Your Input: | |
| | APC11 | Catalytic core subunit, Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C); which is a ubiquitin-protein ligase required for degradation of anaphase inhibitors, including mitotic cyclins, during the metaphase/anaphase transition; contains a RING-H2 domain that is required for activity. (165 aa) |
| | TPD3 | Regulatory subunit A of the heterotrimeric PP2A complex; the heterotrimeric protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) complex also contains regulatory subunit Cdc55p and either catalytic subunit Pph21p or Pph22p; required for cell morphogenesis and transcription by RNA polymerase III. (635 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) |
| | MCM2 | Protein involved in DNA replication; component of the Mcm2-7 hexameric helicase complex that binds chromatin as a part of the pre-replicative complex; relative distribution to the nucleus increases upon DNA replication stress. (868 aa) |
| | CDC27 | Subunit of the Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C); APC/C is a ubiquitin-protein ligase required for degradation of anaphase inhibitors, including mitotic cyclins, during the metaphase/anaphase transition. (758 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) |
| | 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) |
| | SDS24 | Protein involved in cell separation during budding; one of two S. cerevisiae homologs (Sds23p and Sds24p) of the S. pombe Sds23 protein, which is implicated in APC/cyclosome regulation; may play an indirect role in fluid-phase endocytosis; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress; SDS24 has a paralog, SDS23, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (527 aa) |
| | MPS1 | Serine/threonine-protein kinase MPS1; Dual-specificity kinase; autophosphorylation required for function; required for spindle pole body (SPB) duplication and spindle checkpoint function; contributes to bi-orientation by promoting formation of force-generating kinetochore-microtubule attachments in meiosis I; substrates include SPB proteins Spc42p, Spc110p, and Spc98p, mitotic exit network protein Mob1p, kinetochore protein Cnn1p, and checkpoint protein Mad1p; substrate of APCC(Cdh1); similar to human Mps1p. (764 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) |
| | RAD61 | Protein RAD61; Subunit of a complex that inhibits sister chromatid cohesion; also negatively regulates chromosome condensation; inhibited by Eco1p-acetylated cohesin subunits Smc3p and Mcd1p; binds Smc3p ATPase head of cohesin; related to the human Wapl protein that controls the association of cohesin with chromatin. (647 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) |
| | APC4 | Subunit of the Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C); APC/C is a ubiquitin-protein ligase required for degradation of anaphase inhibitors, including mitotic cyclins, during the metaphase/anaphase transition; component of the platform domain of the APC/C, based on structural analysis; relative distribution to the nucleus increases upon DNA replication stress. (652 aa) |
| | FIN1 | Filament protein FIN1; Spindle pole body-related intermediate filament protein; forms cell cycle-specific filaments between spindle pole bodies in dividing cells; localizes to poles and microtubules of spindle during anaphase and contributes to spindle stability; involved in Glc7p localization and regulation; relative distribution to the nucleus increases upon DNA replication stress. (291 aa) |
| | ACL4 | Specific assembly chaperone for ribosomal protein Rpl4p; binds to an evolutionarily conserved surface extension of nascent Rpl4p and chaperones Rpl4p until its assembly into the pre-ribosome; transcriptionally co-regulated with rRNA and ribosome biosynthesis genes; Belongs to the ACL4 family. (387 aa) |
| | SIR4 | Regulatory protein SIR4; SIR protein involved in assembly of silent chromatin domains; silent information regulator (SIR) along with SIR2 and SIR3; involved in assembly of silent chromatin domains at telomeres and the silent mating-type loci; some alleles of SIR4 prolong lifespan; required for telomere hypercluster formation in quiescent yeast cells. (1358 aa) |
| | CHL4 | Inner kinetochore subunit CHL4; Outer kinetochore protein required for chromosome stability; involved in new kinetochore assembly and sister chromatid cohesion; forms a stable complex with Iml3p; peripheral component of the Ctf19 kinetochore complex that interacts with Ctf19p, Ctf3p, and Mif2p; required for the spindle assembly checkpoint; orthologous to human centromere constitutive-associated network (CCAN) subunit CENP-N and fission yeast mis15; Belongs to the CENP-N/CHL4 family. (458 aa) |
| | SWM1 | Subunit of the anaphase-promoting complex (APC); APC is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that regulates the metaphase-anaphase transition and exit from mitosis; required for activation of the daughter-specific gene expression and spore wall maturation; Belongs to the APC13 family. (170 aa) |
| | HRQ1 | ATP-dependent helicase HRQ1; 3'-5' DNA helicase that has DNA strand annealing activity; helicase activity is stimulated by fork structure and 3'-tail length of substrates; acts with Rad4p in nucleotide-excision repair; belongs to the widely conserved RecQ family of proteins which are involved in maintaining genomic integrity; similar to the human RecQ4p implicated in Rothmund-Thomson syndrome (RTS). (1077 aa) |
| | CIN8 | Kinesin-like protein CIN8; Kinesin motor protein; involved in mitotic spindle assembly and chromosome segregation. (1000 aa) |
| | ISC1 | Inositol phosphosphingolipid phospholipase C; mitochondrial membrane localized; hydrolyzes complex sphingolipids to produce ceramide; activates genes required for non-fermentable carbon source metabolism during diauxic shift; activated by phosphatidylserine, cardiolipin, and phosphatidylglycerol; mediates Na+ and Li+ halotolerance; ortholog of mammalian neutral sphingomyelinase type 2. (477 aa) |
| | 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) |
| | YPI1 | Regulatory subunit of the type I protein phosphatase (PP1) Glc7p; Glc7p participates in the regulation of a variety of metabolic processes including mitosis and glycogen metabolism; in vitro evidence suggests Ypi1p is an inhibitor of Glc7p while in vivo evidence suggests it is an activator; overproduction causes decreased cellular content of glycogen; partial depletion causes lithium sensitivity, while overproduction confers lithium-tolerance. (155 aa) |
| | CDC26 | Subunit of the Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C); which is a ubiquitin-protein ligase required for degradation of anaphase inhibitors, including mitotic cyclins, during the metaphase/anaphase transition; relocalizes to the cytosol in response to hypoxia; Belongs to the CDC26 family. (124 aa) |
| | CNN1 | Inner kinetochore subunit CNN1; Kinetochore protein; associated with the essential kinetochore proteins Nnf1p and Spc24p; phosphorylated by Clb5-Cdk1, Mps1p, Ipl1p and to a lesser extent by Clb2-Cdk1; localizes to the lower region of the Ndc80 complex during anaphase and regulates KMN activity by inhibiting the Mtw1 and Spc105 complexes from binding to the Ndc80 complex; similar to metazoan CENP-T; Belongs to the CENP-T/CNN1 family. (361 aa) |
| | CDH1 | Activator of anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C); antagonist of the spindle assembly checkpoint; directs ubiquitination of cyclins resulting in mitotic exit; targets the APC/C to specific substrates including: Cdc20p, Ase1p, Cin8p, Fin1p and Clb5p; partially active in metaphase, and fully active in anaphase; cell-cycle regulated; Belongs to the WD repeat CDC20/Fizzy family. (566 aa) |
| | SDS23 | Protein involved in cell separation during budding; one of two S. cerevisiae homologs (Sds23p and Sds24p) of the S. pombe Sds23 protein, which is implicated in APC/cyclosome regulation; SDS23 has a paralog, SDS24, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (527 aa) |
| | MAD1 | Coiled-coil protein involved in spindle-assembly checkpoint; required for inhibition of karyopherin/importin Pse1p (aka Kap121p) upon spindle assembly checkpoint arrest; phosphorylated by Mps1p upon checkpoint activation which leads to inhibition of anaphase promoting complex activity; forms a complex with Mad2p; gene dosage imbalance between MAD1 and MAD2 leads to chromosome instability; Belongs to the MAD1 family. (749 aa) |
| | SPC105 | Spindle pole body component SPC105; Subunit of a kinetochore-microtubule binding complex; complex bridges centromeric heterochromatin and kinetochore MAPs and motors; required for sister chromatid bi-orientation and kinetochore binding of SAC components; complex also includes Kre28p; modified by sumoylation. (917 aa) |
| | CDC20 | Activator of anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C); APC/C is required for metaphase/anaphase transition; directs ubiquitination of mitotic cyclins, Pds1p, and other anaphase inhibitors; cell-cycle regulated; potential Cdc28p substrate; relative distribution to the nucleus increases upon DNA replication stress; Belongs to the WD repeat CDC20/Fizzy family. (610 aa) |
| | XRN1 | 5'-3' exoribonuclease 1; Evolutionarily-conserved 5'-3' exonuclease; component of cytoplasmic processing (P) bodies involved in mRNA decay; also enters the nucleus and positively regulates transcription initiation and elongation; plays a role in microtubule-mediated processes, filamentous growth, ribosomal RNA maturation, and telomere maintenance; activated by the scavenger decapping enzyme Dcs1p. (1528 aa) |
| | CDC55 | Regulatory subunit B of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A); Zds1p/2p-dependent localization to cytoplasm promotes mitotic entry; localization to nucleus prevents mitotic exit; required for correct nuclear division, chromosome segregation during achiasmate meiosis; maintains nucleolar sequestration of Cdc14p during early meiosis; limits formation of PP2A-Rts1p holocomplexes to ensure timely dissolution of sister chromosome cohesion; homolog of mammalian B55. (526 aa) |
| | SPT16 | Subunit of the heterodimeric FACT complex (Spt16p-Pob3p); FACT associates with chromatin via interaction with Nhp6Ap and Nhp6Bp, and reorganizes nucleosomes to facilitate access to DNA by RNA and DNA polymerases; specifically required for diauxic shift-induced H2B deposition onto rDNA genes; mutations cause reduced nucleosome occupancy over highly transcribed regions; coregulates transcription with Mot1p through preinitiation complex assembly and nucleosome organization. (1035 aa) |
| | KIP3 | Kinesin-like protein KIP3; Kinesin-related antiparallel sliding motor protein; involved in mitotic spindle positioning; sliding activity promotes bipolar spindle assembly and maintenance of genome stability; inhibits spindle elongation, destabilizing late anaphase spindle microtubules that polymerize beyond the midzone; Belongs to the TRAFAC class myosin-kinesin ATPase superfamily. Kinesin family. Kinesin II subfamily. (805 aa) |
| | MTE1 | Uncharacterized protein YGR042W; Protein of unknown function; involved in maintenance of proper telomere length; green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fusion protein localizes to both the cytoplasm and the nucleus; forms nuclear foci upon DNA replication stress. (271 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) |
| | BUB1 | Protein kinase involved in the cell cycle checkpoint into anaphase; in complex with Mad1p and Bub3p, prevents progression into anaphase in presence of spindle damage; Cdc28p-mediated phosphorylation at Bub1p-T566 is important for degradation in anaphase and adaptation of checkpoint to prolonged mitotic arrest; associates with centromere DNA via Skp1p; involved in Sgo1p relocalization in response to sister kinetochore tension; paralog MAD3 arose from whole genome duplication. (1021 aa) |
| | PXR1 | Essential protein involved in rRNA and snoRNA maturation; competes with TLC1 RNA for binding to Est2p, suggesting a role in negative regulation of telomerase; human homolog inhibits telomerase; contains a G-patch RNA interacting domain. (271 aa) |
| | SPO13 | Meiosis-specific protein SPO13; Meiotic regulator; involved in maintaining sister chromatid cohesion during meiosis I as well as promoting proper attachment of kinetochores to the spindle during meiosis I and meiosis II; anaphase-promoting complex (APC) substrate that is degraded during anaphase I; expressed only in meiotic cells. (291 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) |
| | CDC23 | Subunit of the Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C); APC/C is a ubiquitin-protein ligase required for degradation of anaphase inhibitors, including mitotic cyclins, during the metaphase/anaphase transition. (626 aa) |
| | ULP2 | Ubiquitin-like-specific protease 2; Peptidase that deconjugates Smt3/SUMO-1 peptides from proteins; plays a role in chromosome cohesion at centromeric regions and recovery from checkpoint arrest induced by DNA damage or DNA replication defects; potential Cdc28p substrate; human homolog PML implicated in promyelocytic leukemia can partially complement yeast null mutant; Belongs to the peptidase C48 family. (1034 aa) |
| | SPO22 | Sporulation-specific protein 22; Meiosis-specific protein essential for chromosome synapsis; involved in completion of nuclear divisions during meiosis; induced early in meiosis. (975 aa) |
| | FKH1 | Fork head protein homolog 1; Forkhead family transcription factor; rate-limiting replication origin activator; evolutionarily conserved lifespan regulator; binds multiple chromosomal elements with distinct specificities, cell cycle dynamics; regulates transcription elongation, chromatin silencing at mating loci, expression of G2/M phase genes; facilitates clustering, activation of early-firing replication origins; binds HML recombination enhancer, regulates donor preference during mating-type switching. (484 aa) |
| | MND2 | Subunit of the Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C); necessary for maintaining sister chromatid cohesion in prophase I of meiosis by inhibiting premature ubiquitination and subsequent degradation of substrates by the APC(Ama1) ubiquitin ligase; Belongs to the APC15 family. (368 aa) |
| | MAD3 | Subunit of spindle-assembly checkpoint complex; involved in delaying anaphase onset in cells with defects in mitotic spindle assembly; pseudosubstrate inhibitor of APC(Cdc20), the anaphase promoting complex involved in securin (Pds1p) turnover; MAD3 has a paralog, BUB1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (515 aa) |
| | MAD2 | Component of the spindle-assembly checkpoint complex; delays onset of anaphase in cells with defects in mitotic spindle assembly; forms a complex with Mad1p; regulates APC/C activity during prometaphase and metaphase of meiosis I; gene dosage imbalance between MAD1 and MAD2 leads to chromosome instability. (196 aa) |
| | ESS1 | Peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase ESS1; Peptidylprolyl-cis/trans-isomerase (PPIase); specific for phosphorylated S/T residues N-terminal to proline; regulates phosphorylation of RNAPII large subunit (Rpo21p) C-terminal domain (CTD) at Ser7; associates with phospho-Ser5 form of RNAPII in vivo; present along entire coding length of genes; represses initiation of CUTs; required for efficient termination of mRNA transcription, trimethylation of histone H3; human ortholog PIN1 can complement yeast null and ts mutants; Belongs to the PpiC/parvulin rotamase family. (170 aa) |
| | BIR1 | Protein BIR1; Subunit of chromosomal passenger complex (CPC); CPC is comprised of Ipl1p-Sli15p-Bir1p-Nbl1p and regulates chromosome segregation; required for chromosome bi-orientation and for spindle assembly checkpoint activation upon reduced sister kinetochore tension; relative distribution to shortened microtubules increases upon DNA replication stress; sumoylated in an Mms21p-dependent manner; human survivin homolog. (954 aa) |
| | JHD2 | JmjC domain family histone demethylase; promotes global demethylation of H3K4 and repression of noncoding intergenic transcription during sporulation; removes methyl groups added by Set1p methyltransferase; negatively regulated by H3K14 acetylation; protein levels regulated by Not4p polyubiquitin-mediated degradation; regulates sporulation timing by extending period of active transcription in opposition to programmed global transcriptional quiescence; regulates rDNA silencing. (728 aa) |
| | CDC16 | Subunit of the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C); which is a ubiquitin-protein ligase required for degradation of anaphase inhibitors, including mitotic cyclins, during the metaphase/anaphase transition; required for sporulation; relocalizes to the cytosol in response to hypoxia. (840 aa) |
| | SBA1 | Co-chaperone protein SBA1; Co-chaperone that binds and regulates Hsp90 family chaperones; plays a role in determining prion variants; important for pp60v-src activity in yeast; homologous to the mammalian p23 proteins, and like p23 can regulate telomerase activity; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress; Belongs to the p23/wos2 family. (216 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) |
| | APC2 | Subunit of the Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C); which is a ubiquitin-protein ligase required for degradation of anaphase inhibitors, including mitotic cyclins, during the metaphase/anaphase transition; component of the catalytic core of the APC/C; has similarity to cullin Cdc53p. (853 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) |
| | CTF3 | Inner kinetochore subunit CTF3; Outer kinetochore protein that forms a complex with Mcm16p and Mcm22p; may bind the kinetochore to spindle microtubules; required for the spindle assembly checkpoint; orthologous to human centromere constitutive-associated network (CCAN) subunit CENP-I and fission yeast mis6; Belongs to the CENP-I/CTF3 family. (733 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) |
| | 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) |
| | CEP3 | Essential kinetochore protein; component of the CBF3 complex that binds the CDEIII region of the centromere; contains an N-terminal Zn2Cys6 type zinc finger domain, a C-terminal acidic domain, and a putative coiled coil dimerization domain. (608 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) |
| | IBD2 | Protein IBD2; Component of the BUB2-dependent spindle checkpoint pathway; interacts with Bfa1p and functions upstream of Bub2p and Bfa1p. (351 aa) |
| | APC1 | Largest subunit of the Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome; APC/C is a ubiquitin-protein ligase required for degradation of anaphase inhibitors, including mitotic cyclins, during the metaphase/anaphase transition; component of the platform domain of the APC/C, based on structural analysis; localizes to nuclear foci that become diffuse upon DNA replication stress; Belongs to the APC1 family. (1748 aa) |
| | DSL1 | Peripheral membrane protein needed for Golgi-to-ER retrograde traffic; mediates Sey1p-independent homotypic ER fusion; forms Dsl1 tethering complex with Sec39p and Tip20p that forms a stable complex with ER SNAREs Sec20p, Ufe1p and Use1p and is functionally conserved from yeast to mammalian cells; component of the ER target site that interacts with coatomer; interacts with different subunits of COPI vesicle coat; interacts with Cin5p; homolog of fly and human ZW10 gene. (754 aa) |
| | NDJ1 | Non-disjunction protein 1; Protein that regulates meiotic SPB cohesion and telomere clustering; localizes to both spindle pole bodies (SPBs) and telomeres; required for bouquet formation, effective homolog pairing, ordered cross-over distribution, sister chromatid cohesion at meiotic telomeres, chromosomal segregation and telomere-led rapid prophase movement. (352 aa) |
| | RRP6 | Nuclear exosome exonuclease component; has 3'-5' exonuclease activity that is regulated by Lrp1p; involved in RNA processing, maturation, surveillance, degradation, tethering, and export; role in sn/snoRNAs precursor degradation; forms a stable heterodimer with Lrp1p; has similarity to E. coli RNase D and to human PM-Sc1 100 (EXOSC10); mutant displays reduced transcription elongation in the G-less-based. (733 aa) |
| | BUB3 | Cell cycle arrest protein BUB3; Kinetochore checkpoint WD40 repeat protein; localizes to kinetochores during prophase and metaphase, delays anaphase in the presence of unattached kinetochores; forms complexes with Mad1p-Bub1p and with Cdc20p, binds Mad2p and Mad3p; functions at kinetochore to activate APC/C-Cdc20p for normal mitotic progression. (341 aa) |
| | SGO1 | Shugoshin; Component of the spindle checkpoint; involved in sensing lack of tension on mitotic chromosomes; protects centromeric Rec8p at meiosis I; required for accurate chromosomal segregation at meiosis II and for mitotic chromosome stability; recruits condensin to the pericentric region of chromosomes during meiosis; dissociates from pericentromeres when sister kinetochores are under tension; Belongs to the shugoshin family. (590 aa) |
| | GAC1 | Regulatory subunit for Glc7p type-1 protein phosphatase (PP1); tethers Glc7p to Gsy2p glycogen synthase, binds Hsf1p heat shock transcription factor, required for induction of some HSF-regulated genes under heat shock; GAC1 has a paralog, PIG1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (793 aa) |
| | APC5 | Subunit of the Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C); APC/C is a ubiquitin-protein ligase required for degradation of anaphase inhibitors, including mitotic cyclins, during the metaphase/anaphase transition; component of the platform domain of the APC/C, based on structural analysis; relative distribution to nuclear foci decreases upon DNA replication stress; Belongs to the APC5 family. (685 aa) |
| | UBC11 | Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme; most similar in sequence to Xenopus ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2-C, but not a true functional homolog of this E2; unlike E2-C, not required for the degradation of mitotic cyclin Clb2. (156 aa) |
| | CTF19 | Inner kinetochore subunit CTF19; Outer kinetochore protein, needed for accurate chromosome segregation; component of kinetochore sub-complex COMA (Ctf19p, Okp1p, Mcm21p, Ame1p) that functions as platform for kinetochore assembly; required for spindle assembly checkpoint; minimizes potentially deleterious centromere-proximal crossovers by preventing meiotic DNA break formation proximal to centromere; homolog of human centromere constitutive-associated network (CCAN) subunit CENP-P and fission yeast fta2. (369 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) |
| | TGS1 | Trimethyl guanosine synthase, conserved nucleolar methyl transferase; converts the m(7)G cap structure of snRNAs, snoRNAs, and telomerase TLC1 RNA to m(2,2,7)G; also required for nucleolar assembly and splicing of meiotic pre-mRNAs; interacts with Swm2p, which may confer substrate specificity on Tgs1p. (315 aa) |
| | IPL1 | Spindle assembly checkpoint kinase; Aurora kinase of chromosomal passenger complex; mediates release of mono-oriented kinetochores from microtubules in meiosis I, and kinetochore release from SPB clusters at meiotic exit; helps maintain condensed chromosomes during anaphase; required for SPB cohesion and prevention of multipolar spindle formation; promotes telomerase release at G2/M; Iocalizes to nuclear foci that diffuse upon DNA replication stress; required for inhibition of karyopherin Pse1p upon SAC arrest; Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. Ser/Thr protein kinase family. A [...] (367 aa) |
| | HSP82 | ATP-dependent molecular chaperone HSP82; Hsp90 chaperone; redundant in function with Hsc82p; required for pheromone signaling, negative regulation of Hsf1p; docks with Tom70p for mitochondrial preprotein delivery; promotes telomerase DNA binding, nucleotide addition; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress; contains two acid-rich unstructured regions that promote solubility of chaperone-substrate complexes; HSP82 has a paralog, HSC82, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (709 aa) |
| | REC8 | Meiotic recombination protein REC8; Meiosis-specific component of the sister chromatid cohesion complex; alpha-kleisin family member that maintains cohesion between sister chromatids during meiosis I; maintains cohesion between centromeres of sister chromatids until meiosis II; independent of its role in sister chromatid cohesion, Rec8p promotes allelic collisions and prevents nonspecific chromosome interactions; homolog of S. pombe Rec8p. (680 aa) |
| | CLB2 | G2/mitotic-specific cyclin-2; B-type cyclin involved in cell cycle progression; activates Cdc28p to promote the transition from G2 to M phase; accumulates during G2 and M, then targeted via a destruction box motif for ubiquitin-mediated degradation by the proteasome; CLB2 has a paralog, CLB1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (491 aa) |
