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ATPase of the CDC48/PAS1/SEC18 (AAA) family, forms a hexameric complex; is essential for pre-60S maturation and release of several preribosome maturation factors; releases Rlp24p from purified pre-60S particles in vitro; may be involved in degradation of aberrant mRNAs

Mannosyltransferase that catalyzes two consecutive steps in the N-linked glycosylation pathway; alg2 mutants exhibit temperature-sensitive growth and abnormal accumulation of the lipid-linked oligosaccharide Man2GlcNAc2-PP-Dol

Acetylglutamate synthase (glutamate N-acetyltransferase), mitochondrial enzyme that catalyzes the first step in the biosynthesis of the arginine precursor ornithine; forms a complex with Arg5,6p

Peripheral membrane protein required for autophagic vesicle formation; also required for vesicle formation during pexophagy and the cytoplasm-to-vaucole targeting (Cvt) pathway; involved in Atg9p cycling between the phagophore assembly site and mitochondria; forms cytoplasmic foci upon DNA replication stress

Sorting nexin family member required for the cytoplasm-to-vacuole targeting (Cvt) pathway and for endosomal sorting; has a Phox homology domain that binds phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate; interacts with Snx4p; potential Cdc28p substrate

Phosphoinositide binding protein required for vesicle formation in the cytoplasm-to-vacuole targeting (Cvt) pathway; binds both phosphatidylinositol (3,5)-bisphosphate and phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate; WD-40 repeat protein

Vacuolar integral membrane protein required for efflux of amino acids during autophagic body breakdown in the vacuole; null mutation causes a gradual loss of viability during starvation

Peripheral membrane protein required for the cytoplasm-to-vacuole targeting (Cvt) pathway and efficient macroautophagy; cycles between the phagophore assembly site (PAS) and non-PAS locations; forms a complex with Atg9p and Atg27p

Sorting nexin, involved in retrieval of late-Golgi SNAREs from post-Golgi endosomes to the trans-Golgi network and in cytoplasm to vacuole transport; contains a PX phosphoinositide-binding domain; forms complexes with Snx41p and with Atg20p

UDP-glucose:sterol glucosyltransferase, conserved enzyme involved in synthesis of sterol glucoside membrane lipids; in contrast to ATG26 from P. pastoris, S. cerevisiae ATG26 is not involved in autophagy

Type I membrane protein involved in autophagy and the cytoplasm-to-vacuole targeting (Cvt) pathway; may be involved in membrane delivery to the phagophore assembly site

Autophagy-specific protein; required for recruiting other ATG proteins to the pre-autophagosomal structure (PAS); interacts with Atg17p and localizas to the PAS in a manner interdependent with Atg17p and Cis1p; not conserved; relocalizes from nucleus to cytoplasmic foci upon DNA replication stress

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

Endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein, required for mannosylation of inositolphosphorylceramide and for growth at high calcium concentrations; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress

MAP kinase-responsive inhibitor of the Ste12p transcription factor; involved in the regulation of mating-specific genes and the invasive growth pathway; related regulators Dig1p and Dig2p bind to Ste12p; DIG2 has a paralog, DIG1, that arose from the whole genome duplication

2-deoxyglucose-6-phosphate phosphatase; member of a family of low molecular weight phosphatases, induced by oxidative and osmotic stress, confers 2-deoxyglucose resistance when overexpressed; DOG2 has a paralog, DOG1, that arose from a single-locus duplication

Component of glutamine amidotransferase (GATase II); forms a complex with Dug3p to degrade glutathione (GSH) and other peptides containing a gamma-glu-X bond in an alternative pathway to GSH degradation by gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (Ecm38p)

Translation initiation factor eIF4G, subunit of the mRNA cap-binding protein complex (eIF4F) that also contains eIF4E (Cdc33p); associates with the poly(A)-binding protein Pab1p, also interacts with eIF4A (Tif1p); TIF4632 has a paralog, TIF4631, that arose from the whole genome duplication

Intracellular beta-1,3-endoglucanase; expression is induced during sporulation; may have a role in cortical actin cytoskeleton assembly; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress

C-8 sterol isomerase, catalyzes the isomerization of the delta-8 double bond to the delta-7 position at an intermediate step in ergosterol biosynthesis

Farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase, has both dimethylallyltranstransferase and geranyltranstransferase activities; catalyzes the formation of C15 farnesyl pyrophosphate units for isoprenoid and sterol biosynthesis

C-14 sterol reductase, acts in ergosterol biosynthesis; mutants accumulate the abnormal sterol ignosterol (ergosta-8,14 dienol), and are viable under anaerobic growth conditions but inviable on rich medium under aerobic conditions

C-4 methyl sterol oxidase, catalyzes the first of three steps required to remove two C-4 methyl groups from an intermediate in ergosterol biosynthesis; mutants accumulate the sterol intermediate 4,4-dimethylzymosterol

C-3 sterol dehydrogenase, catalyzes the second of three steps required to remove two C-4 methyl groups from an intermediate in ergosterol biosynthesis

3-keto sterol reductase, catalyzes the last of three steps required to remove two C-4 methyl groups from an intermediate in ergosterol biosynthesis; mutants are sterol auxotrophs

Endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein, may facilitate protein-protein interactions between the Erg26p dehydrogenase and the Erg27p 3-ketoreductase and/or tether these enzymes to the ER, also interacts with Erg6p

Protein of unknown function that may be involved in iron metabolism; mutant bm-8 has a growth defect on iron-limited medium that is complemented by overexpression of Yfh1p; shows localization to the ER; highly conserved in ascomycetes

Exo-1,3-beta-glucanase, involved in cell wall beta-glucan assembly; may be anchored to the plasma membrane via a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor

Cell wall adhesin, expressed specifically during mating; may be involved in maintenance of cell wall integrity during mating; FIG2 has a paralog, AGA1, that arose from the whole genome duplication

Cyclin-dependent protein kinase, component of RNA polymerase II holoenzyme; involved in phosphorylation of the RNA polymerase II C-terminal domain; involved in glucose repression

Glycogenin glucosyltransferase; self-glucosylating initiator of glycogen synthesis, also glucosylates n-dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside; similar to mammalian glycogenin; GLG2 has a paralog, GLG1, that arose from the whole genome duplication

HMG-CoA reductase; converts HMG-CoA to mevalonate, a rate-limiting step in sterol biosynthesis; one of two isozymes; overproduction induces assembly of peripheral ER membrane arrays and short nuclear-associated membrane stacks; forms foci at the nuclear periphery upon DNA replication stress; HMG2 has a paralog, HMG1, that arose from the whole genome duplication

Phosphatase subunit of the trehalose-6-P synthase/phosphatase complex; involved in synthesis of the storage carbohydrate trehalose; expression is induced by stress conditions and repressed by the Ras-cAMP pathway; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress

Mitochondrial ribosomal protein of the large subunit

Protein that negatively regulates the SCF E3-ubiquitin ligase by interacting with and preventing neddyation of the cullin subunit, Cdc53p; longevity determinant that is preferentially expressed in young cells; similar to mammalian Cand1

Cytoplasmic protein of unknown function; induced in response to mycotoxin patulin; ubiquitinated protein similar to the human ring finger motif protein RNF10; predicted to be involved in repair of alkylated DNA due to interaction with MAG1

Zinc finger transcriptional repressor; cooperates with Mig1p in glucose-induced repression of many genes; under low glucose conditions Mig2p relocalizes to mitochondrion, where it interacts with Ups1p and antagonizes mitochondrial fission factor, Dnm1p, indicative of a role in mitochondrial fusion or regulating morphology; regulates filamentous growth along with Mig2p in response to glucose depletion; MIG2 has a paralog, MIG3, that arose from the whole genome duplication

Putative GTPase, member of the Obg family; peripheral protein of the mitochondrial inner membrane that associates with the large ribosomal subunit; required for mitochondrial translation, possibly via a role in ribosome assembly

Putative GTPase that associates with pre-60S ribosomal subunits in the nucleolus and is required for their nuclear export and maturation

Transcriptional repressor; mediates glucose repression and negatively regulates filamentous growth; NRG2 has a paralog, NRG1, that arose from the whole genome duplication

Protein involved in regulation of sterol biosynthesis; specifically stabilizes Hmg2p, one of two HMG-CoA isoenzymes that catalyze the rate-limiting step in sterol biosynthesis; homolog of mammalian INSIG proteins; NSG2 has a paralog, NSG1, that arose from the whole genome duplication

DNA N-glycosylase and apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) lyase; involved in base excision repair, localizes to the nucleus; sumoylated; NTG2 has a paralog, NTG1, that arose from the whole genome duplication

DNA N-glycosylase and apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) lyase; involved in base excision repair; acts in both nucleus and mitochondrion; creates a double-strand break at mtDNA origins that stimulates replication in response to oxidative stress; NTG1 has a paralog, NTG2, that arose from the whole genome duplication

Putative type-1 protein phosphatase targeting subunit; tethers Glc7p type-1 protein phosphatase to Gsy2p glycogen synthase; PIG2 has a paralog, GIP2, that arose from the whole genome duplication

Protein with a role in translation; forms a complex with Gir2p; has similarity to mammalian developmentally regulated GTP-binding protein

Regulatory subunit of the Glc7p type-1 protein phosphatase; involved with Reg1p, Glc7p, and Snf1p in regulation of glucose-repressible genes, also involved in glucose-induced proteolysis of maltose permease; REG2 has a paralog, REG1, that arose from the whole genome duplication

Subunit of TFIIH and nucleotide excision repair factor 3 complexes, involved in transcription initiation, required for nucleotide excision repair; ring finger protein similar to mammalian CAK and TFIIH subunit

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

Mitochondrial 15s rRNA-binding protein; required for intron removal of COB and COX1 pre-mRNAs; contains pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) motifs; mutant is respiratory deficient and has defective plasma membrane electron transport

Sensor of mitochondrial dysfunction; regulates the subcellular location of Rtg1p and Rtg3p, transcriptional activators of the retrograde (RTG) and TOR pathways; Rtg2p is inhibited by the phosphorylated form of Mks1p

Beta subunit of the CAAX farnesyltransferase (FTase) that prenylates the a-factor mating pheromone and Ras proteins; required for the membrane localization of Ras proteins and a-factor; homolog of the mammalian FTase beta subunit

Eisosome component; likely plays only minor role in eisosome assembly; shown to interact with Seg1p; similar to A. gossypii SEG gene which is important for stabilizing eisosomes; SEG2 has a paralog, SEG1, that arose from the whole genome duplication

Key component of the RAM signaling network, required for proper cell morphogenesis and cell separation after mitosis

One of six ATPases of the 19S regulatory particle of the 26S proteasome involved in degradation of ubiquitinated substrates; contributes preferentially to ERAD; required for spindle pole body duplication; mainly nuclear localization

Aspartate tRNA (tRNA-Asp), predicted by tRNAscan-SE analysis

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

TFIIF (Transcription Factor II) middle subunit; involved in both transcription initiation and elongation of RNA polymerase II; homologous to human RAP30

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

Histidine tRNA (tRNA-His), predicted by tRNAscan-SE analysis

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

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

Leucine tRNA (tRNA-Leu), predicted by tRNAscan-SE analysis; can mutate to suppress amber nonsense mutations

Syntaxin-like t-SNARE that forms a complex with Tlg1p and Vti1p and mediates fusion of endosome-derived vesicles with the late Golgi; binds Vps45p, which prevents Tlg2p degradation and also facilitates t-SNARE complex formation; homologous to mammalian SNARE protein syntaxin 16 (Sx16)

Arginine tRNA (tRNA-Arg), predicted by tRNAscan-SE analysis; one of 11 nuclear tRNA genes containing the tDNA-anticodon UCU (converted to mcm5-UCU in the mature tRNA), decodes AGA codons into arginine, one of 19 nuclear tRNAs for arginine

TFIID subunit (48 kDa), involved in RNA polymerase II transcription initiation; potential Cdc28p substrate

Threonine tRNA (tRNA-Thr), predicted by tRNAscan-SE analysis

Valine tRNA (tRNA-Val), predicted by tRNAscan-SE analysis

Tryptophan tRNA (tRNA-Trp), predicted by tRNAscan-SE analysis

Subunit of NuA4, an essential histone acetyltransferase complex; positions Piccolo NuA4 for efficient acetylation of histone H4 or histone H2A; has similarity to the human tumor suppressor ING1 and its isoforms ING4 and ING5