Sequence Description Alias PCC hrr YNL279W Pheromone-regulated multispanning membrane protein; involved in membrane fusion during mating; predicted to have 5 transmembrane segments and a coiled coil domain; localizes to the shmoo tip; regulated by Ste12p [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005223] 0.7163322064802993 13 YIL037C Pheromone-regulated protein; predicted to have 4 transmembrane segments and a coiled coil domain; regulated by Ste12p; required for efficient nuclear fusion [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001299] 0.7094981760313755 13 YMR232W Cell fusion regulator; cytoplasmic protein localized to shmoo tip; required for alignment of parental nuclei before nuclear fusion during mating; contains a Dbl-homology domain; binds specifically with activated Cdc42p [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004845] 0.7073227576871003 17 YDR124W Putative protein of unknown function; non-essential gene; expression is strongly induced by alpha factor [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002531] 0.6961319272703119 7 YML047C Potassium transporter that mediates K+ influx; activates high-affinity Ca2+ influx system (HACS) during mating pheromone response; expression up-regulated in response to alpha factor; regulated by Ste12p during mating; localized to sites of polarized growth; member of a fungal-specific gene family; PRM6 has a paralog, KCH1, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004510] 0.6722055239002523 16 YCR089W Cell wall adhesin, expressed specifically during mating; may be involved in maintenance of cell wall integrity during mating; FIG2 has a paralog, AGA1, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000685] 0.6600046328875204 18 YMR198W Kinesin-associated protein; required for both karyogamy and mitotic spindle organization, interacts stably and specifically with Kar3p and may function to target this kinesin to a specific cellular role; locus encodes a long and short transcript with differing functions; CIK1 has a paralog, VIK1, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004811] 0.6526102590609697 16 YIL082W Retrotransposon TYA Gag gene co-transcribed with TYB Pol; translated as TYA or TYA-TYB polyprotein; Gag is a nucleocapsid protein that is the structural constituent of virus-like particles (VLPs); similar to retroviral Gag [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001344] 0.6478081514730967 12 YDL127W Cyclin, interacts with cyclin-dependent kinase Pho85p; member of the Pcl1,2-like subfamily, involved in the regulation of polarized growth and morphogenesis and progression through the cell cycle; localizes to sites of polarized cell growth; PCL2 has a paralog, PCL9, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002285] 0.6401321146500216 17 YCL055W Transcription factor required for response to pheromones; also required during meiosis; exists in two forms, a slower-migrating form more abundant during vegetative growth and a faster-migrating form induced by pheromone [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000560] 0.632022040342173 14 YMR065W Protein required for nuclear membrane fusion during karyogamy; localizes to the membrane with a soluble portion in the endoplasmic reticulum lumen, may form a complex with Jem1p and Kar2p; similar to zebrafish Brambleberry protein; expression of the gene is regulated by pheromone [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004669] 0.6130894309819069 18 YPL192C Protein required for nuclear envelope fusion during karyogamy; pheromone-regulated; peripheral protein of the nuclear membrane; interacts with Kar5p at the spindle pole body [Source:SGD;Acc:S000006113] 0.6115108943788341 14 YJL170C Protein that regulates signaling from G protein beta subunit Ste4p; contributes to relocalization of Ste4p within the cell; specific to a-cells and induced by alpha-factor [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003706] 0.6085946937681287 14 YBR040W Integral membrane protein required for efficient mating; may participate in or regulate the low affinity Ca2+ influx system, which affects intracellular signaling and cell-cell fusion during mating [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000244] 0.6061904844322802 17 YDR085C Protein required for pheromone-induced projection (shmoo) formation; regulates septin architecture during mating; has an RVXF motif that mediates targeting of Glc7p to mating projections; interacts with Cdc12p; AFR1 has a paralog, YER158C, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002492] 0.6057774296444559 15 YNL042W Protein of unknown function; potential Cdc28p substrate; overproduction confers resistance to methylmercury [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004987] 0.594384190156005 16 YCR009C Amphiphysin-like lipid raft protein; N-BAR domain protein that interacts with Rvs167p and regulates polarization of the actin cytoskeleton, endocytosis, cell polarity, cell fusion and viability following starvation or osmotic stress [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000602] 0.5815627681125739 32 YIL015W Aspartyl protease; secreted into the periplasmic space of mating type a cell; helps cells find mating partners; cleaves and inactivates alpha factor allowing cells to recover from alpha-factor-induced cell cycle arrest [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001277] 0.5679151746087294 18 YCL076W Dubious open reading frame; unlikely to encode a functional protein, based on available experimental and comparative sequence data [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000581] 0.5547057585928682 19 YLR452C GTPase-activating protein for Gpa1p; regulates desensitization to alpha factor pheromone; also required to prevent receptor-independent signaling of the mating pathway; member of the RGS (regulator of G-protein signaling) family [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004444] 0.5324873163760065 52 YCL027W Membrane protein localized to the shmoo tip; required for cell fusion; expression regulated by mating pheromone; proposed to coordinate signaling, fusion, and polarization events required for fusion; potential Cdc28p substrate [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000532] 0.5272616756070139 28 YPL156C Pheromone-regulated protein proposed to be involved in mating; predicted to have 1 transmembrane segment; transcriptionally regulated by Ste12p during mating and by Cat8p during the diauxic shift [Source:SGD;Acc:S000006077] 0.5251249429043873 25 YKL128C Putative phosphomutase; contains a region homologous to the active site of phosphomutases; overexpression suppresses the histidine auxotrophy of an ade3 ade16 ade17 triple mutant and the temperature sensitivity of a tps2 mutant [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001611] 0.5229764463739272 26 YNL192W Chitin synthase I; requires activation from zymogenic form in order to catalyze the transfer of N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) to chitin; required for repairing the chitin septum during cytokinesis; transcription activated by mating factor [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005136] 0.5076211299259202 75 YML047W-A Dubious open reading frame; unlikely to encode a functional protein, based on available experimental and comparative sequence data; overlaps ORF PRM6/YML047C [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004512] 0.5057357660375652 28 YNR044W Anchorage subunit of a-agglutinin of a-cells; highly O-glycosylated protein with N-terminal secretion signal and C-terminal signal for addition of GPI anchor to cell wall, linked to adhesion subunit Aga2p via two disulfide bonds; AGA1 has a paralog, FIG2, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005327] 0.501246748676208 29 YIL117C Pheromone-regulated protein, predicted to have 1 transmembrane segment; induced during cell integrity signaling; PRM5 has a paralog, YNL058C, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001379] 0.49219841701126554 34 YBL016W Mitogen-activated serine/threonine protein kinase involved in mating; phosphoactivated by Ste7p; substrates include Ste12p, Far1p, Bni1p, Sst2p; inhibits invasive growth during mating by phosphorylating Tec1p, promoting its; inhibits recruitment of Ste5p, Cdc42p-mediated asymmetry and mating morphogenesis [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000112] 0.4587956846124746 68 YOR343C Putative protein of unknown function; conserved across S. cerevisiae strains [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005870] 0.4504577219740338 50 YER048W-A Cysteine desulfurase (Nfs1p) activator; essential for the formation of the persulfide intermediate at the desulfurase active site during pyridoxal phosphate-dependent desulfuration of cysteine; required for mitochondrial iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis; exclusive to eukaryotes, implicated as eukaryotic supplement to the bacterium-derived Fe-S cluster (ISC) assembly apparatus; involved in regulation of iron metabolism; member of the LYR protein family [Source:SGD;Acc:S000007237] 0.44192924686171087 55