Sequence Description Alias PCC hrr 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] 0.7481118593935416 22 YDL199C Putative transporter; member of the sugar porter family [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002358] 0.6994326562588632 9 YIL073C Meiosis-specific protein essential for chromosome synapsis; involved in completion of nuclear divisions during meiosis; induced early in meiosis [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001335] 0.6410074702120454 47 YMR133W Protein involved in early stages of meiotic recombination; possibly involved in the coordination of recombination and meiotic division; mutations lead to premature initiation of the first meiotic division [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004740] 0.6206780105707039 26 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] 0.6199157143617458 53 YHR153C Meiosis-specific protein involved in synaptonemal complex assembly; implicated in regulation of crossover formation; required for sporulation [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001196] 0.6190408076090964 42 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] 0.6159395167084681 45 YOR350C Protein involved in splicing Group I aI5-beta intron from COX1 mRNA; mitochondrial matrix protein [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005877] 0.6128054174424563 55 YMR148W Protein of unknown function with possible role in spore wall assembly; predicted to contain an N-terminal transmembrane domain; osw5 null mutant spores exhibit increased spore wall permeability and sensitivity to beta-glucanase digestion [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004756] 0.6101164311466422 16 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] 0.6094648408218559 31 YHL024W Putative RNA-binding protein; required for the expression of early and middle sporulation genes [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001016] 0.6072022086091265 35 YGL081W Putative protein of unknown function; non-essential gene; interacts genetically with CHS5, a gene involved in chitin biosynthesis [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003049] 0.6067881681843651 51 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] 0.6027041099088186 47 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] 0.6015117731775361 48 YOL119C Protein with similarity to mammalian monocarboxylate permeases; monocarboxylate permeases are involved in transport of monocarboxylic acids across the plasma membrane but mutant is not deficient in monocarboxylate transport [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005479] 0.5998755415094296 48 YNL116W Ubiquitin-protein ligase (E3); controls septin dynamics and spindle position checkpoint (SPOC) with ligase Dma1p by regulating recruitment of Elm1p to bud neck; regulates levels of eIF2 subunit Gcd11p, as well as abundance, localization, and ubiquitination of Cdk inhibitory kinase Swe1p; ortholog of human RNF8, similar to human Chfr; contains FHA and RING finger domains; DMA2 has a paralog, DMA1, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005060] 0.5987559755324476 22 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] 0.5944928496703252 56 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] 0.5923494102916093 47 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] 0.5894096220527135 56 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] 0.5875400029329648 46 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] 0.5875371363916853 42 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] 0.585264913350275 45 YJL089W C6 zinc cluster transcriptional activator; binds to the carbon source-responsive element (CSRE) of gluconeogenic genes; involved in the positive regulation of gluconeogenesis; regulated by Snf1p protein kinase; localized to the nucleus [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003625] 0.5825356429723193 23 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] 0.5825183037544583 49 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] 0.5813600507001423 47 YJR094C Master regulator of meiosis that is active only during meiotic events; activates transcription of early meiotic genes through interaction with Ume6p; degraded by the 26S proteasome following phosphorylation by Ime2p; transcription is negatively regulated in cis by the IRT1 long noncoding antisense RNA [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003854] 0.576084631797706 39 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] 0.5747196737807605 54 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] 0.5695312224111252 51 YOR003W Putative precursor of the subtilisin-like protease III; SWAT-GFP and mCherry fusion proteins localize to the endoplasmic reticulum; YSP3 has a paralog, PRB1, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005529] 0.5667206488395699 51 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] 0.5653845092026358 49 YDR506C Protein involved in meiotic progression; mutants are delayed in meiotic nuclear division and are defective in synaptonemal complex assembly; possible membrane-localized protein; SWAT-GFP and mCherry fusion proteins localize to the endoplasmic reticulum and vacuole respectively [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002914] 0.5649185090842828 50 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] 0.5545116182020179 56 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] 0.5508172448331273 51 YDR018C Probable membrane protein with three predicted transmembrane domains; similar to C. elegans F55A11.5 and maize 1-acyl-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase; YDR018C has a paralog, CST26, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002425] 0.5480471111299329 42 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] 0.5438366472388397 75 YGL117W Putative protein of unknown function [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003085] 0.5414754271618634 65 YIL024C Putative protein of unknown function; non-essential gene; expression directly regulated by the metabolic and meiotic transcriptional regulator Ume6p [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001286] 0.5405428996048757 79 YDR059C Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme; mediates selective degradation of short-lived, abnormal, or excess proteins, including histone H3; central component of the cellular stress response; expression is heat inducible; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress; UBC5 has a paralog, UBC4, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002466] 0.5360738898100161 47 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] 0.5298714039745274 52 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] 0.5263585260453386 55 YHR122W 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 into a subset of proteins involved in methionine biosynthesis, DNA replication and repair, transcription, and telomere maintenance; ortholog of human FAM96B [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001164] 0.5236171427560098 72 YEL060C Vacuolar proteinase B (yscB) with H3 N-terminal endopeptidase activity; serine protease of the subtilisin family; involved in protein degradation in the vacuole and required for full protein degradation during sporulation; activity inhibited by Pbi2p; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress; PRB1 has a paralog, YSP3, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000786] 0.5231349487514414 77 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] 0.5169787021397115 70 YGL249W Meiosis-specific protein; involved in normal synaptonemal complex formation and pairing between homologous chromosomes during meiosis; relocalizes from mitochondrion to cytoplasm upon DNA replication stress [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003218] 0.5145257732762099 77 YBR256C Riboflavin synthase; catalyzes the last step of the riboflavin biosynthesis pathway [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000460] 0.5100866123031901 77 YDL193W Forms dehydrodolichyl diphosphate syntase complex with RER2 or SRT1; tet-repressible mutant shows accumulation of hypoglycosylated forms of CPY, suggesting that Nus1p may be involved in protein trafficking; mutations in human homolog NUS1 have been implicated in congenital scoliosis, neurological impairment, refractory epilepsy, hearing deficit, and visual impairment; human cis-prenyltransferase complex complements yeast null mutant [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002352] 0.5075182167400297 73 YMR095C Protein of unconfirmed function; involved in pyridoxine metabolism; expression is induced during stationary phase; forms a putative glutamine amidotransferase complex with Snz1p, with Sno1p serving as the glutaminase [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004701] 0.5074184207187451 74 YOR303W Small subunit of carbamoyl phosphate synthetase; carbamoyl phosphate synthetase catalyzes a step in the synthesis of citrulline, an arginine precursor; translationally regulated by an attenuator peptide encoded by YOR302W within the CPA1 mRNA 5'-leader [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005829] 0.5014793850762537 80 YNL305C Protein involved in apoptosis; variously described as containing a BCL-2 homology (BH3) domain or as a member of the BAX inhibitor family; reported to promote apoptosis under some conditions and to inhibit it in others; localizes to ER and vacuole; may link the unfolded protein response to apoptosis via regulation of calcium-mediated signaling; translocates to mitochondria under apoptosis-inducing conditions in a process involving Mir1p and Cor1p [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005249] 0.4949264161444315 90 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] 0.4937183066321904 86 YMR147W Putative protein of unknown function; SWAT-GFP and mCherry fusion proteins localize to the cell periphery [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004755] 0.48918779596885403 90 YLL027W Protein required for maturation of mitochondrial [4Fe-4S] proteins; functions in a complex with Isa2p and possibly Iba57p; isa1 deletion causes loss of mitochondrial DNA and respiratory deficiency; depletion reduces growth on nonfermentable carbon sources; functional ortholog of bacterial A-type ISC proteins; human ISCA1 can complement isa1 null mutant [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003950] 0.4890091135847262 91 YBR147W Putative vacuolar membrane transporter for cationic amino acids; likely contributes to amino acid homeostasis by exporting cationic amino acids from the vacuole; positive regulation by Lys14p suggests that lysine may be the primary substrate; member of the PQ-loop family, with seven transmembrane domains; similar to mammalian PQLC2 vacuolar transporter; RTC2 has a paralog, YPQ1, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000351] 0.4888615791113649 92 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] 0.48459936593445413 99 YLR446W Putative hexokinase; transcript is upregulated during sporulation and the unfolded protein response; YLR446W is not an essential gene [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004438] 0.4838021423093481 100