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SFB2 | SED5-binding protein 2; Component of the Sec23p-Sfb2p heterodimer of the COPII vesicle coat; required for cargo selection during vesicle formation in ER to Golgi transport; homologous to Sfb3p; SFB2 has a paralog, SEC24, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (876 aa) | ||||
VPS8 | Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 8; Membrane-binding component of the CORVET complex; involved in endosomal vesicle tethering and fusion in the endosome to vacuole protein targeting pathway; interacts with Vps21p; contains RING finger motif. (1274 aa) | ||||
SYN8 | Syntaxin-8; Endosomal SNARE related to mammalian syntaxin 8; Belongs to the syntaxin family. (255 aa) | ||||
SNC1 | Synaptobrevin homolog 1; Vesicle membrane receptor protein (v-SNARE); involved in the fusion between Golgi-derived secretory vesicles with the plasma membrane; proposed to be involved in endocytosis; member of the synaptobrevin/VAMP family of R-type v-SNARE proteins; SNC1 has a paralog, SNC2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (117 aa) | ||||
MST28 | Multicopy suppressor of SEC21 protein 28; Putative integral membrane protein, involved in vesicle formation; forms complex with Mst27p; member of DUP240 gene family; binds COPI and COPII vesicles; MST28 has a paralog, MST27, that arose from a segmental duplication. (234 aa) | ||||
SEC17 | Alpha-soluble NSF attachment protein; Alpha-SNAP cochaperone; SNARE-complex adaptor for Sec18 (NSF) during the disassembly of postfusion cis-SNARE complexes; stimulates the ATPase activity of Sec18p; peripheral membrane protein required for vesicular transport between ER and Golgi, the 'priming' step in homotypic vacuole fusion, and autophagy; similar to mammalian alpha-SNAP. (292 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) | ||||
SEC18 | Vesicular-fusion protein SEC18; AAA ATPase and SNARE disassembly chaperone; required for vesicular transport between ER and Golgi, the 'priming' step in homotypic vacuole fusion, autophagy, and protein secretion; releases Sec17p from SNAP complexes; has similarity to mammalian N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor (NSF). (758 aa) | ||||
ATG15 | Putative lipase ATG15; Phospholipase; preferentially hydrolyses phosphatidylserine, with minor activity against cardiolipin and phosphatidylethanolamine; required for lysis of autophagic and CVT bodies; targeted to intravacuolar vesicles during autophagy via the multivesicular body (MVB) pathway; required for the maintenance of lipid droplet quantity after the diauxic shift; regulates lipolysis; expression regulated by Yap1p during autophagy; Belongs to the AB hydrolase superfamily. Lipase family. (520 aa) | ||||
USO1 | Essential protein involved in vesicle-mediated ER to Golgi transport; binds membranes and functions during vesicle docking to the Golgi; required for assembly of the ER-to-Golgi SNARE complex. (1790 aa) | ||||
VAM6 | Vacuolar morphogenesis protein 6; Guanine nucleotide exchange factor for the GTPase Gtr1p; subunit of the HOPS endocytic tethering complex; vacuole membrane protein; functions as a Rab GTPase effector, interacting with both GTP- and GDP-bound conformations of Ypt7p; facilitates tethering and promotes membrane fusion events at the late endosome and vacuole; required for both membrane and protein trafficking; component of vacuole-mitochondrion contacts (vCLAMPs) important for lipid transfer between organelles. (1049 aa) | ||||
SEC31 | Protein transport protein SEC31; Component of the Sec13p-Sec31p complex of the COPII vesicle coat; COPII coat is required for vesicle formation in ER to Golgi transport; mutant has increased aneuploidy tolerance. (1273 aa) | ||||
SHR3 | Secretory component protein SHR3; Endoplasmic reticulum packaging chaperone; required for incorporation of amino acid permeases into COPII coated vesicles for transport to the cell surface. (210 aa) | ||||
DOA4 | Ubiquitin hydrolase; deubiquitinates intralumenal vesicle (ILVs) cargo proteins; required for recycling ubiquitin from proteasome-bound ubiquitinated intermediates, acts at the late endosome/prevacuolar compartment to recover ubiquitin from ubiquitinated membrane proteins destined for the vacuole; DOA4 has a paralog, UBP5, that arose from the whole genome duplication; Belongs to the peptidase C19 family. (926 aa) | ||||
VPS41 | Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 41; Subunit of the HOPS endocytic tethering complex; vacuole membrane protein that functions as a Rab GTPase effector, interacting specifically with the GTP-bound conformation of Ypt7p, facilitating tethering, docking and promoting membrane fusion events at the late endosome and vacuole; required for both membrane and protein trafficking; Yck3p-mediated phosphorylation regulates the organization of vacuolar fusion sites. (992 aa) | ||||
TRS85 | Trafficking protein particle complex III-specific subunit 85; Component of transport protein particle (TRAPP) complex III; TRAPPIII is a multimeric guanine nucleotide-exchange factor for the GTPase Ypt1p, regulating endosome-Golgi traffic and required for membrane expansion during autophagy and the CVT pathway; directs Ypt1p to the PAS; late post-replication meiotic role. (698 aa) | ||||
UBC1 | Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme; key E2 partner with Ubc4p for the anaphase-promoting complex (APC); mediates selective degradation of short-lived and abnormal proteins; plays a role in vesicle biogenesis and ER-associated protein degradation (ERAD); component of the cellular stress response; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress key E2 partner with Ubc4p for the anaphase-promoting complex (APC). (215 aa) | ||||
SLY1 | Hydrophilic protein involved in ER/Golgi vesicle trafficking; SM (Sec1/Munc-18) family protein that binds the tSNARE Sed5p and stimulates its assembly into a trans-SNARE membrane-protein complex. (666 aa) | ||||
PEP7 | Adaptor protein involved in vesicle-mediated vacuolar protein sorting; multivalent adaptor protein; facilitates vesicle-mediated vacuolar protein sorting by ensuring high-fidelity vesicle docking and fusion, which are essential for targeting of vesicles to the endosome; required for vacuole inheritance. (515 aa) | ||||
CNL1 | Subunit of the BLOC-1 complex involved in endosomal maturation; interacts with Msb3p; null mutant is sensitive to drug inducing secretion of vacuolar cargo; green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fusion protein localizes to the cytoplasm; Belongs to the BLOC1S4 family. (122 aa) | ||||
VPS74 | Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 74; Golgi phosphatidylinositol-4-kinase effector and PtdIns4P sensor; interacts with the cytosolic domains of cis and medial glycosyltransferases, and in the PtdIns4P-bound state mediates the targeting of these enzymes to the Golgi; interacts with the catalytic domain of Sac1p, the major cellular PtdIns4P phosphatase, to direct dephosphosphorylation of the Golgi pool of PtdIns4P; tetramerization required for function; ortholog of human GOLPH3/GPP34/GMx33; Belongs to the GOLPH3/VPS74 family. (345 aa) | ||||
NHX1 | Endosomal/prevacuolar sodium/hydrogen exchanger; Na+/H+ and K+/H+ exchanger; required for intracellular sequestration of Na+ and K+; located in the vacuole and late endosome compartments; required for osmotolerance to acute hypertonic shock and for vacuolar fusion; ortholog of human NHE9, which is linked to autism; Belongs to the monovalent cation:proton antiporter 1 (CPA1) transporter (TC 2.A.36) family. (633 aa) | ||||
TLG1 | Essential t-SNARE that mediates fusion of vesicles with the late Golgi; forms a complex with Tlg2p and Vti1p; mediates fusion of endosome-derived vesicles with the late Golgi; binds the docking complex VFT (Vps fifty-three) through interaction with Vps51p; Belongs to the syntaxin family. (224 aa) | ||||
VPS60 | Protein involved in late endosome to vacuole transport; cytoplasmic and vacuolar membrane protein; required for normal filament maturation during pseudohyphal growth; may function in targeting cargo proteins for degradation; interacts with Vta1p; Belongs to the SNF7 family. (229 aa) | ||||
VPS3 | Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 3; Component of CORVET membrane tethering complex; cytoplasmic protein required for the sorting and processing of soluble vacuolar proteins, acidification of the vacuolar lumen, and assembly of the vacuolar H+-ATPase. (1011 aa) | ||||
SEC20 | Membrane glycoprotein v-SNARE; involved in retrograde transport from the Golgi to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER); required for N- and O-glycosylation in the Golgi but not in the ER and for efficient nuclear fusion during mating; mediates Sey1p-independent homotypic ER fusion; interacts with the Dsl1p complex through Tip20p; Belongs to the SEC20 family. (383 aa) | ||||
VAB2 | Subunit of the BLOC-1 complex involved in endosomal maturation; interacts with Vps21p-GFP; has potential role in vacuolar function, as suggested by its ability to bind Vac8p; likely member of; Vab2p-GFP-fusion localizes to cytoplasm in punctate pattern. (282 aa) | ||||
VAC8 | Vacuolar protein 8; Phosphorylated and palmitoylated vacuolar membrane protein; interacts with Atg13p, required for the cytoplasm-to-vacuole targeting (Cvt) pathway; interacts with Nvj1p to form nucleus-vacuole junctions. (578 aa) | ||||
GEA2 | Guanine nucleotide exchange factor for ADP ribosylation factors (ARFs); involved in vesicular transport between the Golgi and ER, Golgi organization, and actin cytoskeleton organization; GEA2 has a paralog, GEA1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (1459 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) | ||||
GLO3 | ADP-ribosylation factor GTPase activating protein (ARF GAP); involved in ER-Golgi transport; shares functional similarity with Gcs1p. (493 aa) | ||||
SEC4 | Ras-related protein SEC4; Rab family GTPase; essential for vesicle-mediated exocytic secretion and autophagy; associates with the exocyst component Sec15p and may regulate polarized delivery of transport vesicles to the exocyst at the plasma membrane. (215 aa) | ||||
BST1 | GPI inositol deacylase of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER); negatively regulates COPII vesicle formation; prevents production of vesicles with defective subunits; required for proper discrimination between resident ER proteins and Golgi-bound cargo molecules; functional ortholog of human PGAP1, mutation of which is associated with intellectual disability and encephalopathy. (1029 aa) | ||||
YPT1 | GTP-binding protein YPT1; Rab family GTPase; involved in the ER-to-Golgi step of the secretory pathway; complex formation with the Rab escort protein Mrs6p is required for prenylation of Ypt1p by type II protein geranylgeranyltransferase (Bet2p-Bet4p); binds to unspliced HAC1 mRNA; regulates the unfolded protein response (UPR) by promoting the decay of HAC1 RNA; localizes to the early Golgi, the transitional Golgi and ER membranes, pre-autophagosomal structures, and cytoplasmic vesicles. (206 aa) | ||||
KXD1 | Subunit of the BLOC-1 complex involved in endosomal maturation; null mutant is sensitive to drug inducing secretion of vacuolar cargo; GFP-fusion protein localizes to the endosome; Belongs to the KXD1 family. (218 aa) | ||||
VPS45 | Protein of the Sec1p/Munc-18 family; essential for vacuolar protein sorting; required for the function of Pep12p and the early endosome/late Golgi SNARE Tlg2p; essential for fusion of Golgi-derived vesicles with the prevacuolar compartment. (577 aa) | ||||
EMP24 | Endosomal protein P24B; Component of the p24 complex; role in misfolded protein quality control; binds to GPI anchor proteins and mediates their efficient transport from the ER to the Golgi; integral membrane protein that associates with endoplasmic reticulum-derived COPII-coated vesicles. (203 aa) | ||||
VAM7 | Vacuolar SNARE protein; functions with Vam3p in vacuolar protein trafficking; has an N-terminal PX domain (phosphoinositide-binding module) that binds PtdIns-3-P and mediates membrane binding; SNAP-25 homolog; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress. (316 aa) | ||||
SEC9 | t-SNARE protein required for secretory vesicle-plasma membrane fusion; similar to but not functionally redundant with Spo20p; interacts non-exocyst bound Sec6p; SNAP-25 homolog. (651 aa) | ||||
YIP1 | Integral membrane protein; required for the biogenesis of ER-derived COPII transport vesicles; interacts with Yif1p and Yos1p; localizes to the Golgi, the ER, and COPII vesicles; human homolog YIPF5 can complement yeast yip1 mutant. (248 aa) | ||||
YAP1802 | Protein of the AP180 family, involved in clathrin cage assembly; binds Pan1p and clathrin; YAP1802 has a paralog, YAP1801, that arose from the whole genome duplication; Belongs to the AP180 family. (568 aa) | ||||
GOS1 | Golgi SNAP receptor complex member 1; v-SNARE protein involved in Golgi transport; homolog of the mammalian protein GOS-28/GS28. (223 aa) | ||||
NEL1 | GTPase-activating protein NEL1; Activator of Sar1p GTPase activity; paralog of Sec23 but does not associate with the COPII components; not an essential gene; Belongs to the SEC23/SEC24 family. SEC23 subfamily. (630 aa) | ||||
SFB3 | SED5-binding protein 3; Component of the Sec23p-Sfb3p heterodimer of the COPII vesicle coat; COPII coat is required for cargo selection during vesicle formation in ER to Golgi transport; scaffolding function of Lst1p required to generate vesicles that can accommodate difficult cargo proteins that include large oligomeric assemblies and asymmetrically distributed membrane proteins; homologous to Sec24p and Sfb2p; Belongs to the SEC23/SEC24 family. SEC24 subfamily. (929 aa) | ||||
YAP1801 | Protein of the AP180 family, involved in clathrin cage assembly; binds Pan1p and clathrin; YAP1801 has a paralog, YAP1802, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (637 aa) | ||||
SVP26 | Integral membrane protein of the early Golgi apparatus and ER; involved in COP II vesicle transport; may also function to promote retention of proteins in the early Golgi compartment. (228 aa) | ||||
BET1 | Type II membrane protein required for vesicular transport; required for vesicular transport between the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi complex; v-SNARE with similarity to synaptobrevins; Belongs to the BET1 family. (142 aa) | ||||
SEC28 | Epsilon-COP subunit of the coatomer; regulates retrograde Golgi-to-ER protein traffic; stabilizes Cop1p, the alpha-COP and the coatomer complex; non-essential for cell growth; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress. (296 aa) | ||||
SEC24 | Protein transport protein SEC24; Component of the Sec23p-Sec24p heterodimer of the COPII vesicle coat; required for cargo selection during vesicle formation in ER to Golgi transport; homologous to Sfb3p; SEC24 has a paralog, SFB2, that arose from the whole genome duplication; Belongs to the SEC23/SEC24 family. SEC24 subfamily. (926 aa) | ||||
CHM7 | Uncharacterized protein YJL049W; Yeast homolog of human CHMP7, localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum presumably as part of an ESCRT-III like complex; null mutant has growth defect at 37 C in an apq12 deletion background; non-essential gene. (450 aa) | ||||
LSB6 | Type II phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase; binds Las17p, a homolog of human Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome protein involved in actin patch assembly and actin polymerization; Belongs to the PI3/PI4-kinase family. (607 aa) | ||||
ATG27 | Autophagy-related protein 27; Type I membrane protein involved in autophagy and the Cvt pathway; may be involved in membrane delivery to the phagophore assembly site; Belongs to the ATG27 family. (271 aa) | ||||
DID4 | DOA4-independent degradation protein 4; Class E Vps protein of the ESCRT-III complex; required for sorting of integral membrane proteins into lumenal vesicles of multivesicular bodies, and for delivery of newly synthesized vacuolar enzymes to the vacuole, involved in endocytosis; Belongs to the SNF7 family. (232 aa) | ||||
SFT1 | Intra-Golgi v-SNARE; required for transport of proteins between an early and a later Golgi compartment. (97 aa) | ||||
VPS24 | Vacuolar protein-sorting-associated protein 24; One of four subunits of the ESCRT-III complex; forms an endosomal sorting complex required for transport III (ESCRT-III) subcomplex with Did4p; involved in the sorting of transmembrane proteins into the multivesicular body (MVB) pathway. (224 aa) | ||||
BLI1 | Subunit of the BLOC-1 complex involved in endosomal maturation; interacts with Msb3p; green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fusion protein localizes to the endosome. (113 aa) | ||||
YKT6 | Synaptobrevin homolog YKT6; Vesicle membrane protein (v-SNARE) with acyltransferase activity; involved in trafficking to and within the Golgi, endocytic trafficking to the vacuole, and vacuolar fusion; membrane localization due to prenylation at the carboxy-terminus; human homolog YKT6 can complement yeast ykt6 mutant; Belongs to the synaptobrevin family. (200 aa) | ||||
SAC1 | Phosphoinositide phosphatase SAC1; Phosphatidylinositol phosphate (PtdInsP) phosphatase; involved in hydrolysis of PtdIns[4]P in the early and medial Golgi; regulated by interaction with Vps74p; ER localized transmembrane protein which cycles through the Golgi; involved in protein trafficking and processing, secretion, and cell wall maintenance; regulates sphingolipid biosynthesis through the modulation of PtdIns(4)P metabolism. (623 aa) | ||||
YPT52 | GTP-binding protein YPT52; Endosomal Rab family GTPase; required for vacuolar protein sorting, endocytosis and multivesicular body (MVB) biogenesis and sorting; required for localization of the CORVET complex to endosomes; involved in autophagy and ionic stress tolerance; similar to Vps21p and Ypt53p; mammalian Rab5 homolog; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress. (234 aa) | ||||
VPS51 | Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 51; Component of the GARP (Golgi-associated retrograde protein) complex; GARP is required for the recycling of proteins from endosomes to the late Golgi, and for mitosis after DNA damage induced checkpoint arrest; links the (VFT/GARP) complex to the SNARE Tlg1p; members of the GARP complex are Vps51p-Vps52p-Vps53p-Vps54p. (164 aa) | ||||
SNF7 | Vacuolar-sorting protein SNF7; One of four subunits of the ESCRT-III complex; involved in the sorting of transmembrane proteins into the multivesicular body (MVB) pathway; recruited from the cytoplasm to endosomal membranes; ESCRT-III stands for endosomal sorting complex required for transport III. (240 aa) | ||||
SED5 | Integral membrane protein SED5; cis-Golgi t-SNARE syntaxin; required for vesicular transport between the ER and the Golgi complex; binds at least 9 SNARE proteins. (340 aa) | ||||
BOS1 | Protein transport protein BOS1; v-SNARE (vesicle specific SNAP receptor); localized to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane and necessary for vesicular transport from the ER to the Golgi; required for efficient nuclear fusion during mating. (244 aa) | ||||
NYV1 | v-SNARE component of the vacuolar SNARE complex; involved in vesicle fusion; inhibits ATP-dependent Ca(2+) transport activity of Pmc1p in the vacuolar membrane. (253 aa) | ||||
PEP3 | Component of CORVET membrane tethering complex; vacuolar peripheral membrane protein that promotes vesicular docking/fusion reactions in conjunction with SNARE proteins, required for vacuolar biogenesis. (918 aa) | ||||
SEC13 | Protein transport protein SEC13; Structural component of 3 complexes; subunit of the Nup84p nuclear pore subcomplex that contributes to nucleocytoplasmic transport and NPC biogenesis; subunit of the COPII vesicle coat required for ER-to-Golgi transport; subunit of SEACAT, a subcomplex of the coatomer-related, vacuolar-associated SEA complex, that inhibits the TORC1 inhibitory role of SEACIT (Iml1p-Npr2p-Npr3p), a GAP for Gtr1p, thereby resulting in activation of TORC1 signaling; human SEC13 homolog. (297 aa) | ||||
SEC22 | R-SNARE protein; assembles into SNARE complex with Bet1p, Bos1p and Sed5p; cycles between the ER and Golgi complex; involved in anterograde and retrograde transport between the ER and Golgi; synaptobrevin homolog. (214 aa) | ||||
STT4 | Phosphatidylinositol-4-kinase; functions in the Pkc1p protein kinase pathway; required for normal vacuole morphology, cell wall integrity, and actin cytoskeleton organization; Belongs to the PI3/PI4-kinase family. Type III PI4K subfamily. (1900 aa) | ||||
VPS38 | Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 38; Part of a Vps34p phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase complex; functions in carboxypeptidase Y (CPY) sorting; binds Vps30p and Vps34p to promote production of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PtdIns3P) which stimulates kinase activity; required for overflow degradation of misfolded proteins when ERAD is saturated. (439 aa) | ||||
VPS33 | Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 33; ATP-binding protein that is a subunit of the HOPS and CORVET complexes; essential for protein sorting, vesicle docking, and fusion at the vacuole; binds to SNARE domains. (691 aa) | ||||
BLS1 | Subunit of the BLOC-1 complex involved in endosomal maturation; green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fusion protein localizes to the endosome; YLR408C is not an essential gene; Belongs to the BLOC1S1 family. (122 aa) | ||||
SPO20 | Sporulation-specific protein 20; Meiosis-specific subunit of the t-SNARE complex; required for prospore membrane formation during sporulation; similar to but not functionally redundant with Sec9p; binds to phosphatidic acid; SNAP-25 homolog. (397 aa) | ||||
VPS20 | Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 20; Myristoylated subunit of the ESCRT-III complex; the endosomal sorting complex required for transport of transmembrane proteins into the multivesicular body pathway to the lysosomal/vacuolar lumen; cytoplasmic protein recruited to endosomal membranes. (221 aa) | ||||
SEC14 | SEC14 cytosolic factor; Phosphatidylinositol/phosphatidylcholine transfer protein; involved in regulating PtdIns, PtdCho, and ceramide metabolism, products of which regulate intracellular transport and UPR; has a role in localization of lipid raft proteins; functionally homologous to mammalian PITPs; SEC14 has a paralog, YKL091C, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (304 aa) | ||||
SSO2 | Protein SSO2; Plasma membrane t-SNARE; involved in fusion of secretory vesicles at the plasma membrane; syntaxin homolog that is functionally redundant with Sso1p; SSO2 has a paralog, SSO1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (295 aa) | ||||
VTI1 | t-SNARE VTI1; Protein involved in cis-Golgi membrane traffic; v-SNARE that interacts with two t-SNARES, Sed5p and Pep12p; required for multiple vacuolar sorting pathways; human homolog VTI1A can complement yeast null mutant; Belongs to the VTI1 family. (217 aa) | ||||
PEP5 | Histone E3 ligase, component of CORVET membrane tethering complex; peripheral vacuolar membrane protein required for protein trafficking and vacuole biogenesis; interacts with Pep7p; involved in ubiquitination and degradation of excess histones; Belongs to the VPS11 family. (1029 aa) | ||||
SNN1 | Subunit of the BLOC-1 complex involved in endosomal maturation; interacts with Msb3p; green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fusion protein localizes to endosomes. (102 aa) | ||||
TLG2 | t-SNARE affecting a late Golgi compartment protein 2; Syntaxin-like t-SNARE; forms a complex with Tlg1p and Vti1p and mediates fusion of endosome-derived vesicles with the late Golgi; required along with VPS45 for an early step of the constitutive CVT pathway; interactions with Vps45 prevents Tlg2p degradation, and facilitates t-SNARE complex formation; homologous to mammalian SNARE protein syntaxin 16 (Sx16). (397 aa) | ||||
ATG19 | Autophagy-related protein 19; Receptor protein for the cytoplasm-to-vacuole targeting (Cvt) pathway; delivers cargo proteins aminopeptidase I (Ape1p) and alpha-mannosidase (Ams1p) to the phagophore assembly site for packaging into Cvt vesicles; interaction with Atg19p during the Cvt pathway requires phosphorylation by Hrr25p. (415 aa) | ||||
PEP12 | Syntaxin PEP12; Target membrane receptor (t-SNARE); for vesicular intermediates traveling between the Golgi apparatus and the vacuole; controls entry of biosynthetic, endocytic, and retrograde traffic into the prevacuolar compartment; syntaxin. (288 aa) | ||||
UFE1 | Syntaxin UFE1; t-SNARE protein required for retrograde vesicular traffic; involved in Sey1p-independent homotypic ER fusion; required for efficient nuclear fusion during mating; forms a complex with the SNAREs Sec22p, Sec20p and Use1p to mediate fusion of Golgi-derived vesicles at the ER; Belongs to the syntaxin family. (346 aa) | ||||
VPS21 | Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 21; Endosomal Rab family GTPase; required for endocytic transport and sorting of vacuolar hydrolases; required for endosomal localization of the CORVET complex; required with YPT52 for MVB biogenesis and sorting; involved in autophagy and ionic stress tolerance; geranylgeranylation required for membrane association; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress; mammalian Rab5 homolog; VPS21 has a paralog, YPT53, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (210 aa) | ||||
VAM3 | Syntaxin-like vacuolar t-SNARE; functions with Vam7p in vacuolar protein trafficking; mediates docking/fusion of late transport intermediates with the vacuole; has an acidic di-leucine sorting signal and C-terminal transmembrane region. (283 aa) | ||||
SNC2 | Synaptobrevin homolog 2; Vesicle membrane receptor protein (v-SNARE); involved in the fusion between Golgi-derived secretory vesicles with the plasma membrane; Snc2p levels regulated by Vps45p; member of the synaptobrevin/VAMP family of R-type v-SNARE proteins; SNC2 has a paralog, SNC1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (115 aa) | ||||
BRO1 | Vacuolar-sorting protein BRO1; Cytoplasmic class E vacuolar protein sorting (VPS) factor; coordinates deubiquitination in the multivesicular body (MVB) pathway by recruiting Doa4p to endosomes. (844 aa) | ||||
SEC16 | COPII vesicle coat protein required for ER transport vesicle budding; essential factor in endoplasmic reticulum exit site (ERES) formation, as well as in COPII-mediated ER-to-Golgi traffic; bound to periphery of ER membranes and may act to stabilize initial COPII complexes; interacts with Sec23p, Sec24p and Sec31p. (2195 aa) | ||||
ATG21 | Autophagy-related protein 21; Phosphoinositide binding protein; required for vesicle formation in the cytoplasm-to-vacuole targeting (Cvt) pathway; binds both phosphatidylinositol (3,5)-bisphosphate and phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate; WD-40 repeat protein. (496 aa) | ||||
SAR1 | ARF family GTPase; component of the COPII vesicle coat; required for transport vesicle formation during ER to Golgi protein transport; lowers membrane rigidity aiding vesicle formation; localizes to ER-mitochondrial contact sites where it enhances membrane curvature, thereby reducing contact size via its N-terminal amphipathic helix; regulates mitochondrial fission and fusion dynamics. (190 aa) | ||||
SSO1 | Protein SSO1; Plasma membrane t-SNARE; involved in fusion of secretory vesicles at the plasma membrane and in vesicle fusion during sporulation; forms a complex with Sec9p that binds v-SNARE Snc2p; syntaxin homolog; functionally redundant with Sso2p; SSO1 has a paralog, SSO2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (290 aa) | ||||
VPS4 | AAA-ATPase involved in multivesicular body (MVB) protein sorting; ATP-bound Vps4p localizes to endosomes and catalyzes ESCRT-III disassembly and membrane release; ATPase activity is activated by Vta1p; regulates cellular sterol metabolism. (437 aa) | ||||
SEC23 | GTPase-activating protein, stimulates the GTPase activity of Sar1p; component of the Sec23p-Sec24p heterodimer of the COPII vesicle coat, involved in ER to Golgi transport; substrate of Ubp3/Bre5 complex; ubiquitylated by Ub-ligase Rsp5p; proteasome-mediated degradation of Sec23p is regulated by Cdc48p. (768 aa) | ||||
ATG13 | Autophagy-related protein 13; Regulatory subunit of the Atg1p signaling complex; stimulates Atg1p kinase activity; required for vesicle formation during autophagy and the cytoplasm-to-vacuole targeting (Cvt) pathway; contains a HORMA domain required for autophagy and for recruitment of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase complex subunit Atg14p to the pre-autophagosomal structure; Belongs to the ATG13 family. Fungi subfamily. (738 aa) |