Sequence Description Alias PCC hrr 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] 0.8595396071475131 2 YGL081W Putative protein of unknown function; non-essential gene; interacts genetically with CHS5, a gene involved in chitin biosynthesis [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003049] 0.8026656517311747 21 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] 0.7751117509054908 17 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] 0.7518250000819008 15 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] 0.746480046430306 29 YPL121C Meiosis-specific protein involved in meiotic recombination; involved in DMC1-dependent meiotic recombination; forms heterodimer with Sae3p; proposed to be an assembly factor for Dmc1p [Source:SGD;Acc:S000006042] 0.7429561507833086 6 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] 0.7198970411882447 30 YOR350C Protein involved in splicing Group I aI5-beta intron from COX1 mRNA; mitochondrial matrix protein [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005877] 0.7173596399413352 28 YEL010W Dubious open reading frame; unlikely to encode a functional protein, based on available experimental and comparative sequence data [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000736] 0.7127524934563194 9 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] 0.7109296994998965 34 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] 0.7088090104513439 31 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] 0.7061126147995705 12 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] 0.7047292667949938 33 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] 0.7046472477839251 30 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] 0.657012330079935 43 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] 0.6451722633473412 41 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] 0.6398382143520754 43 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] 0.6197233141064785 23 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] 0.6196653287935329 54 YBR257W Subunit of both RNase MRP and nuclear RNase P; RNase MRP cleaves pre-rRNA, while nuclear RNase P cleaves tRNA precursors to generate mature 5' ends and facilitates turnover of nuclear RNAs; binds to the RPR1 RNA subunit in RNase P [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000461] 0.6090572190690546 20 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] 0.6063252335793331 44 YLR446W Putative hexokinase; transcript is upregulated during sporulation and the unfolded protein response; YLR446W is not an essential gene [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004438] 0.5884387814764561 32 YPR193C Tetrameric histone acetyltransferase; has similarity to Gcn5p, Hat1p, Elp3p, and Hpa3p; acetylates histones H3 and H4 in vitro and exhibits autoacetylation activity; also acetylates polyamines [Source:SGD;Acc:S000006397] 0.5757378871623348 23 YIL073C Meiosis-specific protein essential for chromosome synapsis; involved in completion of nuclear divisions during meiosis; induced early in meiosis [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001335] 0.5720197125122042 56 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] 0.5631729226969308 37 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] 0.5572028400551285 43 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] 0.5564337246448406 67 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] 0.5564212166950439 46 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] 0.555436345163102 40 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] 0.5536836887878794 43 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] 0.5328494049944341 69 YML089C Dubious open reading frame; unlikely to encode a functional protein, based on available experimental and comparative sequence data; expression induced by calcium shortage [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004554] 0.5296473025854629 32 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] 0.5178830020467996 57 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] 0.5141459924513356 56 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] 0.5126338499749609 92 YHR153C Meiosis-specific protein involved in synaptonemal complex assembly; implicated in regulation of crossover formation; required for sporulation [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001196] 0.5105166242974819 60 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] 0.4764950910437699 73 YIL025C Dubious open reading frame; unlikely to encode a functional protein, based on available experimental and comparative sequence data [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001287] 0.47258258906096656 40 YHL024W Putative RNA-binding protein; required for the expression of early and middle sporulation genes [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001016] 0.4679910878314898 99 YMR147W Putative protein of unknown function; SWAT-GFP and mCherry fusion proteins localize to the cell periphery [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004755] 0.462977196283384 100 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] 0.4553081042364522 77 YNR025C Dubious open reading frame; unlikely to encode a functional protein, based on available experimental and comparative sequence data; deletion reduces expression of PIS1 gene encoding phosphatidylinositol synthase [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005308] 0.45438104849541217 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] 0.4111516394325274 73 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] 0.40254659903082873 98 YKL202W Dubious open reading frame; unlikely to encode a functional protein, based on available experimental and comparative sequence data [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001685] 0.3902614850139987 70 YDL016C Dubious open reading frame; unlikely to encode a functional protein, based on available experimental and comparative sequence data; partially overlaps the verified ORF CDC7/YDL153C, the catalytic subunit of a complex that regulates DNA replication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002174] 0.38063655921564 73 YLR280C Dubious open reading frame; unlikely to encode a functional protein, based on available experimental and comparative sequence data [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004270] 0.3572532979545743 82