Sequence Description Alias PCC hrr YJL106W Serine/threonine protein kinase involved in activation of meiosis; associates with Ime1p and mediates its stability, activates Ndt80p; IME2 expression is positively regulated by Ime1p; human CDK2 can complement ime2 null mutant [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003642] 0.8610994003861208 4 YKR005C Putative protein of unknown function [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001713] 0.8487768240739171 5 YDL154W Protein of the MutS family; forms a dimer with Msh4p that facilitates crossovers between homologs during meiosis; msh5-Y823H mutation confers tolerance to DNA alkylating agents; homologs present in C. elegans and humans [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002313] 0.8268610099721384 10 YDR374C Posttranscriptional regulator of phosphate metabolism; facilitates PHO4 mRNA degradation by interacting with Pop2p; regulates PHO4 mRNA stability by binding to PHO4's 3'UTR in a phosphate-dependent manner; contains highly conserved YTH (YT521-B Homology) domain that exhibits RNA-binding activity; human homolog YTHDF2 can complement yeast null mutant [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002782] 0.798137994674334 7 YNL196C Sporulation-specific protein with a leucine zipper motif; subunit of the MIS complex which controls mRNA methylation during during the induction of sporulation [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005140] 0.7935018289146651 20 YGL081W Putative protein of unknown function; non-essential gene; interacts genetically with CHS5, a gene involved in chitin biosynthesis [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003049] 0.7714151075403092 28 YGL251C Meiosis specific DNA helicase; involved in the conversion of double-stranded breaks to later recombination intermediates and in crossover control; catalyzes the unwinding of Holliday junctions; has ssDNA and dsDNA stimulated ATPase activity [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003220] 0.7590084517601612 20 YHR079C-A Meiosis-specific protein involved in meiotic recombination; involved in DMC1-dependent meiotic recombination; forms heterodimer with Mei5p; proposed to be an assembly factor for Dmc1p [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001957] 0.7566379541932934 22 YOR351C Meiosis-specific serine/threonine protein kinase; functions in meiotic checkpoint, promotes recombination between homologous chromosomes by suppressing double strand break repair between sister chromatids; stabilizes Hop1-Thr318 phosphorylation to promote interhomolog recombination and checkpoint responses during meiosis [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005878] 0.7486068488856056 26 YMR306W Protein involved in spore wall assembly; has similarity to 1,3-beta-D-glucan synthase catalytic subunits Fks1p and Gsc2p; the authentic, non-tagged protein is detected in highly purified mitochondria in high-throughput studies [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004923] 0.7474684450302536 25 YIL073C Meiosis-specific protein essential for chromosome synapsis; involved in completion of nuclear divisions during meiosis; induced early in meiosis [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001335] 0.7455379950539953 33 YER106W Monopolin; meiosis-specific kinetochore-associated protein involved in monopolar attachment of sister kinetochores to the meiotic spindle; subunit of monopolin, a complex that prevents biorientation of sister kinetochores to ensure homolog biorientation during meiosis I; regulates the conformation, enzyme kinetics and substrate specificity of the Dsn1p kinase, Hrr1p; expressed only during the first meiotic division [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000908] 0.742714125921751 57 YGL138C Putative protein of unknown function; has no significant sequence similarity to any known protein [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003106] 0.7425035739180142 65 YDR014W-A Meiosis-specific protein; down-regulates Rad51p-mediated mitotic recombination when the meiotic recombination machinery is impaired; promotes synapsis and required for the normal morphogenesis of synaptonemal complex; prevents the recruitment of Rad54p to site-specific DNA double-strand breaks in vivo; early meiotic gene, transcribed specifically during meiotic prophase [Source:SGD;Acc:S000113613] 0.7405622019934264 28 YFL003C Protein involved in meiotic recombination; required for normal levels of crossing over, colocalizes with Zip2p to discrete foci on meiotic chromosomes, has homology to bacterial MutS protein [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001891] 0.7314498371047206 30 YHL022C Meiosis-specific protein that initiates meiotic recombination; initiates meiotic recombination by catalyzing the formation of double-strand breaks in DNA via a transesterification reaction; required for homologous chromosome pairing and synaptonemal complex formation [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001014] 0.7285674462764735 16 YGL033W Meiosis-specific protein that localizes to chromosomes; prevents synapsis between nonhomologous chromosomes and ensures synapsis between homologs; complexes with Mnd1p to promote homolog pairing and meiotic double-strand break repair; heterodimer of Hop2p-Mnd1p stimulates the Dmc1p-mediated strand invasion [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003001] 0.7283124787103832 31 YPR007C Meiosis-specific component of the sister chromatid cohesion complex; alpha-kleisin family member that maintains cohesion between sister chromatids during meiosis I; maintains cohesion between centromeres of sister chromatids until meiosis II; independent of its role in sister chromatid cohesion, Rec8p promotes allelic collisions and prevents nonspecific chromosome interactions; homolog of S. pombe Rec8p [Source:SGD;Acc:S000006211] 0.7268840520838865 29 YHR124W Meiosis-specific transcription factor; required for exit from pachytene and for full meiotic recombination; activates middle sporulation genes; competes with Sum1p for binding to promoters containing middle sporulation elements (MSE) [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001166] 0.7244988324583829 19 YLR263W Protein component of the synaptonemal complex axial elements; involved in chromosome segregation during the first meiotic division; critical for coupling checkpoint signaling to SC formation; promotes interhomolog recombination by phosphorylating Hop1p; also interacts with Mec3p and Ddc1p [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004253] 0.7213008999070799 31 YHR153C Meiosis-specific protein involved in synaptonemal complex assembly; implicated in regulation of crossover formation; required for sporulation [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001196] 0.7111077538750259 29 YLL046C Ribonucleoprotein that contains two RNA recognition motifs (RRM); RNP1 has a paralog, SBP1, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003969] 0.7067837108756716 26 YBR250W Protein of unknown function; associates with meiosis-specific protein Spo1p [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000454] 0.6983055923017928 80 YPR120C B-type cyclin involved in DNA replication during S phase; activates Cdc28p to promote initiation of DNA synthesis; functions in formation of mitotic spindles along with Clb3p and Clb4p; most abundant during late G1 phase; CLB5 has a paralog, CLB6, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000006324] 0.6956399422630948 24 YOR177C Component of the meiotic outer plaque; a membrane-organizing center which is assembled on the cytoplasmic face of the spindle pole body during meiosis II and triggers the formation of the prospore membrane; potential Cdc28p substrate [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005703] 0.6922010247857082 25 YOR350C Protein involved in splicing Group I aI5-beta intron from COX1 mRNA; mitochondrial matrix protein [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005877] 0.6908053827788784 35 YDL007C-A Putative protein of unknown function [Source:SGD;Acc:S000113557] 0.690051940235628 69 YNL012W Meiosis-specific prospore protein; required for meiotic spindle pole body duplication and separation; required to produce bending force necessary for proper prospore membrane assembly during sporulation; has similarity to phospholipase B [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004957] 0.6830458653878222 31 YOL047C Protein Involved in spore wall assembly; localizes to lipid droplets found on or outside of the prospore membrane; shares similarity with Lds1p and Rrt8p, and a strain mutant for all 3 genes exhibits reduced dityrosine fluorescence relative to the single mutants; green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fusion protein localizes to the cytoplasm in a punctate pattern [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005407] 0.682669506598761 58 YDR446W Meiosis-specific protein; component of the Synaptonemal Complex (SC) along with Gmc2p; required for efficient crossover formation and for the efficient loading of the SC transverse filament protein, Zip1p; is SUMOlytaed in a Gmc2p manner, and SUMOylation is required for its function in meiosis; GFP fusion protein is present in discrete clusters in the nucleus throughout mitosis; may be involved in maintaining chromatin structure [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002854] 0.682597801734238 34 YLR445W Protein involved in meiotic crossing over; component of the Synaptonemal Complex (SC) along with Ecm11p; required for the efficient loading of the SC transverse filament protein, Zip1p; promotes SUMOylation of Ecm11p; mutants are delayed in meiotic nuclear division and are defective in synaptonemal complex assembly; transcription is regulated by Ume6p and induced in response to alpha factor [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004437] 0.6811751590686506 31 YER179W Meiosis-specific recombinase required for double-strand break repair; also required for pairing between homologous chromosomes; required for the normal morphogenesis of synaptonemal complex; homolog of Rad51p and the bacterial RecA protein; binds ssDNA and dsDNA, forms helical filaments; stimulated by Rdh54p [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000981] 0.6632801499934808 37 YGL240W Processivity factor; required for the ubiquitination activity of the anaphase promoting complex (APC), mediates the activity of the APC by contributing to substrate recognition; involved in cyclin proteolysis; contains a conserved DOC1 homology domain [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003209] 0.661772556226309 34 YBR186W Hexameric ring ATPase that remodels chromosome axis protein Hop1p; nucleolar component of the pachytene checkpoint, which prevents chromosome segregation when recombination and chromosome synapsis are defective; also represses meiotic interhomolog recombination in rDNA; required for meiotic double-stranded break formation [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000390] 0.659853909862017 35 YAL018C Protein Involved in spore wall assembly; localizes to lipid droplets found on or outside of the prospore membrane; shares similarity with Lds2p and Rrt8p, and a strain mutant for all 3 genes exhibits reduced dityrosine fluorescence relative to the single mutants [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000016] 0.6557986019908901 86 YIL072W Meiosis-specific protein required for chromosome synapsis; displays Red1p dependent localization to the unsynapsed axial-lateral elements of the synaptonemal complex; required for chiasma formation; in vitro, displays the ability to promote intra- and intermolecular synapsis between double-stranded DNA molecules and to fold DNA into rigid protein-DNA filaments [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001334] 0.6552982793889537 37 YHR202W Putative protein of unknown function; green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fusion protein localizes to the vacuole, while HA-tagged protein is found in the soluble fraction, suggesting cytoplasmic localization [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001245] 0.6496737645146432 42 YHL024W Putative RNA-binding protein; required for the expression of early and middle sporulation genes [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001016] 0.6474331747532323 41 YDR285W Transverse filament protein of the synaptonemal complex; required for normal levels of meiotic recombination and pairing between homologous chromosome during meiosis; required for meiotic recombination between non-allelc sites; potential Cdc28p substrate [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002693] 0.6453356652811262 43 YDR113C 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 [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002520] 0.6392891212288717 44 YMR125W Large subunit of the nuclear mRNA cap-binding protein complex; interacts with Npl3p to carry nuclear poly(A)+ mRNA to cytoplasm; also involved in nuclear mRNA degradation and telomere maintenance; orthologous to mammalian CBP80 [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004732] 0.6350107796945821 95 YOL104C Protein that regulates meiotic SPB cohesion and telomere clustering; localizes to both spindle pole bodies (SPBs) and telomeres; required for bouquet formation, effective homolog pairing, ordered cross-over distribution, sister chromatid cohesion at meiotic telomeres, chromosomal segregation and telomere-led rapid prophase movement [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005464] 0.6329762066192913 47 YDR180W 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 [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002588] 0.632550808885447 71 YER044C-A Meiosis-specific protein involved in forming DSBs; involved in double-strand break (DSBs) formation during meiotic recombination; required for chromosome synapsis and production of viable spores [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001954] 0.6274058309197138 49 YDR118W 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 [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002525] 0.6216656721335714 94 YMR147W Putative protein of unknown function; SWAT-GFP and mCherry fusion proteins localize to the cell periphery [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004755] 0.6120738406850846 60 YDL103C UDP-N-acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase; catalyzes the formation of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc), which is important in cell wall biosynthesis, protein N-glycosylation, and GPI anchor biosynthesis; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002261] 0.6107221082902743 61 YHR014W Meiotic regulator; involved in maintaining sister chromatid cohesion during meiosis I as well as promoting proper attachment of kinetochores to the spindle during meiosis I and meiosis II; anaphase-promoting complex (APC) substrate that is degraded during anaphase I; expressed only in meiotic cells [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001056] 0.6102483394424656 62 YGL075C 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 [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003043] 0.6054000190000013 64 YLR446W Putative hexokinase; transcript is upregulated during sporulation and the unfolded protein response; YLR446W is not an essential gene [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004438] 0.6015263764193706 67 YHR157W Protein involved in early stages of meiotic recombination; required for meiotic crossing over; forms a complex with Rec102p and Spo11p necessary during the initiation of recombination [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001200] 0.5995345906234244 68 YFL041W Multicopper oxidase; integral membrane protein with similarity to Fet3p; may have a role in iron transport [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001853] 0.587649343928644 97 YPL200W Protein required for accurate chromosome segregation during meiosis; involved in meiotic telomere clustering (bouquet formation) and telomere-led rapid prophase movements; functions with meiosis-specific telomere-binding protein Ndj1p; CSM4 has a paralog, MPS2, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000006121] 0.5873871736957859 78 YDL186W Putative protein of unknown function; YDL186W is not an essential gene [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002345] 0.5856140506405161 96 YNL205C Dubious open reading frame; unlikely to encode a functional protein, based on available experimental and comparative sequence data [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005149] 0.5809984793388859 83 YMR101C Forms the dehydrodolichyl diphosphate syntase (DDS) complex with NUS1; involved in synthesis of long-chain dolichols (19-22 isoprene units; as opposed to Rer2p which synthesizes shorter-chain dolichols); localizes to lipid bodies; transcription is induced during stationary phase [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004707] 0.5740188437207798 87 YEL009C-A Putative protein of unknown function; conserved among S. cerevisiae strains; overlaps ORF YEL010W [Source:SGD;Acc:S000028741] 0.5733656397539527 88 YOR364W Dubious open reading frame; unlikely to encode a functional protein, based on available experimental and comparative sequence data; partially overlaps the uncharacterized ORF YOR365C [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005891] 0.5702827034013528 91 YMR306C-A Dubious open reading frame; unlikely to encode a functional protein, based on available experimental and comparative sequence data; almost completely overlaps 3' end of ORF FKS3/YMR306W [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004922] 0.5609153525788749 96 YCR010C Acetate transporter required for normal sporulation; phosphorylated in mitochondria; ADY2 has a paralog, ATO2, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000603] 0.5578545166361024 99