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| | LTE1 | Guanine nucleotide exchange factor LTE1; Protein similar to GDP/GTP exchange factors; without detectable GEF activity; required for asymmetric localization of Bfa1p at daughter-directed spindle pole bodies and for mitotic exit at low temperatures. (1435 aa) |
| | CDC15 | Cell division control protein 15; Protein kinase of the Mitotic Exit Network; localized to the spindle pole bodies at late anaphase; promotes mitotic exit by directly switching on the kinase activity of Dbf2p; required for spindle disassembly after meiosis II; relocalizes to the cytoplasm upon DNA replication stress. (974 aa) |
| | BOI1 | Protein implicated in polar growth; functionally redundant with Boi2p; interacts with bud-emergence protein Bem1p; contains an SH3 (src homology 3) domain and a PH (pleckstrin homology) domain; relocalizes from bud neck to cytoplasm upon DNA replication stress; BOI1 has a paralog, BOI2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (980 aa) |
| | PKC1 | Protein serine/threonine kinase; essential for cell wall remodeling during growth; localized to sites of polarized growth and the mother-daughter bud neck; homolog of the alpha, beta, and gamma isoforms of mammalian protein kinase C (PKC). (1151 aa) |
| | CHS2 | Chitin synthase II; catalyzes transfer of N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) to chitin upon activation of zymogenic form; required for chitin synthesis in the primary septum during cytokinesis; localization regulated by Cdk1p during mitosis; phosphorylation by Dbf2p kinase regulates its dynamics and chitin synthesis during cytokinesis. (963 aa) |
| | HSL7 | Protein arginine N-methyltransferase; exhibits septin and Hsl1p-dependent localization to the bud neck in budded cells and periodic Hsl1p-dependent phosphorylation; required with Hsl1p, and Elm1p for the mother-bud neck recruitment, phosphorylation, and degradation of Swe1p; interacts directly with Swe1p; relocalizes away from bud neck upon DNA replication stress; human homolog PRMT5 can complement yeast hsl7 mutant. (827 aa) |
| | YSW1 | Spore-specific protein YSW1; Protein required for normal prospore membrane formation; interacts with Gip1p, which is the meiosis-specific regulatory subunit of the Glc7p protein phosphatase; expressed specifically in spores and localizes to the prospore membrane; YSW1 has a paralog, SPO21, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (609 aa) |
| | AMN1 | Antagonist of mitotic exit network protein 1; Protein required for daughter cell separation; multiple mitotic checkpoints, and chromosome stability; contains 12 degenerate leucine-rich repeat motifs; expression is induced by the Mitotic Exit Network (MEN); Belongs to the AMN1 family. (549 aa) |
| | BEM1 | Bud emergence protein 1; Protein containing SH3-domains; involved in establishing cell polarity and morphogenesis; functions as a scaffold protein for complexes that include Cdc24p, Ste5p, Ste20p, and Rsr1p. (551 aa) |
| | RGD1 | GTPase-activating protein (RhoGAP) for Rho3p and Rho4p; possibly involved in control of actin cytoskeleton organization. (666 aa) |
| | BUD3 | Bud site selection protein 3; Guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for Cdc42p; activates Cdc42p in early G1, accounting for the first stage of biphasic activation, with Cdc24p accounting for the second stage in late G1; involved in the Cdc42p-mediated assembly of the axial landmark that dictates the site for the next round of budding, resulting in the axial budding pattern observed in haploids; localizes with septins to the bud neck contractile ring in mitosis. (1636 aa) |
| | KCC4 | Probable serine/threonine-protein kinase KCC4; Protein kinase of the bud neck involved in the septin checkpoint; associates with septin proteins, negatively regulates Swe1p by phosphorylation, shows structural homology to bud neck kinases Gin4p and Hsl1p; KCC4 has a paralog, GIN4, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (1037 aa) |
| | CDC10 | Cell division control protein 10; 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. (322 aa) |
| | BUD5 | Bud site selection protein 5; GTP/GDP exchange factor for Rsr1p (Bud1p); required for both axial and bipolar budding patterns; mutants exhibit random budding in all cell types. (642 aa) |
| | CYK3 | SH3-domain protein located in the bud neck and cytokinetic actin ring; relocalizes from bud neck to nucleus upon DNA replication stress; activates the chitin synthase activity of Chs2p during cytokinesis; suppressor of growth and cytokinesis defects of chs2 phospho-mutants. (885 aa) |
| | RDI1 | Rho GDP dissociation inhibitor; involved in the localization and regulation of Cdc42p and Rho1p; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress. (202 aa) |
| | ACK1 | Activator of C kinase protein 1; Protein that functions in the cell wall integrity pathway; functions upstream of Pkc1p; GFP-fusion protein expression is induced in response to the DNA-damaging agent MMS; non-tagged Ack1p is detected in purified mitochondria. (623 aa) |
| | SHS1 | Seventh homolog of septin 1; Component of the septin ring that is required for cytokinesis; present at the ends of rod-like septin hetero-oligomers; C-terminal extension is important for recruitment of Bni5p to the mother-bud neck, which in turn is required for Myo1p recruitment and cytokinesis; undergoes sumoylation and phosphorylation during mitosis; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress. (551 aa) |
| | LRG1 | Rho-GTPase-activating protein LRG1; GTPase-activating protein (GAP); contains Rho1p-specific GAP activity, interacting with activated forms of Rho1p; functions along with Sac7p as a negative regulator of the Pkc1p-mediated cell wall integrity signaling pathway; negative regulator of cell wall 1,3-beta-glucan biosynthesis; required for efficient cell fusion; contains a RhoGAP domain and three Lin-11-Isl1-Mec-3 (LIM) domains. (1017 aa) |
| | SPR28 | Sporulation-regulated protein 28; 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; Belongs to the TRAFAC class TrmE-Era-EngA-EngB-Septin-like GTPase superfamily. Septin GTPase family. (423 aa) |
| | YDR239C | Uncharacterized protein YDR239C; Protein of unknown function; may interact with ribosomes, based on co-purification experiments. (787 aa) |
| | GIC2 | GTPase-interacting component 2; Redundant rho-like GTPase Cdc42p effector; involved in initiation of budding and cellular polarization; interacts with Cdc42p via the Cdc42/Rac-interactive binding (CRIB) domain and with PI(4,5)P2 via a polybasic region; GIC2 has a paralog, GIC1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (383 aa) |
| | RGA2 | GTPase-activating protein for polarity-establishment protein Cdc42p; implicated in control of septin organization, pheromone response, and haploid invasive growth; regulated by Pho85p and Cdc28p; RGA2 has a paralog, RGA1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (1009 aa) |
| | SAC7 | GTPase-activating protein SAC7; GTPase activating protein (GAP) for Rho1p; regulator of a Tor2p-mediated, Rho1p GTPase switch that controls organization of the actin cytoskeleton; negative regulator of the RHO1-PKC1-MAPK cell integrity (CWI) and membrane fluidity homeostasis signaling pathways; potential Cdc28p substrate; SAC7 has a paralog, BAG7, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (654 aa) |
| | GIN4 | Serine/threonine-protein kinase GIN4; Protein kinase involved in bud growth and assembly of the septin ring; proposed to have kinase-dependent and kinase-independent activities; undergoes autophosphorylation; similar to Hsl1p; GIN4 has a paralog, KCC4, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (1142 aa) |
| | BOI2 | Protein implicated in polar growth, functionally redundant with Boi1p; interacts with bud-emergence protein Bem1p; contains an SH3 (src homology 3) domain and a PH (pleckstrin homology) domain; BOI2 has a paralog, BOI1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (1040 aa) |
| | PEA2 | Protein PEA2; Coiled-coil 12S polarisome subunit; required for polarity establishment, apical bud growth, shmoo formation, filamentous differentiation; involved in Bni1p localization at sites of polarized growth, controlling polarized assembly of actin cables; role in apical growth affects diploid-specific bipolar bud site selection; retains Slt2p at bud tip to regulate ER inheritance; role in Ca2+ influx, cell fusion; S288C allele encoding Leu409 rather than Met linked with non-invasion. (420 aa) |
| | BEM2 | GTPase-activating protein BEM2/IPL2; Rho GTPase activating protein (RhoGAP); involved in the control of cytoskeleton organization and cellular morphogenesis; required for bud emergence; potential GAP for Rho4p. (2167 aa) |
| | RGD2 | Rho-GTPase-activating protein RGD2; GTPase-activating protein (RhoGAP) for Cdc42p and Rho5p; relocalizes from bud neck to cytoplasm upon DNA replication stress. (714 aa) |
| | CDC14 | Tyrosine-protein phosphatase CDC14; 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. (551 aa) |
| | MLC1 | Essential light chain for Myo1p; light chain for Myo2p; stabilizes Myo2p by binding to the neck region; interacts with Myo1p, Iqg1p, and Myo2p to coordinate formation and contraction of the actomyosin ring with targeted membrane deposition. (149 aa) |
| | MTL1 | Protein MTL1; Putative plasma membrane sensor; involved in cell integrity signaling and stress response during glucose starvation and oxidative stress; has structural and functional similarity to Mid2p; MTL1 has a paralog, MID2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (551 aa) |
| | BUD9 | Protein involved in bud-site selection; mutant has increased aneuploidy tolerance; diploid mutants display a unipolar budding pattern instead of the wild-type bipolar pattern, and bud at the distal pole; BUD9 has a paralog, BUD8, that arose from the whole genome duplication; To yeast BUD8. (547 aa) |
| | SPR3 | Sporulation-regulated protein 3; Sporulation-specific homolog of the CDC3/10/11/12 family of genes; septin protein involved in sporulation; regulated by ABFI; the yeast CDC3/10/11/12 family is a family of bud neck microfilament genes; Belongs to the TRAFAC class TrmE-Era-EngA-EngB-Septin-like GTPase superfamily. Septin GTPase family. (512 aa) |
| | ROM1 | Guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for Rho1p; mutations are synthetically lethal with mutations in rom2, which also encodes a GEP; ROM1 has a paralog, ROM2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (1155 aa) |
| | DBF2 | Cell cycle protein kinase DBF2; Ser/Thr kinase involved in transcription and stress response; functions as part of a network of genes in exit from mitosis; localization is cell cycle regulated; activated by Cdc15p during the exit from mitosis; also plays a role in regulating the stability of SWI5 and CLB2 mRNAs; phosphorylates Chs2p to regulate primary septum formation and Hof1p to regulate cytokinesis; DBF2 has a paralog, DBF20, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (572 aa) |
| | ESP1 | Separin; Separase, a caspase-like cysteine protease; promotes sister chromatid separation by mediating dissociation of the cohesin Scc1p from chromatin; inhibits protein phosphatase 2A-Cdc55p to promote mitotic exit; inhibited by Pds1p; relative distribution to the nucleus increases upon DNA replication stress. (1630 aa) |
| | RSR1 | Ras-related protein RSR1; GTP-binding protein of the Ras superfamily; required for bud site selection, morphological changes in response to mating pheromone, and efficient cell fusion; localized to the plasma membrane; significantly similar to mammalian Rap GTPases. (272 aa) |
| | FYV8 | Protein of unknown function; required for survival upon exposure to K1 killer toxin. (817 aa) |
| | BNS1 | Protein of unknown function; overexpression bypasses need for Spo12p, but not required for meiosis; BNS1 has a paralog, SPO12, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (137 aa) |
| | STE20 | Serine/threonine-protein kinase STE20; Cdc42p-activated signal transducing kinase; involved in pheromone response, pseudohyphal/invasive growth, vacuole inheritance, down-regulation of sterol uptake; GBB motif binds Ste4p; member of the PAK (p21-activated kinase) family; Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. STE Ser/Thr protein kinase family. STE20 subfamily. (939 aa) |
| | MYO1 | Myosin-1; Type II myosin heavy chain; required for wild-type cytokinesis and cell separation; localizes to the actomyosin ring; binds to myosin light chains Mlc1p and Mlc2p through its IQ1 and IQ2 motifs respectively. (1928 aa) |
| | SLT2 | Mitogen-activated protein kinase SLT2/MPK1; Serine/threonine MAP kinase; coordinates expression of all 19S regulatory particle assembly-chaperones (RACs) to control proteasome abundance; involved in regulating maintenance of cell wall integrity, cell cycle progression, nuclear mRNA retention in heat shock, septum assembly; required for mitophagy, pexophagy; affects recruitment of mitochondria to phagophore assembly site; plays role in adaptive response of cells to cold; regulated by the PKC1-mediated signaling pathway; Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. CMGC Ser/Thr protein kin [...] (484 aa) |
| | GIC1 | GTPase-interacting component 1; Protein involved in initiation of budding and cellular polarization; interacts with Cdc42p via the Cdc42/Rac-interactive binding (CRIB) domain; relocalizes from bud neck to nucleus upon DNA replication stress; GIC1 has a paralog, GIC2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (314 aa) |
| | CDC12 | Cell division control protein 12; Component of the septin ring that is required for cytokinesis; septins are GTP-binding proteins that assemble into rod-like hetero-oligomers that can associate with other rods 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. (407 aa) |
| | DMA1 | Ubiquitin-protein ligase (E3); controls septin dynamics, spindle position checkpoint (SPOC) with ligase Dma2p by regulating recruitment of Elm1p to bud neck; regulates levels of eIF2 subunit Gcd11p, as well as abundance, localization, and ubiquitination of Cdk inhibitory kinase Swe1p; ubiquitinates cyclin Pcl1p; ortholog of human RNF8, similar to human Chfr; contains FHA, RING fingers; DMA1 has a paralog, DMA2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (416 aa) |
| | SPO12 | Sporulation-specific protein 12; Nucleolar protein of unknown function; positive regulator of mitotic exit; involved in regulating release of Cdc14p from the nucleolus in early anaphase, may play similar role in meiosis; SPO12 has a paralog, BNS1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (173 aa) |
| | YHR180W | Uncharacterized protein YHR180W; Putative protein of unknown function; conserved among S. cerevisiae strains. (163 aa) |
| | YHR182W | Uncharacterized protein YHR182W; Protein of unknown function; green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fusion protein localizes to the cell periphery and cytoplasm; relocalizes from bud neck to cytoplasm upon DNA replication stress. (785 aa) |
| | MOB1 | DBF2 kinase activator protein MOB1; Component of the mitotic exit network; associates with and is required for the activation and Cdc15p-dependent phosphorylation of the Dbf2p kinase; required for cytokinesis and cell separation; component of the CCR4 transcriptional complex; relocalizes from cytoplasm to the nuclear periphery upon DNA replication stress; Belongs to the MOB1/phocein family. (314 aa) |
| | SDP1 | Stress-inducible dual-specificity MAP kinase phosphatase; negatively regulates Slt2p MAP kinase by direct dephosphorylation, diffuse localization under normal conditions shifts to punctate localization after heat shock; SDP1 has a paralog, MSG5, that arose from the whole genome duplication; Belongs to the protein-tyrosine phosphatase family. Non- receptor class dual specificity subfamily. (209 aa) |
| | AXL2 | Integral plasma membrane protein; required for axial budding in haploid cells; localizes to the incipient bud site and bud neck; glycosylated by Pmt4p; potential Cdc28p substrate. (823 aa) |
| | BCK1 | Serine/threonine-protein kinase BCK1/SLK1/SSP31; MAPKKK acting in the protein kinase C signaling pathway; the kinase C signaling pathway controls cell integrity; upon activation by Pkc1p phosphorylates downstream kinases Mkk1p and Mkk2p; MAPKKK is an acronym for mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase kinase kinase. (1478 aa) |
| | ECM25 | Non-essential protein of unknown function; promoter contains a consensus binding sequence for factor Abf1p. (599 aa) |
| | BFA1 | Mitotic check point protein BFA1; Subunit of a two-component GTPase-activating protein, Bfa1p-Bub2p; contributes to GAP activity, inactivating Tem1 by stimulating GTP hydrolysis following damage or misalignment of the mitotic spindle; functions as a guanine-nucleotide exchange inhibitor (GDI) for Tem1p; involved in multiple cell cycle checkpoint pathways that control mitotic exit; required when telomeres are damaged, but not for all types of chromosomal DNA damage; phosphorylated by the Polo-like kinase Cdc5p; To S.pombe byr4. (574 aa) |
| | CDC11 | Cell division control protein 11; Component of the septin ring that is required for cytokinesis; present at the ends of rod-like septin hetero-oligomers; C-terminal extension is important for recruitment of Bni5p to the mother-bud neck, which in turn is required for Myo1p recruitment and cytokinesis; 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; Belongs to the TRAFAC class TrmE-Era-EngA-EngB-Septin-like GTPase superfamily. Septin GTPase family. (415 aa) |
| | BUD4 | Anillin-like protein involved in bud-site selection; required for the axial budding pattern; required for the formation and disassembly of the double septin ring structure, and generally for septin organization; functions as a platform linking the cytokinesis tag septins to the axial landmark through its multiple domains; in vivo substrate of Cdc28p/Clb2p. (1447 aa) |
| | BUD2 | Inhibitory regulator protein BUD2/CLA2; GTPase activating factor for Rsr1p/Bud1p; plays a role in spindle position checkpoint distinct from its role in bud site selection; required for both axial and bipolar budding patterns; mutants exhibit random budding in all cell types; contains two PH-like domains. (1104 aa) |
| | HSL1 | Probable serine/threonine-protein kinase HSL1; Nim1p-related protein kinase; septin-binding kinase that localizes to the bud neck septin ring and regulates the morphogenesis checkpoint; phosphorylates Hsl7p and cooperates with Elm1p to recruit Hsl7p to the mother-bud neck, as a prerequisite for the subsequent recruitment, phosphorylation, and degradation of Swe1p; autophosphorylation enhances interactions with Hsl7p. (1518 aa) |
| | KDX1 | Serine/threonine-protein kinase KDX1; Protein kinase; implicated in Slt2p mitogen-activated (MAP) kinase signaling pathway; interacts with numerous components in the mating pheromone and CWI MAPK pathways; associates with Rlm1p; KDX1 has a paralog, SLT2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (433 aa) |
| | NAP1 | Nucleosome assembly protein; Histone chaperone; involved in histone exchange by removing and replacing histone H2A-H2B dimers or histone variant dimers from assembled nucleosomes; involved in the transport of H2A and H2B histones to the nucleus; required for the regulation of microtubule dynamics during mitosis; interacts with mitotic cyclin Clb2p; controls bud morphogenesis; phosphorylated by CK2; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress. (417 aa) |
| | RHO4 | GTP-binding protein RHO4; Non-essential small GTPase; member of the Rho/Rac subfamily of Ras-like proteins; likely to be involved in the establishment of cell polarity; has long N-terminal extension that plays an important role in Rho4p function and is shared with Rho4 homologs in other yeasts and filamentous fungi. (291 aa) |
| | PXL1 | Paxillin-like protein 1; Protein that localizes to sites of polarized growth; required for selection and/or maintenance of polarized growth sites, may modulate signaling by the GTPases Cdc42p and Rho1p; contains LIM domains and has similarity to metazoan paxillin; relocalizes from bud neck to cytoplasm upon DNA replication stress. (706 aa) |
| | LMO1 | ELMO family protein LMO1; Homolog of mammalian ELMO (Engulfment and celL MOtility); upstream component for regulation through the small GTPase Rho5p; may form a complex with Dck1p that acts as a GEF for Rho5p; cytoplasmic protein that relocates to mitochondria under oxidative stress; implicated in mitophagy; not an essential protein. (665 aa) |
| | SPA2 | Protein SPA2; Component of the polarisome; functions in actin cytoskeletal organization during polarized growth; acts as a scaffold for Mkk1p and Mpk1p cell wall integrity signaling components; potential Cdc28p substrate; coding sequence contains length polymorphisms in different strains; SPA2 has a paralog, SPH1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (1466 aa) |
| | RAX2 | Bud site selection protein RAX2; N-glycosylated protein; involved in the maintenance of bud site selection during bipolar budding; localization requires Rax1p; RAX2 mRNA stability is regulated by Mpt5p. (1220 aa) |
| | CDC123 | Cell division cycle protein 123; Assembly factor for the eIF2 translation initiation factor complex; regulates translational initiation; conserved residues of this ATP-Grasp protein that bind to ATP-Mg2+ in the pombe ortholog are required for complex assembly in budding yeast; interaction with eIF2 subunit Gcd11p facilitates complex assembly and activity; required for the START transition and timely progression through G2; regulated by nutrient availability; human ortholog complements the yeast mutant. (360 aa) |
| | CDC42 | Cell division control protein 42; Small rho-like GTPase; essential for establishment and maintenance of cell polarity; plays a role late in cell fusion via activation of key cell fusion regulator Fus2p; mutants have defects in the organization of actin and septins; human homolog CDC42 can complement yeast cdc42 mutant. (191 aa) |
| | CDC3 | Cell division control protein 3; 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; Belongs to the TRAFAC class TrmE-Era-EngA-EngB-Septin-like GTPase superfamily. Septin GTPase family. (520 aa) |
| | BUD6 | Bud site selection protein 6; Actin- and formin-interacting protein; participates in actin cable assembly and organization as a nucleation-promoting factor (NPF) for formins Bni1p and Bnr1p; a triple helical coiled-coil domain in the C-terminal region interacts with Bni1p; involved in polarized cell growth; isolated as bipolar budding mutant; potential Cdc28p substrate. (788 aa) |
| | MID2 | Cell wall integrity sensor MID2; O-glycosylated plasma membrane protein; acts as a sensor for cell wall integrity signaling and activates the pathway; interacts with Rom2p, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Rho1p, and with cell integrity pathway protein Zeo1p; MID2 has a paralog, MTL1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (376 aa) |
| | BUD8 | Protein involved in bud-site selection; diploid mutants display a unipolar budding pattern instead of the wild-type bipolar pattern, and bud at the proximal pole; BUD8 has a paralog, BUD9, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (603 aa) |
| | ROM2 | Guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for Rho1p and Rho2p; mutations are synthetically lethal with mutations in rom1, which also encodes a GEF; Rom2p localization to the bud surface is dependent on Ack1p; ROM2 has a paralog, ROM1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (1356 aa) |
| | DCK1 | DOCK-like protein 1; Dock family protein (Dedicator Of CytoKinesis), homolog of human DOCK1; upstream component for regulation through the small GTPase Rho5p; may form a complex with Lmo1p that acts as a GEF for Rho5p; interacts with Ino4p; cytoplasmic protein that relocates to mitochondria under oxidative stress; implicated in mitophagy; not an essential protein; DOCK proteins act as guanine nucleotide exchange factors. (1932 aa) |
| | TUS1 | Guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) that modulates Rho1p activity; involved in the cell integrity signaling pathway; interacts with Rgl1p; localization of Tus1p to the bed neck is regulated by Rgl1p; multicopy suppressor of tor2 mutation and ypk1 ypk2 double mutation; potential Cdc28p substrate. (1307 aa) |
| | TEM1 | GTP-binding protein of the Ras superfamily; involved in termination of M-phase; controls actomyosin and septin dynamics during cytokinesis. (245 aa) |
| | CDC5 | Cell cycle serine/threonine-protein kinase CDC5/MSD2; 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; Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. Ser/Thr protein kinase family. CDC5/Polo subfamily. (705 aa) |
| | HOF1 | Cytokinesis protein 2; Protein that regulates actin cytoskeleton organization; required for cytokinesis, actin cable organization, and secretory vesicle trafficking; localized to bud neck; phosphorylated by Dbf2p; regulates actomyosin ring dynamics and septin localization; contains an SH3 domain; N terminus controls cell size and levels of actin cables, while C terminus controls actin cable organization via direct regulation of the formin Bnr1p. (669 aa) |
| | BUB2 | Mitotic check point protein BUB2; Mitotic exit network regulator; forms GTPase-activating Bfa1p-Bub2p complex that binds Tem1p and spindle pole bodies, blocks cell cycle progression before anaphase in response to spindle and kinetochore damage; Belongs to the BUB2 family. (306 aa) |
| | EPO1 | Uncharacterized protein YMR124W; Protein involved in septin-ER tethering; interacts with ER membrane protein, Scs2p, and Shs1p, a septin ring component, at bud neck to create ER diffusion barrier; GFP-fusion protein localizes to the cell periphery, cytoplasm, bud, and bud neck; interacts with Crm1p in two-hybrid assay; YMR124W has a paralog, YLR031W, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (943 aa) |
| | NIS1 | Protein localized in the bud neck at G2/M phase; physically interacts with septins; possibly involved in a mitotic signaling network. (407 aa) |
| | DMA2 | Ubiquitin-protein ligase (E3); controls septin dynamics and spindle position checkpoint (SPOC) with ligase Dma1p by regulating recruitment of Elm1p to bud neck; regulates levels of eIF2 subunit Gcd11p, as well as abundance, localization, and ubiquitination of Cdk inhibitory kinase Swe1p; ortholog of human RNF8, similar to human Chfr; contains FHA and RING finger domains; DMA2 has a paralog, DMA1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (522 aa) |
| | INN1 | Ingression protein 1; Essential protein that associates with contractile actomyosin ring; required for ingression of the plasma membrane into the bud neck during cytokinesis; C2 domain, a membrane targeting module, is required for function; activates chitin synthase activity of Chs2p during cytokinesis. (409 aa) |
| | BNI5 | Bud neck protein 5; Linker protein responsible for recruitment of myosin to the bud neck; interacts with the C-terminal extensions of septins Cdc11p and Shs1p and binds Myo1p to promote cytokinesis. (448 aa) |
| | RHO5 | GTP-binding protein RHO5; Non-essential small GTPase of the Rho/Rac family of Ras-like proteins; RAC1 ortholog; regulated by phosphorylation and ubiquitination; likely involved in protein kinase C (Pkc1p)-dependent signal transduction pathway that controls cell integrity. (331 aa) |
| | BNI1 | Protein BNI1; Formin; polarisome component; nucleates the formation of linear actin filaments, involved in cell processes such as budding and mitotic spindle orientation which require the formation of polarized actin cables; recruited to the division site in a Glc7p/Ref2p dependent manner following release of Bnr1p; functionally redundant with BNR1. (1953 aa) |
| | WSC2 | Cell wall integrity and stress response component 2; Sensor-transducer of the stress-activated PKC1-MPK1 signaling pathway; involved in maintenance of cell wall integrity and recovery from heat shock; required for the arrest of secretion response; WSC2 has a paralog, WSC3, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (503 aa) |
| | MSB3 | Rab GTPase-activating protein; regulates endocytosis via inactivation of Vps21p at endosomes and vacuole fusion via inactivation of Ypt7p at vacuoles; also acts on Ypt52p and Sec4p; localizes to plasma membrane, sites of polarized growth; relocalizes from bud neck to cytoplasm upon DNA replication stress; similar to TBC-domain Tre2 oncogene; MSB3 has a paralog, MSB4, that arose from the whole genome duplication; human homolog USP6NL can complement yeast msb3 msb4 double null. (633 aa) |
| | CLA4 | Serine/threonine-protein kinase CLA4; Cdc42p-activated signal transducing kinase; member of the PAK (p21-activated kinase) family, along with Ste20p and Skm1p; involved in septin ring assembly, vacuole inheritance, cytokinesis, sterol uptake regulation; phosphorylates Cdc3p and Cdc10p; CLA4 has a paralog, SKM1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (842 aa) |
| | NBA1 | Protein of unknown function; localizes to the bud neck and cytoplasm; interacts with Nap1p; may interact with ribosomes, based on co-purification experiments; potential Cdc28p substrate. (501 aa) |
| | WSC3 | Cell wall integrity and stress response component 3; Sensor-transducer of the stress-activated PKC1-MPK1 signaling pathway; involved in maintenance of cell wall integrity; involved in response to heat shock and other stressors; regulates 1,3-beta-glucan synthesis; WSC3 has a paralog, WSC2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (556 aa) |
| | MSB4 | GTPase-activating protein of the Ras superfamily; acts primarily on Sec4p, localizes to the bud site and bud tip; msb3 msb4 double mutation causes defects in secretion and actin organization; similar to the TBC-domain Tre2 oncogene; MSB4 has a paralog, MSB3, that arose from the whole genome duplication; human homolog USP6NL can complement yeast msb3 msb4 double null mutant. (492 aa) |
| | SKM1 | Serine/threonine-protein kinase SKM1; Member of the PAK family of serine/threonine protein kinases; similar to Ste20p; involved in down-regulation of sterol uptake; proposed to be a downstream effector of Cdc42p during polarized growth; SKM1 has a paralog, CLA4, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (655 aa) |
| | SLG1 | Protein SLG1; Sensor-transducer of the stress-activated PKC1-MPK1 kinase pathway; involved in maintenance of cell wall integrity; required for mitophagy; involved in organization of the actin cytoskeleton; secretory pathway Wsc1p is required for the arrest of secretion response. (378 aa) |
| | RGA1 | GTPase-activating protein for polarity-establishment protein Cdc42p; implicated in control of septin organization, pheromone response, and haploid invasive growth; relocalizes from bud neck to cytoplasm upon DNA replication stress; RGA1 has a paralog, RGA2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (1007 aa) |
| | BAG7 | Rho-GTPase-activating protein BAG7; Rho GTPase activating protein (RhoGAP); stimulates the intrinsic GTPase activity of Rho1p, which plays a bud growth by regulating actin cytoskeleton organization and cell wall biosynthesis, resulting in the downregulation of Rho1p; structurally and functionally related to Sac7p; BAG7 has a paralog, SAC7, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (409 aa) |
| | MSB1 | Morphogenesis-related protein MSB1; Protein of unknown function; may be involved in positive regulation of 1,3-beta-glucan synthesis and the Pkc1p-MAPK pathway; multicopy suppressor of temperature-sensitive mutations in CDC24 and CDC42, and of mutations in BEM4; potential Cdc28p substrate; relocalizes from bud neck to cytoplasm upon DNA replication stress. (1137 aa) |
| | SLK19 | Kinetochore-associated protein; required for chromosome segregation and kinetochore clustering; required for normal segregation of chromosomes in meiosis and mitosis; component of the FEAR regulatory network, which promotes Cdc14p release from the nucleolus during anaphase; potential Cdc28p substrate. (821 aa) |
| | MKK1 | MAPKK involved in the protein kinase C signaling pathway; involved in control of cell integrity; upon activation by Bck1p phosphorylates downstream target, Slt2p; functionally redundant with Mkk2p; MKK1 has a paralog, MKK2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (508 aa) |
| | KIN4 | Serine/threonine-protein kinase KIN4; Serine/threonine protein kinase; inhibits the mitotic exit network (MEN) when the spindle position checkpoint is activated; localized asymmetrically to mother cell cortex, spindle pole body and bud neck; KIN4 has a paralog, FRK1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (800 aa) |
| | RAX1 | Protein involved in bud site selection during bipolar budding; localization requires Rax2p; has similarity to members of the insulin-related peptide superfamily. (435 aa) |
| | NUD1 | Protein NUD1; Component of the spindle pole body outer plaque; acts through the mitotic exit network to specify asymmetric spindle pole body inheritance. (851 aa) |
| | RGL1 | RHO1 GEF localizing protein 1; Regulator of Rho1p signaling, cofactor of Tus1p; required for the localization of Tus1p during all phases of cytokinesis; green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fusion protein localizes to the bud neck and cytoplasm; null mutant is viable and exhibits growth defect on a non-fermentable (respiratory) carbon source. (479 aa) |
| | RLM1 | MADS-box transcription factor; component of the protein kinase C-mediated MAP kinase pathway involved in the maintenance of cell integrity; phosphorylated and activated by the MAP-kinase Slt2p; RLM1 has a paralog, SMP1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (676 aa) |
| | BEM3 | GTPase-activating protein BEM3; Rho GTPase activating protein (RhoGAP); involved in control of the cytoskeleton organization; targets the essential Rho-GTPase Cdc42p, which controls establishment and maintenance of cell polarity, including bud-site assembly. (1128 aa) |
| | MKK2 | MAPKK involved in the protein kinase C signaling pathway; involved in control of cell integrity; upon activation by Bck1p phosphorylates downstream target, Slt2p; functionally redundant with Mkk1p; MKK2 has a paralog, MKK1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (506 aa) |
| | AIM44 | Altered inheritance of mitochondria protein 44; Protein that regulates Cdc42p and Rho1p; functions in the late steps of cytokinesis and cell separation; sustains Rho1p at the cell division site after actomyosin ring contraction; inhibits the activation of Cdc42-Cla4 at the cell division site to prevent budding inside the old bud neck; transcription is regulated by Swi5p; null mutant displays elevated frequency of mitochondrial genome loss; relocalizes from bud neck to cytoplasm upon DNA replication stress. (758 aa) |
| | BEM4 | Bud emergence protein 4; Protein involved in establishment of cell polarity and bud emergence; interacts with the Rho1p small GTP-binding protein and with the Rho-type GTPase Cdc42p; involved in maintenance of proper telomere length. (633 aa) |
| | IQG1 | Ras GTPase-activating-like protein IQG1; Essential protein required for determination of budding pattern; promotes localization of axial markers Bud4p and Cdc12p and functionally interacts with Sec3p, localizes to the contractile ring during anaphase, member of the IQGAP family; relocalizes from bud neck to cytoplasm upon DNA replication stress. (1495 aa) |
| | DBF20 | Serine/threonine-protein kinase DBF20; Ser/Thr kinase involved in late nuclear division; one of the mitotic exit network (MEN) proteins; necessary for the execution of cytokinesis; also plays a role in regulating the stability of SWI5 and CLB2 mRNAs; DBF20 has a paralog, DBF2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (564 aa) |
| | AXL1 | Putative protease AXL1; Haploid specific endoprotease of a-factor mating pheromone; performs one of two N-terminal cleavages during maturation of a-factor mating pheromone; required for axial budding pattern of haploid cells. (1208 aa) |
| | RHO1 | GTP-binding protein of the rho subfamily of Ras-like proteins; involved in establishment of cell polarity; regulates protein kinase C (Pkc1p) and the cell wall synthesizing enzyme 1,3-beta-glucan synthase (Fks1p and Gsc2p). (209 aa) |
| | MLC2 | Regulatory light chain for the type II myosin Myo1p; binds to an IQ motif of Myo1p, localization to the bud neck depends on Myo1p; involved in the disassembly of the Myo1p ring. (163 aa) |
