ORF Standard name Aliases Human Ortholog Description
YAL003W EFB1 eEF1Balpha | EF-1beta | TEF5 | translation elongation factor 1 subunit beta EEF1B2| EEF1D Translation elongation factor 1 beta; stimulates nucleotide exchange to regenerate EF-1 alpha-GTP for the next elongation cycle; part of the EF-1 complex, which facilitates binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the ribosomal A site; human homolog EEF1B2 can complement yeast efb1 mutants
YAL025C MAK16 ribosome biosynthesis protein MAK16 MAK16 Essential nuclear protein; constituent of 66S pre-ribosomal particles; required for maturation of 25S and 5.8S rRNAs; required for maintenance of M1 satellite double-stranded RNA of the L-A virus; contains an Fe/S cluster that functions as a redox sensor and is required for Mak16p-Rpf1p complex formation and ribosome biogenesis
YAL034W-A MTW1 DSN3 | MIND complex subunit MTW1 | NSL2 MIS12 Essential component of the MIND kinetochore complex; joins kinetochore subunits contacting DNA to those contacting microtubules; critical to kinetochore assembly; complex consists of Mtw1p Including Nnf1p-Nsl1p-Dsn1p (MIND)
YAL038W CDC19 PYK1 | pyruvate kinase CDC19 PKM Pyruvate kinase; functions as a homotetramer in glycolysis to convert phosphoenolpyruvate to pyruvate, the input for aerobic (TCA cycle) or anaerobic (glucose fermentation) respiration; regulated via allosteric activation by fructose bisphosphate; CDC19 has a paralog, PYK2, that arose from the whole genome duplication
YBL023C MCM2 MCM DNA helicase complex subunit MCM2 MCM2 Protein involved in DNA replication; component of the Mcm2-7 hexameric helicase complex that binds chromatin as a part of the pre-replicative complex; binds and transfers parental H3-H4 to Pol32p facilitating the transfer of parental histones to the lagging strand via Pol1p during DNA replication; relative distribution to the nucleus increases upon DNA replication stress
YBL034C STU1 — CLASP2 MT plus-end-tracking non-motor protein; binds MTs, stabilizes interpolar MT plus ends, facilitates spindle MT polymerization and produces an outward force on spindle poles; required for mitotic spindle integrity; binds detached kinetochores (KTs) and upon phosphorylation by Mps1p recruits Slk19p, promoting capture and clustering; regulates spindle stability; relocalizes to MTs when captured KTs reach a spindle pole; localizes to spindles, spindles poles, and detached KTs; human CLASP1/2 homolog
YBL035C POL12 DNA-directed DNA polymerase alpha subunit POL12 POLA2 B subunit of DNA polymerase alpha-primase complex; required for initiation of DNA replication during mitotic and premeiotic DNA synthesis; also functions in telomere capping and length regulation
YBL050W SEC17 alpha-soluble NSF attachment protein SEC17 | RNS3 NAPA| NAPB Alpha-SNAP cochaperone; SNARE-complex adaptor for Sec18 (NSF) during the disassembly of postfusion cis-SNARE complexes; stimulates the ATPase activity of Sec18p; peripheral membrane protein required for vesicular transport between ER and Golgi, the 'priming' step in homotypic vacuole fusion, and autophagy; similar to mammalian alpha-SNAP
YBL076C ILS1 isoleucine--tRNA ligase ILS1 IARS1 Cytoplasmic isoleucine-tRNA synthetase; target of the G1-specific inhibitor reveromycin A
YBL084C CDC27 anaphase promoting complex subunit CDC27 | APC3 | SNB1 CDC27 Subunit of the Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C); APC/C is a ubiquitin-protein ligase required for degradation of anaphase inhibitors, including mitotic cyclins, during the metaphase/anaphase transition
YBL093C ROX3 MED19 | NUT3 | RMR1 | SSN7 | SSX2 — Subunit of the RNA polymerase II mediator complex; associates with core polymerase subunits to form the RNA polymerase II holoenzyme
YBL097W BRN1 condensin subunit BRN1 NCAPH Subunit of the condensin complex; required for chromosome condensation and for clustering of tRNA genes at the nucleolus; may influence multiple aspects of chromosome transmission
YBL105C PKC1 CLY15 | CLY5 | CLY7 | HPO2 | protein kinase C | RSF8 | STT1 PRKCE| PRKCD| PRKCG| PRKCI| PKN1| PRKCA| PRKCB| PKN2| PKN3| PRKCH| PRKCQ| PRKCZ Protein serine/threonine kinase; essential for cell wall remodeling during growth; phosphorylates Ssa1p in response to the Mid2p mechanosensor, regulating the heat shock response, including epichaperome rearrangement and fine-tuning of multiple cellular processes including ribosome engagement, translational fidelity and P-body disassembly; localizes to sites of polarized growth and the mother-daughter bud neck; homolog of the alpha, beta, and gamma isoforms of mammalian protein kinase C (PKC)
YBR011C IPP1 inorganic diphosphatase IPP1 | PPA1 PPA1| PPA2 Cytoplasmic inorganic pyrophosphatase (PPase); homodimer that catalyzes the rapid exchange of oxygens from Pi with water, highly expressed and essential for viability, active-site residues show identity to those from E. coli PPase
YBR029C CDS1 CDG1 | phosphatidate cytidylyltransferase CDS2| CDS1 Phosphatidate cytidylyltransferase (CDP-diglyceride synthetase); an enzyme that catalyzes that conversion of CTP + phosphate into diphosphate + CDP-diaclglyerol, a critical step in the synthesis of all major yeast phospholipids; human homolog CDS1 can complement yeast cds1 null mutant
YBR055C PRP6 RNA6 | TSM7269 | U4/U6-U5 snRNP complex subunit PRP6 PRPF6 Splicing factor; component of the U4/U6-U5 snRNP complex
YBR060C ORC2 origin recognition complex subunit 2 | RRR1 | SIR5 ORC2 Subunit of the origin recognition complex (ORC); ORC directs DNA replication by binding to replication origins and is also involved in transcriptional silencing; interacts with Spp1p and with trimethylated histone H3; phosphorylated by Cdc28p
YBR070C ALG14 N-acetylglucosaminyldiphosphodolichol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase anchoring subunit ALG14 ALG14 Component of UDP-GlcNAc transferase; required for second step of dolichyl-linked oligosaccharide synthesis; anchors catalytic subunit Alg13p to ER membrane; localizes to the peroxisome; similar to bacterial and human glycosyltransferases; both human homologs ALG13 and ALG14 are required to complement yeast alg14 mutant; mutations of human ALG14 cause congenital myasthenic syndrome
YBR079C RPG1 TIF32 | translation initiation factor eIF3 core subunit a EIF3A eIF3a subunit of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 (eIF3); subunit of the core complex of eIF3; part of a Prt1p-Rpg1p-Nip1p subcomplex that stimulates binding of mRNA and tRNA(i)Met to ribosomes; essential for loading mRNA onto ribosome at entry and exit channels of preinitiation complex; involved in translation reinitiation; eIF3 is also involved in programmed stop codon readthrough
YBR080C SEC18 AAA family ATPase SEC18 | ANU4 NSF AAA ATPase and SNARE disassembly chaperone; required for vesicular transport between ER and Golgi, the 'priming' step in homotypic vacuole fusion, autophagy, and protein secretion; releases Sec17p from SNAP complexes; has similarity to mammalian N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor (NSF)
YBR102C EXO84 exocyst subunit EXO84 | USA3 EXOC8 Exocyst subunit with dual roles in exocytosis and spliceosome assembly; subunit of the the exocyst complex which mediates polarized targeting and tethering of post-Golgi secretory vesicles to active sites of exocytosis at the plasma membrane (PM) prior to SNARE-mediated fusion; required for exocyst assembly and targeting of the complex to specific sites on the bud tip PM; associates the U1 snRNP; role in pre-mRNA splicing and prespliceosome formation; possible Cdc28 substrate
YBR109C CMD1 calmodulin | CaM CALML3| CALM1| CALM3| CALM2 Calmodulin; Ca2+ binding protein that regulates Ca2+ independent processes (mitosis, bud growth, actin organization, endocytosis, etc.) and Ca2+ dependent processes (stress-activated pathways), targets include Nuf1p, Myo2p and calcineurin; binds to the Hog1p MAPK in response to hyperosmotic stress; potentiates membrane tubulation and constriction mediated by the Rvs161p-Rvs167p complex; human CALM1 or CALM2 functionally complement repression induced inviability
YBR110W ALG1 chitobiosyldiphosphodolichol beta-1,4 mannosyltransferase ALG1L1P| ALG1L2| ALG1 Mannosyltransferase; involved in asparagine-linked glycosylation in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER); essential for viability; human homolog ALG1 complements yeast null mutant
YBR135W CKS1 cyclin-dependent protein kinase regulatory subunit CKS1 CKS2| CKS1B Cyclin-dependent kinase regulatory subunit; recognizes TP phosphosites, and functions as a phosphoadaptor that anchors Cdc28p-cyclin complexes onto their substrates, providing specificity and processivity; required for G1/S and G2/M phase transitions; mediates Sic1p phosphorylation and destruction at S phase onset and proteolysis of M-phase targets; regulates transcription by recruiting the proteasome to target gene promoters; human homologs CKS1B and CKS2 each complement the cks1 null mutant
YBR143C SUP45 eRF1 | SAL4 | SUP1 | SUP47 | translation termination factor eRF1 ETF1 Polypeptide release factor (eRF1) in translation termination; mutant form acts as a recessive omnipotent suppressor; methylated by Mtq2p-Trm112p in ternary complex eRF1-eRF3-GTP; mutation of methylation site confers resistance to zymocin; has a role in cytokinesis through interaction with Mlc1p
YBR154C RPB5 ABC27 | DNA-directed RNA polymerase core subunit RPB5 POLR2E RNA polymerase subunit ABC27; common to RNA polymerases I, II, and III; contacts DNA and affects transactivation
YBR155W CNS1 HSP70/90 family co-chaperone CNS1 TTC4 TPR-containing co-chaperone; binds both Hsp82p (Hsp90) and Ssa1p (Hsp70); stimulates ATPase activity of Ssa1p; ts mutants reduce Hsp82p function, overexpression suppresses phenotypes of HSP82 ts allele and cpr7 deletion; involved in the folding of eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (Eft1p, Eft2p); human homolog TTC4 complements yeast cns1 mutant
YBR156C SLI15 — — Subunit of the conserved chromosomal passenger complex (CPC); complex regulates kinetochore-microtubule attachments, activation of the spindle tension checkpoint, and mitotic spindle disassembly; other complex members are Ipl1p, Bir1p, and Nbl1p
YBR160W CDC28 CDK1 | cyclin-dependent serine/threonine-protein kinase CDC28 | HSL5 | SRM5 CDK1| CDK2| CDK3 Cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) catalytic subunit; master regulator of mitotic and meiotic cell cycles; alternately associates with G1, S, G2/M phase cyclins, which provide substrate specificity; regulates metabolism, basal transcription, chromosome dynamics, growth and morphogenesis; transcript induction in osmostress involves antisense RNA; human homologs CDK1, CDK2, CDK3 can complement yeast conditional cdc28 mutants; human CDK1, CDK2 can complement yeast cdc28 null mutant
YBR193C MED8 RNA polymerase II mediator complex subunit MED8 — Subunit of the RNA polymerase II mediator complex; associates with core polymerase subunits to form the RNA polymerase II holoenzyme; essential for transcriptional regulation
YBR196C PGI1 CDC30 | glucose-6-phosphate isomerase GPI Glycolytic enzyme phosphoglucose isomerase; catalyzes the interconversion of glucose-6-phosphate and fructose-6-phosphate; required for cell cycle progression and completion of the gluconeogenic events of sporulation
YBR211C AME1 ARP100 — Essential kinetochore protein associated with microtubules and SPBs; component of the kinetochore sub-complex COMA (Ctf19p, Okp1p, Mcm21p, Ame1p); involved in spindle checkpoint maintenance; orthologous to human centromere constitutive-associated network (CCAN) subunit CENP-U and fission yeast Mis17; relative distribution to the nucleus increases upon DNA replication stress
YBR234C ARC40 — ARPC1B| ARPC1A Subunit of the ARP2/3 complex; ARP2/3 is required for the motility and integrity of cortical actin patches
YBR247C ENP1 MEG1 | snoRNA-binding rRNA-processing protein ENP1 BYSL Protein associated with U3 and U14 snoRNAs; required for pre-rRNA processing and 40S ribosomal subunit synthesis; localized in the nucleus and concentrated in the nucleolus; human BYSL functionally complements the heat sensitivity of an enp1 ts mutant
YBR254C TRS20 TRAPP subunit TRS20 TRAPPC2B| TRAPPC2 Core component of transport protein particle (TRAPP) complexes I-III; TRAPPs are multimeric guanine nucleotide-exchange factors for GTPase Ypt1p, regulating ER-Golgi traffic (TRAPPI), intra-Golgi traffic (TRAPPII), endosome-Golgi traffic (TRAPPII and III) and autophagy (TRAPPIII); mutation leads to defects in endocytic recycling, block in sporulation/meiosis; mutations in human homolog TRAPPC2 cause spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda, TRAPPC2 can complement yeast null mutant
YBR265W TSC10 3-dehydrosphinganine reductase KDSR 3-ketosphinganine reductase; catalyzes the second step in phytosphingosine synthesis; essential for growth in the absence of exogenous dihydrosphingosine or phytosphingosine; localized to lipid droplets; member of short chain dehydrogenase/reductase protein family; mutations in human homolog KDSR cause recessive progressive symmetric erythrokeratoderma
YCR002C CDC10 septin CDC10 SEPTIN9| SEPTIN12| SEPTIN3 Component of the septin ring, required for cytokinesis; septins are GTP-binding proteins that assemble into rod-like hetero-oligomers that can associate to form filaments; septin rings at the mother-bud neck act as scaffolds for recruiting cell division factors and as barriers to prevent diffusion of specific proteins between mother and daughter cells; N-terminus interacts with phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate; protein abundance increases under DNA damage stress
YCR052W RSC6 — SMARCD2| SMARCD3| SMARCD1 Component of the RSC chromatin remodeling complex; essential for mitotic growth; RSC6 has a paralog, SNF12, that arose from the whole genome duplication
YDL003W MCD1 kleisin alpha | PDS3 | RHC21 | SCC1 RAD21L1| RAD21 Essential alpha-kleisin subunit of the cohesin complex; required for sister chromatid cohesion in mitosis; subject to proteolytic cleavage by separase Esp1p, resulting in dissociation of cohesin from chromatin and the separation of sister chromatids at the mitotic metaphase-to-anaphase transition; apoptosis induces cleavage and translocation of a C-terminal fragment to mitochondria; expression peaks in S phase
YDL007W RPT2 proteasome regulatory particle base subunit RPT2 | YHS4 | YTA5 PSMC1 ATPase of the 19S regulatory particle of the 26S proteasome; one of six ATPases of the regulatory particle; involved in the degradation of ubiquitinated substrates; required for normal peptide hydrolysis by the core 20S particle; N-myristoylation of Rpt2p at Gly2 is involved in regulating the proper intracellular distribution of proteasome activity by controlling the nuclear localization of the 26S proteasome
YDL008W APC11 anaphase promoting complex subunit 11 ANAPC11 Catalytic core subunit, 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; contains a RING-H2 domain that is required for activity
YDL028C MPS1 PAC8 | RPK1 | serine/threonine/tyrosine protein kinase MPS1 TTK Dual-specificity kinase; required for SPB duplication and mitotic and meiotic spindle checkpoints; triggers formation of force-generating kinetochore-microtubule (MT) attachments to promote kinetochore bi-orientation in MI; activation loop autophosphorylation enhances kinase activity; substrates include SPB proteins (Spc42p, Spc110p, Spc98p), MEN protein Mob1p, kinetochore protein Cnn1p, checkpoint protein Mad1p, and MT stabilization factor Stu1p; substrate of APCC(Cdh1); similar to human TTK
YDL029W ARP2 ACT2 | actin-related protein 2 ACTR2 Essential component of the Arp2/3 complex; Arp2/3 is a highly conserved actin nucleation center required for the motility and integrity of actin patches; involved in endocytosis and membrane growth and polarity; required for efficient Golgi-to-ER trafficking in COPI mutants
YDL030W PRP9 SF3a splicing factor complex subunit PRP9 SF3A3 Subunit of the SF3a splicing factor complex; required for spliceosome assembly; acts after the formation of the U1 snRNP-pre-mRNA complex
YDL043C PRP11 RNA11 | spliceosome assembly protein PRP11 SF3A2 Subunit of the SF3a splicing factor complex; required for spliceosome assembly
YDL045C FAD1 FMN adenylyltransferase FLAD1 Flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) synthetase; performs the second step in synthesis of FAD from riboflavin; mutation is functionally complemented by human FLAD1
YDL064W UBC9 E2 SUMO-conjugating protein UBC9 UBE2I SUMO-conjugating enzyme involved in the Smt3p conjugation pathway; nuclear protein required for S- and M-phase cyclin degradation and mitotic control; involved in proteolysis mediated by the anaphase-promoting complex cyclosome (APCC); auto-sumoylates on K153 and K157
YDL084W SUB2 ATP-dependent RNA helicase SUB2 DDX39B| DDX39A Component of the TREX complex required for nuclear mRNA export; member of the DEAD-box RNA helicase superfamily and is involved in early and late steps of spliceosome assembly; homolog of the human splicing factor hUAP56; relocalizes from nucleus to cytoplasm upon DNA replication stress
YDL097C RPN6 NAS4 | proteasome regulatory particle lid subunit RPN6 PSMD11 Essential, non-ATPase regulatory subunit of the 26S proteasome lid; required for the assembly and activity of the 26S proteasome; the human homolog (S9 protein) partially rescues Rpn6p depletion; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress
YDL105W NSE4 QRI2 | Smc5-Smc6 complex subunit NSE4 NSMCE4A| EID3 Component of the SMC5-SMC6 complex; this complex plays a key role in the removal of X-shaped DNA structures that arise between sister chromatids during DNA replication and repair
YDL108W KIN28 TFIIH complex serine/threonine-protein kinase subunit KIN28 CDK7 Ser/Thr protein kinase and subunit of TFIIK, a TFIIH subassembly; phosphorylates the C-terminal domain (CTD) of RNAPII (Ser5 and Ser7); facilitates recruitment of mRNA 5'-capping and polyadenylation factors to the RNAPII holoenzyme complex; minor role in RNAPII transcription; role in RNAPI transcription; regulates Atg1p kinase complex assembly during nitrogen starvation induced autophagy; associates with cyclin Ccl1p; relocalizes to the cytosol in response to hypoxia; ortholog of human CDK7
YDL126C CDC48 AAA family ATPase CDC48 VCP AAA ATPase with protein-unfoldase activity; subunit of polyUb-selective segregase complex involved in ERAD, EGAD, INMAD, the RADAR pathway, mitotic spindle disassembly, macroautophagy, PMN, ribosome-associated quality control, ribophagy, homotypic ER membrane fusion, SCF complex disassembly, cell wall integrity, and telomerase regulation; mobilizes membrane-anchored transcription factors by regulated Ub/proteasome-dependent processing (RUP); human ortholog VCP complements a cdc48 mutant
YDL132W CDC53 cullin CDC53 CUL1| CUL2 Cullin; structural protein of SCF complexes (which also contain Skp1p, Cdc34p, Hrt1p and an F-box protein) involved in ubiquitination; SCF promotes the G1-S transition by targeting G1 cyclins and the Cln-CDK inhibitor Sic1p for degradation; human homolog CUL1 can complement yeast cdc53 null mutant
YDL145C COP1 coatomer subunit alpha | RET1 | SEC33 | SOO1 COPA Alpha subunit of COPI vesicle coatomer complex; complex surrounds transport vesicles in the early secretory pathway
YDL147W RPN5 NAS5 | proteasome regulatory particle lid subunit RPN5 PSMD12 Subunit of the CSN and 26S proteasome lid complexes; similar to mammalian p55 subunit and to another S. cerevisiae regulatory subunit, Rpn7p; Rpn5p is an essential protein; the COP9 signalosome is also known as the CSN
YDL165W CDC36 CCR4-NOT core subunit CDC36 | DNA19 | NOT2 CNOT2 Component of the CCR4-NOT core complex, involved in mRNA decapping; this complex has multiple roles in regulating mRNA levels including regulation of transcription and destabilizing mRNAs through deadenylation; basal transcription factor
YDL195W SEC31 WEB1 SEC31A| SEC31B Component of the Sec13p-Sec31p complex of the COPII vesicle coat; COPII coat is required for vesicle formation in ER to Golgi transport; mutant has increased aneuploidy tolerance
YDL207W GLE1 BRR3 | NLE2 | nucleoporin GLE1 | RSS1 GLE1 Cytoplasmic nucleoporin required for polyadenylated mRNA export; contains a nuclear export signal; when bound to inositol hexakisphosphate (IP6), functions as an activator for the Dbp5p ATPase activity at the nuclear pore complex during mRNA export; mediates translation initiation; required for efficient translation termination
YDL209C CWC2 active spliceosome conformation promoter CWC2 | NTC40 — Member of the NineTeen Complex (NTC); this complex contains Prp19p and stabilizes U6 snRNA in catalytic forms of the spliceosome containing U2, U5, and U6 snRNAs; binds directly to U6 snRNA; similar to S. pombe Cwf2
YDR002W YRB1 CST20 | HTN1 | Ran GTPase-binding protein YRB1 | SFO1 | STP52 RANBP1 Ran GTPase binding protein; involved in nuclear protein import and RNA export, ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation during the cell cycle; shuttles between the nucleus and cytoplasm; is essential; homolog of human RanBP1
YDR013W PSF1 CDC101 | DNA replication protein PSF1 GINS1 Subunit of the GINS complex (Sld5p, Psf1p, Psf2p, Psf3p); complex is localized to DNA replication origins and implicated in assembly of the DNA replication machinery
YDR016C DAD1 — — Essential subunit of the Dam1 complex (aka DASH complex); complex couples kinetochores to the force produced by MT depolymerization thereby aiding in chromosome segregation; is transferred to the kinetochore prior to mitosis
YDR044W HEM13 coproporphyrinogen oxidase CPOX Coproporphyrinogen III oxidase; oxygen-requiring enzyme that catalyzes sixth step in heme biosynthetic pathway; transcription is repressed by oxygen and heme (via Rox1p and Hap1p); human homolog CPOX can complement yeast mutant and allow growth of haploid null after sporulation of a heterozygous diploid
YDR050C TPI1 triose-phosphate isomerase TPI1 TPI1 Triose phosphate isomerase, abundant glycolytic enzyme; mRNA half-life is regulated by iron availability; transcription is controlled by activators Reb1p, Gcr1p, and Rap1p through binding sites in the 5' non-coding region; inhibition of Tpi1p activity by PEP (phosphoenolpyruvate) stimulates redox metabolism in respiring cells; E104D mutation in human homolog TPI1 causes a rare autosomal disease; human TPI1 can complement yeast null mutant
YDR052C DBF4 DNA52 | LSD7 | protein serine/threonine kinase activating protein DBF4 DBF4| DBF4B Regulatory subunit of Cdc7p-Dbf4p kinase complex; required for Cdc7p kinase activity and initiation of DNA replication; phosphorylates the Mcm2-7 family of proteins; cell cycle regulated; relative distribution to the nucleus increases upon DNA replication stress; co-expression of human CDC7 and DBF4 complements single cdc7 or dbf4 null mutations or the cdc7 dbf4 double null mutation
YDR054C CDC34 DNA6 | SCF E2 ubiquitin-protein ligase catalytic subunit CDC34 | UBC3 UBE2G1| UBE2R2| CDC34 Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (E2); catalytic subunit of SCF ubiquitin-protein ligase complex (together with Skp1p, Rbx1p, Cdc53p, and an F-box protein) that regulates cell cycle progression by targeting key substrates for degradation; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress; human CDC34 functionally complements the thermosensitivity of the cdc34-2 mutant
YDR060W MAK21 NOC1 | RNA-binding ribosome biosynthesis protein MAK21 CEBPZ Constituent of 66S pre-ribosomal particles; required for large (60S) ribosomal subunit biogenesis; acts as part of a Mak21p-Noc2p-Rrp5p module that associates with nascent pre-rRNA during transcription and has a role in bigenesis of the large ribosomal subunit; involved in nuclear export of pre-ribosomes; required for maintenance of dsRNA virus; homolog of human CAATT-binding protein
YDR064W RPS13 40S ribosomal protein uS15 RPS13 | RPS13B | RPS13C | S13 | S15 | S27a | uS15 | YS15 RPS13 Protein component of the small (40S) ribosomal subunit; homologous to mammalian ribosomal protein S13 and bacterial S15
YDR082W STN1 — — Telomere end-binding and capping protein; plays a key role with Pol12p in linking telomerase action with completion of lagging strand synthesis, and in a regulatory step required for telomere capping; similar to human Stn1
YDR091C RLI1 Fe-S cluster-binding ribosome biosynthesis protein ABCE1 Essential Fe-S protein; required for ribosome biogenesis, translation initiation/termination; facilitates binding of multifactor complex (MFC) of initiation factors to small ribosomal subunit; Dom34-Hbs1 complex and Rli1p work in dissociating inactive ribosomes, thereby facilitating translation restart; forms complex with Lto1p and Yae1p; dependency on ROS-labile FeS clusters, activity in nuclear ribosomal-subunit export impaired by mild oxidative stress
YDR113C PDS1 securin — Securin; inhibits anaphase by binding separin Esp1p; blocks cyclin destruction and mitotic exit, essential for meiotic progression and mitotic cell cycle arrest; localization is cell-cycle dependent and regulated by Cdc28p phosphorylation
YDR118W APC4 anaphase promoting complex subunit 4 ANAPC4 Subunit of the Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C); APC/C is a ubiquitin-protein ligase required for degradation of anaphase inhibitors, including mitotic cyclins, during the metaphase/anaphase transition; component of the platform domain of the APC/C, based on structural analysis; relative distribution to the nucleus increases upon DNA replication stress
YDR141C DOP1 — DOP1B| DOP1A Protein involved in vesicular transport at trans-Golgi network (TGN); TGN-localized, leucine-zipper domain protein; involved in endosome-to-Golgi transport during endocytic recycling, and retrograde transport of glycosyltransferases from the TGN to the Golgi; involved in organization of the ER, establishment of cell polarity, and morphogenesis; detected in highly purified mitochondria in high-throughput studies
YDR145W TAF12 TAF61 | TAF68 | TafII61 | TafII68 TAF12 Subunit (61/68 kDa) of TFIID and SAGA complexes; involved in RNA polymerase II transcription initiation and in chromatin modification, similar to histone H2A; overexpression of the human ortholog, TAF12, an oncogene involved in the formation of choroid plexus carcinomas, results in dosage chromosomal instability (dCIN) in a human cell line similar to the dCIN observed in yeast overexpressors
YDR164C SEC1 — STXBP1| STXBP2| STXBP3 Sm-like protein involved in docking and fusion of exocytic vesicles; binds to assembled SNARE complexes at the membrane and stimulates membrane fusion; localization to sites of secretion (bud neck and bud tip) is dependent on SNARE function; interacts directly with essential exocyst subunit Sec6p
YDR166C SEC5 exocyst subunit SEC5 EXOC2 Essential 107kDa subunit of the exocyst complex; the exocyst mediates polarized targeting and tethering of post-Golgi secretory vesicles to active sites of exocytosis at the plasma membrane prior to SNARE-mediated fusion; involved in assembly of the exocyst complex; required with Sec3p for ER inheritance where it promotes anchoring of the cortical ER at the bud tip
YDR168W CDC37 Hsp90 co-chaperone CDC37 | SMO1 CDC37L1| CDC37 Essential Hsp90p co-chaperone; necessary for passage through the START phase of the cell cycle; stabilizes protein kinase nascent chains and participates along with Hsp90p in their folding
YDR170C SEC7 Arf family guanine nucleotide exchange factor SEC7 ARFGEF2| ARFGEF1 Guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for ADP ribosylation factors; involved in intra-Golgi transport, ER-to-Golgi transport and proliferation of the Golgi; role in directing misfolded proteins to insoluble deposition sites and detoxifying neurological disease proteins; found in the cytoplasm and on Golgi-associated coated vesicles
YDR180W SCC2 cohesin-loading factor complex subunit SCC2 NIPBL Subunit of cohesin loading factor (Scc2p-Scc4p); a complex required for loading of cohesin complexes onto chromosomes; involved in establishing sister chromatid cohesion during DSB repair via histone H2AX; promotes gene expression program that supports translational fidelity; evolutionarily-conserved adherin; relocalizes to cytosol in response to hypoxia; human disorder Cornelia de Lange syndrome is caused by mutations in NIPBL, the human ortholog of SCC2; conserved role in NHEJ
YDR182W CDC1 DSC1 | DSR1 | ESP2 | putative lipid phosphatase CDC1 MPPE1 Putative mannose-ethanolamine phosphate phosphodiesterase; involved in GPI-anchor remodeling prior to the attachment of cell wall proteins to beta 1,3-glucan, removing ethanolamine phosphate from the first mannose of GPI anchors; mutants display elevated Ca2+-dependent signaling resulting in secondary actin polarization and Golgi inheritance defects; enzyme is Mn2+-dependent; mutants have cell division cycle defect and fragile cell walls
YDR189W SLY1 syntaxin-binding protein SCFD1 Hydrophilic protein involved in ER/Golgi vesicle trafficking; SM (Sec1/Munc-18) family protein that binds the tSNARE Sed5p and stimulates its assembly into a trans-SNARE membrane-protein complex
YDR196C CAB5 putative dephospho-CoA kinase DCAKD Subunit of the CoA-Synthesizing Protein Complex (CoA-SPC); subunits of this complex are: Cab2p, Cab3p, Cab4p, Cab5p, Sis2p and Vhs3p; probable dephospho-CoA kinase (DPCK) that catalyzes the last step in coenzyme A biosynthesis; involved in histone acylation; null mutant lethality is complemented by human homologs DCAKD and COASY and by E. coli coaE (encoding DPCK); extrinsic component of the mitochondrial outer membrane that also localizes to lipid droplets
YDR201W SPC19 — — Essential subunit of Dam1 complex (aka DASH complex); complex couples kinetochores to force produced by MT depolymerization thereby aiding in chromosome segregation; also localized to nuclear side of spindle pole body; SPC19 mRNA level is reduced when downstream gene RAV2 is deleted
YDR228C PCF11 — PCF11 mRNA 3' end processing factor; essential component of cleavage and polyadenylation factor IA (CF IA), involved in pre-mRNA 3' end processing and in transcription termination; binds C-terminal domain of largest subunit of RNA pol II (Rpo21p); required for gene looping; relocalizes to the cytosol in response to hypoxia
YDR288W NSE3 Smc5-Smc6 complex subunit NSE3 MAGEB16| MAGEB17| MAGEA9B| MAGEA10| MAGEA8| MAGEA4| MAGEB4| MAGEB5| MAGEB3| MAGEB6B| MAGEA3| MAGEC2| MAGEA2B| MAGEA6| MAGEH1| MAGEA11| MAGEB18| MAGEB1| MAGEB6| MAGEB2| MAGEF1| MAGEA1| NDN| MAGEB10| MAGEA2| MAGEA13P| NSMCE3| MAGEA9| MAGEE2| MAGEA12 Component of the SMC5-SMC6 complex; this complex plays a key role in the removal of X-shaped DNA structures that arise between sister chromatids during DNA replication and repair; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress
YDR292C SRP101 signal recognition particle receptor subunit alpha SRPRA Signal recognition particle (SRP) receptor alpha subunit; contain GTPase domains; involved in SRP-dependent protein targeting; interacts with the beta subunit, Srp102p
YDR302W GPI11 mannose-ethanolamine phosphotransferase GPI11 PIGF ER membrane protein involved in a late step of GPI anchor assembly; involved in the addition of phosphoethanolamine to the multiply mannosylated glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) intermediate; human PIG-Fp is a functional homolog
YDR303C RSC3 — — Component of the RSC chromatin remodeling complex; essential gene required for maintenance of proper ploidy and regulation of ribosomal protein genes and the cell wall/stress response; RSC3 has a paralog, RSC30, that arose from the whole genome duplication
YDR328C SKP1 CBF3D | MGO1 | SCF ubiquitin ligase subunit SKP1 SKP1 Evolutionarily conserved kinetochore protein; part of multiple protein complexes, including the SCF ubiquitin ligase complex, the CBF3 complex that binds centromeric DNA, and the RAVE complex that regulates assembly of the V-ATPase; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress
YDR331W GPI8 GPI-anchor transamidase PIGK Catalytic subunit of the ER membrane GPI transamidase complex; involved in adding glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors to newly synthesized proteins; luminally-oriented type I integral membrane glycoprotein of the ER; human PIGK protein is a functional homolog
YDR361C BCP1 protein-transporting protein BCP1 BCCIP Essential nuclear chaperone for ribosomal protein Rpl23p; involved in nuclear export of Mss4p; Mss4p is a lipid kinase that generates phosphatidylinositol 4,5-biphosphate and plays a role in actin cytoskeleton organization and vesicular transport
YDR394W RPT3 proteasome regulatory particle base subunit RPT3 | YNT1 | YTA2 PSMC4 ATPase of the 19S regulatory particle of the 26S proteasome; one of many regulatory particle ATPases; involved in the degradation of ubiquitinated substrates; enhances proteasomal activity and upregulates Hac1p in response to proteotoxic stress; substrate of N-acetyltransferase B
YDR404C RPB7 B16 | DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB7 POLR2G RNA polymerase II subunit B16; forms dissociable heterodimer with Rpb4p; Rpb4/7 dissociates from RNAPII as Ser2 CTD phosphorylation increases; Rpb4/7 regulates cellular lifespan via mRNA decay process; involved in recruitment of 3'-end processing factors to transcribing RNA polymerase II complex, export of mRNA to cytoplasm under stress conditions; also involved in translation initiation
YDR434W GPI17 GPI-anchor transamidase GPI17 PIGS Transmembrane protein; subunit of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol transamidase complex that adds GPIs to newly synthesized proteins; human PIG-S homolog
YDR437W GPI19 phosphatidylinositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase GPI19 PIGP Subunit of GPI-GlcNAc transferase involved in synthesis of GlcNAc-PI; N-acetylglucosaminyl phosphatidylinositol (GlcNAc-PI) is the first intermediate in glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor synthesis; shares similarity with mammalian PIG-P
YDR489W SLD5 CDC105 | DNA replication protein SLD5 GINS4 Subunit of the GINS complex (Sld5p, Psf1p, Psf2p, Psf3p); complex is localized to DNA replication origins and implicated in assembly of the DNA replication machinery
YDR498C SEC20 — BNIP1 Membrane glycoprotein v-SNARE; involved in retrograde transport from the Golgi to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER); required for N- and O-glycosylation in the Golgi but not in the ER and for efficient nuclear fusion during mating; mediates Sey1p-independent homotypic ER fusion; interacts with the Dsl1p complex through Tip20p
YDR510W SMT3 SUMO family protein SMT3 SUMO3| SUMO2| SUMO1P1| SUMO1 Ubiquitin-like protein of the SUMO family; conjugated to lysine residues of target proteins; associates with transcriptionally active genes; regulates chromatid cohesion, chromosome segregation, APC-mediated proteolysis, DNA replication and septin ring dynamics; human homolog SUMO1 can complement yeast null mutant
YDR527W RBA50 — RPAP1 Protein involved in transcription; interacts with RNA polymerase II subunits Rpb2p, Rpb3, and Rpb11p; has similarity to human RPAP1
YDR531W CAB1 pantothenate kinase PANK1| PANK3| PANK2| PANK4 Pantothenate kinase, ATP:D-pantothenate 4'-phosphotransferase; cytoplasmic enzyme that catalyzes the first committed step in the universal biosynthetic pathway for coenzyme A (CoA) synthesis; transcription is regulated by Upc2p via a sterol response element; overexpressed human homologs, PANK1 and PANK3, complement yeast hypomorphic alleles, while PANK2, a gene implicated in pantothenate-kinase associated neurodegeneration, partially complements after the mitochondrial transit peptide is removed
YEL034W HYP2 eIF5A | eIF-5A | TIF51A | translation elongation factor eIF-5A EIF5A| EIF5AL1| EIF5A2 Translation elongation factor eIF-5A; required for translation of proteins with polyproline stretches; hypusination promotes translation elongation, termination and ribosomal frameshifting; localizes to the nucleus and binds chromatin to repress transcription; structural homolog of bacterial EF-P; human EIF5A variants cause a disorder with variable combinations of developmental delay, microcephaly, micrognathia and dysmorphism; human EIF5A complements inviability of a hyp2 anb1 double null
YEL055C POL5 DNA-directed DNA polymerase MYBBP1A Protein involved in 60S assembly and pre-40S AFs recycling; has sequence similarity to human MybBP1A and weak sequence similarity to B-type DNA polymerases; not required for chromosomal DNA replication
YER009W NTF2 Ran GTPase-binding protein NTF2 NUTF2 Nuclear envelope protein; interacts with GDP-bound Gsp1p and with proteins of the nuclear pore to transport Gsp1p into the nucleus where it is an essential player in nucleocytoplasmic transport
YER022W SRB4 MED17 MED17 Subunit of the RNA polymerase II mediator complex; associates with core polymerase subunits to form the RNA polymerase II holoenzyme; required for basal RNA polymerase II transcription; homozygosity of the human MED17 L371P mutation is associated with infantile cerebral and cerebellar atrophy with poor myelination
YER093C TSC11 AVO3 | TORC2 complex subunit TSC11 RICTOR Subunit of TORC2, a regulator of plasma membrane (PM) homeostasis; TORC2 also regulates actin cytoskeletal dynamics during polarized growth and cell wall integrity; contains an N-terminal armadillo repeat region necessary for recruitment to the PM and for anchoring Tor2p and Avo1p at the PM; acts along with Avo1p as a scaffold important for integrity of the TORC2 complex; involved in sphingolipid metabolism; contains a RasGEFN domain
YER094C PUP3 proteasome core particle subunit beta 3 | SCS32 PSMB3 Beta 3 subunit of the 20S proteasome; involved in ubiquitin-dependent catabolism; human homolog is subunit C10
YER125W RSP5 HPG1 | MDP1 | MUT2 | NEDD4 family E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase | NPI1 | SMM1 | UBY1 NEDD4L| WWP2| NEDD4 NEDD4 family E3 ubiquitin ligase; regulates processes including: MVB sorting, the heat shock response, transcription, endocytosis and ribosome stability; ubiquitinates Sec23p, Sna3p, Ste4p, Nfi1p, Rpo21p, Sem1p, Dip5p, Put4p and Chs3p; autoubiquitinates; deubiquitinated by Ubp2p; regulated by SUMO ligase Siz1p, in turn regulates Siz1p SUMO ligase activity; required for efficient Golgi-to-ER trafficking in COPI mutants; mutant tolerates aneuploidy; human homolog implicated in Liddle syndrome
YER133W GLC7 CID1 | DIS2 | DIS2S1 | PP1 | type 1 serine/threonine-protein phosphatase catalytic subunit GLC7 PPP1CC| PPP1CB| PPP1CA Type 1 S/T protein phosphatase (PP1) catalytic subunit; involved in glycogen metabolism, sporulation and mitotic progression; interacts with multiple regulatory subunits; regulates actomyosin ring formation; subunit of CPF; recruited to mating projections by Afr1p interaction; regulates nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of Hxk2p; import into the nucleus is inhibited during spindle assembly checkpoint arrest; involved in dephosphorylating Rps6a/b and Bnr1p
YER136W GDI1 SEC19 GDI2| GDI1 GDP dissociation inhibitor; regulates vesicle traffic in secretory pathways by regulating the dissociation of GDP from the Sec4/Ypt/rab family of GTP binding proteins
YER157W COG3 Golgi transport complex subunit COG3 | GRD20 | SEC34 COG3 Essential component of the conserved oligomeric Golgi complex; a cytosolic tethering complex (Cog1p through Cog8p) that functions in protein trafficking to mediate fusion of transport vesicles to Golgi compartments
YER171W RAD3 REM1 | TFIIH/NER complex ATP-dependent 5'-3' DNA helicase subunit RAD3 ERCC2 5' to 3' DNA helicase; involved in nucleotide excision repair and transcription; subunit of RNA polII initiation factor TFIIH and of Nucleotide Excision Repair Factor 3 (NEF3); homolog of human XPD protein; mutant has aneuploidy tolerance; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress
YFL005W SEC4 Rab family GTPase SEC4 | SRO6 RAB13| RAB8A| RAB10| RAB8B Rab family GTPase; essential for vesicle-mediated exocytic secretion and autophagy; recruits Avl9p, an Arf-GAP, to secretory vesicles; associates with the exocyst component Sec15p and may regulate polarized delivery of transport vesicles to the exocyst at the plasma membrane; exocyst association is negatively regulated via phosphorylation by Cdc5p during cytokinesis
YFL009W CDC4 SCF ubiquitin ligase complex subunit CDC4 FBXW7 F-box protein required for both the G1/S and G2/M phase transitions; modular substrate specificity factor which associates with core SCF (Cdc53p, Skp1p and Hrt1p/Rbx1p) to form the SCFCdc4 complex; SCFCdc4 acts as a ubiquitin-protein ligase directing ubiquitination of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) phosphorylated substrates, such as: Sic1p, Far1p, Cdc6p, Clb6p, and Cln3p
YFL022C FRS2 phenylalanine--tRNA ligase subunit alpha FARSA Alpha subunit of cytoplasmic phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase; forms a tetramer with Frs1p to form active enzyme; evolutionarily distant from mitochondrial phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase based on protein sequence, but substrate binding is similar
YFL029C CAK1 CIV1 | cyclin-dependent protein kinase-activating kinase CAK1 — Cyclin-dependent kinase-activating kinase; required for passage through the cell cycle; phosphorylates and activates Cdc28p; nucleotide-binding pocket differs significantly from those of most other protein kinases; required for premeiotic DNA synthesis, expression of early and middle sporulation specific genes and direct phosphorylation of the Smk1p MAPK to regulate spore morphogenesis
YFL038C YPT1 Rab family GTPase YPT1 | YP2 RAB1C| RAB1B| RAB1A Rab family GTPase; involved in the ER-to-Golgi step of the secretory pathway; complex formation with the Rab escort protein Mrs6p is required for prenylation of Ypt1p by type II protein geranylgeranyltransferase (Bet2p-Bet4p); binds to unspliced HAC1 mRNA; regulates the unfolded protein response (UPR) by promoting the decay of HAC1 RNA; localizes to the early Golgi, the transitional Golgi and ER membranes, pre-autophagosomal structures, and cytoplasmic vesicles
YFL039C ACT1 ABY1 | actin | END7 POTEKP| ACTC1| ACTA1| ACTB| ACTG1| ACTA2| ACTBL2| ACTG2 Actin, structural protein in cytoskeleton; involved in cell polarization, endocytosis, and other cytoskeletal functions; monomeric actin in the nucleus plays a role in INO80 chromatin remodeling
YFR004W RPN11 MPR1 | proteasome regulatory particle lid subunit RPN11 PSMD14 Metalloprotease subunit of the 19S regulatory particle; part of 26S proteasome lid; couples deubiquitination and degradation of proteasome substrates; allosteric ubiquitin sensor that slows spontaneous conformational transitions of the proteasome and aids substrate insertion into the ATPase motor to accelerate degradation up to 4-fold; involved in the fission of mitochondria and peroxisomes independent of catalytic activity; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress
YFR028C CDC14 OAF3 | phosphoprotein phosphatase CDC14 CDC14A| CDC14B| CDC14C Protein phosphatase required for mitotic exit; required for rDNA segregation, cytokinesis, meiosis I spindle disassembly, environmental stress response, autophagy during meiosis; downregulates microautophagy induction after TORC1 inactivation; held in nucleolus by Cdc55p in early meiosis, liberated by FEAR and Mitotic Exit Network in anaphase; sequestered in metaphase II, released upon entry into anaphase II; human homolog CDC14A can complement thermosensitivity of cdc14-1 mutant
YFR036W CDC26 anaphase promoting complex subunit CDC26 | HIT3 | SCD26 — 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; relocalizes to the cytosol in response to hypoxia
YFR050C PRE4 proteasome core particle subunit beta 7 PSMB4 Beta 7 subunit of the 20S proteasome
YFR051C RET2 coatomer subunit delta ARCN1 Delta subunit of the coatomer complex (COPI); COPI coats Golgi-derived transport vesicles; involved in retrograde transport between Golgi and ER
YFR052W RPN12 NIN1 | proteasome regulatory particle lid subunit RPN12 PSMD8 Subunit of the 19S regulatory particle of the 26S proteasome lid; synthetically lethal with RPT1, which is an ATPase component of the 19S regulatory particle; physically interacts with Nob1p and Rpn3p; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress
YGL047W ALG13 N-acetylglucosaminyldiphosphodolichol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase catalytic subunit ALG13 ALG13 Catalytic component of UDP-GlcNAc transferase; required for the second step of dolichyl-linked oligosaccharide synthesis; anchored to the ER membrane via interaction with Alg14p; similar to bacterial and human glycosyltransferases; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress; both human homologs ALG13 and ALG14 are required to complement yeast alg13 mutant
YGL048C RPT6 CIM3 | CRL3 | proteasome regulatory particle base subunit RPT6 | SCB68 | SUG1 PSMC5 ATPase of the 19S regulatory particle of the 26S proteasome; one of six ATPases of the regulatory particle; involved in the degradation of ubiquitinated substrates; bound by ubiquitin-protein ligases Ubr1p and Ufd4p; localized mainly to the nucleus throughout the cell cycle; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress
YGL061C DUO1 — — Essential subunit of the Dam1 complex (aka DASH complex); cooperates with Dam1p and Pse1p to connect the DASH complex with microtubules (MT); couples kinetochores to the force produced by MT depolymerization thereby aiding in chromosome segregation; is transferred to the kinetochore prior to mitosis
YGL065C ALG2 GDP-Man:Man(1)GlcNAc(2)-PP-dolichol alpha-1,3-mannosyltransferase ALG2 Mannosyltransferase in the N-linked glycosylation pathway; catalyzes two consecutive steps in N-linked glycosylation pathway; mutants exhibit temperature-sensitive growth and abnormal accumulation of lipid-linked oligosaccharide Man2GlcNAc2-PP-Dol; mutations of human ALG2 cause congenital myasthenic syndrome; human ALG2 complements temperature sensitivity and dolichol-linked oligosaccharide biosynthesis defect of alg2-1 mutant, but mutant form from a patient with CDG-Ii fails to complement
YGL073W HSF1 EXA3 | MAS3 | stress-responsive transcription factor HSF1 HSF1| HSF2| HSF4 Trimeric heat shock transcription factor; forms condensate with Mediator and RNA Pol II upon heat shock; activates multiple genes in response to diverse stresses and transient intracellular acidification; recognizes variable heat shock elements (HSEs) consisting of inverted NGAAN repeats; monitors translational status through RQC (Ribosomal Quality Control)-mediated translation-stress signal; human homolog HSF1 with linker region mutations can complement yeast hsf1 mutant
YGL075C MPS2 MMC1 — Essential membrane protein localized at nuclear envelope and SPBs; required for insertion of the newly duplicated spindle pole body into the nuclear envelope; potentially phosphorylated by Cdc28p; MPS2 has a paralog, CSM4, that arose from the whole genome duplication
YGL092W NUP145 nucleocytoplasmic transporter NUP145 | RAT10 NUP98 Essential protein with distinct roles in two nuclear pore subcomplexes; catalyzes its own proteolytic cleavage in vivo to generate a C-terminal fragment that is a structural component of the Nup84p subcomplex (with roles in NPC biogenesis and localization of genes to the nuclear periphery), and an N-terminal fragment that is one of several FG-nucleoporins within the NPC central core directly responsible for nucleocytoplasmic transport; homologous to human NUP98
YGL097W SRM1 MTR1 | PRP20 | Ran guanyl-nucleotide exchange factor | TSM437 RCC1 Nucleotide exchange factor for Gsp1p; localizes to the nucleus, required for nucleocytoplasmic trafficking of macromolecules; suppressor of the pheromone response pathway; potentially phosphorylated by Cdc28p; human homolog of the RAN GEF, RCC1, can complement a temperature sensitive point mutant
YGL098W USE1 SLT1 | SNAP receptor USE1 USE1 Essential SNARE protein localized to the ER; involved in retrograde traffic from the Golgi to the ER and Sey1p-independent homotypic ER fusion; required for efficient nuclear fusion during mating; forms a complex with the SNAREs Sec22p, Sec20p and Ufe1p
YGL113W SLD3 — — Protein involved in the initiation of DNA replication; required for proper assembly of replication proteins at the origins of replication; interacts with the DDK-phosphorylated MCM complex and required for the recruitment of Cdc45p; localizes to nuclear foci that become diffuse upon DNA replication stress; homologous to the human Treslin/Ticrr protein
YGL116W CDC20 PAC5 | ubiquitin-protein transferase activating protein CDC20 CDC20B| CDC20 Activator of anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C); APC/C is required for metaphase/anaphase transition; directs ubiquitination of mitotic cyclins, Pds1p, and other anaphase inhibitors; cell-cycle regulated; potential Cdc28p substrate; relative distribution to the nucleus increases upon DNA replication stress
YGL120C PRP43 DEAH-box ATP-dependent RNA helicase PRP43 | JA1 DHX32| DHX15 RNA helicase in the DEAH-box family; functions in both RNA polymerase I and polymerase II transcript metabolism; catalyzes removal of U2, U5, and U6 snRNPs from the postsplicing lariat-intron ribonucleoprotein complex; required for efficient biogenesis of both small- and large-subunit rRNAs; acts with Sqs1p to promote 20S to 18S rRNA processing catalyzed by endonuclease Nob1p
YGL130W CEG1 mRNA guanylyltransferase RNGTT Guanylyltransferase involved in mRNA 5' capping; subunit of mRNA capping enzyme, which is a heterotetramer composed of two molecules of Ceg1p and a homodimer of Cet1p, the mRNA 5'-triphosphatase subunit; nuclear import of Ceg1p requires interaction with Cet1p; mammalian capping enzyme is a single bifunctional polypeptide; human homolog RNGTT can complement yeast ceg1 null mutant
YGL137W SEC27 coatomer subunit beta' COPB2 Essential beta'-coat protein of the COPI coatomer; involved in ER-to-Golgi and Golgi-to-ER transport; contains WD40 domains that mediate cargo selective interactions; 45% sequence identity to mammalian beta'-COP
YGL142C GPI10 putative glycosylphosphatidylinositol-alpha 1,2 mannosyltransferase PIGB Integral membrane protein involved in GPI anchor synthesis; putative alpha 1,2 mannosyltransferase required for addition of the third mannose onto the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) core structure; human PIG-Bp is a functional homolog
YGL145W TIP20 TIP1 RINT1 Peripheral membrane protein required for COPI vesicle fusion to the ER; mediates Sey1p-independent homotypic ER fusion; prohibits back-fusion of COPII vesicles with the ER; forms a tethering complex with Sec39p and Dsl1p that interacts with ER SNAREs Sec20p and Use1p
YGL233W SEC15 Rab GTPase-binding exocyst subunit SEC15 EXOC6| EXOC6B Essential 113 kDa subunit of the exocyst complex; the exocyst mediates polarized targeting and tethering of post-Golgi secretory vesicles to active sites of exocytosis prior to SNARE-mediated fusion; interacts with and functions as a downstream effector of active, GTP-bound Sec4p, a Rab family GTPase
YGL245W GUS1 GluRS | glutamate--tRNA ligase GUS1 | GSN1 — Glutamyl-tRNA synthetase (GluRS); forms a complex with methionyl-tRNA synthetase (Mes1p) and Arc1p; complex formation increases the catalytic efficiency of both tRNA synthetases and ensures their correct localization to the cytoplasm; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress
YGL247W BRR6 — — Essential nuclear envelope (NE) integral membrane protein; role in NE fusion during biogenesis of the nuclear pore complex; Brr6p-Brl1p interaction proposed to drive membrane fusion by forming a channel across the bilayers enabling lipid exchange; interacts and functions with Apq12p and Brl1p in lipid homeostasis; role in maintaining architecture and transcriptional regulation at the NE through chromatin interaction; Brl1p homolog; functional homolog of metazoan CLCC1
YGR002C SWC4 EAF2 | GOD1 DMAP1 Component of the Swr1p complex that incorporates Htz1p into chromatin; component of the NuA4 histone acetyltransferase complex; associates with and protects nucleosome-free regions of the genome including rDNA, tDNA and telomeric loci, contributing to genome integrity
YGR006W PRP18 mRNA splicing protein PRP18 PRPF18 Splicing factor and component of snRNP U5; factor involved in the positioning of the 3' splice site during the second catalytic step of splicing; interacts with Slu7p
YGR009C SEC9 HSS7 SNAP25| SNAP23 t-SNARE protein required for secretory vesicle-plasma membrane fusion; similar to but not functionally redundant with Spo20p; interacts non-exocyst bound Sec6p; SNAP-25 homolog
YGR048W UFD1 polyubiquitin-binding protein UFD1 UFD1 Substrate-recruiting cofactor of the Cdc48p-Npl4p-Ufd1p segregase; polyubiquitin binding protein that assists in the dislocation of misfolded, ERAD substrates that are subsequently delivered to the proteasome for degradation; involved in regulated destruction of ER membrane proteins such as HMG-CoA reductase (Hmg1/2p) and cytoplasmic proteins (Fbp1p); role in the RADAR pathway; involved in mobilizing membrane bound transcription factors by regulated Ub/proteasome-dependent processing (RUP)
YGR075C PRP38 U4/U6-U5 snRNP complex subunit PRP38 — Unique component of the U4/U6.U5 tri-snRNP particle; tri-snRNP is required for conformational changes which result in the catalytic activation of the spliceosome; dispensable for spliceosome assembly
YGR091W PRP31 U4/U6-U5 snRNP complex subunit PRP31 PRPF31 Splicing factor; component of the U4/U6-U5 snRNP complex; homologous to human PRPF31 and used to study retinitis pigmentosa
YGR092W DBF2 serine/threonine-protein kinase DBF2 — Ser/Thr kinase involved in transcription and stress response; functions as part of a network of genes in exit from mitosis; localization is cell cycle regulated; activated by Cdc15p during the exit from mitosis; also plays a role in regulating the stability of SWI5 and CLB2 mRNAs; phosphorylates Chs2p to regulate primary septum formation and Hof1p to regulate cytokinesis; DBF2 has a paralog, DBF20, that arose from the whole genome duplication
YGR098C ESP1 separase ESPL1 Separase/separin, a caspase-like cysteine protease; cleaves Mcd1p/Scc1p, a mitotic cohesin complex subunit, resulting in the dissociation of cohesin from chromatin and sister chromatid separation; cleaves meiotic-cohesin subunit Rec8p along chromosome arms in meiosis I and at centromeric sites during meiosis II; inhibits PP2A-Cdc55p to promote mitotic exit; inhibited by Pds1p (securin); relative distribution to the nucleus increases upon DNA replication stress
YGR113W DAM1 — — Essential subunit of the Dam1 complex (aka DASH complex); cooperates with Duo1p and Pse1p to connect the DASH complex with the microtubules (MT); couples kinetochores to the force produced by MT depolymerization, thereby aiding in chromosome segregation; N-terminal staple region is important for self-assembly of the Dam1 complex higher order ring structure that forms around microtubules; Ipl1p target for regulating kinetochore-MT attachments
YGR119C NUP57 FG-nucleoporin NUP57 NUP54 FG-nucleoporin component of central core of the nuclear pore complex; contributes directly to nucleocytoplasmic transport and maintenance of the nuclear pore complex (NPC) permeability barrier; found in stable complex with Nic96p and two other FG-nucleoproteins (Nsp1p and Nup49p)
YGR120C COG2 Golgi transport complex subunit COG2 | SEC35 — Essential component of the conserved oligomeric Golgi complex; a cytosolic tethering complex that functions in protein trafficking to mediate fusion of transport vesicles to Golgi compartments; the components of the Golgi complex are Gog1p through Cog8p
YGR140W CBF2 CBF3A | CEP2 | CSL5 | CTF14 | NDC10 — Essential kinetochore protein and subunit of the CBF3 complex (CBF3c); CBF3c binds as a dimer to the CDEIII region of the centromere (CEN) and to pericentromeric DNA; Cbf2p trimerization, essential for kinetochore assembly and chromosome segregation, facilitates CEN DNA bending and may stabilize the centromeric nucleosome and inner kinetochore; ubiquitinated in vivo and sumoylated in an Mms21p-dependent manner; relative distribution to the spindle pole body decreases upon DNA replication stress
YGR172C YIP1 transporter YIP1 YIPF5| YIPF7 Integral membrane protein; required for the biogenesis of ER-derived COPII transport vesicles; interacts with Yif1p and Yos1p; localizes to the Golgi, the ER, and COPII vesicles; human homolog YIPF5 can complement yeast yip1 mutant
YGR185C TYS1 TTS1 | tyrosine--tRNA ligase TYS1 | TyrRS YARS1 Cytoplasmic tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase; required for cytoplasmic protein synthesis; interacts with positions 34 and 35 of the tRNATyr anticodon; mutations in human ortholog YARS are associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) neuropathies; human ortholog YARS functionally complements the heat sensitivity of a ts allele; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress
YGR211W ZPR1 zinc finger-containing protein ZPR1 ZPR1 Chaperone with two zinc fingers essential for eEF1A biogenesis; nuclear in growing cells, cytoplasmic in starved cells; shuttled via process mediated by Cpr1p; binds translation elongation factor eEF-1 (Tef1p); relative distribution to nucleus increases upon DNA replication stress; human ZPR1 gene can complement yeast by allowing growth during down-regulation of yeast zpr1
YGR216C GPI1 phosphatidylinositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase PIGQ Membrane protein involved in the synthesis of GlcNAc-PI; N-acetylglucosaminyl phosphatidylinositol (GlcNAc-PI) is the first intermediate in the synthesis of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors; human and mouse GPI1 are functional homologs
YGR218W CRM1 exportin CRM1 | KAP124 | XPO1 XPO1 Nuclear export factor, exportin; major karyopherin involved in export of proteins, RNAs, and ribosomal subunits from the nucleus
YGR253C PUP2 DOA5 | proteasome core particle subunit alpha 5 PSMA5 Alpha 5 subunit of the 20S proteasome; involved in ubiquitin-dependent catabolism; human homolog is subunit zeta
YGR264C MES1 MESI | methionine--tRNA ligase MES1 | MetRS MARS1 Methionyl-tRNA synthetase; forms a complex with Gus1p, a glutamyl-tRNA synthetase, and Arc1p, which increases the catalytic efficiency of both synthetases; involved in the nuclear export of tRNAs; mutations in human ortholog MARS is associated with pediatric pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, interstitial lung and liver disease, and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease; human MARS gene can complement the yeast null mutant
YHR024C MAS2 MIF2 | mitochondrial-processing protease subunit alpha PMPCA Alpha subunit of the mitochondrial processing protease (MPP); essential processing enzyme that cleaves the N-terminal targeting sequences from mitochondrially imported proteins
YHR027C RPN1 HRD2 | NAS1 | proteasome regulatory particle base subunit RPN1 PSMD2 Non-ATPase base subunit of the 19S RP 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; RP is the acronym for regulatory particle
YHR036W BRL1 — — Essential nuclear envelope/ER integral membrane protein; role in nuclear envelope fusion during biogenesis of the nuclear pore complex ; Brl1p-Brr6p interaction proposed to drive membrane fusion by forming a channel across the bilayers enabling lipid exchange; interacts and functions with Apq12p and Brr6p in lipid homeostasis; identified as a dosage suppressor of a conditional mutation in the major karyopherin, CRM1; Brr6p homolog; functional homolog of metazoan CLCC1
YHR058C MED6 mediator complex subunit MED6 MED6 Subunit of the RNA polymerase II mediator complex; associates with core polymerase subunits to form the RNA polymerase II holoenzyme; essential for transcriptional regulation; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress
YHR083W SAM35 FMP20 | SAM complex subunit SAM35 | TOB38 | TOM38 — Component of the sorting and assembly machinery (SAM) complex; the SAM (or TOB) complex is located in the mitochondrial outer membrane; the complex binds precursors of beta-barrel proteins and facilitates their insertion into the outer membrane
YHR088W RPF1 rRNA-binding ribosome biosynthesis protein RPF1 RPF1 Protein involved in assembly and export of the large ribosomal subunit; nucleolar protein; constituent of 66S pre-ribosomal particles; contains a sigma(70)-like motif, which is thought to bind RNA
YHR107C CDC12 CLA10 | PSL7 | septin CDC12 SEPTIN2 Septin ring component required for cytokinesis; septins are GTP-binding proteins that assemble into rod-like hetero-oligomers that associate to form rod shaped protofilaments that polymerize end-to-end forming filaments; mother-bud neck localized septin rings act as scaffolds for recruiting cell division factors and as barriers to prevent diffusion of specific proteins between mother and daughter cells; C-terminal amphipathic helix senses membrane curvature tuned by oligomerization
YHR118C ORC6 origin recognition complex subunit 6 — Subunit of the origin recognition complex (ORC); ORC directs DNA replication by binding to replication origins and is also involved in transcriptional silencing; phosphorylated by Cdc28p; mutation in the human Orc6p is linked to Meier-Gorlin syndrome
YHR122W CIA2 iron-sulfur cluster assembly protein CIA2 CIAO2B Component of cytosolic iron-sulfur protein assembly (CIA) machinery; acts at a late step of Fe-S cluster assembly; forms the CIA targeting complex with Cia1p and Met18p that directs Fe-S cluster incorporation and maturation of a subset of proteins involved in methionine biosynthesis, DNA replication and repair, transcription, and telomere maintenance; ortholog of human FAM96B
YHR166C CDC23 anaphase promoting complex subunit CDC23 CDC23 Subunit of the Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C); APC/C is a ubiquitin-protein ligase required for degradation of anaphase inhibitors, including mitotic cyclins, during the metaphase/anaphase transition
YHR172W SPC97 gamma-tubulin-complex subunit SPC97 TUBGCP2 Component of the microtubule-nucleating Tub4p (gamma-tubulin) complex; interacts with Spc110p at the spindle pole body (SPB) inner plaque and with Spc72p at the SPB outer plaque
YHR186C KOG1 LAS24 | ubiquitin-binding TORC1 subunit KOG1 RPTOR Ubiquitin-binding protein; centrally regulates metabolic homeostasis and carbon utilization during nutrient limitation by managing Snf1p activity; subunit of TORC1 rapamycin-sensitive complex involved in growth control; central scaffold that holds the different components of TORC1 together; contains four HEAT repeats and seven WD-40 repeats
YHR188C GPI16 GPI-anchor transamidase subunit GPI16 PIGT Subunit of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol transamidase complex; involved in the addition of GPIs to newly synthesized proteins; luminally-oriented, type I integral membrane glycoprotein of the ER; human PIG-T homolog
YIL004C BET1 SLY12 BET1L| BET1 Type II membrane protein required for vesicular transport; required for vesicular transport between the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi complex; v-SNARE with similarity to synaptobrevins
YIL021W RPB3 B44 | DNA-directed RNA polymerase II core subunit RPB3 POLR2C RNA polymerase II third largest subunit B44; part of central core; similar to prokaryotic alpha subunit
YIL046W MET30 ubiquitin-binding SDF ubiquitin ligase complex subunit MET30 | ZRG11 FBXW7 Nuclear F-box protein and subunit of SCF-Met30 Ub-ligase complex; controls the cell cycle, sulfur metabolism, and methionine biosynthesis as part of SCF-Met30 Ub-ligase complex; sulfide-sensor that represses activity of Met4p in response to sulfur abundance; involved in turnover of Cdk-inhibitory kinase Swe1p; Cdc48p catalyzes dissociation of Met30p from SCF complex in response to cadmium stress; contains WD40 repeat region with cysteines that sense sulfur availability
YIL048W NEO1 aminophospholipid-translocating P4-type ATPase NEO1 ATP9A| ATP9B Phospholipid translocase (flippase); involved in generating phospholipid asymmetry in plasma membrane; involved in endocytosis, vacuolar biogenesis and Golgi-to-ER vesicle-mediated transport; localizes to endosomes and Golgi apparatus; targeted to vacuole via AP-3 pathway
YIL062C ARC15 — ARPC5L| ARPC5 Subunit of the ARP2/3 complex; ARP2/3 is required for the motility and integrity of cortical actin patches; has mRNA binding activity
YIL068C SEC6 SNARE-binding exocyst subunit SEC6 EXOC3| EXOC3L1| TNFAIP2 Essential 88kDa subunit of the exocyst complex; the exocyst mediates polarized targeting and tethering of post-Golgi secretory vesicles to active sites of exocytosis at the plasma membrane prior to SNARE-mediated fusion; anchors the assembled complex to sites of secretion; interacts with SM-like protein and SNARE regulator Sec1p and may recruit it to sites of secretion; binds to SNARE complexes binteracting with Sec9p
YIL106W MOB1 — MOB1A| MOB3B| MOB1B| MOB3A| MOB3C Component of the mitotic exit network; associates with and is required for the activation and Cdc15p-dependent phosphorylation of the Dbf2p kinase; required for cytokinesis and cell separation; component of the CCR4 transcriptional complex; relocalizes from cytoplasm to the nuclear periphery upon DNA replication stress
YIL109C SEC24 ANU1 | COPII subunit SEC24 SEC24A| SEC24B Component of the Sec23p-Sec24p heterodimer of the COPII vesicle coat; required for cargo selection during vesicle formation in ER to Golgi transport; homologous to Sfb3p; SEC24 has a paralog, SFB2, that arose from the whole genome duplication
YIL115C NUP159 FG-nucleoporin NUP159 | NUP158 | RAT7 — FG-nucleoporin component of central core of the nuclear pore complex; also part of the nuclear pore complex (NPC) cytoplasmic filaments; contributes directly to nucleocytoplasmic transport; regulates ADP release from the ATP-dependent RNA helicase Dbp5p; forms a stable association with Nup82p, Gle2p and two other FG-nucleoporins (Nsp1p and Nup116p)
YIR010W DSN1 MIND complex subunit DSN1 — Essential component of the outer kinetochore MIND complex; joins kinetochore subunits contacting DNA to those contacting microtubules; phosphorylation promotes interaction between outer and inner kinetochore proteins; kinetochore receptor for monopolin, via interaction with Csm1p; essential for both meiotic and mitotic chromosome segregation; MIND complex consists of Mtw1p, Nnf1p, Nsl1p and Dsn1p; phosphorylated by monopolin subunit, Hrr25p and Aurora kinase, Ipl1p; modified by sumoylation
YIR011C STS1 DBF8 | SSM5 — Karyopherin adaptor required for nuclear translocation of the proteasome; mediates interaction between nuclear import factor Srp1p and the proteasome; nuclear import of the 26S proteasome is coupled to RanGTP-initiated, ubiquitin-independent proteasomal degradation of Sts1p; Sts1p and Srp1p couple proteasomes to nascent polypeptides emerging from the ribosome for cotranslational degradation; role in ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation; contains a bipartite nuclear localization sequence
YIR012W SQT1 — AAMP Specific assembly chaperone for ribosomal protein Rpl10p; co-translationally associates with nascent Rpl10p, preventing aggregation; involved in biogenesis of the ribosomal large subunit; contains multiple WD repeats; interacts genetically and physically with Qsr1p; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress
YIR022W SEC11 signal peptidase complex catalytic subunit SEC11 SEC11C| SEC11A| SEC11B 18kDa catalytic subunit of the Signal Peptidase Complex (SPC); the Signal Peptidase Complex cleaves the signal sequence of proteins targeted to the endoplasmic reticulum; other members are Spc1p, Spc2p, Spc3p, and Sec11p
YJL002C OST1 dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide--protein glycotransferase subunit OST1 | NLT1 RPN1 Alpha subunit of the oligosaccharyltransferase complex of the ER lumen; complex catalyzes asparagine-linked glycosylation of newly synthesized proteins
YJL005W CYR1 adenylate cyclase | CDC35 | FIL1 | HSR1 | SRA4 | TSM0185 PHLPP2| PHLPP1 Adenylate cyclase; required for cAMP production and cAMP-dependent protein kinase signaling; scaffold protein for Ras2-Ira interaction; the cAMP pathway controls a variety of cellular processes, including metabolism, cell cycle, stress response, stationary phase, and sporulation
YJL019W MPS3 NEP98 | YJL018W — Nuclear envelope protein; required for SPB insertion, SPB duplication, Kar5p localization near the SPB and nuclear fusion; interacts with Mps2p to tether half-bridge to core SPB; N-terminal acetylation by Eco1p regulates its role in nuclear organization; localizes to the SPB half bridge and telomeres during meiosis; required with Ndj1p and Csm4p for meiotic bouquet formation and telomere-led rapid prophase movement; member of the SUN protein family (Sad1-UNC-84 homology)
YJL034W KAR2 BiP | GRP78 | Hsp70 family ATPase KAR2 HSPA5 ATPase involved in protein import into the ER; also acts as a chaperone to mediate protein folding in the ER and may play a role in ER export of soluble proteins; regulates the unfolded protein response via interaction with Ire1p
YJL035C TAD2 tRNA(adenine34) deaminase ADAT2 Subunit of tRNA-specific adenosine-34 deaminase; forms a heterodimer with Tad3p that converts adenosine to inosine at the wobble position of several tRNAs
YJL039C NUP192 — NUP205 Essential subunit of inner ring of nuclear pore complex (NPC); plays a role in modulating transport through the NPC; homologous to human NUP205
YJL072C PSF2 CDC102 | DNA replication protein PSF2 GINS2 Subunit of the GINS complex (Sld5p, Psf1p, Psf2p, Psf3p); complex is localized to DNA replication origins and implicated in assembly of the DNA replication machinery
YJL085W EXO70 GTP-Rho binding exocyst subunit EXO70 EXOC7 Subunit of the exocyst complex; the exocyst mediates polarized targeting and tethering of post-Golgi secretory vesicles to active sites of exocytosis prior to SNARE-mediated fusion; PtdIns[4,5]P2-binding protein that localizes to exocytic sites in an actin-independent manner, targeting and anchoring the exocyst with Sec3p; involved in exocyst assembly; direct downstream effector of Rho3p and Cdc42p; relocalizes from bud neck to cytoplasm upon DNA replication stress
YJL097W PHS1 enoyl-CoA hydratase PHS1 HACD2| HACD1 Essential 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase of the ER membrane; involved in elongation of very long-chain fatty acids; evolutionarily conserved, similar to mammalian PTPLA and PTPLB; involved in sphingolipid biosynthesis and protein trafficking
YJL104W PAM16 import motor complex subunit PAM16 | MIA1 | TIM16 PAM16 Subunit of the import motor (PAM complex); the PAM complex is a component of the Translocase of the Inner Mitochondrial membrane (TIM23 complex); forms a 1:1 subcomplex with Pam18p and inhibits its cochaperone activity; contains a J-like domain
YJL125C GCD14 TRM61 | tRNA 1-methyladenosine methyltransferase subunit GCD14 TRMT61A Subunit of tRNA (1-methyladenosine) methyltransferase; required, along with Gcd10p, for the modification of the adenine at position 58 in tRNAs, especially tRNAi-Met; first identified as a negative regulator of GCN4 expression
YJL173C RFA3 RPA14 | RPA3 — Subunit of heterotrimeric Replication Protein A (RPA); RPA is a highly conserved single-stranded DNA binding protein complex involved in DNA replication, repair, recombination; RPA protects against inappropriate telomere recombination, and upon telomere uncapping, prevents cell proliferation by a checkpoint-independent pathway; with Sgs1p-Top2p-Rmi1p, stimulates DNA catenation/decatenation activity of Top3p; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress
YJL194W CDC6 AAA family ATPase CDC6 CDC6 Essential ATP-binding protein required for DNA replication; component of the pre-replicative complex (pre-RC) which requires ORC to associate with chromatin and is in turn required for Mcm2-7p DNA association; dual role as a mitotic cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, that binds to and inhibits Cdc28p/Clb2p along with Sic1p, contributing to mitotic exit; homologous to S. pombe Cdc18p; relocalizes from nucleus to cytoplasm upon DNA replication stress; degraded in response to plasma membrane stress
YJL203W PRP21 SPP91 SF3A1 Subunit of the SF3a splicing factor complex; required for spliceosome assembly
YJR042W NUP85 RAT9 NUP85 Subunit of the Nup84p subcomplex of the nuclear pore complex (NPC); contributes to nucleocytoplasmic transport and NPC biogenesis and is involved in establishment of a normal nucleocytoplasmic concentration gradient of the GTPase Gsp1p; also plays roles in several processes that may require localization of genes or chromosomes at the nuclear periphery, including double-strand break repair, transcription and chromatin silencing; homologous to human NUP85 aka NUP75
YJR045C SSC1 ENS1 | Hsp70 family ATPase SSC1 | mtHSP70 HSPA9 Hsp70 family ATPase; constituent of the import motor component of the Translocase of the Inner Mitochondrial membrane (TIM23 complex); involved in protein translocation and folding; subunit of SceI endonuclease; SSC1 has a paralog, ECM10, that arose from the whole genome duplication
YJR046W TAH11 CDT1 | SID2 — DNA replication licensing factor; required for pre-replication complex assembly
YJR057W CDC8 bifunctional thymidylate/uridylate kinase DTYMK Nucleoside monophosphate and nucleoside diphosphate kinase; functions in the de novo biosynthesis of pyrimidine deoxyribonucleotides; thymidylate/uridylate kinase that converts nucleoside monophosphates, dTMP and dUMP to nucleoside diphosphates, dTDP and dUDP; nucleoside diphosphate kinase that converts nucleoside diphosphates, dTDP and dUDP to dTTP and dUTP; essential for mitotic and meiotic DNA replication; homologous to S. pombe tmp1; human homolog DTYMK can complement the cdc8 null mutant
YJR065C ARP3 ACT4 | actin-related protein 3 ACTR3B| ACTR3C| ACTR3 Essential component of the Arp2/3 complex; Arp2/3 is a highly conserved actin nucleation center required for the motility and integrity of actin patches; involved in endocytosis and membrane growth and polarity
YJR076C CDC11 PSL9 | septin CDC11 SEPTIN5 Component of the septin ring that is required for cytokinesis; present at the ends of rod-like septin hetero-oligomers; C-terminal extension is important for recruitment of Bni5p to the mother-bud neck, which in turn is required for Myo1p recruitment and cytokinesis; septin rings at the mother-bud neck act as scaffolds for recruiting cell division factors and as barriers to prevent diffusion of specific proteins between mother and daughter cells
YJR112W NNF1 MIND complex subunit NNF1 PMF1| PMF1-BGLAP Essential component of the outer kinetochore MIND complex; joins kinetochore subunits contacting DNA to those contacting microtubules; required for kinetochore bi-orientation and accurate chromosome segregation; complex consists of Mtw1p, Nnf1p, Nsl1p and Dsn1p; homologous to metazoan CENP-H proteins
YKL006C-A SFT1 — — Intra-Golgi v-SNARE; required for transport of proteins between an early and a later Golgi compartment
YKL013C ARC19 — ARPC4 Subunit of the ARP2/3 complex; ARP2/3 is required for the motility and integrity of cortical actin patches; mutation is functionally complemented by human ARPC4
YKL019W RAM2 bifunctional protein farnesyltransferase/protein geranylgeranyltransferase FNTA Alpha subunit of farnesyltransferase and geranylgeranyltransferase-I; farnesyltransferase (Ram2p-Ram1p heterodimer) catalyzes the addition of 15-carbon isoprenoid farnesyl to substrate proteins containing a CAAX consensus motif; type I geranylgeranyltransferase (Ram2p-Cdc43p heterodimer) catalyzes the addition of the 20-carbon isoprenoid geranylgeranyl to substrate proteins containing a CaaL consensus motif; required for membrane localization of Ras proteins and a-factor
YKL021C MAK11 — PAK1IP1 Protein involved in an early step of 60S ribosomal subunit biogenesis; essential for cell growth and replication of killer M1 dsRNA virus; contains four beta-transducin repeats
YKL022C CDC16 anaphase promoting complex subunit CDC16 CDC16 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; required for sporulation; relocalizes to the cytosol in response to hypoxia
YKL024C URA6 bifunctional uridylate/adenylate kinase | SOC8 CMPK1 Uridylate kinase; catalyzes the seventh enzymatic step in the de novo biosynthesis of pyrimidines, converting uridine monophosphate (UMP) into uridine-5'-diphosphate (UDP)
YKL035W UGP1 UTP glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase UGP2 UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (UGPase); catalyses the reversible formation of UDP-Glc from glucose 1-phosphate and UTP, involved in a wide variety of metabolic pathways, expression modulated by Pho85p through Pho4p; involved in PKA-mediated oxidative stress resistance and long-term survival in stationary phase; UGP1 has a paralog, YHL012W, that arose from the whole genome duplication
YKL052C ASK1 — — Essential subunit of the Dam1 complex (aka DASH complex); couples kinetochores to the force produced by MT depolymerization thereby aiding in chromosome segregation; phosphorylated during the cell cycle by cyclin-dependent kinases; sumoylated in an Mms21p-dependent manner; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress
YKL060C FBA1 fructose-bisphosphate aldolase FBA1 | LOT1 — Fructose 1,6-bisphosphate aldolase; required for glycolysis and gluconeogenesis; catalyzes conversion of fructose 1,6 bisphosphate to glyceraldehyde-3-P and dihydroxyacetone-P; locates to mitochondrial outer surface upon oxidative stress; N-terminally propionylated in vivo
YKL088W CAB3 phosphopantothenoylcysteine decarboxylase complex subunit CAB3 PPCDC Subunit of PPCDC and CoA-SPC complexes involved in CoA biosynthesis; subunits of the phosphopantothenoylcysteine decarboxylase (PPCDC) complex are: Cab3p, Sis2p, Vhs3p, while the subunits of the CoA-synthesizing protein complex (CoA-SPC) are: Cab2p, Cab3p, Cab4p, and Cab5p as well as Sis2p and Vhs3p; null mutant lethality is complemented by E. coli coaBC
YKL089W MIF2 — CENPC Centromeric CDEIII region binding protein; nucleates kinetochore assembly; required for the structural integrity of elongating spindles; copurifies with subunits of the MIND complex and centromeric nucleosome components (Cse4p and histones H2A, H2B, and H4); phosphorylated by Ipl1p; orthologous to human centromere constitutive-associated network (CCAN) subunit CENP-C and fission yeast cnp3; localizes to the kinetochore
YKL145W RPT1 CIM5 | proteasome regulatory particle base subunit RPT1 | YTA3 PSMC2 ATPase of the 19S regulatory particle of the 26S proteasome; one of six ATPases of the regulatory particle; involved in the degradation of ubiquitinated substrates; required for optimal CDC20 transcription; interacts with Rpn12p and Ubr1p; mutant has aneuploidy tolerance
YKL154W SRP102 Signal recognition particle receptor subunit beta SRPRB Signal recognition particle (SRP) receptor beta subunit; involved in SRP-dependent protein targeting; anchors the alpha subunit, Srp101p to the ER membrane
YKL165C MCD4 FSR2 | mannose-ethanolamine phosphotransferase MCD4 | SSU21 | ZRG16 PIGN Protein involved in GPI anchor synthesis; multimembrane-spanning protein that localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum; highly conserved among eukaryotes; GPI stands for glycosylphosphatidylinositol
YKL172W EBP2 — EBNA1BP2 Protein required for 25S rRNA maturation and 60S ribosomal subunit assembly; localizes to the nucleolus and in foci along nuclear periphery; constituent of 66S pre-ribosomal particles; cooperates with Rrs1p and Mps3p to mediate telomere clustering by binding Sir4p, but is not involved in telomere tethering
YKL193C SDS22 EGP1 | type 1 protein phosphatase-activating protein SDS22 PPP1R7 Regulatory subunit of the type 1 protein phosphatase (PP1) Glc7p; whether it functions as a positive or negative regulator of Glc7p is controversial; involved in the regulation of Glc7p nuclear localization and function
YKL196C YKT6 palmitoyltransferase YKT6 YKT6 Vesicle membrane protein and R class v-SNARE; contains SNAP receptor and acyltransferase activities; subunit of multiple SNARE complexes involved in trafficking to and within the Golgi, endocytic trafficking to the vacuole, and autophagosome-vacuolar fusion; C-terminal farnesylation and geranylgeranylation are essential for membrane localization and for function in cell wall integrity and autophagy; targeted to the vacuole via the AP-3 pathway; human homolog YKT6 complements a yeast ykt6 mutant
YKL203C TOR2 DRR2 | phosphatidylinositol kinase-related protein kinase TOR2 MTOR PIK-related protein kinase and rapamycin target; subunit of TORC1, a complex that regulates growth in response to nutrients and TORC2, a complex that regulates homeostasis of plasma membrane (PM) tension and cell-cycle dependent polarization of the actin cytoskeleton; involved in meiosis; PM retention is dependent on Avo3p; malonyl-CoA is a direct ATP-competitive inhibitor of TORC1; TOR2 has a paralog, TOR1, that arose from the whole genome duplication
YKL210W UBA1 E1 ubiquitin-activating protein UBA1 UBA7| UBA1 Ubiquitin activating enzyme (E1); involved in ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation and essential for viability; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress
YKR008W RSC4 — — Component of the RSC chromatin remodeling complex; found in close proximity to nucleosomal DNA; displaced from the surface of nucleosomal DNA after chromatin remodeling; acetylated (K25) by Gcn5p, altering replication stress tolerance; contains tandem bromodomains that recognize histone H3 acetylated on K14 (H3K14ac) by Gcn5p
YKR022C NTR2 — — Essential protein that forms a dimer with Ntr1p; also forms a trimer, with Ntr2p and the DExD/H-box RNA helicase Prp43p, that is involved in spliceosome disassembly
YKR037C SPC34 — — Essential subunit of the Dam1 complex (aka DASH complex); complex couples kinetochores to the force produced by MT depolymerization thereby aiding in chromosome segregation; also localized to nuclear side of spindle pole body
YKR068C BET3 TRAPP complex core subunit BET3 TRAPPC3| TRAPPC3L Core component of transport protein particle (TRAPP) complexes I-III; TRAPP complexes are related multimeric guanine nucleotide-exchange factors for the GTPase Ypt1, regulating ER-Golgi traffic (TRAPPI), intra-Golgi traffic (TRAPPII), endosome-Golgi traffic (TRAPPII and III) and autophagy (TRAPPIII); hydrophilic homodimeric protein that acts in conjunction with SNARE proteins in targeting and fusion of ER to Golgi transport vesicles
YKR083C DAD2 HSK1 — Essential subunit of the Dam1 complex (aka DASH complex); complex couples kinetochores to the force produced by MT depolymerization thereby aiding in chromosome segregation; is transferred to the kinetochore prior to mitosis
YLL003W SFI1 — — Centrin (Cdc31p)-binding protein required for SPB duplication; localizes to the half-bridge of the spindle pole body (SPB); required for progression through G(2)-M transition; phosphorylated by Cdc28p-Clb2p and by Cdc5p; dephosphorylated by Cdc14p; has similarity to Xenopus laevis XCAP-C
YLL004W ORC3 origin recognition complex subunit 3 ORC3 Subunit of the origin recognition complex (ORC); ORC directs DNA replication by binding to replication origins and is also involved in transcriptional silencing
YLL011W SOF1 rRNA-processing protein SOF1 DCAF13 Protein required for biogenesis of 40S (small) ribosomal subunit; has similarity to the beta subunit of trimeric G-proteins and the splicing factor Prp4p; essential gene
YLL050C COF1 cofilin CFL1| DSTN| CFL2 Cofilin, involved in pH-dependent actin filament depolarization; binds both actin monomers and filaments and severs filaments; involved in the selective sorting, export of the secretory cargo from the late golgi; genetically interacts with pmr1; thought to be regulated by phosphorylation at SER4; ubiquitous and essential in eukaryotes
YLR002C NOC3 — NOC3L Subunit of a nuclear complex with Noc2p and pre-replicative complexes; the Noc2p-Noc3p complex binds to 66S ribosomal precursors to mediate their maturation and intranuclear transport; binds to chromatin at active replication origins, and is required for pre-RC formation and maintenance during DNA replication licensing
YLR005W SSL1 TFIIH/NER complex subunit SSL1 GTF2H2C| GTF2H2C_2| GTF2H2 Subunit of the core form of RNA polymerase transcription factor TFIIH; has both protein kinase and DNA-dependent ATPase/helicase activities; essential for transcription and nucleotide excision repair; interacts with Tfb4p
YLR008C PAM18 TIM14 DNAJC19| DNAJC15 Subunit of the import motor (PAM complex); the PAM complex is a component of the Translocase of the Inner Mitochondrial membrane (TIM23 complex); essential J-protein cochaperone that stimulates Ssc1p ATPase activity to drive import; inhibited by Pam16p
YLR022C SDO1 guanine nucleotide exchange factor SDO1 SBDS Guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for Ria1p; essential protein involved in ribosome maturation; with Ria1p, promotes release of Tif6p from 60S ribosomal subunits in the cytoplasm so that they can assemble with 40S subunits to generate mature ribosomes; ortholog of the human protein (SBDS) responsible for autosomal recessive Shwachman-Bodian-Diamond Syndrome; highly conserved across archaea and eukaryotes
YLR026C SED5 t-SNARE syntaxin STX5 cis-Golgi t-SNARE syntaxin; required for vesicular transport between the ER and the Golgi complex; binds at least 9 SNARE proteins; plays a role in autophagy by regulating formation of autophagic vesicles in Golgi
YLR045C STU2 — CKAP5 Microtubule polymerase and outer kinetochore component; required for anaphase spindle elongation, spindle orientation, and metaphase chromosome alignment; drives plus-end-directed kinetochore movement, enabling chromosome biorientation and congression; (de)stabilizes kinetochore–microtubule attachments in a tension-dependent manner; Cdc5p-mediated phosphorylation causes dissociation from the kinetochore Ndc80 complex; kinetochore function is essential; metazoan CKAP5/XMAP215 family member.
YLR060W FRS1 phenylalanine--tRNA ligase subunit beta FARSB Beta subunit of cytoplasmic phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase; forms a tetramer with Frs2p to generate active enzyme; able to hydrolyze mis-aminoacylated tRNA-Phe, which could contribute to translational quality control
YLR066W SPC3 signal peptidase complex subunit SPC3 SPCS3 Subunit of signal peptidase complex; complex catalyzes cleavage of N-terminal signal sequences of proteins targeted to the secretory pathway; homologous to mammalian SPC22/23; other members of the complex are Spc1p, Spc2p, and Sec11p
YLR078C BOS1 SEC32 GOSR2 v-SNARE (vesicle specific SNAP receptor); localized to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane and necessary for vesicular transport from the ER to the Golgi; required for efficient nuclear fusion during mating
YLR116W MSL5 BBP | mRNA splicing protein MSL5 SF1 Component of commitment complex; which defines first step in splicing pathway; essential protein that interacts with Mud2p and Prp40p, forming a bridge between the intron ends; also involved in nuclear retention of pre-mRNA; relocalizes to the cytosol in response to hypoxia
YLR127C APC2 anaphase promoting complex subunit 2 | RSI1 | TID2 ANAPC2 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
YLR163C MAS1 MIF1 | mitochondrial processing peptidase UQCRC1| PMPCB Beta subunit of the mitochondrial processing protease (MPP); essential processing enzyme that cleaves the N-terminal targeting sequences from mitochondrially imported proteins
YLR166C SEC10 exocyst subunit SEC10 EXOC5 Essential 100kDa subunit of the exocyst complex; the exocyst mediates polarized targeting and tethering of post-Golgi secretory vesicles to active sites of exocytosis at the plasma membrane prior to SNARE-mediated fusion
YLR195C NMT1 CDC72 | glycylpeptide N-tetradecanoyltransferase NMT1 NMT2| NMT1 N-myristoyl transferase; catalyzes the cotranslational, covalent attachment of myristic acid to the N-terminal glycine residue of several proteins involved in cellular growth and signal transduction
YLR208W SEC13 ANU3 | GTPase-activating protein SEC13 SEC13 Structural component of 3 complexes; subunit of the Nup84p nuclear pore subcomplex that contributes to nucleocytoplasmic transport and NPC biogenesis; subunit of the COPII vesicle coat required for ER-to-Golgi transport; subunit of SEACAT, a subcomplex of the coatomer-related, vacuolar-associated SEA complex, that inhibits the TORC1 inhibitory role of SEACIT (Iml1p-Npr2p-Npr3p), a GAP for Gtr1p, thereby resulting in activation of TORC1 signaling; human SEC13 homolog
YLR212C TUB4 gamma-tubulin TUBG1| TUBG2 Gamma-tubulin; involved in nucleating microtubules from both the cytoplasmic and nuclear faces of the spindle pole body; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress; null mutation is complemented by human TUBG1
YLR229C CDC42 Rho family GTPase CDC42 CDC42 Small rho-like GTPase; essential for establishment and maintenance of cell polarity; mediates a late stage of cell fusion during conjugation, focusing and anchoring Fus2p at the zone of cell fusion to facilitate the concentrated release of cell wall remodeling enzymes; acts with ESCRT proteins at sites of nuclear envelope and ER fission; mutants are defective in the organization of both actin and septins; human homolog CDC42 can complement yeast cdc42 mutants
YLR249W YEF3 eEF3 | EF-3 | TEF3 | translation elongation factor EF-3 — Translation elongation factor 3; contains two ABC cassettes; binds and hydrolyzes ATP; interacts with mRNA independently of translation; involved in frameshifting at stalled ribosomes; YEF3 has a paralog, HEF3, that arose from the whole genome duplication
YLR268W SEC22 SLY2 | SNAP receptor SEC22 | TS26 | TSL26 SEC22B R-SNARE protein; assembles into SNARE complex with Bet1p, Bos1p and Sed5p; cycles between the ER and Golgi complex; involved in anterograde and retrograde transport between the ER and Golgi; synaptobrevin homolog
YLR274W MCM5 BOB1 | CDC46 | MCM DNA helicase complex subunit MCM5 MCM5 Component of the Mcm2-7 hexameric helicase complex; MCM complex is important for priming origins of DNA replication in G1 and becomes an active ATP-dependent helicase that promotes DNA melting and elongation when activated by Cdc7p-Dbf4p in S-phase
YLR293C GSP1 CNR1 | CST17 | Ran GTPase GSP1 RAN Ran GTPase; GTP binding protein (mammalian Ranp homolog) involved in the maintenance of nuclear organization, RNA processing and transport; regulated by Srm1p, Rna1p, Yrb1p, Yrb2p, Yrp4p, Yrb30p, Cse1p and Kap95p; GSP1 has a paralog, GSP2, that arose from the whole genome duplication
YLR310C CDC25 CDC25' | CTN1 | Ras family guanine nucleotide exchange factor CDC25 SOS1| RGL3| SOS2 Membrane bound guanine nucleotide exchange factor; also known as a GEF or GDP-release factor; indirectly regulates adenylate cyclase through activation of Ras1p and Ras2p by stimulating the exchange of GDP for GTP; required for progression through G1; thermosensitivity of the cdc25-5 mutant is functionally complemented by human RASGRF1 or by a fragment of human SOS1 comprising the CDC25-related catalytic domain
YLR314C CDC3 septin CDC3 SEPTIN5| SEPTIN2| SEPTIN1| SEPTIN4| SEPTIN7 Component of the septin ring that is required for cytokinesis; septins are GTP-binding proteins that assemble with other septins into rod-like complexes that can associate with other rods to form filament polymers; septin rings at the mother-bud neck act as scaffolds for recruiting factors needed for cell division and as barriers to prevent diffusion of specific proteins between mother and daughter cells
YLR316C TAD3 — ADAT3 Subunit of tRNA-specific adenosine-34 deaminase; forms a heterodimer with Tad2p that converts adenosine to inosine at the wobble position of several tRNAs; localizes to cytosol, nucleus and peroxisomes
YLR347C KAP95 karyopherin beta | RSL1 KPNB1 Karyopherin beta, forms importin complex with karyopherin alpha; interacts with nucleoporins to mediate nuclear import of NLS-containing cargo proteins via the nuclear pore complex; regulates PC biosynthesis; GDP-to-GTP exchange factor for Gsp1p
YLR378C SEC61 translocon subunit SEC61 SEC61A2| SEC61A1 Conserved ER protein translocation channel; essential subunit of Sec61 complex (Sec61p, Sbh1p, and Sss1p); forms channel for SRP-dependent protein import; with Sec63 complex is required for SRP-independent protein translocation into the ER; involved in posttranslational soluble protein import into the ER, ERAD of soluble substrates, and misfolded soluble protein export from the ER
YLR430W SEN1 CIK3 | DNA/RNA helicase SEN1 | NRD2 SETX ATP-dependent 5' to 3' RNA/DNA and DNA helicase; subunit of the exosome-associated Nrd1p complex that mediates 3' end formation of snRNAs, snoRNAs, CUTs and some mRNAs; helicase-independent role in transcription-coupled repair; coordinates replication with transcription, associating with moving forks and preventing errors when forks encounter transcribed regions; S-phase-specific R-loop resolvase; homolog of Senataxin, implicated in Ataxia-Oculomotor Apraxia 2 and a dominant form of juvenile ALS
YLR440C SEC39 DSL3 — Component of the Dsl1p tethering complex; this complex interacts with ER SNAREs Sec20p and Use1p; mediates Sey1p-independent homotypic ER fusion; proposed to be involved in protein secretion; localizes to the ER and nuclear envelope
YLR457C NBP1 — — Spindle pole body (SPB) component; required for the insertion of the duplication plaque into the nuclear membrane during SPB duplication; essential for bipolar spindle formation; component of the Mps2p-Bbp1p complex; NBP1 has a paralog, YPR174C, that arose from the whole genome duplication
YML015C TAF11 TAF40 | TafII40 | TATA-binding protein-associated factor TAF11 TAF11L9| TAF11L8| TAF11L10| TAF11L4| TAF11| TAF11L2| TAF11L13| TAF11L6| TAF11L14| TAF11L11| TAF11L7| TAF11L3| LINC02218| TAF11L5| TAF11L12 TFIID subunit (40 kDa); involved in RNA polymerase II transcription initiation, similar to histone H3 with atypical histone fold motif of Spt3-like transcription factors
YML023C NSE5 Smc5-Smc6 complex subunit NSE5 — Component of the SMC5-SMC6 complex; this complex plays a key role in the removal of X-shaped DNA structures that arise between sister chromatids during DNA replication and repair
YML031W NDC1 — NDC1 Subunit of the transmembrane ring of the nuclear pore complex (NPC); contributes to nucleocytoplasmic transport, NPC biogenesis and spindle pole body duplication; homologous to human NDC1
YML046W PRP39 — PRPF39 U1 snRNP protein involved in splicing; contains multiple tetriatricopeptide repeats
YML065W ORC1 origin recognition complex subunit 1 ORC1 Largest subunit of the origin recognition complex; involved in directing DNA replication by binding to replication origins; also involved in transcriptional silencing; exhibits ATPase activity; role in chromatin organization at replication origins, along with chromatin remodellers; ORC1 has a paralog, SIR3, that arose from the whole genome duplication
YML069W POB3 FACT complex subunit POB3 SSRP1 Subunit of the heterodimeric FACT complex (Spt16p-Pob3p); FACT associates with chromatin via interaction with Nhp6Ap and Nhp6Bp, and reorganizes nucleosomes to facilitate access to DNA by RNA and DNA polymerases; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress
YML077W BET5 TRAPP subunit BET5 TRAPPC1 Core component of transport protein particle (TRAPP) complexes I-III; TRAPP complexes are related multimeric guanine nucleotide-exchange factors for the GTPase Ypt1p, regulating ER-Golgi traffic (TRAPPI), intra-Golgi traffic (TRAPPII), endosome-Golgi traffic (TRAPPII and III) and autophagy (TRAPPIII); human homology TRAPPC1 complements yeast null mutant
YML098W TAF13 FUN81 | TAF19 | TafII19 TAF13 TFIID subunit (19 kDa); involved in RNA polymerase II transcription initiation, similar to histone H4 with atypical histone fold motif of Spt3-like transcription factors
YML127W RSC9 — — Component of the RSC chromatin remodeling complex; DNA-binding protein involved in the synthesis of rRNA and in transcriptional repression and activation of genes regulated by the Target of Rapamycin (TOR) pathway
YML130C ERO1 ER oxidoreductin ERO1B| ERO1A Thiol oxidase required for oxidative protein folding in the ER; essential for maintaining ER redox balance; feedback regulated via reduction and oxidation of regulatory bonds; reduced Pdi1p activates Ero1p by direct reduction of Ero1p regulatory bonds; depletion of thiol substrates and accumulation of oxidized Pdi1p results in inactivation of Ero1p by both Pdi1p-mediated oxidation and autonomous oxidation of Ero1p regulatory bonds; ero1-1 mutation complemented by human ERO1L
YMR013C SEC59 dolichol kinase DOLK Dolichol kinase; catalyzes the terminal step in dolichyl monophosphate (Dol-P) biosynthesis; required for viability and for normal rates of lipid intermediate synthesis and protein N-glycosylation
YMR033W ARP9 RSC12 | SWP59 — Component of both the SWI/SNF and RSC chromatin remodeling complexes; actin-related protein involved in transcriptional regulation
YMR061W RNA14 cleavage polyadenylation factor subunit RNA14 CSTF3 Component of the cleavage and polyadenylation factor I (CF I); CF 1, composed of the CF 1A complex (Rna14p, Rna15p, Clp1p, Pcf11p) and Hrp1, is involved in cleavage and polyadenylation of mRNA 3' ends; bridges interaction between Rna15p and Hrp1p in the CF I complex; mutant displays reduced transcription elongation in the G-less-based run-on (GLRO) assay; required for gene looping and maintenance of genome stability; relocalizes to the cytosol in response to hypoxia
YMR076C PDS5 sister chromatid cohesion factor PDS5 PDS5B| PDS5A Cohesion maintenance factor; involved in sister chromatid condensation and cohesion; colocalizes with cohesin on chromosomes; performs its cohesin maintenance function in pre-anaphase cells by protecting the integrity of the cohesion complex; regulates homolog pairing and facilitates synaptonemal complex formation, axis formation, interhomolog recombination and synapsis during meiosis; relocalizes to the cytosol in response to hypoxia; scaffolding protein contains 26 HEAT repeats
YMR079W SEC14 phosphatidylinositol/phosphatidylcholine transfer protein SEC14 | PIT1 SEC14L4| SEC14L2| SEC14L6| SEC14L3| SEC14L5| SEC14L1 Phosphatidylinositol/phosphatidylcholine transfer protein; involved in regulating PtdIns, PtdCho, and ceramide metabolism, products of which regulate intracellular transport and UPR; has a role in localization of lipid raft proteins; functionally homologous to mammalian PITPs; SEC14 has a paralog, YKL091C, that arose from the whole genome duplication
YMR094W CTF13 CBF3C — Subunit of the CBF3 complex; F-box protein of the leucine-rich-repeat family; required for assembly of the complex; CBF3 binds to the CDE III element of centromeres, bending the DNA upon binding, and may be involved in sister chromatid cohesion during mitosis
YMR117C SPC24 kinetochore-associated Ndc80 complex subunit SPC24 — Component of the kinetochore-associated Ndc80 complex; involved in chromosome segregation, spindle checkpoint activity, and kinetochore clustering; evolutionarily conserved; other members include Ndc80p, Nuf2p, Spc24p, and Spc25p
YMR168C CEP3 CBF3 | CBF3B | CSL1 — Essential kinetochore protein; component of the CBF3 complex that binds the CDEIII region of the centromere; contains an N-terminal Zn2Cys6 type zinc finger domain, a C-terminal acidic domain, and a putative coiled coil dimerization domain
YMR197C VTI1 v-SNARE protein VTI1 VTI1A Golgi membrane protein and Qb class v-SNARE; involved in cis-Golgi membrane traffic; interacts with two t-SNARES, Sed5p and Pep12p; required for multiple vacuolar sorting pathways; human homolog VTI1A can complement the yeast null mutant
YMR213W CEF1 NTC85 CDC5L Essential splicing factor; associated with Prp19p and the spliceosome, contains an N-terminal c-Myb DNA binding motif necessary for cell viability but not for Prp19p association, evolutionarily conserved and homologous to S. pombe Cdc5p
YMR235C RNA1 GTPase-activating protein RNA1 RANGAP1 GTPase activating protein (GAP) for Gsp1p; involved in nuclear transport
YMR268C PRP24 U6 snRNP complex subunit PRP24 — Splicing factor that reanneals snRNPs during spliceosome recycling; reanneals U4 and U6 snRNPs
YMR281W GPI12 N-acetylglucosaminylphosphatidylinositol deacetylase PIGL ER membrane protein involved in the second step of GPI anchor assembly; the second step is the de-N-acetylation of the N-acetylglucosaminylphosphatidylinositol intermediate; functional homolog of human PIG-Lp; GPI stands for glycosylphosphatidylinositol
YMR308C PSE1 importin PSE1 | KAP121 IPO5| RANBP6 Karyopherin/importin that interacts with the nuclear pore complex; acts as the nuclear import receptor for specific proteins, including Pdr1p, Yap1p, Ste12p, and Aft1p; required for stability of the Dam1p-Duo1p complex
YNL002C RLP7 RPL7 — Nucleolar protein similar to large ribosomal subunit L7 proteins; constituent of 66S pre-ribosomal particles; plays an essential role in processing of precursors to the large ribosomal subunit RNAs; binds junction of ITS2 and ITS2-proximal stem between the 3' end of 5.8S rRNA and the 5' end of 25S rRNA
YNL006W LST8 TOR complex subunit LST8 MLST8 Subunit of TORC1 and TORC2 involved in TOR signaling; TORC1 regulates nutrient responsive growth and TORC2 regulates plasma membrane (PM) homeostasis and cell-cycle dependent actin cytoskeleton polarization; negative regulator of Rtg1p/3p and Gln3p transcription factors and amino acid biosynthesis; binds to both Tor1p and Tor2p, regulating the integrity and kinase activity of TORC2; PM retention is dependent on Avo3p; WD-repeat protein
YNL038W GPI15 phosphatidylinositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase GPI15 PIGH Protein involved in the synthesis of GlcNAc-PI; GlcNAc-PI is the first intermediate in the synthesis of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors; homologous to the human PIG-H protein; GlcNAc-PI stands for N-acetylglucosaminyl phosphatidylinositol
YNL102W POL1 CDC17 | CRT5 | DNA-directed DNA polymerase alpha catalytic subunit POL1 | HPR3 POLA1 Catalytic subunit of the DNA polymerase I alpha-primase complex; required for the initiation of DNA replication during mitotic DNA synthesis and premeiotic DNA synthesis; H3-H4 histone chaperone, downstream of Pol32p, involved in the transfer of parental histones to the lagging strand during DNA replication
YNL118C DCP2 decapping enzyme complex catalytic subunit | PSU1 DCP2 Catalytic subunit of Dcp1p-Dcp2p decapping enzyme complex; removes 5' cap structure from mRNAs prior to their degradation; also enters nucleus and positively regulates transcription initiation; nudix hydrolase family member; forms cytoplasmic foci upon DNA replication stress; human homolog DCP2 complements yeast dcp2 thermosensitive mutant
YNL132W KRE33 ribosome biosynthesis protein KRE33 | RRA1 NAT10 Acetyltransferase required for biogenesis of small ribosomal subunit; conserved 18S rRNA cytosine acetyltransferase that modifies tRNAs assisted by adaptor Tan1p; responsible for incorporation of N4-acetylcytidine into mRNAs; human homolog NAT10 implicated in several types of cancer and premature aging
YNL158W PGA1 — — Essential component of GPI-mannosyltransferase II; complex is responsible for second mannose addition to GPI precursors as a partner of Gpi18p; required for maturation of Gas1p and Pho8p; has synthetic genetic interactions with secretory pathway genes
YNL181W PBR1 putative oxidoreductase RDH14 Putative oxidoreductase; chaperone-like ER quality-control factor required for the folding and maturation of Fks1p; cytosol-facing ER membrane protein; member of a highly interconnected network of proteins including Fks1p, Ilm1p, and EMC complex components; required for cell viability
YNL207W RIO2 protein kinase RIO2 RIOK2 Essential serine kinase involved in the processing of 20S pre-rRNA; involved in the processing of the 20S pre-rRNA into mature 18S rRNA; has similarity to Rio1p
YNL216W RAP1 DNA-binding transcription factor RAP1 | GRC4 | GRF1 | TBA1 | TUF1 TERF2IP DNA-binding transcription regulator; involved in transcription activation, repression, chromatin silencing, telomere length maintenance; represses divergent noncoding transcription at highly expressed genes, prevents initiation at cryptic promoters; recruits Sir complex to telomeric DNA; forms telomere hyperclusters in quiescent cells; arrays of telomere-bound Rap1p stall condensin-induced DNA loop extrusion causing local chromatin decompaction in anaphase; relocalizes to cytosol under hypoxia
YNL232W CSL4 exosome non-catalytic core subunit CSL4 | SKI4 EXOSC1 Exosome non-catalytic core component; involved in 3'-5' RNA processing and degradation in both the nucleus and the cytoplasm; predicted to contain an S1 RNA binding domain; human homolog EXOSC1 partially complements yeast csl4 null mutant, and can complement inviability of strain in which expression of CSL4 is repressed
YNL258C DSL1 RNS1 — Peripheral membrane protein needed for Golgi-to-ER retrograde traffic; mediates Sey1p-independent homotypic ER fusion; forms Dsl1 tethering complex with Sec39p and Tip20p that forms a stable complex with ER SNAREs Sec20p, Ufe1p and Use1p and is functionally conserved from yeast to mammalian cells; component of the ER target site that interacts with coatomer; interacts with different subunits of COPI vesicle coat; interacts with Cin5p; homolog of fly and human ZW10 gene
YNL261W ORC5 origin recognition complex subunit 5 ORC5 Subunit of the origin recognition complex (ORC); ORC directs DNA replication by binding to replication origins and is also involved in transcriptional silencing
YNL262W POL2 DNA polymerase epsilon catalytic subunit | DUN2 | Pol ε POLE Catalytic subunit of DNA polymerase (II) epsilon; a chromosomal DNA replication polymerase that exhibits processivity and proofreading exonuclease activity; participates in leading-strand synthesis during DNA replication; also involved in DNA synthesis during DNA repair; interacts extensively with Mrc1p
YNL263C YIF1 protein transporter YIF1 YIF1B| YIF1A Integral membrane protein; required for the fusion of ER-derived COPII transport vesicles with the Golgi; interacts with Yip1p and Yos1p; localizes to the Golgi, the ER, and COPII vesicles; homolog of human YIPF3
YNL272C SEC2 guanine nucleotide exchange factor SEC2 RAB3IP| RAB3IL1 Guanyl-nucleotide exchange factor for the small G-protein Sec4p; essential for post-Golgi vesicle transport and for autophagy; associates with the exocyst, via exocyst subunit Sec15p, on secretory vesicles
YNR017W TIM23 MAS6 | MIM23 | MPI3 | protein transporter TIM23 TIMM23| TIMM23B Essential core component of the TIM23 complex; subunit of the translocase of the inner mitochondrial membrane involved in protein import into the mitochondrial matrix and inner membrane; provides a structural role, contributing to the architecture of the import channel; functions as a voltage sensor and pre-sequence receptor
YNR026C SEC12 Sar family guanine nucleotide exchange factor SEC12 | SED2 PREB 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
YNR035C ARC35 END9 ARPC2 Subunit of the ARP2/3 complex; ARP2/3 is required for the motility and integrity of cortical actin patches; required for cortical localization of calmodulin
YNR053C NOG2 NUG2 | putative GTPase NOG2 GNL2 Putative GTPase; associates with pre-60S ribosomal subunits in the nucleolus and is required for their nuclear export and maturation; recruited by ribosomal proteins L17, L35, and L37 to assembling ribosomes after 27SB pre-rRNA is generated, immediately preceding removal of ITS2
YOL038W PRE6 proteasome core particle subunit alpha 4 PSMA7| PSMA8 Alpha 4 subunit of the 20S proteasome; may replace alpha 3 subunit (Pre9p) under stress conditions to create a more active proteasomal isoform; GFP-fusion protein relocates from cytosol to the mitochondrial surface upon oxidative stress
YOL094C RFC4 replication factor C subunit 4 RFC2 Subunit of heteropentameric Replication factor C (RF-C); which is a DNA binding protein and ATPase that acts as a clamp loader of the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) processivity factor for DNA polymerases delta and epsilon; relocalizes to the cytosol in response to hypoxia
YOL123W HRP1 CFIB | NAB4 | NAB5 HNRNPA1| HNRNPD| HNRNPA3| MSI1| HNRNPAB| HNRNPDL Subunit of cleavage factor I and mRNA guard protein; cleavage factor I is a five-subunit complex required for the cleavage and polyadenylation of pre-mRNA 3' ends; RRM-containing heteronuclear RNA binding protein and hnRNPA/B family member that binds to poly (A) signal sequences; required for genome stability; plays a role in copper homeostasis
YOL139C CDC33 eIF4E | TIF45 | translation initiation factor eIF4E EIF4E1B| EIF4E Translation initiation factor eIF4E; mRNA cap binding protein and subunit of the mRNA cap-binding complex (eIF4F) along with eIF4A and eIF4G, that mediates cap-dependent translation; required with eIF4G for Ded1p-mediated stimulation of mRNA recruitment during 48S preinitiation complex (PIC) assembly; connects protein synthesis to metabolic gene regulation; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress; human homolog EIF4E can complement cdc33 mutants
YOR020C HSP10 CPN10 HSPE1 Mitochondrial matrix co-chaperonin; inhibits the ATPase activity of Hsp60p, a mitochondrial chaperonin; involved in protein folding and sorting in the mitochondria; 10 kD heat shock protein with similarity to E. coli groES
YOR075W UFE1 YOR29-26 STX18 t-SNARE protein required for retrograde vesicular traffic; involved in Sey1p-independent homotypic ER fusion; required for efficient nuclear fusion during mating; forms a complex with the SNAREs Sec22p, Sec20p and Use1p to mediate fusion of Golgi-derived vesicles at the ER
YOR103C OST2 dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide-protein glycotransferase DAD1 Non-catalytic epsilon subunit of the oligosaccharyltransferase (OST) complex; the OST complex catalyzes asparagine-linked glycosylation of newly synthesized proteins in the ER; forms a pocket with Wbp1p involved in binding terminal glucose units of the donor glycan; located in the ER lumen
YOR122C PFY1 CLS5 | PRF1 | profilin PFN4 Profilin; binds actin, phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate, and polyproline regions; involved in cytoskeleton organization; required for normal timing of actin polymerization in response to thermal stress; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress; highly conserved protein; human PFN1 (profilin 1) complements temperature sensitive pfy1 mutants, PFN1 mutations are a rare cause of ALS
YOR143C THI80 thiamine diphosphokinase TPK1 Thiamine pyrophosphokinase; phosphorylates thiamine to produce the coenzyme thiamine pyrophosphate (thiamine diphosphate)
YOR151C RPB2 B150 | DNA-directed RNA polymerase II core subunit RPB2 | RPB150 | RPO22 | SIT2 | SOH2 POLR2B RNA polymerase II second largest subunit B150; part of central core; similar to bacterial beta subunit
YOR174W MED4 — — Subunit of the RNA polymerase II mediator complex; associates with core polymerase subunits to form the RNA polymerase II holoenzyme; essential for transcriptional regulation
YOR181W LAS17 actin-binding protein LAS17 | BEE1 WAS| WASL Actin assembly factor; C-terminal WCA domain activates Arp2/3 complex-mediated nucleation of branched actin filaments, polyproline domain able to nucleate actin filaments in absence of Arp2/3; contains 3 binding sites for monomeric actin which overlap with SH3 binding sites; binding between SH3 and actin is competitive; mutants are defective in endocytosis, bud site selection, cytokinesis; human homolog WAS (Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome) implicated in severe immunodeficiency
YOR202W HIS3 HIS10 | HIS8 | imidazoleglycerol-phosphate dehydratase HIS3 — Imidazoleglycerol-phosphate dehydratase; catalyzes the sixth step in histidine biosynthesis; mutations cause histidine auxotrophy and sensitivity to Cu, Co, and Ni salts; transcription is regulated by general amino acid control via Gcn4p
YOR204W DED1 DEAD-box ATP-dependent RNA helicase DED1 | SPP81 DDX3Y| DDX3X ATP-dependent DEAD-box RNA helicase with strand-annealing activity; promotes eIF4F-dependent 48S translation preinitiation complex (PIC) assembly, stimulating recruitment of mRNAs with long, structured 5'-UTRs; cooperates with Dbp1p in PIC attachment and scanning; ATPase activity stimulated by mRNA cap-associated factor binding; directly binds eIF4G; role in spliceosomal complex disassembly; mutation in human homolog DBY associated with male infertility; human homolog DDX3X complements the null
YOR224C RPB8 ABC14.5 | DNA-directed RNA polymerase core subunit RPB8 POLR2H RNA polymerase subunit ABC14.5; common to RNA polymerases I, II, and III
YOR232W MGE1 GRPE | mitochondrial nucleotide exchange factor MGE1 | YGE1 GRPEL1| GRPEL2 Mitochondrial matrix cochaperone; nucleotide release factor for Ssc1p in protein translocation and folding; also acts as cochaperone for Ssq1p in folding of Fe-S cluster proteins; acts as oxidative sensor to regulate mitochondrial Ssc1p; in presence of oxidative stress, dimeric Mge1p becomes a monomer and unable to regulate Ssc1p function; homolog of E. coli GrpE and human Mge1 (GRPEL1), which also responds to oxidative stress
YOR244W ESA1 KAT5 | NuA4 histone acetyltransferase complex catalytic subunit ESA1 | TAS1 KAT5 Catalytic subunit of the histone acetyltransferase complex (NuA4); acetylates four conserved internal lysines of histone H4 N-terminal tail and can acetylate histone H2A; master regulator of cellular acetylation balance; required for cell cycle progression and transcriptional silencing at the rDNA locus and regulation of autophagy; human ortholog TIP60/KAT5 is implicated in cancer and other diseases, functionally complements lethality of the esa1 null mutation
YOR249C APC5 anaphase promoting complex subunit 5 | RMC1 ANAPC5 Subunit of the Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C); APC/C is a ubiquitin-protein ligase required for degradation of anaphase inhibitors, including mitotic cyclins, during the metaphase/anaphase transition; component of the platform domain of the APC/C, based on structural analysis; relative distribution to nuclear foci decreases upon DNA replication stress
YOR254C SEC63 protein-transporting protein SEC63 | PTL1 SEC63 Essential subunit of Sec63 complex; with Sec61 complex, Kar2p/BiP and Lhs1p forms a channel competent for SRP-dependent and post-translational SRP-independent protein targeting and import into the ER; other members are Sec62p, Sec66p, and Sec72p
YOR257W CDC31 centrin | DSK1 CETN3 Calcium-binding component of the spindle pole body (SPB) half-bridge; required for SPB duplication in mitosis and meiosis II; homolog of mammalian centrin; binds multiubiquitinated proteins and is involved in proteasomal protein degradation
YOR259C RPT4 CRL13 | PCS1 | proteasome regulatory particle base subunit RPT4 | SUG2 PSMC6 ATPase of the 19S regulatory particle of the 26S proteasome; one of six ATPases of the regulatory particle; involved in degradation of ubiquitinated substrates; contributes preferentially to ERAD; required for spindle pole body duplication; mainly nuclear localization
YOR260W GCD1 TRA3 | translation initiation factor eIF2B subunit gamma EIF2B3 Gamma 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
YOR262W GPN2 GTPase GPN2 GPN2 Putative GTPase with a specific role in RNA pol II and polIII biogenesis; involved in the assembly and subsequent nuclear import of RNA polymerases II and III; required for establishment of sister chromatid cohesion; contains a Gly-Pro-Asn motif in the G domain; similar to Npa3p and Gpn3p; highly conserved across species and homologous to human gene GPN2/ATPBD1B
YOR341W RPA190 A190 | DNA-directed RNA polymerase I core subunit RPA190 | RRN1 POLR1A RNA polymerase I largest subunit A190
YOR362C PRE10 proteasome core particle subunit alpha 7 PSMA3 Alpha 7 subunit of the 20S proteasome; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress
YOR370C MRS6 GTPase-activating protein MRS6 | MSI4 CHML| CHM Rab escort protein; type II geranylgeranyltransferase complex (Bet2p-Bet4p) chaperone that complexes with newly synthesized Rab GTPases, like Ypt1p and Sec4p, leading to their prenylation and membrane delivery; modulates the TOR pathway through interactions with Sfp1p; alters the kinetics of MAPK pathway activation and polarity reorganization during filamentous growth; sequence similarity to mammalian choroideraemia gene; relative distribution to the nucleus increases upon DNA replication stress
YPL010W RET3 coatomer subunit zeta COPZ2| COPZ1 Zeta subunit of the coatomer complex (COPI); COPI coats Golgi-derived transport vesicles; involved in retrograde transport between Golgi and ER
YPL020C ULP1 NIB1 | SUMO protease ULP1 SENP3| SENP2| SENP1| SENP5 Protease that specifically cleaves Smt3p protein conjugates; required for cell cycle progression; associates with nucleoporins and may interact with septin rings during telophase; contributes to regulation of telomeric silencing; localizes to the nuclear pore channel; sequestered to the nucleolus under stress conditions
YPL063W TIM50 protein translocase subunit TIM50 TIMM50 Essential component of the TIM23 complex; acts as receptor for the translocase of the inner mitochondrial membrane (TIM23) complex guiding incoming precursors from the TOM complex; may control the gating of the Tim23p-Tim17p channel
YPL076W GPI2 GCR4 | phosphatidylinositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase PIGC Protein involved in the synthesis of GlcNAc-PI; GlcNAc-PI is the first intermediate in the synthesis of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors; homologous to the human PIG-C protein; GlcNAc-PI stands for N-acetylglucosaminyl phosphatidylinositol
YPL082C MOT1 BTAF1 | BUR3 | DNA-binding ATPase | END10 | LPF4 BTAF1 DNA-binding ATPase and transcriptional regulator; forms a high affinity, TATA DNA binding complex with Spt15p (TBP) that has altered specificity, redistributing TBP from TATA-containing to TATA-less promoters; role in displacement of TBP from DNA that involves unbending, followed by ATP-driven, DNA translocation-mediated complex dissociation; coregulates transcription with Spt16p through PIC assembly and nucleosome organization; prevents R-loop accumulation and associated genomic instability
YPL094C SEC62 LPG14 | Sec63 complex subunit SEC62 SEC62 Essential subunit of Sec63 complex; with Sec61 complex, Kar2p/BiP and Lhs1p forms a channel competent for SRP-dependent and post-translational SRP-independent protein targeting and import into the ER; cotranslationally N-acetylated by NatA; other members are Sec63p, Sec66p, and Sec72p
YPL128C TBF1 LPI16 — Telobox-containing general regulatory factor; binds TTAGGG repeats within subtelomeric anti-silencing regions (STARs), blocking silent chromatin propagation; binds majority of snoRNA gene promoters, required for full snoRNA expression; caps DSB flanked by long T2AG3 repeats and blocks checkpoint activation; involved in nucleosome displacement during double-strand break repair
YPL160W CDC60 leucine--tRNA ligase CDC60 | LeuRS LARS1 Cytosolic leucyl tRNA synthetase; ligates leucine to the appropriate tRNA; human homolog LARS can complement yeast temperature-sensitive mutant at restrictive temperature
YPL169C MEX67 — NXF5| NXF2B| NXF2| NXF1| NXF3 Poly(A) RNA binding protein involved in nuclear mRNA export; component of the nuclear pore and nuclear RNA export factor; ubiquitin-associated (UBA) domain interacts with Mip6p; ortholog of human TAP
YPL209C IPL1 aurora kinase | PAC15 AURKB| AURKA| AURKC Aurora kinase of the chromosomal passenger complex; mediates release of mono-oriented kinetochores from microtubules in MI, and kinetochore release from SPB clusters during meiotic exit; maintains meiotic spindle checkpoint delay in a mek1 null; maintains condensed chromosomes in anaphase; required for SPB cohesion and preventing multipolar spindle formation; promotes telomerase release at G2/M; Iocalizes to nuclear foci that diffuse upon DNA replication stress; inhibits Pse1p upon SAC arrest
YPL252C YAH1 adrenodoxin FDX2 Ferredoxin of the mitochondrial matrix; required for formation of cellular iron-sulfur proteins; involved in heme A biosynthesis; human homolog FDX1L can complement yeast by allowing growth during down-regulation of yeast YAH1
YPR034W ARP7 RSC11 | SWP61 ACTL6A| ACTL6B Component of both the SWI/SNF and RSC chromatin remodeling complexes; actin-related protein involved in transcriptional regulation
YPR055W SEC8 exocyst subunit SEC8 EXOC4 Essential 121 kDa subunit of the exocyst complex; the exocyst mediates polarized targeting and tethering of post-Golgi secretory vesicles to active sites of exocytosis at the plasma membrane prior to SNARE-mediated fusion; involved in ER and Golgi inheritance in small buds; relocalizes away from bud neck upon DNA replication stress
YPR108W RPN7 proteasome regulatory particle lid subunit RPN7 PSMD6 Essential non-ATPase regulatory subunit of the 26S proteasome; similar to another S. cerevisiae regulatory subunit, Rpn5p, as well as to mammalian proteasome subunits
YPR162C ORC4 origin recognition complex subunit 4 ORC4 Subunit of the origin recognition complex (ORC); ORC directs DNA replication by binding to replication origins and is also involved in transcriptional silencing; ORC4 has a paralog, RIF2, that arose from the whole genome duplication
YPR178W PRP4 RNA4 | U4/U6-U5 snRNP complex subunit PRP4 PRPF4 Splicing factor; component of the U4/U6-U5 snRNP complex
YPR181C SEC23 GTPase-activating protein SEC23 SEC23A| SEC23B GTPase-activating protein, stimulates the GTPase activity of Sar1p; component of the Sec23p-Sec24p heterodimer of the COPII vesicle coat, involved in ER to Golgi transport; substrate of Ubp3/Bre5 complex; ubiquitylated by Ub-ligase Rsp5p; proteasome-mediated degradation of Sec23p is regulated by Cdc48p