Sequence Description Alias PCC hrr 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] 0.826518772689787 16 YGL081W Putative protein of unknown function; non-essential gene; interacts genetically with CHS5, a gene involved in chitin biosynthesis [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003049] 0.8216745300264618 19 YIL073C Meiosis-specific protein essential for chromosome synapsis; involved in completion of nuclear divisions during meiosis; induced early in meiosis [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001335] 0.8137536920226958 23 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] 0.8050011398103243 16 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] 0.7993326250714319 19 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] 0.798278409802387 7 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] 0.7942094336216812 7 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] 0.7881283898279774 24 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] 0.7878203157531071 21 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] 0.7867191573226456 10 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] 0.7800464272490547 11 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] 0.7772508884360605 21 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] 0.7766967162277606 13 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] 0.7762087687826064 19 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] 0.7748991577809712 23 YOR350C Protein involved in splicing Group I aI5-beta intron from COX1 mRNA; mitochondrial matrix protein [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005877] 0.7697317564120171 16 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] 0.767501733590052 19 YDL199C Putative transporter; member of the sugar porter family [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002358] 0.7671304934148173 18 YHL024W Putative RNA-binding protein; required for the expression of early and middle sporulation genes [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001016] 0.7571540100446912 19 YHR153C Meiosis-specific protein involved in synaptonemal complex assembly; implicated in regulation of crossover formation; required for sporulation [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001196] 0.7555711190640861 23 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] 0.7518727986460974 21 YDL054C 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:S000002212] 0.7481118593935416 22 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] 0.7464943587674325 27 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] 0.7462900301028175 26 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] 0.7415377386317615 27 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] 0.7402256091105067 26 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] 0.7389492444633932 30 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] 0.725352148173249 29 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] 0.7218697316936208 29 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] 0.7173858402485396 30 YPL164C Protein involved in DNA mismatch repair and meiotic recombination; involved in crossing-over during meiotic recombination; forms a complex with Mlh1p; mammalian homolog is implicated mammalian microsatellite instability [Source:SGD;Acc:S000006085] 0.708586279541712 31 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] 0.7058863418483645 32 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] 0.6992317805635822 33 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] 0.6959431532401741 34 YLR273C Putative targeting subunit for type-1 protein phosphatase Glc7p; tethers Glc7p to Gsy2p glycogen synthase; PIG1 has a paralog, GAC1, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004263] 0.6952768644270679 35 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] 0.6936097089938327 36 YIL071W-A Dubious open reading frame; unlikely to encode a functional protein, based on available experimental and comparative sequence data; almost completely overlaps ORF PCI8/YIL071C [Source:SGD;Acc:S000028793] 0.6660354894536914 37 YLR446W Putative hexokinase; transcript is upregulated during sporulation and the unfolded protein response; YLR446W is not an essential gene [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004438] 0.6624827506065489 38 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] 0.661065593509588 39 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] 0.6546580635125673 40 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] 0.6537485123773245 41 YBR184W Putative protein of unknown function; YBR184W is not an essential gene [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000388] 0.6496737645146432 42 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] 0.6454058374299513 43 YIL024C Putative protein of unknown function; non-essential gene; expression directly regulated by the metabolic and meiotic transcriptional regulator Ume6p [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001286] 0.6376628755757213 44 YBR057C Protein essential for meiotic DNA replication and sporulation; cytoplasmic protein; subunit of the MIS complex which controls mRNA methylation during during the induction of sporulation; also interacts with Orc2p, which is a component of the origin recognition complex [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000261] 0.6341354213393146 85 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] 0.6303721195198954 46 YKR005C Putative protein of unknown function [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001713] 0.6283506423804527 77 YMR147W Putative protein of unknown function; SWAT-GFP and mCherry fusion proteins localize to the cell periphery [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004755] 0.6220649167590022 48 YDL017W DDK (Dbf4-dependent kinase) catalytic subunit; required for origin firing and replication fork progression in mitotic S phase through phosphorylation of Mcm2-7p complexes and Cdc45p; kinase activity correlates with cyclical DBF4 expression; required for pre-meiotic DNA replication, meiotic DSB formation, recruitment of monopolin complex to kinetochores during meiosis I, regulation of meiosis-specific Ndt80p; mutation complemented by human CDC7 and DBF4 co-expression [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002175] 0.6087479588241967 80 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] 0.591861366162301 51 YLR151C 8-oxo-dGTP diphosphatase; prevents spontaneous mutagenesis via sanitization of oxidized purine nucleoside triphosphates; can also act as peroxisomal pyrophosphatase with specificity for coenzyme A and CoA derivatives, may function to remove potentially toxic oxidized CoA disulfide from peroxisomes to maintain the capacity for beta-oxidation of fatty acids; nudix hydrolase family member; similar E. coli MutT and human, rat and mouse MTH1 [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004141] 0.5888579560982532 52 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] 0.5808130030877267 92 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] 0.5789684144491377 55 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] 0.5789371204660775 56 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] 0.5752424663955313 58 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] 0.569644471408495 59 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] 0.5634905343235785 63 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] 0.5544149452292525 66 YPL119C Putative ATP-dependent RNA helicase of the DEAD-box protein family; mutants show reduced stability of the 40S ribosomal subunit scanning through 5' untranslated regions of mRNAs; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress; DBP1 has a paralog, DED1, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000006040] 0.5504979677740508 96 YLR329W Protein involved in early stages of meiotic recombination; required for chromosome synapsis; forms a complex with Rec104p and Spo11p necessary during the initiation of recombination [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004321] 0.5471548166711595 69 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] 0.5444911339277207 70 YGL183C Protein required for recombination and meiotic nuclear division; forms a complex with Hop2p, which is involved in chromosome pairing and repair of meiotic double-strand breaks [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003151] 0.5406145775908674 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] 0.5386866723075026 74 YLR393W Assembly factor for the F0 sector of mitochondrial F1F0 ATP synthase; mitochondrial inner membrane protein; interacts genetically with ATP6 [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004385] 0.5332443984325188 78 YNL269W Protein of unknown function; protein-coding gene that evolved de novo via a series of point mutations in noncoding sequence; ORF exhibits genomic organization compatible with a translational readthrough-dependent mode of expression; readthrough is increased upon depletion of Sup35p; may be involved in DNA repair pathway during stationary phase and contribute to robustness of cells when shifted to a nutrient-poor environment [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005213] 0.5275222366154603 81 YPR192W Spore-specific water channel; mediates the transport of water across cell membranes, developmentally controlled; may play a role in spore maturation, probably by allowing water outflow, may be involved in freeze tolerance [Source:SGD;Acc:S000006396] 0.5266550022705132 82 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] 0.5226471024806777 86 YLL047W Dubious open reading frame; unlikely to encode a functional protein, based on available experimental and comparative sequence data; partially overlaps verified gene RNP1 [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003970] 0.5126338499749609 92 YPR002W Putative 2-methylcitrate dehydratase; mitochondrial protein that participates in respiration; induced by diauxic shift; homologous to E. coli PrpD, may take part in the conversion of 2-methylcitrate to 2-methylisocitrate [Source:SGD;Acc:S000006206] 0.5097839408356186 99