1, U2, U4, and U5 snRNPs; homolog of human Sm D2

Mitochondrial manganese superoxide dismutase, protects cells against oxygen toxicity; phosphorylated

Non-essential protein of unconfirmed function; affects pre-rRNA processing, may act as a negative regulator of the transcription of genes involved in pseudohyphal growth; homologous to Srd1p

Subunit of the COMPASS (Set1C) complex, which methylates histone H3 on lys 4 and is involved in telomeric silencing; subunit of CPF (cleavage and polyadenylation factor), a complex involved in RNAP II transcription termination

Subunit of tRNA-specific adenosine-34 deaminase, forms a heterodimer with Tad3p that converts adenosine to inosine at the wobble position of several tRNAs

tRNA threonylcarbamoyladenosine dehydratase; required for the ct6A tRNA base modification, where an adenosine at position 37 is modified to form a cyclized active ester with an oxazolone ring; localized to the mitochondrial outer membrane; TCD2 has a paralog, TCD1, that arose from the whole genome duplication

Glycine tRNA (tRNA-Gly), predicted by tRNAscan-SE analysis

Subunit of the Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C), which is a ubiquitin-protein ligase required for degradation of anaphase inhibitors, including mitotic cyclins, during the metaphase/anaphase transition; component of the catalytic core of the APC/C; has similarity to cullin Cdc53p

Lysine tRNA (tRNA-Lys), predicted by tRNAscan-SE analysis; a small portion is imported into mitochondria via interaction with mt lysyl-tRNA synthetase Msk1p and is necessary to decode AAG codons at high temperature, when base modification of mt-encoded tRNA-Lys is reduced

Glutamine tRNA (tRNA-Gln), predicted by tRNAscan-SE analysis; thiolation of uridine at wobble position (34) requires Ncs6p

Serine tRNA (tRNA-Ser), predicted by tRNAscan-SE analysis

Ubiquitin chain assembly factor (E4) that cooperates with a ubiquitin-activating enzyme (E1), a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (E2), and a ubiquitin protein ligase (E3) to conjugate ubiquitin to substrates; also functions as an E3

Component of the NuA4 histone acetyltransferase complex; acts as a platform for assembly of NuA4 subunits into the native complex; required for initiation of pre-meiotic DNA replication, likely due to its requirement for expression of IME1

Glycosylated integral membrane protein localized to plasma membrane; plays a role in fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) degradation; involved in FBPase transport from the cytosol to Vid (vacuole import and degradation) vesicles; VID22 has a paralog, ENV11, that arose from the whole genome duplication

GID Complex regulatory subunit; binds GID Complex in response to glucose through interactions with complex member Vid28p; regulates fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) targeting to the vacuole; promotes proteasome-dependent catabolite degradation of FBPase; peripheral membrane protein located at Vid (vacuole import and degradation) vesicles

Cytoplasmic protein of unknown function; possibly involved in vacuolar protein degradation; not essential for proteasome-dependent degradation of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase); null mutants exhibit normal growth

GID Complex subunit, serves as adaptor for regulatory subunit Vid24p; protein involved in proteasome-dependent catabolite degradation of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase); localized to the nucleus and the cytoplasm

Histidine kinase osmosensor that regulates a MAP kinase cascade; transmembrane protein with an intracellular kinase domain that signals to Ypd1p and Ssk1p, thereby forming a phosphorelay system similar to bacterial two-component regulators