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| SWD1 | COMPASS component SWD1; Subunit of the COMPASS (Set1C) complex; COMPASS methylates histone H3 on lysine 4 and is required in transcriptional silencing near telomeres; WD40 beta propeller superfamily member with similarity to mammalian Rbbp7. (426 aa) | ||||
| RFA1 | Subunit of heterotrimeric Replication Protein A (RPA); RPA is a highly conserved single-stranded DNA binding protein involved in DNA replication, repair, and recombination; RPA protects against inappropriate telomere recombination, and upon telomere uncapping, prevents cell proliferation by a checkpoint-independent pathway; role in DNA catenation/decatenation pathway of chromosome disentangling; relocalizes to the cytosol in response to hypoxia. (621 aa) | ||||
| HEK2 | Heterogeneous nuclear rnp K-like protein 2; RNA binding protein involved in asymmetric localization of ASH1 mRNA; represses translation of ASH1 mRNA, an effect reversed by Yck1p-dependent phosphoryation; regulates telomere position effect and length; similarity to hnRNP-K. (381 aa) | ||||
| POL12 | B subunit of DNA polymerase alpha-primase complex; required for initiation of DNA replication during mitotic and premeiotic DNA synthesis; also functions in telomere capping and length regulation. (705 aa) | ||||
| TEL1 | Serine/threonine-protein kinase TEL1; Protein kinase primarily involved in telomere length regulation; contributes to cell cycle checkpoint control in response to DNA damage; acts with Red1p and Mec1p to promote interhomolog recombination by phosphorylation of Hop1; functionally redundant with Mec1p; regulates P-body formation induced by replication stress; homolog of human ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) gene. (2787 aa) | ||||
| MEC1 | Serine/threonine-protein kinase MEC1; Genome integrity checkpoint protein and PI kinase superfamily member; Mec1p and Dun1p function in same pathway to regulate dNTP pools and telomere length; signal transducer required for cell cycle arrest and transcriptional responses to damaged or unreplicated DNA; facilitates replication fork progression and regulates P-body formation under replication stress; promotes interhomolog recombination by phosphorylating Hop1p; associates with shortened, dysfunctional telomeres. (2368 aa) | ||||
| CDC28 | Cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) catalytic subunit; master regulator of mitotic and meiotic cell cycles; alternately associates with G1, S, G2/M phase cyclins, which provide substrate specificity; regulates metabolism, basal transcription, chromosome dynamics, growth and morphogenesis; transcript induction in osmostress involves antisense RNA; human homologs CDK1, CDK2, CDK3 can complement yeast conditional cdc28 mutants; human CDK1, CDK2 can complement yeast cdc28 null mutant. (298 aa) | ||||
| SWD3 | COMPASS component SWD3; Essential subunit of the COMPASS (Set1C) complex; COMPASS methylates histone H3 on lysine 4 and is required in transcriptional silencing near telomeres; WD40 beta propeller superfamily member and ortholog of mammalian WDR5. (315 aa) | ||||
| PBP2 | PAB1-binding protein 2; RNA binding protein; has similarity to mammalian heterogeneous nuclear RNP K protein, involved in the regulation of telomere position effect and telomere length; relative distribution to the nucleus increases upon DNA replication stress. (413 aa) | ||||
| RIF1 | Telomere length regulator protein RIF1; Protein that binds to the Rap1p C-terminus; acts synergistically with Rif2p to help control telomere length and establish telomeric silencing; involved in control of DNA replication; contributes to resection of DNA double strand breaks (DSBs); deletion results in telomere elongation; Belongs to the RIF1 family. (1916 aa) | ||||
| GBP2 | Single-strand telomeric DNA-binding protein GBP2; Poly(A+) RNA-binding protein; key surveillance factor for the selective export of spliced mRNAs from the nucleus to the cytoplasm; preference for intron-containing genes; similar to Npl3p; also binds single-stranded telomeric repeat sequence in vitro; relocalizes to the cytosol in response to hypoxia; GBP2 has a paralog, HRB1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (427 aa) | ||||
| MRC1 | S-phase checkpoint protein required for DNA replication; couples DNA helicase and polymerase; interacts with and stabilizes Pol2p at stalled replication forks during stress, where it forms a pausing complex with Tof1p and is phosphorylated by Mec1p; defines a novel S-phase checkpoint with Hog1p that coordinates DNA replication and transcription upon osmostress; protects uncapped telomeres; Dia2p-dependent degradation mediates checkpoint recovery; mammalian claspin homolog. (1096 aa) | ||||
| NHP10 | Non-histone protein 10; Non-essential INO80 chromatin remodeling complex subunit; preferentially binds DNA ends, protecting them from exonucleatic cleavage; deletion affects telomere maintenance via recombination; related to mammalian high mobility group proteins. (203 aa) | ||||
| SLX5 | Subunit of the Slx5-Slx8 SUMO-targeted Ub ligase (STUbL) complex; role in Ub-mediated degradation of histone variant Cse4p preventing mislocalization to euchromatin; role in proteolysis of spindle positioning protein Kar9p, and DNA repair proteins Rad52p and Rad57p; forms SUMO-dependent nuclear foci, including DNA repair centers; contains a RING domain and two SIM motifs; associates with the centromere; required for maintenance of genome integrity like human ortholog RNF4. (619 aa) | ||||
| RAD59 | Protein involved DNA double-strand break repair; repairs breaks in DNA during vegetative growth via recombination and single-strand annealing; anneals complementary single-stranded DNA; forms nuclear foci upon DNA replication stress; required for loading of Rad52p to DSBs; regulates replication fork progression in DNA ligase I-deficient cells; paralog of Rad52p; Belongs to the RAD52 family. (238 aa) | ||||
| BRE1 | E3 ubiquitin ligase; forms heterodimer with Rad6p to regulate K63 polyubiquitination in response to oxidative stress and to monoubiquinate histone H2B-K123, which is required for the subsequent methylation of histone H3-K4 and H3-K79; required for DSBR, transcription, silencing, and checkpoint control; interacts with RNA-binding protein Npl3p, linking histone ubiquitination to mRNA processing; Bre1p-dependent histone ubiquitination promotes pre-mRNA splicing. (700 aa) | ||||
| CDC13 | Cell division control protein 13; Single stranded DNA-binding protein found at TG1-3 telomere G-tails; key roles in regulation of telomerase, telomere end protection, conventional telomere replication; regulates telomere replication through recruitment of specific sub-complexes, essential function is telomere capping; forms homodimer via N-terminus; disruption of dimerization leads to short telomeres; autophagy and proteasome are involved in Cdc13p degradation; differentially phosphorylated through cell cycle. (924 aa) | ||||
| RAD57 | DNA repair protein RAD57; Protein that stimulates strand exchange; stimulates strand exchange by stabilizing the binding of Rad51p to single-stranded DNA; involved in the recombinational repair of double-strand breaks in DNA during vegetative growth and meiosis; forms heterodimer with Rad55p; Belongs to the RecA family. (460 aa) | ||||
| STN1 | Protein STN1; Telomere end-binding and capping protein; plays a key role with Pol12p in linking telomerase action with completion of lagging strand synthesis, and in a regulatory step required for telomere capping; similar to human Stn1. (494 aa) | ||||
| XRS2 | Protein required for DNA repair; component of the Mre11 complex, which is involved in double strand breaks, meiotic recombination, telomere maintenance, and checkpoint signaling. (854 aa) | ||||
| LCD1 | Essential protein required for the DNA integrity checkpoint pathways; interacts physically with Mec1p; putative homolog of S. pombe Rad26 and human ATRIP; forms nuclear foci upon DNA replication stress. (747 aa) | ||||
| YRF1-1 | Y' element ATP-dependent helicase protein 1 copy 1; Helicase encoded by the Y' element of subtelomeric regions; highly expressed in the mutants lacking the telomerase component TLC1; potentially phosphorylated by Cdc28p. (1796 aa) | ||||
| IES5 | Ino eighty subunit 5; Non-essential INO80 chromatin remodeling complex subunit; deletion affects telomere maintenance via recombination. (125 aa) | ||||
| RAD51 | DNA repair protein RAD51; Strand exchange protein; forms a helical filament with DNA that searches for homology; involved in the recombinational repair of double-strand breaks in DNA during vegetative growth and meiosis; homolog of Dmc1p and bacterial RecA protein. (400 aa) | ||||
| SLX8 | Subunit of Slx5-Slx8 SUMO-targeted ubiquitin ligase (STUbL) complex; role in proteolysis of spindle positioning protein Kar9, DNA repair proteins Rad52p and Rad57p; stimulated by SUMO-modified substrates; contains a C-terminal RING domain; forms nuclear foci upon DNA replication stress; required for maintenance of genome integrity like human ortholog RNF. (274 aa) | ||||
| GLC7 | Serine/threonine-protein phosphatase PP1-2; Type 1 S/T protein phosphatase (PP1) catalytic subunit; involved in glycogen metabolism, sporulation and mitotic progression; interacts with multiple regulatory subunits; regulates actomyosin ring formation; subunit of CPF; recruited to mating projections by Afr1p interaction; regulates nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of Hxk2p; import into the nucleus is inhibited during spindle assembly checkpoint arrest; involved in dephosphorylating Rps6a/b and Bnr1p. (312 aa) | ||||
| YRF1-2 | Y' element ATP-dependent helicase protein 1 copy 2; Helicase encoded by the Y' element of subtelomeric regions; highly expressed in the mutants lacking the telomerase component TLC1; potentially phosphorylated by Cdc28p; induced by treatment with 8-methoxypsoralen and UVA irradiation. (1681 aa) | ||||
| RAD6 | Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (E2); involved in postreplication repair as a heterodimer with Rad18p, regulation of K63 polyubiquitination in response to oxidative stress, DSBR and checkpoint control as a heterodimer with Bre1p, ubiquitin-mediated N-end rule protein degradation as a heterodimer with Ubr1p, ERAD with Ubr1p in the absence of canonical ER membrane ligases, and Rpn4p turnover as part of proteasome homeostasis, in complex with Ubr2p and Mub1p. (172 aa) | ||||
| INO80 | Chromatin-remodeling ATPase INO80; ATPase and nucleosome spacing factor; subunit of complex containing actin and actin-related proteins that has chromatin remodeling activity and 3' to 5' DNA helicase activity in vitro; promotes nucleosome shifts in the 3 prime direction; has a role in modulating stress gene transcription. (1489 aa) | ||||
| RAD54 | DNA repair and recombination protein RAD54; DNA-dependent ATPase that stimulates strand exchange; modifies the topology of double-stranded DNA; involved in the recombinational repair of double-strand breaks in DNA during vegetative growth and meiosis; member of the SWI/SNF family of DNA translocases; forms nuclear foci upon DNA replication stress. (898 aa) | ||||
| SUA5 | Threonylcarbamoyl-AMP synthase; Protein involved in threonylcarbamoyl adenosine biosynthesis; Sua5p and Qri7p are necessary and sufficient for RNA t6A modification in vitro; null mutant lacks N6-threonylcarbamoyl adenosine (t6A) modification in the anticodon loop of ANN-decoding tRNA; member of conserved YrdC/Sua5 family; binds single-stranded telomeric DNA and null mutant has abnormal telomere length. (426 aa) | ||||
| SAE2 | DNA endonuclease SAE2; Endonuclease required for telomere elongation; required for telomeric 5' C-rich strand resection; involved in ds-break repair and processing hairpin DNA structures with the MRX complex; function requires sumoylation and phosphorylation; exists as inactive oligomers that are transiently released into smaller active units by phosphorylation; DNA damage triggers Sae2p removal, so active Sae2p is present only transiently; sequence and functional similarity with human CtIP/RBBP8; Belongs to the COM1/SAE2/CtIP family. (345 aa) | ||||
| TEL2 | Telomere length regulation protein TEL2; Subunit of the ASTRA complex, involved in chromatin remodeling; subunit of the telomere cap complex DNA-binding protein specific to single-stranded yeast telomeric DNA repeats, required for telomere length regulation and telomere position effect; involved in the stability or biogenesis of PIKKs such as TORC1; Belongs to the TEL2 family. (688 aa) | ||||
| BUD32 | Protein kinase; component of the EKC/KEOPS complex with Kae1p, Cgi121p, Pcc1p, and Gon7p; Pyrococcus Bud32 ortholog functions as a P-loop ATPase rather than a protein kinase in the context of the complex; EKC/KEOPS complex is required for t6A tRNA modification and telomeric TG1-3 recombination; may have role in transcription; mutation is functionally complemented by human TP53RK. (261 aa) | ||||
| YRF1-3 | Y' element ATP-dependent helicase protein 1 copy 3; Helicase encoded by the Y' element of subtelomeric regions; highly expressed in the mutants lacking the telomerase component TLC1; potentially phosphorylated by Cdc28p. (1859 aa) | ||||
| RRM3 | DNA helicase involved in rDNA replication and Ty1 transposition; binds to and suppresses DNA damage at G4 motifs in vivo; relieves replication fork pauses at telomeric regions; structurally and functionally related to Pif1p; Belongs to the helicase family. (723 aa) | ||||
| SET1 | Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase, H3 lysine-4 specific; Histone methyltransferase, subunit of the COMPASS (Set1C) complex; COMPASS methylates histone H3K4; Set1p-dependent H3K4 trimethylation recruits Nrd1p, allowing efficient termination of snoRNAs and cryptic unstable transcripts (CUTs) by Nrd1p-Nab3p-Sen1p pathway; modulates histone acetylation levels in promoter proximal regions to ensure efficient Nrd1p-dependent termination; required in transcriptional silencing near telomeres and at silent mating type loci; has a SET domain; Belongs to the class V-like SAM-binding methyltransf [...] (1080 aa) | ||||
| DNA2 | Tripartite DNA replication factor; single-stranded DNA-dependent ATPase, ATP-dependent nuclease, helicase; tracking protein for flap cleavage during Okazaki fragment maturation; involved in DNA repair/processing of meiotic DNA double strand breaks; component of telomeric chromatin with cell-cycle dependent localization; required for telomerase-dependent telomere synthesis; forms nuclear foci upon DNA replication stress; human homolog DNA2 complements yeast dna2 mutant. (1522 aa) | ||||
| THP2 | Subunit of the THO and TREX complexes; THO connects transcription elongation and mitotic recombination, and TREX is recruited to activated genes and couples transcription to mRNA export; involved in telomere maintenance. (261 aa) | ||||
| SET5 | Putative protein lysine methyltransferase SET5; Methyltransferase involved in methylation of histone H4 Lys5, -8, -12; S-adenosylmethionine-dependent; zinc-finger protein, contains one canonical and two unusual fingers in unusual arrangements; deletion enhances replication of positive-strand RNA virus; Belongs to the class V-like SAM-binding methyltransferase superfamily. Histone-lysine methyltransferase family. SET5 subfamily. (526 aa) | ||||
| EST3 | Telomere replication protein EST3; Component of the telomerase holoenzyme; involved in telomere replication; synthesis of the full-length protein results from a programmed +1 ribosomal frameshift. (181 aa) | ||||
| RFA3 | Subunit of heterotrimeric Replication Protein A (RPA); RPA is a highly conserved single-stranded DNA binding protein complex involved in DNA replication, repair, recombination; RPA protects against inappropriate telomere recombination, and upon telomere uncapping, prevents cell proliferation by a checkpoint-independent pathway; with Sgs1p-Top2p-Rmi1p, stimulates DNA catenation/decatenation activity of Top3p; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress. (122 aa) | ||||
| GON7 | Component of the EKC/KEOPS protein complex; EKC/KEOPS complex is required for t6A tRNA modification and telomeric TG1-3 recombination; may have role in transcription; implicated in osmotic stress response; other complex members are Kae1p, Cgi121p, Pcc1p, and Bud32p; Belongs to the GON7 family. (123 aa) | ||||
| SWD2 | COMPASS component SWD2; Subunit of the COMPASS (Set1C) histone H3K4 methyltransferase complex; required for Set1C stability and optimal activity; COMPASS methylates histone H3 on lys 4 and is involved in telomeric silencing; subunit of CPF (cleavage and polyadenylation factor), a complex involved in RNAP II transcription termination; Belongs to the WD repeat SWD2 family. (329 aa) | ||||
| DEF1 | RNAPII degradation factor; forms a complex with Rad26p in chromatin, enables ubiquitination and proteolysis of RNAPII present in an elongation complex; mutant is deficient in Zip1p loading onto chromosomes during meiosis. (738 aa) | ||||
| KAE1 | tRNA N6-adenosine threonylcarbamoyltransferase; Highly conserved ATPase of HSP70/DnaK family; essential functional component of the EKC/KEOPS complex, with Bud32p, Cgi121p, Pcc1p, and Gon7p; EKC/KEOPS complex is required for t6A tRNA modification and telomeric TG1-3 recombination; may have role in transcription. (386 aa) | ||||
| PCC1 | Component of the EKC/KEOPS protein complex; EKC/KEOPS complex is required for t6A tRNA modification and telomeric TG1-3 recombination; may have role in transcription; other complex members are Kae1p, Gon7p, Bud32p, and Cgi121p. (88 aa) | ||||
| TEN1 | Telomere length regulation protein TEN1; Protein that regulates telomeric length; protects telomeric ends in a complex with Cdc13p and Stn1p; similar to human Ten1 which is critical for the telomeric function of the CST (Cdc13p-Stn1p-Ten1p) complex. (160 aa) | ||||
| BRE2 | COMPASS component BRE2; Subunit of COMPASS (Set1C) complex; COMPASS methylates Lys4 of histone H3 and functions in silencing at telomeres; has a C-terminal Sdc1 Dpy-30 Interaction (SDI) domain that mediates binding to Sdc1p; similar to trithorax-group protein ASH2L. (505 aa) | ||||
| IES3 | Subunit of the INO80 chromatin remodeling complex. (250 aa) | ||||
| STM1 | Suppressor protein STM1; Protein required for optimal translation under nutrient stress; perturbs association of Yef3p with ribosomes; involved in TOR signaling; binds G4 quadruplex and purine motif triplex nucleic acid; helps maintain telomere structure; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress; serves as a ribosome preservation factor both during quiescence and recovery. (273 aa) | ||||
| EST1 | Telomere elongation protein EST1; TLC1 RNA-associated factor involved in telomere length regulation; recruitment subunit of telomerase; has G-quadruplex promoting activity required for telomere elongation; role in activating telomere-bound Est2p-TLC1-RNA; EST1 has a paralog, EBS1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (699 aa) | ||||
| TOP3 | DNA Topoisomerase III; conserved protein that functions in a complex with Sgs1p and Rmi1p to relax single-stranded negatively-supercoiled DNA preferentially; DNA catenation/decatenation activity is stimulated by RPA and Sgs1p-Top3p-Rmi1p; involved in telomere stability and regulation of mitotic recombination. (656 aa) | ||||
| MEC3 | DNA damage and meiotic pachytene checkpoint protein; subunit of a heterotrimeric complex (Rad17p-Mec3p-Ddc1p) that forms a sliding clamp, loaded onto partial duplex DNA by a clamp loader complex; homolog of human and S. pombe Hus1. (474 aa) | ||||
| EST2 | Reverse transcriptase subunit of the telomerase holoenzyme; essential for telomerase core catalytic activity, involved in other aspects of telomerase assembly and function; mutations in human homolog are associated with aplastic anemia. (884 aa) | ||||
| RIF2 | Protein that binds to the Rap1p C-terminus; acts synergistically with Rif1p to help control telomere length and establish telomeric silencing; deletion results in telomere elongation; RIF2 has a paralog, ORC4, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (395 aa) | ||||
| YRF1-4 | Y' element ATP-dependent helicase protein 1 copy 4; Helicase encoded by the Y' element of subtelomeric regions; highly expressed in the mutants lacking the telomerase component TLC1; potentially phosphorylated by Cdc28p. (1382 aa) | ||||
| YRF1-5 | Helicase encoded by the Y' element of subtelomeric regions; highly expressed in the mutants lacking the telomerase component TLC1; potentially phosphorylated by Cdc28p. (1796 aa) | ||||
| RAD52 | DNA repair and recombination protein RAD52; Protein that stimulates strand exchange; stimulates strand exchange by facilitating Rad51p binding to single-stranded DNA; anneals complementary single-stranded DNA; involved in the repair of double-strand breaks in DNA during vegetative growth and meiosis and UV induced sister chromatid recombination; Belongs to the RAD52 family. (471 aa) | ||||
| CGI121 | Component of the EKC/KEOPS complex; EKC/KEOPS complex is required for t6A tRNA modification and telomeric TG1-3 recombination; may have role in transcription; Cgi121p is dispensable for tRNA modification; other complex members are Bud32p, Kae1p, Pcc1p, and Gon7p; Belongs to the CGI121/TPRKB family. (181 aa) | ||||
| OGG1 | DNA-(apurinic or apyrimidinic site) lyase; Nuclear and mitochondrial glycosylase/lyase; specifically excises 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine residues located opposite cytosine or thymine residues in DNA, repairs oxidative damage to mitochondrial DNA, contributes to UVA resistance; Belongs to the type-1 OGG1 family. (376 aa) | ||||
| PIF1 | DNA helicase, potent G-quadruplex DNA binder/unwinder; possesses strand annealing activity; promotes DNA synthesis during break-induced replication; important for crossover recombination; translation from different start sites produces mitochondrial and nuclear forms; nuclear form is a catalytic inhibitor of telomerase; mitochondrial form involved in DNA repair and recombination; mutations affect Zn, Fe homeostasis; regulated by Rad53p-dependent phosphorylation in rho0 cells. (859 aa) | ||||
| YKU80 | ATP-dependent DNA helicase II subunit 2; Subunit of telomeric Ku complex (Yku70p-Yku80p); involved in telomere length maintenance, structure and telomere position effect; required for localization of telomerase ribonucleoprotein via interaction with TLC1 guide RNA; relocates to sites of double-strand cleavage to promote nonhomologous end joining during DSB repair; colocalizes with quiescent cell telomere hyperclusters; Belongs to the ku80 family. (629 aa) | ||||
| PSO2 | DNA cross-link repair protein PSO2/SNM1; Nuclease required for DNA single- and double-strand break repair; acts at a post-incision step in repair of breaks that result from interstrand cross-links produced by a variety of mono- and bi-functional psoralen derivatives; induced by UV-irradiation; forms nuclear foci upon DNA replication stress; Belongs to the DNA repair metallo-beta-lactamase (DRMBL) family. (661 aa) | ||||
| HSC82 | ATP-dependent molecular chaperone HSC82; Cytoplasmic chaperone of the Hsp90 family; plays a role in determining prion variants; redundant in function and nearly identical with Hsp82p, and together they are essential; expressed constitutively at 10-fold higher basal levels than HSP82 and induced 2-3 fold by heat shock; contains two acid-rich unstructured regions that promote the solubility of chaperone-substrate complexes; HSC82 has a paralog, HSP82, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (705 aa) | ||||
| SGS1 | ATP-dependent helicase SGS1; RecQ family nucleolar DNA helicase; role in genome integrity maintenance, chromosome synapsis, meiotic joint molecule/crossover formation; stimulates activity of Top3p; rapidly lost in response to rapamycin in Rrd1p-dependent manner; forms nuclear foci upon DNA replication stress; yeast SGS1 complements mutations in human homolog BLM implicated in Bloom syndrome; also similar to human WRN implicated in Werner syndrome; human BLM and WRN can each complement yeast null mutant; Belongs to the helicase family. RecQ subfamily. (1447 aa) | ||||
| MRE11 | Double-strand break repair protein MRE11; Nuclease subunit of the MRX complex with Rad50p and Xrs2p; complex functions in repair of DNA double-strand breaks and in telomere stability; Mre11p associates with Ser/Thr-rich ORFs in premeiotic phase; nuclease activity required for MRX function; widely conserved; forms nuclear foci upon DNA replication stress; Belongs to the MRE11/RAD32 family. (692 aa) | ||||
| YKU70 | ATP-dependent DNA helicase II subunit 1; Subunit of the telomeric Ku complex (Yku70p-Yku80p); involved in telomere length maintenance, structure and telomere position effect; required for localization of telomerase ribonucleoprotein to nucleus via interaction with the TLC1 guide RNA; relocates to sites of double-strand cleavage to promote nonhomologous end joining during DSB repair. (602 aa) | ||||
| TOP2 | DNA topoisomerase 2; Topoisomerase II; relieves torsional strain in DNA by cleaving and re-sealing phosphodiester backbone of both positively and negatively supercoiled DNA; cleaves complementary strands; localizes to axial cores in meiosis; required for replication slow zone (RSZ) breakage following Mec1p inactivation; human homolog TOP2A implicated in cancers, and can complement yeast null mutant; Belongs to the type II topoisomerase family. (1428 aa) | ||||
| RAP1 | DNA-binding protein RAP1; Essential DNA-binding transcription regulator that binds many loci; involved in transcription activation, repression, chromatin silencing, telomere length maintenance; relocalizes to cytosol under hypoxia; conserved protein with N-terminal BRCT domain, central region with homology to Myb DNA binding domain, and C-terminal Rap1-specific protein-interaction domain (RCT domain); recruits Sir complex to telomeric DNA; present in quiescent cell telomere hyperclusters. (827 aa) | ||||
| RAD50 | DNA repair protein RAD50; Subunit of MRX complex with Mre11p and Xrs2p; complex is involved in processing double-strand DNA breaks in vegetative cells, initiation of meiotic DSBs, telomere maintenance, and nonhomologous end joining; forms nuclear foci upon DNA replication stress; Belongs to the SMC family. RAD50 subfamily. (1312 aa) | ||||
| RFA2 | Subunit of heterotrimeric Replication Protein A (RPA); RPA is a highly conserved single-stranded DNA binding protein involved in DNA replication, repair, and recombination; RPA protects against inappropriate telomere recombination, and upon telomere uncapping, prevents cell proliferation by a checkpoint-independent pathway; in concert with Sgs1p-Top2p-Rmi1p, stimulates DNA catenation/decatenation activity of Top3p; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication s. (273 aa) | ||||
| YRF1-6 | Y' element ATP-dependent helicase protein 1 copy 6; Helicase encoded by the Y' element of subtelomeric regions; highly expressed in the mutants lacking the telomerase component TLC1; potentially phosphorylated by Cdc28p. (1859 aa) | ||||
| EXO1 | Exodeoxyribonuclease 1; 5'-3' exonuclease and flap-endonuclease; involved in recombination, double-strand break repair, MMS2 error-free branch of the post replication (PRR) pathway and DNA mismatch repair; role in telomere maintenance; member of the Rad2p nuclease family, with conserved N and I nuclease domains; relative distribution to the nucleus increases upon DNA replication stress; EXO1 has a paralog, DIN7, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (702 aa) | ||||
| IES4 | Ino eighty subunit 4; Component of the INO80 chromatiin remodeling complex; target of the Mec1p/Tel1p DNA damage signaling pathway; proposed to link chromatin remodeling to replication checkpoint responses. (116 aa) | ||||
| TBF1 | Protein TBF1; Telobox-containing general regulatory factor; binds TTAGGG repeats within subtelomeric anti-silencing regions (STARs), blocking silent chromatin propagation; binds majority of snoRNA gene promoters, required for full snoRNA expression; caps DSB flanked by long T2AG3 repeats and blocks checkpoint activation. (562 aa) | ||||
| YRF1-7 | Helicase encoded by the Y' element of subtelomeric regions; highly expressed in the mutants lacking the telomerase component TLC1; potentially phosphorylated by Cdc28p. (1859 aa) | ||||