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| | SPO7 | Sporulation-specific protein SPO7; Putative regulatory subunit of Nem1p-Spo7p phosphatase holoenzyme; regulates nuclear growth by controlling phospholipid biosynthesis, required for normal nuclear envelope morphology, premeiotic replication, and sporulation. (259 aa) |
| | SCT1 | Glycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 1; Glycerol 3-phosphate/dihydroxyacetone phosphate sn-1 acyltransferase; dual substrate-specific acyltransferase of the glycerolipid biosynthesis pathway; prefers 16-carbon fatty acids; similar to Gpt2p; gene is constitutively transcribed. (759 aa) |
| | CDS1 | Phosphatidate cytidylyltransferase (CDP-diglyceride synthetase); an enzyme that catalyzes that conversion of CTP + phosphate into diphosphate + CDP-diaclglyerol, a critical step in the synthesis of all major yeast phospholipids; human homolog CDS1 can complement yeast cds1 null mutant. (457 aa) |
| | CSG2 | Mannosyl phosphorylinositol ceramide synthase regulatory protein CSG2; Endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein; required for mannosylation of inositolphosphorylceramide and for growth at high calcium concentrations; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress. (410 aa) |
| | FAT1 | Very long chain fatty acyl-CoA synthetase and fatty acid transporter; activates imported fatty acids with a preference for very long lengths (C20-C26); has a separate function in the transport of long chain fatty acids. (669 aa) |
| | CST26 | Uncharacterized acyltransferase CST26; Acyltransferase; enzyme mainly responsible for the introduction of saturated very long chain fatty acids into neo-synthesized molecules of phosphatidylinositol; required for incorporation of stearic acid into phosphatidylinositol; affects chromosome stability when overexpressed; CST26 has a paralog, YDR018C, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (397 aa) |
| | TSC3 | Protein that stimulates the activity of serine palmitoyltransferase; involved in sphingolipid biosynthesis; Lcb1p and Lcb2p are the two components of serine palmitoyltransferase. (80 aa) |
| | YBR063C | Putative protein of unknown function; YBR063C is not an essential gene. (404 aa) |
| | YBR096W | Uncharacterized protein YBR096W; Putative protein of unknown function; green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fusion protein localizes to the ER. (230 aa) |
| | IFA38 | Very-long-chain 3-oxoacyl-CoA reductase; Microsomal beta-keto-reductase; contains oleate response element (ORE) sequence in the promoter region; mutants exhibit reduced VLCFA synthesis, accumulate high levels of dihydrosphingosine, phytosphingosine and medium-chain ceramides; Belongs to the short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR) family. (347 aa) |
| | CSH1 | Mannosylinositol phosphorylceramide (MIPC) synthase catalytic subunit; forms a complex with regulatory subunit Csg2p; function in sphingolipid biosynthesis is overlapping with that of Sur1p; CSH1 has a paralog, SUR1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (376 aa) |
| | EHT1 | Acyl-coenzymeA:ethanol O-acyltransferase; plays a minor role in medium-chain fatty acid ethyl ester biosynthesis; possesses short-chain esterase activity; localizes to lipid particles and the mitochondrial outer membrane; EHT1 has a paralog, EEB1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (451 aa) |
| | YPC1 | Alkaline ceramidase; also has reverse (CoA-independent) ceramide synthase activity; catalyzes both breakdown and synthesis of phytoceramide; overexpression confers fumonisin B1 resistance; YPC1 has a paralog, YDC1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (316 aa) |
| | LDH1 | Lipid droplet hydrolase 1; Serine hydrolase; exhibits active esterase plus weak triacylglycerol lipase activities; proposed role in lipid homeostasis, regulating phospholipid and non-polar lipid levels and required for mobilization of LD-stored lipids; localizes to the lipid droplet (LD) surface; contains a classical serine containing catalytic triad (GxSxG motif). (375 aa) |
| | TSC10 | 3-ketodihydrosphingosine reductase TSC10; 3-ketosphinganine reductase; catalyzes the second step in phytosphingosine synthesis; essential for growth in the absence of exogenous dihydrosphingosine or phytosphingosine; localized to lipid droplets; member of short chain dehydrogenase/reductase protein family. (320 aa) |
| | YBR277C | Putative uncharacterized protein YBR277C; Dubious open reading frame; unlikely to encode a functional protein, based on available experimental and comparative sequence data; partially overlaps the verified gene YBR278W. (133 aa) |
| | PGS1 | CDP-diacylglycerol--glycerol-3-phosphate 3-phosphatidyltransferase; Phosphatidylglycerolphosphate synthase; catalyzes the synthesis of phosphatidylglycerolphosphate from CDP-diacylglycerol and sn-glycerol 3-phosphate in the first committed and rate-limiting step of cardiolipin biosynthesis. (521 aa) |
| | LDB16 | Protein involved in lipid droplet (LD) assembly; forms a complex with Sei1p at ER-LD contact sites, stabilizing contact sites; ensures that LDs bud from the ER towards the cytosolic side of the membrane; null mutants have decreased net negative cell surface charge and localized accumulation of phosphatidic acid (PA) marker proteins; GFP-fusion protein expression is induced in response to MMS; null mutant can be complemented by the human seipin, BSCL2. (256 aa) |
| | ELO2 | Elongation of fatty acids protein 2; Fatty acid elongase, involved in sphingolipid biosynthesis; acts on fatty acids of up to 24 carbons in length; mutations have regulatory effects on 1,3-beta-glucan synthase, vacuolar ATPase, and the secretory pathway; ELO2 has a paralog, ELO1, that arose from the whole genome duplication; lethality of the elo2 elo3 double null mutation is functionally complemented by human ELOVL1 and weakly complemented by human ELOVL3 or ELOV7. (347 aa) |
| | ARE1 | Sterol O-acyltransferase 1; Acyl-CoA:sterol acyltransferase; endoplasmic reticulum enzyme that contributes the major sterol esterification activity in the absence of oxygen; ARE1 has a paralog, ARE2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (610 aa) |
| | GIT1 | Glycerophosphoinositol transporter 1; Plasma membrane permease; mediates uptake of glycerophosphoinositol and glycerophosphocholine as sources of the nutrients inositol and phosphate; expression and transport rate are regulated by phosphate and inositol availability; Belongs to the major facilitator superfamily. Sugar transporter (TC 2.A.1.1) family. (518 aa) |
| | TSC13 | Very-long-chain enoyl-CoA reductase; Enoyl reductase; catalyzes last step in each cycle of very long chain fatty acid elongation; localizes to ER, highly enriched in a structure marking nuclear-vacuolar junctions; coimmunoprecipitates with elongases Elo2p and Elo3p; protein increases in abundance and relative distribution to ER foci increases upon DNA replication stress; human homolog TECR implicated in nonsyndromic mental retardation, can complement yeast mutant; Belongs to the steroid 5-alpha reductase family. (310 aa) |
| | GPD1 | NAD-dependent glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; key enzyme of glycerol synthesis, essential for growth under osmotic stress; expression regulated by high-osmolarity glycerol response pathway; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress; constitutively inactivated via phosphorylation by the protein kinases Ypk1p and Ypk2p, dephosphorylation increases catalytic activity; forms a heterodimer with Pnc1p to facilitate its peroxisomal import. (391 aa) |
| | SLC1 | 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase; catalyzes the acylation of lysophosphatidic acid to form phosphatidic acid, a key intermediate in lipid metabolism; enzymatic activity detected in lipid particles and microsomes. (303 aa) |
| | CRD1 | Cardiolipin synthase; produces cardiolipin, which is a phospholipid of the mitochondrial inner membrane that is required for normal mitochondrial membrane potential and function and for correct integration of membrane-multispanning proteins into the mitochondrial outer membrane; required to maintain tubular mitochondrial morphology and functions in mitochondrial fusion; also required for normal vacuolar ion homeostasis; Belongs to the CDP-alcohol phosphatidyltransferase class-I family. (283 aa) |
| | TGL2 | Lipase 2; Triacylglycerol lipase that is localized to the mitochondria; has lipolytic activity towards triacylglycerols and diacylglycerols when expressed in E. coli. (326 aa) |
| | LCB2 | Component of serine palmitoyltransferase; responsible along with Lcb1p for the first committed step in sphingolipid synthesis, which is the condensation of serine with palmitoyl-CoA to form 3-ketosphinganine; Belongs to the class-II pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent aminotransferase family. (561 aa) |
| | IPT1 | Inositolphosphotransferase; involved in synthesis of mannose-(inositol-P)2-ceramide (M(IP)2C), the most abundant sphingolipid; can mutate to resistance to the antifungals syringomycin E and DmAMP1 and to K. lactis zymocin. (527 aa) |
| | INO2 | Protein INO2; Transcription factor; component of the heteromeric Ino2p/Ino4p basic helix-loop-helix transcription activator that binds inositol/choline-responsive elements (ICREs), required for derepression of phospholipid biosynthetic genes in response to inositol depletion; involved in diauxic shift. (304 aa) |
| | EKI1 | Ethanolamine kinase; primarily responsible for phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis via the CDP-ethanolamine pathway; exhibits some choline kinase activity, thus contributing to phosphatidylcholine synthesis via the CDP-choline pathway; EKI1 has a paralog, CKI1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (534 aa) |
| | UPS3 | Mitochondrial protein of unknown function; similar to Ups1p and Ups2p which are involved in regulation of mitochondrial cardiolipin and phosphatidylethanolamine levels; null is viable but interacts synthetically with ups1 and ups2 mutations; UPS3 has a paralog, UPS2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (179 aa) |
| | UPC2 | Sterol uptake control protein 2; Sterol regulatory element binding protein; induces sterol biosynthetic genes, upon sterol depletion; acts as a sterol sensor, binding ergosterol in sterol rich conditions; relocates from intracellular membranes to perinuclear foci upon sterol depletion; redundant activator of filamentation with ECM22, up-regulating the expression of filamentous growth genes; contains a Zn[2]-Cys[6] binuclear cluster; UPC2 has a paralog, ECM22, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (913 aa) |
| | DPP1 | Diacylglycerol pyrophosphate (DGPP) phosphatase; zinc-regulated vacuolar membrane-associated lipid phosphatase, dephosphorylates DGPP to phosphatidate (PA) and Pi, then PA to diacylglycerol; involved in lipid signaling and cell metabolism; Belongs to the PA-phosphatase related phosphoesterase family. (289 aa) |
| | DPL1 | Dihydrosphingosine phosphate lyase; regulates intracellular levels of sphingolipid long-chain base phosphates (LCBPs), degrades phosphorylated long chain bases, prefers C16 dihydrosphingosine-l-phosphate as a substrate. (589 aa) |
| | SUR2 | Sphingolipid C4-hydroxylase SUR2; Sphinganine C4-hydroxylase; catalyses the conversion of sphinganine to phytosphingosine in sphingolipid biosyntheis; Belongs to the sterol desaturase family. (349 aa) |
| | YFT2 | FIT family protein YFT2; Protein required for normal ER membrane biosynthesis; member of the highly conserved FIT family of proteins involved in triglyceride droplet biosynthesis and homologous to human FIT2; interacts with Sst2p and Hsp82p in high-throughput two-hybrid screens. (274 aa) |
| | KEI1 | Component of inositol phosphorylceramide (IPC) synthase; forms a complex with Aur1p and regulates its activity; required for IPC synthase complex localization to the Golgi; post-translationally processed by Kex2p; KEI1 is an essential gene. (221 aa) |
| | SHE9 | Sensitive to high expression protein 9, mitochondrial; Protein required for normal mitochondrial morphology; mitochondrial inner membrane protein; may be involved in fission of the inner membrane; forms a homo-oligomeric complex; Belongs to the SHE9 family. (456 aa) |
| | ITR1 | Myo-inositol transporter; member of the sugar transporter superfamily; expression is repressed by inositol and choline via Opi1p and derepressed via Ino2p and Ino4p; relative distribution to the vacuole increases upon DNA replication stress; ITR1 has a paralog, ITR2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (584 aa) |
| | LPP1 | Lipid phosphate phosphatase; catalyzes Mg(2+)-independent dephosphorylation of phosphatidic acid (PA), lysophosphatidic acid, and diacylglycerol pyrophosphate; involved in control of the cellular levels of phosphatidylinositol and PA. (274 aa) |
| | EUG1 | Protein disulfide-isomerase EUG1; Protein disulfide isomerase of the endoplasmic reticulum lumen; EUG1 has a paralog, PDI1, that arose from the whole genome duplication; function overlaps with that of Pdi1p; may interact with nascent polypeptides in the ER. (517 aa) |
| | TIR1 | Cold shock-induced protein TIR1; Cell wall mannoprotein; expression is downregulated at acidic pH and induced by cold shock and anaerobiosis; abundance is increased in cells cultured without shaking; member of the Srp1p/Tip1p family of serine-alanine-rich proteins; Belongs to the SRP1/TIP1 family. (254 aa) |
| | ISC1 | Inositol phosphosphingolipid phospholipase C; mitochondrial membrane localized; hydrolyzes complex sphingolipids to produce ceramide; activates genes required for non-fermentable carbon source metabolism during diauxic shift; activated by phosphatidylserine, cardiolipin, and phosphatidylglycerol; mediates Na+ and Li+ halotolerance; ortholog of mammalian neutral sphingomyelinase type 2. (477 aa) |
| | CHO1 | CDP-diacylglycerol--serine O-phosphatidyltransferase; Phosphatidylserine synthase; functions in phospholipid biosynthesis; catalyzes the reaction CDP-diaclyglycerol + L-serine = CMP + L-1-phosphatidylserine, transcriptionally repressed by myo-inositol and choline. (276 aa) |
| | PHM8 | Phosphate metabolism protein 8; Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) phosphatase, nucleotidase; principle and physiological nucleotidase working on GMP, UMP and CMP; involved in LPA hydrolysis in response to phosphate starvation and ribose salvage pathway; phosphatase activity is soluble and Mg2+ dependent; expression is induced by low phosphate levels and by inactivation of Pho85p; repressed by Gcn4p under normal conditions; PHM8 has a paralog, SDT1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (321 aa) |
| | ERG28 | Ergosterol biosynthetic protein 28; Endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein; may facilitate protein-protein interactions between the Erg26p dehydrogenase and the Erg27p 3-ketoreductase and/or tether these enzymes to the ER, also interacts with Erg6p. (148 aa) |
| | TMN3 | Transmembrane 9 superfamily member 3; Protein with a role in cellular adhesion and filamentous growth; similar to Emp70p and Tmn2p; member of Transmembrane Nine family with 9 transmembrane segments; localizes to Golgi; induced by 8-methoxypsoralen plus UVA irradiation; Belongs to the nonaspanin (TM9SF) (TC 9.A.2) family. (706 aa) |
| | SPR6 | Protein of unknown function; expressed during sporulation; not required for sporulation, but gene exhibits genetic interactions with other genes required for sporulation. (191 aa) |
| | ERG26 | Sterol-4-alpha-carboxylate 3-dehydrogenase, decarboxylating; C-3 sterol dehydrogenase; catalyzes the second of three steps required to remove two C-4 methyl groups from an intermediate in ergosterol biosynthesis; human homolog NSDHL implicated in CK syndrome, and can complement yeast null mutant; molecular target of natural product and antifungal compound FR171456. (349 aa) |
| | ERG4 | C-24(28) sterol reductase; catalyzes the final step in ergosterol biosynthesis; mutants are viable, but lack ergosterol; Belongs to the ERG4/ERG24 family. (473 aa) |
| | OLE1 | Acyl-CoA desaturase 1; Delta(9) fatty acid desaturase; required for monounsaturated fatty acid synthesis and for normal distribution of mitochondria. (510 aa) |
| | HNM1 | Plasma membrane transporter for choline, ethanolamine, and carnitine; involved in the uptake of nitrogen mustard and the uptake of glycine betaine during hypersaline stress; co-regulated with phospholipid biosynthetic genes and negatively regulated by choline and myo-inositol. (563 aa) |
| | SCS3 | FIT family protein SCS3; Protein required for inositol prototrophy; required for normal ER membrane biosynthesis; ortholog of the FIT family of proteins involved in triglyceride droplet biosynthesis and homologous to human FIT2; disputed role in the synthesis of inositol phospholipids from inositol. (380 aa) |
| | SUT1 | Sterol uptake protein 1; Zn(II)2Cys6 family transcription factor; positively regulates sterol uptake genes under anaerobic conditions; involved in hypoxic gene expression; represses filamentation-inducing genes during vegetative growth; positively regulates mating with SUT2 by repressing expression of genes that act as mating inhibitors; repressed by STE12; relocalizes from the nucleus to the cytoplasm upon DNA replication stress; SUT1 has a paralog, SUT2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (299 aa) |
| | ECT1 | Ethanolamine-phosphate cytidylyltransferase; catalyzes the second step of phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis; involved in the maintenance of plasma membrane; similar to mammalian CTP: phosphocholine cytidylyl-transferases; inability of the null mutant to synthesize phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine from ethanolamine is functionally complemented by human PCYT2. (323 aa) |
| | YGR015C | Ethanol acetyltransferase 1; Putative protein of unknown function; green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fusion protein localizes to the mitochondrion. (328 aa) |
| | ORM1 | Protein that mediates sphingolipid homeostasis; evolutionarily conserved, required for resistance to agents that induce unfolded protein response; Orm1p and Orm2p together control membrane biogenesis by coordinating lipid homeostasis with protein quality control; ORM1 has a paralog, ORM2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (222 aa) |
| | TAM41 | Mitochondrial phosphatidate cytidylyltransferase (CDP-DAG synthase); required for cardiolipin biosynthesis; viability of null mutant is strain-dependent; mRNA is targeted to the bud; mutant displays defect in mitochondrial protein import, likely due to altered membrane lipid composition; Belongs to the TAM41 family. (385 aa) |
| | ERG25 | Methylsterol monooxygenase; C-4 methyl sterol oxidase; catalyzes the first of three steps required to remove two C-4 methyl groups from an intermediate in ergosterol biosynthesis; mutants accumulate the sterol intermediate 4,4-dimethylzymosterol; human MSMO1 functionally complements the growth defect caused by repression of ERG25 expression. (309 aa) |
| | CLD1 | Mitochondrial cardiolipin-specific phospholipase; functions upstream of Taz1p to generate monolyso-cardiolipin; transcription increases upon genotoxic stress; involved in restricting Ty1 transposition; has homology to mammalian CGI-58; Belongs to the peptidase S33 family. ABHD4/ABHD5 subfamily. (445 aa) |
| | GPC1 | Glycerophosphocholine acyltransferase (GPCAT); involved in in phosphatidylcholine (PC) synthesis; uses acetyl-CoA to acylate glycero-3-phosphocholine to yield lyso-PC; also catalyzes acylation of glycerophosphoethanolamine with acyl-CoA; predicted to be an integal membrane protein. (432 aa) |
| | CHO2 | Phosphatidylethanolamine methyltransferase (PEMT); catalyzes the first step in the conversion of phosphatidylethanolamine to phosphatidylcholine during the methylation pathway of phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis. (869 aa) |
| | PSD2 | Phosphatidylserine decarboxylase 2 alpha chain; Phosphatidylserine decarboxylase of the Golgi and vacuolar membranes; converts phosphatidylserine to phosphatidylethanolamine; controls vacuolar membrane phospholipid content by regulating phospholipids in compartments that will eventually give rise to the vacuole; loss of Psd2p causes a specific reduction in vacuolar membrane PE levels while total PE levels are not significantly affected. (1138 aa) |
| | ERG1 | Squalene epoxidase; catalyzes the epoxidation of squalene to 2,3-oxidosqualene; plays an essential role in the ergosterol-biosynthesis pathway and is the specific target of the antifungal drug terbinafine; human SQLE functionally complements the lethality of the erg1 null mutation. (496 aa) |
| | ATF2 | Alcohol O-acetyltransferase 2; Alcohol acetyltransferase; may play a role in steroid detoxification; forms volatile esters during fermentation, which is important for brewing and winemaking. (535 aa) |
| | PCT1 | Cholinephosphate cytidylyltransferase; a rate-determining enzyme of the CDP-choline pathway for phosphatidylcholine synthesis, inhibited by Sec14p, activated upon lipid-binding; contains an element within the regulatory domain involved in both silencing and activation of enzymatic activity. (424 aa) |
| | SAY1 | Steryl acetyl hydrolase 1; Sterol deacetylase; component of the sterol acetylation/deacetylation cycle along with Atf2p; active both in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and in lipid droplets; integral membrane protein with active site in the ER lumen; green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fusion protein localizes to the ER; Belongs to the 'GDXG' lipolytic enzyme family. (424 aa) |
| | YGR290W | Putative uncharacterized membrane protein YGR290W; Dubious open reading frame; unlikely to encode a functional protein, based on available experimental and comparative sequence data; putative HLH protein; partially overlaps the verified ORF MAL11/YGR289C (a high-affinity maltose transporter). (147 aa) |
| | LAG1 | Ceramide synthase component; involved in synthesis of ceramide from C26(acyl)-coenzyme A and dihydrosphingosine or phytosphingosine, functionally equivalent to Lac1p; forms ER foci upon DNA replication stress; homolog of human CERS2, a tumor metastasis suppressor gene whose silencing enhances invasion/metastasis of prostate cancer cells; LAG1 has a paralog, LAC1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (411 aa) |
| | YHL017W | Uncharacterized membrane protein YHL071W; Putative protein of unknown function; green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fusion protein co-localizes with clathrin-coated vesicles; YHL017W has a paralog, PTM1, that arose from the whole genome duplication; Belongs to the LU7TM family. (532 aa) |
| | OPI1 | Transcriptional repressor OPI1; Transcriptional regulator of a variety of genes; phosphorylation by protein kinase A stimulates Opi1p function in negative regulation of phospholipid biosynthetic genes; involved in telomere maintenance; null exhibits disrupted mitochondrial metabolism and low cardiolipin content, strongly correlated with overproduction of inositol; binds to phosphatidic acid. (404 aa) |
| | LEU5 | Mitochondrial carrier protein; involved in the accumulation of CoA in the mitochondrial matrix; homolog of human Graves disease protein SLC25A16, which complements yeast null mutant; does not encode an isozyme of Leu4p, as first hypothesized. (357 aa) |
| | NEM1 | Nuclear envelope morphology protein 1; Probable catalytic subunit of Nem1p-Spo7p phosphatase holoenzyme; regulates nuclear growth by controlling phospholipid biosynthesis, required for normal nuclear envelope morphology and sporulation; homolog of the human protein Dullard; Belongs to the Dullard family. (446 aa) |
| | ERG11 | Lanosterol 14-alpha-demethylase; catalyzes C-14 demethylation of lanosterol to form 4,4''-dimethyl cholesta-8,14,24-triene-3-beta-ol in ergosterol biosynthesis pathway; transcriptionally down-regulated when ergosterol is in excess; member of cytochrome P450 family; associated and coordinately regulated with the P450 reductase Ncp1p; human CYP51A1 functionally complements the lethality of the erg11 null mutation. (530 aa) |
| | NCP1 | NADP-cytochrome P450 reductase; involved in ergosterol biosynthesis; associated and coordinately regulated with Erg11p; In the N-terminal section; belongs to the flavodoxin family. (691 aa) |
| | YHR045W | Putative protein of unknown function; possible role in iron metabolism and/or amino acid and carbohydrate metabolism; green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fusion protein localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum. (560 aa) |
| | ERG7 | Lanosterol synthase; an essential enzyme that catalyzes the cyclization of squalene 2,3-epoxide, a step in ergosterol biosynthesis; human LSS functionally complements the lethality of the erg7 null mutation; Belongs to the terpene cyclase/mutase family. (731 aa) |
| | GEP4 | Mitochondrial phosphatidylglycerophosphatase (PGP phosphatase); dephosphorylates phosphatidylglycerolphosphate to generate phosphatidylglycerol, an essential step during cardiolipin biosynthesis; null mutant is sensitive to tunicamycin, DTT; Belongs to the GEP4 family. (185 aa) |
| | EPT1 | Sn-1,2-diacylglycerol ethanolamine- and cholinephosphotranferase; not essential for viability; EPT1 has a paralog, CPT1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (391 aa) |
| | NSG1 | Protein involved in regulation of sterol biosynthesis; specifically stabilizes Hmg2p, one of two HMG-CoA isoenzymes that catalyze the rate-limiting step in sterol biosynthesis; forms foci at the nuclear periphery upon DNA replication stress; relocalizes to the cytosol in response to hypoxia; homolog of mammalian INSIG proteins; NSG1 has a paralog, NSG2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (291 aa) |
| | ERG9 | Squalene synthase; Farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyl transferase (squalene synthase); joins two farnesyl pyrophosphate moieties to form squalene in the sterol biosynthesis pathway. (444 aa) |
| | MDM31 | Mitochondrial distribution and morphology protein 31; Mitochondrial protein that may have a role in phospholipid metabolism; inner membrane protein with similarity to Mdm32p; required for normal mitochondrial morphology and inheritance; interacts genetically with MMM1, MMM2, MDM10, MDM12, and MDM34; Belongs to the MDM31/MDM32 family. (579 aa) |
| | FAA3 | Long-chain-fatty-acid--CoA ligase 3; Long chain fatty acyl-CoA synthetase; activates imported fatty acids with a preference for C16:0-C18:0 chain lengths; green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fusion protein localizes to the cell periphery; Belongs to the ATP-dependent AMP-binding enzyme family. (694 aa) |
| | TIR3 | Cell wall mannoprotein; member of Srp1p/Tip1p family of serine-alanine-rich proteins; expressed under anaerobic conditions and required for anaerobic growth; TIR3 has a paralog, TIR2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (269 aa) |
| | CBR1 | NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase 1; Cytochrome b reductase; not essential for viability; also detected in mitochondria; mutation in conserved NADH binding domain of the human ortholog results in type I methemoglobinemia. (284 aa) |
| | ICE2 | Protein ICE2; Integral ER membrane protein with type-III transmembrane domains; required for maintenance of ER zinc homeostasis; necessary for efficient targeting of Trm1p tRNA methyltransferase to inner nuclear membrane; mutations cause defects in cortical ER morphology in both the mother and daughter cells. (491 aa) |
| | AYR1 | Bifunctional triacylglycerol lipase and 1-acyl DHAP reductase; NADPH-dependent 1-acyl dihydroxyacetone phosphate reductase involved in phosphatidic acid biosynthesis; lipid droplet triacylglycerol lipase involved in the mobilization of non-polar lipids; found in lipid particles, the endoplasmic reticulum and the mitochondrial outer membrane; required for spore germination; role in cell wall biosynthesis; capable of metabolizing steroid hormones; oleic acid inducible; Belongs to the short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR) family. (297 aa) |
| | EGH1 | Ergosteryl-beta-glucosidase; Steryl-beta-glucosidase with broad specificity for aglycones; has a role in ergosteryl-beta-glucoside catabolism; required for normal vacuolar morphology; has similarity to the C. neoformans ergosteryl-beta-glucosidase EGCrP2; localizes to the cytosol. (764 aa) |
| | MGA2 | ER membrane protein involved in regulation of OLE1 transcription; inactive ER form dimerizes and one subunit is then activated by ubiquitin/proteasome-dependent processing followed by nuclear targeting; MGA2 has a paralog, SPT23, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (1113 aa) |
| | PHS1 | Very-long-chain (3R)-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase PHS1; Essential 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase of the ER membrane; involved in elongation of very long-chain fatty acids; evolutionarily conserved, similar to mammalian PTPLA and PTPLB; involved in sphingolipid biosynthesis and protein trafficking. (217 aa) |
| | PHO86 | Inorganic phosphate transporter PHO86; Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) resident protein; required for ER exit of the high-affinity phosphate transporter Pho84p, specifically required for packaging of Pho84p into COPII vesicles; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress. (311 aa) |
| | LCB3 | Long-chain base-1-phosphate phosphatase; specific for dihydrosphingosine-1-phosphate, regulates ceramide and long-chain base phosphates levels, involved in incorporation of exogenous long chain bases in sphingolipids; LCB3 has a paralog, YSR3, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (409 aa) |
| | ERG20 | Farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase; has both dimethylallyltranstransferase and geranyltranstransferase activities; catalyzes the formation of C15 farnesyl pyrophosphate units for isoprenoid and sterol biosynthesis. (352 aa) |
| | ELO1 | Elongation of fatty acids protein 1; Elongase I, medium-chain acyl elongase; catalyzes carboxy-terminal elongation of unsaturated C12-C16 fatty acyl-CoAs to C16-C18 fatty acids; ELO1 has a paralog, ELO2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (310 aa) |
| | OPI3 | Phosphatidyl-N-methylethanolamine N-methyltransferase; Methylene-fatty-acyl-phospholipid synthase; catalyzes the last two steps in phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis; also known as phospholipid methyltransferase. (206 aa) |
| | AIM25 | Altered inheritance rate of mitochondria protein 25; Mitochondria protein of unknown function; interacts genetically with TOR1 to regulate chronological lifespan, and the response to both heat shock and oxidative stress; involved in maintaining the integrity of the mitochondrial network; negative regulator of mitophagy flux; non-tagged protein is detected in purified mitochondria in high-throughput studies; null mutant is viable and displays an elevated frequency of mitochondrial genome loss; similar to murine NOR1. (327 aa) |
| | DAN1 | Cell wall mannoprotein; has similarity to Tir1p, Tir2p, Tir3p, and Tir4p; expressed under anaerobic conditions, completely repressed during aerobic growth. (298 aa) |
| | AUR1 | Inositol phosphorylceramide synthase catalytic subunit AUR1; Phosphatidylinositol:ceramide phosphoinositol transferase; required for sphingolipid synthesis; can mutate to confer aureobasidin A resistance; also known as IPC synthase. (401 aa) |
| | LAC1 | Ceramide synthase component; involved in synthesis of ceramide from C26(acyl)-coenzyme A and dihydrosphingosine or phytosphingosine, functionally equivalent to Lag1p; LAC1 has a paralog, LAG1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (418 aa) |
| | SPT23 | ER membrane protein involved in regulation of OLE1 transcription; inactive ER form dimerizes and one subunit is then activated by ubiquitin/proteasome-dependent processing followed by nuclear targeting; SPT23 has a paralog, MGA2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (1082 aa) |
| | PTM1 | Membrane protein PTM1; Protein of unknown function; copurifies with late Golgi vesicles containing the v-SNARE Tlg2p; PTM1 has a paralog, YHL017W, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (523 aa) |
| | MDM35 | Mitochondrial distribution and morphology protein 35; Mitochondrial intermembrane space protein; forms complex with Ups2p that transfers phosphatidylserine from outer membrane to inner membrane for phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis; mutation affects mitochondrial distribution and morphology; contains twin cysteine-x9-cysteine motifs; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress. (86 aa) |
| | YJU3 | Monoglyceride lipase (MGL); functional ortholog of mammalian MGL, localizes to lipid particles and membranes, also member of the eukaryotic serine hydrolase family; Belongs to the AB hydrolase superfamily. Monoacylglycerol lipase family. (313 aa) |
| | TGL1 | Sterol esterase TGL1; Steryl ester hydrolase; one of three gene products (Yeh1p, Yeh2p, Tgl1p) responsible for steryl ester hydrolase activity and involved in sterol homeostasis; localized to lipid particle membranes. (548 aa) |
| | MCR1 | Mitochondrial NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase; involved in ergosterol biosynthesis; Belongs to the flavoprotein pyridine nucleotide cytochrome reductase family. (302 aa) |
| | FAS1 | 3-hydroxyacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] dehydratase; Beta subunit of fatty acid synthetase; complex catalyzes the synthesis of long-chain saturated fatty acids; contains acetyltransacylase, dehydratase, enoyl reductase, malonyl transacylase, and palmitoyl transacylase activities. (2051 aa) |
| | SPO14 | 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. (1683 aa) |
| | PET10 | Protein of unknown function that localizes to lipid particles; localization suggests a role in lipid metabolism; expression pattern suggests a role in respiratory growth; computational analysis of large-scale protein-protein interaction data suggests a role in ATP/ADP exchange. (283 aa) |
| | YSR3 | Dihydrosphingosine 1-phosphate phosphatase; membrane protein involved in sphingolipid metabolism; YSR3 has a paralog, LCB3, that arose from the whole genome duplication; Belongs to the type 2 lipid phosphate phosphatase family. (404 aa) |
| | GPT2 | Glycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 2; Glycerol-3-phosphate/dihydroxyacetone phosphate sn-1 acyltransferase; located in lipid particles and the ER; involved in the stepwise acylation of glycerol-3-phosphate and dihydroxyacetone in lipid biosynthesis; the most conserved motifs and functionally relevant residues are oriented towards the ER lumen; Belongs to the GPAT/DAPAT family. (743 aa) |
| | TGL4 | Lipase 4; Multifunctional lipase/hydrolase/phospholipase; triacylglycerol lipase, steryl ester hydrolase, and Ca2+-independent phospholipase A2; catalyzes acyl-CoA dependent acylation of LPA to PA; required with Tgl3p for timely bud formation; phosphorylated and activated by Cdc28p; TGL4 has a paralog, TGL5, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (910 aa) |
| | YEH1 | Sterol esterase 1; Steryl ester hydrolase; one of three gene products (Yeh1p, Yeh2p, Tgl1p) responsible for steryl ester hydrolase activity and involved in sterol homeostasis; localized to lipid particle membranes; YEH1 has a paralog, YEH2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (573 aa) |
| | YEH2 | Sterol esterase 2; Steryl ester hydrolase; catalyzes steryl ester hydrolysis at the plasma membrane; involved in sterol metabolism; YEH2 has a paralog, YEH1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (538 aa) |
| | ERG3 | Delta(7)-sterol 5(6)-desaturase; C-5 sterol desaturase; glycoprotein that catalyzes the introduction of a C-5(6) double bond into episterol, a precursor in ergosterol biosynthesis; transcriptionally down-regulated when ergosterol is in excess; mutants are viable, but cannot grow on non-fermentable carbon sources; substrate of HRD ubiquitin ligase; mutation is functionally complemented by human SC5D. (365 aa) |
| | ERG27 | 3-keto sterol reductase; catalyzes the last of three steps required to remove two C-4 methyl groups from an intermediate in ergosterol biosynthesis; mutants are sterol auxotrophs; mutation is functionally complemented by human HSD17B7; Belongs to the short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR) family. ERG27 subfamily. (347 aa) |
| | AVL9 | Late secretory pathway protein AVL9; Conserved protein involved in exocytic transport from the Golgi; mutation is synthetically lethal with apl2 vps1 double mutation; member of a protein superfamily with orthologs in diverse organisms; relocalizes from bud neck to cytoplasm upon DNA replication stress. (764 aa) |
| | CKI1 | Choline kinase; catalyzes the first step in phosphatidylcholine synthesis via the CDP-choline (Kennedy pathway); exhibits some ethanolamine kinase activity contributing to phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis via the CDP-ethanolamine pathway; CKI1 has a paralog, EKI1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (582 aa) |
| | UPS2 | Mitochondrial intermembrane space protein; involved in phospholipid metabolism; forms complex with Mdm35p that transfers phosphatidylserine from outer membrane to inner membrane for phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis; null mutant has defects in mitochondrial morphology; similar to Ups1p, Ups3p and to human PRELI; UPS2 has a paralog, UPS3, that arose from the whole genome duplication; Belongs to the slowmo family. (230 aa) |
| | UPS1 | Protein UPS1, mitochondrial; Phosphatidic acid transfer protein; plays a role in phospholipid metabolism by transporting phosphatidic acid from the outer to the inner mitochondrial membrane; localizes to the mitochondrial intermembrane space; null mutant has altered cardiolipin and phosphatidic acid levels; ortholog of human PRELI; Belongs to the slowmo family. (175 aa) |
| | ECM22 | Sterol regulatory element binding protein; regulates transcription of sterol biosynthetic genes upon sterol depletion, after relocating from intracellular membranes to perinuclear foci; redundant activator of filamentation with UPC2, up-regulating the expression of genes involved in filamentous growth; contains Zn[2]-Cys[6] binuclear cluster; ECM22 has a paralog, UPC2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (814 aa) |
| | HAP1 | Zinc finger transcription factor; involved in the complex regulation of gene expression in response to levels of heme and oxygen; localizes to the mitochondrion as well as to the nucleus; the S288C sequence differs from other strain backgrounds due to a Ty1 insertion in the carboxy terminus. (1502 aa) |
| | LCB5 | Minor sphingoid long-chain base kinase; possibly involved in synthesis of long-chain base phosphates, which function as signaling molecules; LCB5 has a paralog, LCB4, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (687 aa) |
| | ORM2 | Protein that mediates sphingolipid homeostasis; evolutionarily conserved, required for resistance to agents that induce unfolded protein response; Orm1p and Orm2p together control membrane biogenesis by coordinating lipid homeostasis with protein quality control; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress; ORM2 has a paralog, ORM1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (216 aa) |
| | ELO3 | Elongation of fatty acids protein 3; Elongase; involved in fatty acid and sphingolipid biosynthesis; synthesizes very long chain 20-26-carbon fatty acids from C18-CoA primers; involved in regulation of sphingolipid biosynthesis; lethality of the elo2 elo3 double null mutation is functionally complemented by human ELOVL1 and weakly complemented by human ELOVL3 or ELOV7; Belongs to the ELO family. (345 aa) |
| | SEI1 | Seipin involved in lipid droplet (LD) assembly; controls lipid particle morphology, number, and size; promotes initiation of LD formation on the ER; ensures that LDs bud from the ER towards the cytosolic side of the membrane; forms a complex with Ldb16p at ER-LD contact sites, stabilizing these sites; null mutants have localized accumulation of phosphatidic acid (PA) marker proteins; BSCL2, human homolog implicated in congenital lipodystrophy, complements yeast null mutant. (285 aa) |
| | HMG2 | HMG-CoA reductase; converts HMG-CoA to mevalonate, a rate-limiting step in sterol biosynthesis; one of two isozymes; overproduction induces assembly of peripheral ER membrane arrays and short nuclear-associated membrane stacks; forms foci at nuclear periphery upon DNA replication stress; HMG2 has a paralog, HMG1, that arose from the whole genome duplication; human homolog HMGCR can complement yeast hmg2 mutant. (1045 aa) |
| | ERG6 | Delta(24)-sterol C-methyltransferase; converts zymosterol to fecosterol in the ergosterol biosynthetic pathway by methylating position C-24; localized to lipid particles, the plasma membrane-associated endoplasmic reticulum, and the mitochondrial outer membrane; Belongs to the class I-like SAM-binding methyltransferase superfamily. Erg6/SMT family. (383 aa) |
| | NTE1 | Lysophospholipase NTE1; Serine esterase; homolog of human neuropathy target esterase (NTE); Nte1p-mediated phosphatidylcholine turnover influences transcription factor Opi1p localization, affecting transcriptional regulation of phospholipid biosynthesis genes. (1679 aa) |
| | HMG1 | HMG-CoA reductase; catalyzes conversion of HMG-CoA to mevalonate, which is a rate-limiting step in sterol biosynthesis; one of two isozymes; localizes to nuclear envelope; overproduction induces formation of karmellae; forms foci at nuclear periphery upon DNA replication stress; HMG1 has a paralog, HMG2, that arose from the whole genome duplication; human homolog HMGCR can complement yeast hmg1 mutant. (1054 aa) |
| | ERG13 | 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) synthase; catalyzes the formation of HMG-CoA from acetyl-CoA and acetoacetyl-CoA; involved in the second step in mevalonate biosynthesis. (491 aa) |
| | PLB2 | Phospholipase B (lysophospholipase) involved in lipid metabolism; displays transacylase activity in vitro; overproduction confers resistance to lysophosphatidylcholine. (706 aa) |
| | PLB1 | Phospholipase B (lysophospholipase) involved in lipid metabolism; required for efficient acyl chain remodeling of newly synthesized phosphatidylethanolamine-derived phosphatidylcholine; required for deacylation of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine but not phosphatidylinositol; PLB1 has a paralog, PLB3, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (664 aa) |
| | ERG5 | Cytochrome P450 61; C-22 sterol desaturase; a cytochrome P450 enzyme that catalyzes the formation of the C-22(23) double bond in the sterol side chain in ergosterol biosynthesis; may be a target of azole antifungal drugs. (538 aa) |
| | MOT3 | Transcriptional activator/repressor MOT3; Transcriptional repressor, activator; role in cellular adjustment to osmotic stress including modulation of mating efficiency; involved in repression of subset of hypoxic genes by Rox1p, repression of several DAN/TIR genes during aerobic growth, ergosterol biosynthetic genes in response to hyperosmotic stress; contributes to recruitment of Tup1p-Cyc8p general repressor to promoters; relocalizes to cytosol under hypoxia; forms [MOT3+] prion under anaerobic conditions. (490 aa) |
| | IRC21 | Increased recombination centers protein 21; Protein of unknown function; may be involved in resistance to carboplatin and cisplatin; null mutant displays increase in spontaneous Rad52p foci; contains a lipid-binding domain and binds cardiolipin in a large-scale study. (201 aa) |
| | ERG29 | Uncharacterized protein YMR134W; Protein of unknown function involved in ergosterol biosynthesis; conditional mutants produce less ergosterol, display impaired oxygen consumption, respiratory growth, mitochondrial iron utilization, and are more sensitive to oxidative stress; mutant bm-8 has a growth defect on iron-limited medium that is complemented by overexpression of Yfh1p; protein localizes to the cytoplasm, ER and nuclear envelope; highly conserved in ascomycetes. (237 aa) |
| | YMR147W | Uncharacterized protein YMR147W; Putative protein of unknown function; SWAT-GFP and mCherry fusion proteins localize to the cell periphery. (223 aa) |
| | OSW5 | Outer spore wall protein 5; 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; Belongs to the OSW5 family. (148 aa) |
| | YIM1 | Protein of unknown function; null mutant displays sensitivity to DNA damaging agents; may have a role in lipid metabolism, based on localization to lipid droplets; the authentic, non-tagged protein is detected in highly purified mitochondria in high-throughput studies; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress. (365 aa) |
| | PAH1 | Phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase 1; Mg2+-dependent phosphatidate (PA) phosphatase; dephosphorylates PA to yield diacylglycerol; regulates phospholipid synthesis, nuclear/ER membrane growth, lipid droplet formation, triacylglycerol synthesis, vacuolar homeostasis and cell wall integrity; phosphorylated by Pho85p/Pho80p, Cdc28p/Cyclin B, PKA, PKC, and CKII, regulating activity, localization, and proteosomal degradation; homolog of mammalian lipins 1 and 2; human homologs LPIN1, LPIN2, LPIN3 complement the null. (862 aa) |
| | ERG2 | C-8 sterol isomerase; catalyzes isomerization of delta-8 double bond to delta-7 position at an intermediate step in ergosterol biosynthesis; transcriptionally down-regulated when ergosterol is in excess; mutation is functionally complemented by human EBP. (222 aa) |
| | ERG12 | Mevalonate kinase; acts in the biosynthesis of isoprenoids and sterols, including ergosterol, from mevalonate; human MVK functionally complements the lethality of the erg12 null mutation. (443 aa) |
| | MGL2 | Putative esterase YMR210W; Monoacylglycerol lipase; palmitoyl monoacylglycerol is the preferred substrate; role in triacylglycerol catabolism; minor role in medium-chain fatty acid ethyl ester biosynthesis; contains an alpha/beta hydrolase domain and a typical lipase motif; has similarity to acyltransferases, Eeb1p and Eht1p, and human ABHD1. (449 aa) |
| | ERG8 | Phosphomevalonate kinase; an essential cytosolic enzyme that acts in the biosynthesis of isoprenoids and sterols, including ergosterol, from mevalonate. (451 aa) |
| | FAA4 | Long-chain-fatty-acid--CoA ligase 4; Long chain fatty acyl-CoA synthetase; activates fatty acids with a preference for C12:0-C16:0 chain lengths; role in the competitive import of long-chain fatty acids and sphingoid long-chain bases; role in stationary phase survival; localizes to lipid particles and the plasma membrane; role in sphingolipid-to-glycerolipid metabolism; forms cytoplasmic foci upon replication stress; faa1 faa4 double null complemented by any of human ACSBG1, ACSL1, 3, 4, 5, 6, SLC27A2, or 4; Belongs to the ATP-dependent AMP-binding enzyme family. (694 aa) |
| | SCS7 | Ceramide very long chain fatty acid hydroxylase SCS7; Sphingolipid alpha-hydroxylase; functions in the alpha-hydroxylation of sphingolipid-associated very long chain fatty acids, has both cytochrome b5-like and hydroxylase/desaturase domains, not essential for growth; Belongs to the sterol desaturase family. SCS7 subfamily. (384 aa) |
| | LCB1 | Component of serine palmitoyltransferase; responsible along with Lcb2p for the first committed step in sphingolipid synthesis, which is the condensation of serine with palmitoyl-CoA to form 3-ketosphinganine. (558 aa) |
| | LIP1 | Ceramide synthase subunit; single-span ER membrane protein associated with Lag1p and Lac1p and required for ceramide synthase activity, null mutant grows extremely slowly and is defective in ceramide synthesis; Belongs to the LIP1 family. (150 aa) |
| | TGL3 | Lipase 3; Bifunctional triacylglycerol lipase and LPE acyltransferase; major lipid particle-localized triacylglycerol (TAG) lipase; catalyzes acylation of lysophosphatidylethanolamine (LPE), a function which is essential for sporulation; protein level and stability of Tgl3p are markedly reduced in the absence of lipid droplets; required with Tgl4p for timely bud formation. (642 aa) |
| | CYB5 | Cytochrome b5; involved in the sterol and lipid biosynthesis pathways; acts as an electron donor to support sterol C5-6 desaturation. (120 aa) |
| | CPT1 | Cholinephosphotransferase; required for phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis and for inositol-dependent regulation of EPT1 transcription; CPT1 has a paralog, EPT1, that arose from the whole genome duplication; Belongs to the CDP-alcohol phosphatidyltransferase class-I family. (393 aa) |
| | NSG2 | Protein involved in regulation of sterol biosynthesis; specifically stabilizes Hmg2p, one of two HMG-CoA isoenzymes that catalyze the rate-limiting step in sterol biosynthesis; homolog of mammalian INSIG proteins; NSG2 has a paralog, NSG1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (299 aa) |
| | PSD1 | Phosphatidylserine decarboxylase of the mitochondrial inner membrane; converts phosphatidylserine to phosphatidylethanolamine; regulates mitochondrial fusion and morphology by affecting lipid mixing in the mitochondrial membrane and by influencing the ratio of long to short forms of Mgm1p; partly exposed to the mitochondrial intermembrane space; autocatalytically processed; Belongs to the phosphatidylserine decarboxylase family. PSD-B subfamily. Eukaryotic type I sub-subfamily. (500 aa) |
| | YTP1 | Protein YTP1; Probable type-III integral membrane protein of unknown function; has regions of similarity to mitochondrial electron transport proteins. (459 aa) |
| | ERG24 | C-14 sterol reductase; acts in ergosterol biosynthesis; mutants accumulate the abnormal sterol ignosterol (ergosta-8,14 dienol), and are viable under anaerobic growth conditions but inviable on rich medium under aerobic conditions; Belongs to the ERG4/ERG24 family. (438 aa) |
| | LRO1 | Acyltransferase that catalyzes diacylglycerol esterification; one of several acyltransferases that contribute to triglyceride synthesis; Lro1p and Dga1p can O-acylate ceramides; putative homolog of human lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase. (661 aa) |
| | ARE2 | Sterol O-acyltransferase 2; Acyl-CoA:sterol acyltransferase; endoplasmic reticulum enzyme that contributes the major sterol esterification activity in the presence of oxygen; ARE2 has a paralog, ARE1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (642 aa) |
| | MVD1 | Mevalonate pyrophosphate decarboxylase; essential enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of isoprenoids and sterols, including ergosterol; acts as a homodimer; Belongs to the diphosphomevalonate decarboxylase family. (396 aa) |
| | PLB3 | Phospholipase B (lysophospholipase) involved in lipid metabolism; hydrolyzes phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylserine and displays transacylase activity in vitro; PLB3 has a paralog, PLB1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (686 aa) |
| | GPD2 | Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase [NAD(+)] 2, mitochondrial; NAD-dependent glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase; expression is controlled by an oxygen-independent signaling pathway required to regulate metabolism under anoxic conditions; located in cytosol and mitochondria; constitutively active but is inactivated via phosphorylation by energy-stress responsive kinase SNF1; GPD2 has a paralog, GPD1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (440 aa) |
| | INO4 | Protein INO4; Transcription factor involved in phospholipid synthesis; required for derepression of inositol-choline-regulated genes involved in phospholipid synthesis; forms a complex, with Ino2p, that binds the inositol-choline-responsive element through a basic helix-loop-helix domain. (151 aa) |
| | TIR4 | Cell wall mannoprotein; expressed under anaerobic conditions and required for anaerobic growth; transcription is also induced by cold shock; member of the Srp1p/Tip1p family of serine-alanine-rich proteins. (487 aa) |
| | TIR2 | Cold shock-induced protein TIR2; Putative cell wall mannoprotein; member of the Srp1p/Tip1p family of serine-alanine-rich proteins; transcription is induced by cold shock and anaerobiosis; TIR2 has a paralog, TIR3, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (251 aa) |
| | AUS1 | ATP-dependent permease AUS1; Plasma membrane sterol transporter of the ATP-binding cassette family; required, along with Pdr11p, for uptake of exogenous sterols and their incorporation into the plasma membrane; activity is stimulated by phosphatidylserine; sterol uptake is required for anaerobic growth because sterol biosynthesis requires oxygen; AUS1 has a paralog, PDR11, that arose from the whole genome duplication; Belongs to the ABC transporter superfamily. ABCG family. PDR (TC 3.A.1.205) subfamily. (1394 aa) |
| | HMS1 | bHLH protein with similarity to myc-family transcription factors; overexpression confers hyperfilamentous growth and suppresses the pseudohyphal filamentation defect of a diploid mep1 mep2 homozygous null mutant. (434 aa) |
| | TGL5 | Lipase 5; Bifunctional triacylglycerol lipase and LPA acyltransferase; lipid particle-localized triacylglycerol (TAG) lipase involved in triacylglycerol mobilization; catalyzes acylation of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA); potential Cdc28p substrate; TGL5 has a paralog, TGL4, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (749 aa) |
| | IAH1 | Isoamyl acetate-hydrolyzing esterase; required in balance with alcohol acetyltransferase to maintain optimal amounts of isoamyl acetate, which is particularly important in sake brewing; Belongs to the 'GDSL' lipolytic enzyme family. IAH1 subfamily. (238 aa) |
| | MDM32 | Mitochondrial distribution and morphology protein 32; Mitochondrial inner membrane protein with similarity to Mdm31p; required for normal mitochondrial morphology and inheritance; interacts genetically with MMM1, MDM10, MDM12, and MDM34; variation between SK1 and S288C at residues 182 and 262 impacts invasive growth and mitochondrial network structure; Belongs to the MDM31/MDM32 family. (622 aa) |
| | LCB4 | Sphingoid long-chain base kinase; responsible for synthesis of long-chain base phosphates, which function as signaling molecules, regulates synthesis of ceramide from exogenous long-chain bases, localizes to the Golgi and late endosomes; LCB4 has a paralog, LCB5, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (624 aa) |
| | ALE1 | Broad-specificity lysophospholipid acyltransferase; part of MBOAT family of membrane-bound O-acyltransferases; key component of Lands cycle; may have role in fatty acid exchange at sn-2 position of mature glycerophospholipids; Belongs to the membrane-bound acyltransferase family. (619 aa) |
| | DGA1 | Diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1; Diacylglycerol acyltransferase; catalyzes the terminal step of triacylglycerol (TAG) formation, acylates diacylglycerol using acyl-CoA as an acyl donor; Lro1p and Dga1p can O-acylate ceramides; localized to lipid particles. (418 aa) |
| | DGK1 | Diacylglycerol kinase; localized to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER); overproduction induces enlargement of ER-like membrane structures and suppresses a temperature-sensitive sly1 mutation; contains a CTP transferase domain; Belongs to the DGK1 family. (290 aa) |
| | FAA1 | Long-chain-fatty-acid--CoA ligase 1; Long chain fatty acyl-CoA synthetase; activates fatty acids with a preference for C12:0-C16:0 chain lengths; role in the competitive import of long-chain fatty acids and sphingoid long-chain bases; accounts for most acyl-CoA synthetase activity; localizes to lipid particles and the plasma membrane; role in sphingolipid-to-glycerolipid metabolism; forms ER foci upon replication stress; faa1 faa4 double null complemented by any of human ACSBG1, ACSL1, 3, 4, 5, 6, SLC27A2, or 4. (700 aa) |
| | TYE7 | Serine-rich protein that contains a bHLH DNA binding motif; binds E-boxes of glycolytic genes and contributes to their activation; may function as a transcriptional activator in Ty1-mediated gene expression; bHLH stands for basic-helix-loop-helix. (291 aa) |
| | ATF1 | Alcohol O-acetyltransferase 1; Alcohol acetyltransferase; responsible for the major part of volatile acetate ester production during fermentation; main enzyme involved in terpenyl acetate synthesis; potential roles in lipid and sterol metabolism. (525 aa) |
| | NCR1 | NPC intracellular sterol transporter 1-related protein 1; Vacuolar membrane protein; transits through the biosynthetic vacuolar protein sorting pathway, involved in sphingolipid metabolism; cells lacking Ncr1p exhibit high levels of long chain bases (LCB), similar to the accumulation of high amounts of lipids observed in patients with Neimann-Pick C, a disease caused by loss-of-function mutations in NPC1, the functional ortholog of Ncr1p; Belongs to the patched family. (1170 aa) |
| | ERG10 | Acetyl-CoA C-acetyltransferase (acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase); cytosolic enzyme that transfers an acetyl group from one acetyl-CoA molecule to another, forming acetoacetyl-CoA; involved in the first step in mevalonate biosynthesis; human ACAT1 functionally complements the growth defect caused by repression of ERG10 expression; Belongs to the thiolase-like superfamily. Thiolase family. (398 aa) |
| | SUR1 | Mannosylinositol phosphorylceramide (MIPC) synthase catalytic subunit; forms a complex with regulatory subunit Csg2p; function in sphingolipid biosynthesis is overlapping with that of Csh1p; SUR1 has a paralog, CSH1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (382 aa) |
| | BTS1 | Geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase (GGPS); increases the intracellular pool of geranylgeranyl diphosphate, suppressor of bet2 mutation that causes defective geranylgeranylation of small GTP-binding proteins that mediate vesicular traffic. (335 aa) |
| | YDC1 | Alkaline dihydroceramidase, involved in sphingolipid metabolism; preferentially hydrolyzes dihydroceramide to a free fatty acid and dihydrosphingosine; has a minor reverse activity; YDC1 has a paralog, YPC1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (317 aa) |
| | EEB1 | Acyl-coenzymeA:ethanol O-acyltransferase; responsible for the major part of medium-chain fatty acid ethyl ester biosynthesis during fermentation; possesses short-chain esterase activity; may be involved in lipid metabolism and detoxification; EEB1 has a paralog, EHT1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (456 aa) |
| | FMP30 | N-acyl-phosphatidylethanolamine-hydrolyzing phospholipase D, mitochondrial; Protein with a role in maintaining mitochondrial morphology; also involved in maintaining normal cardiolipin levels; mitochondrial inner membrane protein; proposed to be involved in N-acylethanolamine metabolism; related to mammalian N-acylPE-specific phospholipase D; Belongs to the NAPE-PLD family. (468 aa) |
| | GDE1 | Glycerophosphocholine (GroPCho) phosphodiesterase; hydrolyzes GroPCho to choline and glycerolphosphate, for use as a phosphate source and as a precursor for phosphocholine synthesis; may interact with ribosomes. (1223 aa) |
| | IDI1 | Isopentenyl-diphosphate Delta-isomerase; Isopentenyl diphosphate:dimethylallyl diphosphate isomerase; catalyzes an essential activation step in the isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway; required for viability; isopentenyl diphosphate:dimethylallyl diphosphate isomerase is also known as IPP isomerase; Belongs to the IPP isomerase type 1 family. (288 aa) |
| | DAP1 | Damage response protein 1; Heme-binding protein; involved in regulation of cytochrome P450 protein Erg11p; damage response protein, related to mammalian membrane progesterone receptors; mutations lead to defects in telomeres, mitochondria, and sterol synthesis; Belongs to the cytochrome b5 family. MAPR subfamily. (152 aa) |
| | PGC1 | Phosphatidylglycerol phospholipase C; regulates phosphatidylglycerol (PG) accumulation via a phospholipase C-type degradation mechanism; PG levels affect mitochondrial function; contains glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase motifs; Belongs to the glycerophosphoryl diester phosphodiesterase family. (321 aa) |
| | FAS2 | 3-oxoacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] reductase; Alpha subunit of fatty acid synthetase; complex catalyzes the synthesis of long-chain saturated fatty acids; contains the acyl-carrier protein domain and beta-ketoacyl reductase, beta-ketoacyl synthase and self-pantetheinylation activities. (1887 aa) |
| | ROX1 | Heme-dependent repressor of hypoxic genes; mediates aerobic transcriptional repression of hypoxia induced genes such as COX5b and CYC7; repressor function regulated through decreased promoter occupancy in response to oxidative stress; contains an HMG domain that is responsible for DNA bending activity; involved in the hyperosmotic stress resistance. (368 aa) |
| | YPR084W | Uncharacterized protein YPR084W; Putative protein of unknown function. (456 aa) |
| | PIS1 | CDP-diacylglycerol--inositol 3-phosphatidyltransferase; Phosphatidylinositol synthase; required for biosynthesis of phosphatidylinositol, which is a precursor for polyphosphoinositides, sphingolipids, and glycolipid anchors for some of the plasma membrane proteins; Belongs to the CDP-alcohol phosphatidyltransferase class-I family. (220 aa) |
| | LOA1 | Lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase; involved in triacelglyceride homeostasis and lipid droplet formation; localized to lipid droplets and the ER; specificity for oleoyl-CoA. (300 aa) |
| | TAZ1 | Lyso-phosphatidylcholine acyltransferase; required for normal phospholipid content of mitochondrial membranes; major determinant of the final acyl chain composition of the mitochondrial-specific phospholipid cardiolipin; mutations in human ortholog tafazzin (TAZ) cause Barth syndrome, a rare X-linked disease characterized by skeletal and cardiomyopathy and bouts of cyclic neutropenia; a specific splice variant of human TAZ can complement yeast null mutant. (381 aa) |
| | YPR147C | Uncharacterized protein YPR147C; Protein of unknown function; may have a role in lipid metabolism, based on localization to lipid droplets; green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fusion protein localizes to the cytoplasm and is induced in response to the DNA-damaging agent MMS. (304 aa) |
