Sequence Description Alias PCC hrr YBR275C Protein that binds to the Rap1p C-terminus; acts synergistically with Rif2p to help control telomere length and establish telomeric silencing; involved in control of DNA replication; contributes to resection of DNA double strand breaks (DSBs); deletion results in telomere elongation [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000479] 0.875139693703207 1 YDL028C Dual-specificity kinase; autophosphorylation required for function; required for spindle pole body (SPB) duplication and spindle checkpoint function; contributes to bi-orientation by promoting formation of force-generating kinetochore-microtubule attachments in meiosis I; substrates include SPB proteins Spc42p, Spc110p, and Spc98p, mitotic exit network protein Mob1p, kinetochore protein Cnn1p, and checkpoint protein Mad1p; substrate of APCC(Cdh1); similar to human Mps1p [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002186] 0.8634519981345669 3 YIL159W Formin; nucleates the formation of linear actin filaments; involved in processes such as budding and mitotic spindle orientation which require the formation of polarized actin cables; activity is regulated by Hof1p and by the Bud14p-Kel1p-Kel2p complex; dephosphorylated and delocalized from the division site in a Glc7p/Ref2p-dependent manner; functionally redundant with BNI1 [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001421] 0.8427322462163689 3 YNL225C Component of the spindle pole body outer plaque; required for spindle orientation and mitotic nuclear migration; CNM67 has a paralog, ADY3, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005169] 0.8420197771564814 4 YMR001C Polo-like kinase; controls targeting and activation of Rho1p at cell division site via Rho1p guanine nucleotide exchange factors; regulates Spc72p; also functions in adaptation to DNA damage during meiosis; regulates the shape of the nucleus and expansion of the nuclear envelope during mitosis; similar to Xenopus Plx1 and S. pombe Plo1p; human homologs PLK1, PLK3 can each complement yeast cdc5 thermosensitive mutants [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004603] 0.8409240647750086 5 YKL042W Central plaque component of spindle pole body (SPB); involved in SPB duplication, may facilitate attachment of the SPB to the nuclear membrane [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001525] 0.8320739823522413 6 YKL022C 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 [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001505] 0.8254038923446029 7 YML065W 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; ORC1 has a paralog, SIR3, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004530] 0.824642767392467 8 YLL032C Protein of unknown function; may interact with ribosomes, based on co-purification experiments; green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fusion protein localizes to the cytoplasm; YLL032C is not an essential gene [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003955] 0.8175913748963693 9 YLR314C 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 [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004306] 0.8164716151586031 10 YGL116W 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 [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003084] 0.7975540965725618 11 YOR033C 5'-3' exonuclease and flap-endonuclease; involved in recombination, double-strand break repair, MMS2 error-free branch of the post replication (PRR) pathway and DNA mismatch repair; role in telomere maintenance; member of the Rad2p nuclease family, with conserved N and I nuclease domains; relative distribution to the nucleus increases upon DNA replication stress; EXO1 has a paralog, DIN7, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005559] 0.7964366907243113 12 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] 0.7954376627710239 13 YKR031C Phospholipase D; catalyzes the hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine, producing choline and phosphatidic acid; involved in Sec14p-independent secretion; required for meiosis and spore formation; differently regulated in secretion and meiosis; participates in transcription initiation and/or early elongation of specific genes; interacts with "foot domain" of RNA polymerase II; deletion results in abnormal CTD-Ser5 phosphorylation of RNA polymerase II at specific promoter regions [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001739] 0.7894329187914877 14 YDL155W B-type cyclin involved in cell cycle progression; activates Cdc28p to promote the G2/M transition; may be involved in DNA replication and spindle assembly; accumulates during S phase and G2, then targeted for ubiquitin-mediated degradation; relative distribution to the nucleus increases upon DNA replication stress; CLB3 has a paralog, CLB4, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002314] 0.7888285756383802 15 YOR073W Component of the spindle checkpoint; involved in sensing lack of tension on mitotic chromosomes; protects centromeric Rec8p at meiosis I; required for accurate chromosomal segregation at meiosis II and for mitotic chromosome stability; recruits condensin to the pericentric region of chromosomes during meiosis; dissociates from pericentromeres when sister kinetochores are under tension [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005599] 0.779950699653348 16 YDR104C Meiosis-specific protein required for prospore membrane morphogenesis; localizes to the prospore membrane (PSM) during sporulation; required for PSM elongation and closure; genetically antagonistic to SPO1; recruits Vps13p to the PSM during sporulation; interacts and functions cooperatively with Spo73p; mutants have defects in the PSM, aberrant spore wall formation and reduced PtdIns-phosphate pools in the PSM; contains three PH-like domains [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002511] 0.7789249317192753 17 YNL172W Largest subunit of the Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome; 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; localizes to nuclear foci that become diffuse upon DNA replication stress [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005116] 0.7777866194432586 18 YER123W Palmitoylated vacuolar membrane-localized casein kinase I isoform; negatively regulates vacuole fusion during hypertonic stress via phosphorylation of Vps41p; shares essential functions with Hrr25p; regulates vesicle fusion in AP-3 pathway [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000925] 0.7760415004637852 19 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] 0.7726825767577131 20 YOR249C 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 [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005775] 0.7659038013662021 31 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] 0.7615606870643025 22 YDR326C Sterol-binding protein; has a probable role in retrograde transport of sterols from the plasma membrane to the ER; contains two StART-like domains that bind sterols and a GRAM domain; co-localizes to puncta in the cortical ER with Sip3p; one of six StART-like domain-containing proteins in yeast that may be involved in sterol transfer between intracellular membranes; conserved across eukaryotes [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002734] 0.747891587761894 23 YPL255W Protein required for the spindle pole body (SPB) duplication; localizes at the cytoplasmic side of the central plaque periphery of the SPB; forms a complex with a nuclear envelope protein Mps2p and SPB components Spc29p and Kar1p; required for mitotic functions of Cdc5p [Source:SGD;Acc:S000006176] 0.7462238720525631 24 YCR002C 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 [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000595] 0.7454154729321552 76 YDL239C Protein required for spore wall formation; subunit of the leading edge protein (LEP) complex (Ssp1-Ady3-Don1-Irc10) that forms a ring-like structure at the leading edge of the prospore membrane during meiosis II; mediates assembly of the LEP complex, formation of the ring-like structure via interaction with spindle pole body components and prospore membrane maturation; potentially phosphorylated by Cdc28p; ADY3 has a paralog, CNM67, that arose from the whole [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002398] 0.7419337704292268 85 YHR166C 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 [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001209] 0.7380114021376513 27 YNL204C Protein of unknown function, contains a putative zinc-binding domain; expressed during sporulation; SPS18 has a paralog, GCS1, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005148] 0.7270779620249772 91 YLR127C 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 [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004117] 0.7231368339047277 30 YBR045C Meiosis-specific regulatory subunit of the Glc7p protein phosphatase; regulates spore wall formation and septin organization, required for expression of some late meiotic genes and for normal localization of Glc7p [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000249] 0.7204405960953579 95 YLR343W 1,3-beta-glucanosyltransferase; involved with Gas4p in spore wall assembly; has similarity to Gas1p [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004335] 0.7171096484372009 89 YJR036C Protein with similarity to hect domain E3 ubiquitin-protein ligases; not essential for viability; found in association with Trf4 in TRAMP complex [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003797] 0.7133067333640085 90 YBR063C Putative protein of unknown function; YBR063C is not an essential gene [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000267] 0.7125943757165634 95 YHR184W Protein involved in the control of meiotic nuclear division; involved in the coordination of meiosis with spore formation; subunit of the leading edge protein (LEP) complex (Ssp1-Ady3-Don1-Irc10) that forms a ring-like structure at the leading edge of the prospore membrane during meiosis II; required for assembly of the leading edge coat and both prospore membrane shaping and organization; transcription is induced midway through meiosis [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001227] 0.7120914802742988 91 YLR213C Putative glycoside hydrolase of the spore wall envelope; required for normal spore wall assembly, possibly for cross-linking between the glucan and chitosan layers; expressed during sporulation [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004203] 0.7104820154222042 95 YNL018C Putative protein of unknown function; YNL018C has a paralog, YNL034W, that arose from a segmental duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004963] 0.7084943839522544 88 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] 0.7071918581283888 39 YPL130W Meiosis-specific prospore protein; required to produce bending force necessary for proper assembly of the prospore membrane during sporulation; identified as a weak high-copy suppressor of the spo1-1 ts mutation; SPO19 has a paralog, YOR214C, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000006051] 0.7022245327904539 93 YDR218C Sporulation-specific homolog of the CDC3/10/11/12 family of genes; meiotic septin expressed at high levels during meiotic divisions and ascospore formation; the yeast CDC3/10/11/12 family is a family of bud neck microfilament genes [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002626] 0.7022133224814601 97 YFR028C Protein phosphatase required for mitotic exit; required for rDNA segregation, cytokinesis, meiosis I spindle disassembly, environmental stress response; held in nucleolus by Cdc55p in early meiosis, liberated by FEAR and Mitotic Exit Network in anaphase, enabling it to effect a decrease in CDK/B-cyclin activity and mitotic exit; sequestered in metaphase II, released upon entry into anaphase II; human homolog CDC14A can complement thermosensitivity of yeast cdc14-1 mutant [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001924] 0.7021978855132248 88 YMR017W Meiosis-specific subunit of the t-SNARE complex; required for prospore membrane formation during sporulation; similar to but not functionally redundant with Sec9p; binds to phosphatidic acid; SNAP-25 homolog [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004619] 0.6994079920276967 94 YOL132W 1,3-beta-glucanosyltransferase; involved with Gas2p in spore wall assembly; has similarity to Gas1p; localizes to the cell wall [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005492] 0.6994073442599972 100 YJR107W Putative lipase [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003868] 0.6954838785543764 77 YDR522C Protein expressed during sporulation; SPS2 has a paralog, SPS22, that arose from the whole genome duplication; redundant with Sps22p for organization of the beta-glucan layer of the spore wall; S. pombe ortholog is a spore wall component [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002930] 0.6927662814199128 99 YNL128W PTEN homolog with no demonstrated inositol lipid phosphatase activity; plays a role in normal sporulation; homolog of human tumor suppressor gene PTEN/MMAC1/TEP1 and fission yeast ptn1 [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005072] 0.6922292045649029 91 YBL009W Protein kinase; along with its paralog, ALK1, required for proper spindle positioning and nuclear segregation following mitotic arrest, proper organization of cell polarity factors in mitosis, proper localization of formins and polarity factors, and survival in cells that activate spindle assembly checkpoint; phosphorylated in response to DNA damage; ALK2 has a paralog, ALK1, that arose from the whole genome duplication; similar to mammalian haspins [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000105] 0.6916144176095946 49 YPR054W Middle sporulation-specific mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK); required for production of the outer spore wall layers; negatively regulates activity of the glucan synthase subunit Gsc2p [Source:SGD;Acc:S000006258] 0.6900749708655814 99 YFR023W Poly(A) binding protein, suppressor of DNA polymerase epsilon mutation; PES4 has a paralog, MIP6, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001919] 0.6900035836412605 98 YGL170C Component of the meiotic outer plaque of the spindle pole body; involved in modifying the meiotic outer plaque that is required prior to prospore membrane formation [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003138] 0.6899618543344039 100 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] 0.6878861872883659 54 YFL040W Putative transporter; member of the sugar porter family; YFL040W is not an essential gene; may have a role in intracellular sterol transport [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001854] 0.6849306437100311 97 YKL189W Component of the RAM signaling network; is involved in regulation of Ace2p activity and cellular morphogenesis, interacts with Kic1p and Sog2p, localizes to sites of polarized growth during budding and during the mating response [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001672] 0.6844363008737506 94 YLR308W Chitin deacetylase; together with Cda1p involved in the biosynthesis ascospore wall component, chitosan; required for proper rigidity of the ascospore wall [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004299] 0.6838362834029652 99 YFL012W Putative protein of unknown function; transcribed during sporulation; null mutant exhibits increased resistance to rapamycin [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001882] 0.6838315185309879 87 YHR015W Putative RNA-binding protein; interacts with Mex67p, which is a component of the nuclear pore involved in nuclear mRNA export; MIP6 has a paralog, PES4, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001057] 0.6836920228157634 100 YFR032C Putative protein of unknown function; non-essential gene identified in a screen for mutants with increased levels of rDNA transcription; expressed at high levels during sporulation [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001928] 0.6803032136187195 100 YHR185C Sporulation protein required for prospore membrane formation; required for prospore membrane formation at selected spindle poles; ensures functionality of all four spindle pole bodies during meiosis II; not required for meiotic recombination or meiotic chromosome segregation [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001228] 0.6801817014694314 97 YJR037W Dubious open reading frame; unlikely to encode a functional protein, based on available experimental and comparative sequence data; partially overlaps verified gene HUL4/YJR036C; deletion mutant has decreased spore survival in Drosophila feces [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003798] 0.6762460773299033 82 YBR233W RNA binding protein; has similarity to mammalian heterogeneous nuclear RNP K protein, involved in the regulation of telomere position effect and telomere length; relative distribution to the nucleus increases upon DNA replication stress [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000437] 0.6732007312691088 70 YOL091W Component of the meiotic outer plaque of the spindle pole body; involved in modifying the meiotic outer plaque that is required prior to prospore membrane formation; SPO21 has a paralog, YSW1, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005451] 0.6706079809430265 93 YOR025W Member of the Sir2 family of NAD(+)-dependent protein deacetylases; involved along with Hst4p in telomeric silencing, cell cycle progression, radiation resistance, genomic stability and short-chain fatty acid metabolism [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005551] 0.6696208169813569 73 YBR250W Protein of unknown function; associates with meiosis-specific protein Spo1p [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000454] 0.667265283321592 94 YOL015W Protein of unknown function; subunit of the leading edge protein (LEP) complex (Ssp1-Ady3-Don1-Irc10) that forms a ring-like structure at the leading edge of the prospore membrane during meiosis II; null mutant displays increased levels of spontaneous Rad52p foci [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005375] 0.6605009934417577 92 YNL171C Dubious open reading frame; unlikely to encode a functional protein, based on available experimental and comparative sequence data [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005115] 0.6583375760521879 80 YGR108W B-type cyclin involved in cell cycle progression; activates Cdc28p to promote the transition from G2 to M phase; accumulates during G2 and M, then targeted via a destruction box motif for ubiquitin-mediated degradation by the proteasome; CLB1 has a paralog, CLB2, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003340] 0.6578821073547038 81 YEL016C Nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase; mediates extracellular nucleotide phosphate hydrolysis along with Npp1p and Pho5p; activity and expression enhanced during conditions of phosphate starvation; involved in spore wall assembly; SWAT-GFP and mCherry fusion proteins localize to the endoplasmic reticulum; NPP2 has a paralog, NPP1, that arose from the whole genome duplication; npp1 npp2 double mutant exhibits reduced dityrosine fluorescence relative to single mutants [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000742] 0.651041067848649 84 YOR365C Putative protein of unknown function; not an essential protein; YOR365C has a paralog, FLC2, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005892] 0.6507995157269112 88 YJR160C Alpha-glucoside permease; transports maltose, maltotriose, alpha-methylglucoside, and turanose; identical to Mph2p; encoded in a subtelomeric position in a region likely to have undergone duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003921] 0.6497794752349138 87 YGL212W Vacuolar SNARE protein; functions with Vam3p in vacuolar protein trafficking; has an N-terminal PX domain (phosphoinositide-binding module) that binds PtdIns-3-P and mediates membrane binding; SNAP-25 homolog; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003180] 0.6496647957172426 92 YPR027C Putative protein of unknown function; SWAT-GFP and seamless-GFP fusion proteins localize to the endoplasmic reticulum, while the mCherry fusion protein localizes to the vacuole [Source:SGD;Acc:S000006231] 0.6468015207292327 100 YGR109C 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; CLB6 has a paralog, CLB5, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003341] 0.641831844215267 94 YNR026C 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 [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005309] 0.6396882020520562 96 YGL138C Putative protein of unknown function; has no significant sequence similarity to any known protein [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003106] 0.6394552960996637 98