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| | OPI1 | Transcriptional repressor OPI1; Transcriptional regulator of a variety of genes; phosphorylation by protein kinase A stimulates Opi1p function in negative regulation of phospholipid biosynthetic genes; involved in telomere maintenance; null exhibits disrupted mitochondrial metabolism and low cardiolipin content, strongly correlated with overproduction of inositol; binds to phosphatidic acid. (404 aa) |
| | ERG11 | Lanosterol 14-alpha-demethylase; catalyzes C-14 demethylation of lanosterol to form 4,4''-dimethyl cholesta-8,14,24-triene-3-beta-ol in ergosterol biosynthesis pathway; transcriptionally down-regulated when ergosterol is in excess; member of cytochrome P450 family; associated and coordinately regulated with the P450 reductase Ncp1p; human CYP51A1 functionally complements the lethality of the erg11 null mutation. (530 aa) |
| | NCP1 | NADP-cytochrome P450 reductase; involved in ergosterol biosynthesis; associated and coordinately regulated with Erg11p; In the N-terminal section; belongs to the flavodoxin family. (691 aa) |
| | ERG7 | Lanosterol synthase; an essential enzyme that catalyzes the cyclization of squalene 2,3-epoxide, a step in ergosterol biosynthesis; human LSS functionally complements the lethality of the erg7 null mutation; Belongs to the terpene cyclase/mutase family. (731 aa) |
| | GEP4 | Mitochondrial phosphatidylglycerophosphatase (PGP phosphatase); dephosphorylates phosphatidylglycerolphosphate to generate phosphatidylglycerol, an essential step during cardiolipin biosynthesis; null mutant is sensitive to tunicamycin, DTT; Belongs to the GEP4 family. (185 aa) |
| | EPT1 | Sn-1,2-diacylglycerol ethanolamine- and cholinephosphotranferase; not essential for viability; EPT1 has a paralog, CPT1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (391 aa) |
| | ERG9 | Squalene synthase; Farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyl transferase (squalene synthase); joins two farnesyl pyrophosphate moieties to form squalene in the sterol biosynthesis pathway. (444 aa) |
| | INP51 | Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 5-phosphatase; synaptojanin-like protein with an N-terminal Sac1 domain, plays a role in phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate homeostasis and in endocytosis; null mutation confers cold-tolerant growth; In the central section; belongs to the inositol 1,4,5- trisphosphate 5-phosphatase family. (946 aa) |
| | FAA3 | Long-chain-fatty-acid--CoA ligase 3; Long chain fatty acyl-CoA synthetase; activates imported fatty acids with a preference for C16:0-C18:0 chain lengths; green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fusion protein localizes to the cell periphery; Belongs to the ATP-dependent AMP-binding enzyme family. (694 aa) |
| | POT1 | 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase, peroxisomal; 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase with broad chain length specificity; cleaves 3-ketoacyl-CoA into acyl-CoA and acetyl-CoA during beta-oxidation of fatty acids. (417 aa) |
| | TAX4 | Protein TAX4; EH domain-containing protein; involved in regulating phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate levels and autophagy; Irs4p and Tax4p bind and activate the PtdIns phosphatase Inp51p; Irs4p and Tax4p are involved in localizing Atg17p to the PAS; TAX4 has a paralog, IRS4, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (604 aa) |
| | PHS1 | Very-long-chain (3R)-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase PHS1; Essential 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase of the ER membrane; involved in elongation of very long-chain fatty acids; evolutionarily conserved, similar to mammalian PTPLA and PTPLB; involved in sphingolipid biosynthesis and protein trafficking. (217 aa) |
| | LCB3 | Long-chain base-1-phosphate phosphatase; specific for dihydrosphingosine-1-phosphate, regulates ceramide and long-chain base phosphates levels, involved in incorporation of exogenous long chain bases in sphingolipids; LCB3 has a paralog, YSR3, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (409 aa) |
| | INO1 | Inositol-3-phosphate synthase; involved in synthesis of inositol phosphates and inositol-containing phospholipids; transcription is coregulated with other phospholipid biosynthetic genes by Ino2p and Ino4p, which bind the UASINO DNA element; Belongs to the myo-inositol 1-phosphate synthase family. (533 aa) |
| | ERG20 | Farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase; has both dimethylallyltranstransferase and geranyltranstransferase activities; catalyzes the formation of C15 farnesyl pyrophosphate units for isoprenoid and sterol biosynthesis. (352 aa) |
| | ELO1 | Elongation of fatty acids protein 1; Elongase I, medium-chain acyl elongase; catalyzes carboxy-terminal elongation of unsaturated C12-C16 fatty acyl-CoAs to C16-C18 fatty acids; ELO1 has a paralog, ELO2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (310 aa) |
| | OPI3 | Phosphatidyl-N-methylethanolamine N-methyltransferase; Methylene-fatty-acyl-phospholipid synthase; catalyzes the last two steps in phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis; also known as phospholipid methyltransferase. (206 aa) |
| | LIH1 | Putative lipase; Belongs to the AB hydrolase superfamily. Lipase family. (328 aa) |
| | AUR1 | Inositol phosphorylceramide synthase catalytic subunit AUR1; Phosphatidylinositol:ceramide phosphoinositol transferase; required for sphingolipid synthesis; can mutate to confer aureobasidin A resistance; also known as IPC synthase. (401 aa) |
| | LAC1 | Ceramide synthase component; involved in synthesis of ceramide from C26(acyl)-coenzyme A and dihydrosphingosine or phytosphingosine, functionally equivalent to Lag1p; LAC1 has a paralog, LAG1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (418 aa) |
| | SFK1 | Plasma membrane protein that may act to generate normal levels of PI4P; may act together with or upstream of Stt4p; at least partially mediates proper localization of Stt4p to the plasma membrane; Belongs to the SFK1 family. (353 aa) |
| | OAR1 | Mitochondrial 3-oxoacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] reductase; may comprise a type II mitochondrial fatty acid synthase along with Mct1p; human homolog CBR4 complements yeast null mutant. (278 aa) |
| | TGL1 | Sterol esterase TGL1; Steryl ester hydrolase; one of three gene products (Yeh1p, Yeh2p, Tgl1p) responsible for steryl ester hydrolase activity and involved in sterol homeostasis; localized to lipid particle membranes. (548 aa) |
| | FAS1 | 3-hydroxyacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] dehydratase; Beta subunit of fatty acid synthetase; complex catalyzes the synthesis of long-chain saturated fatty acids; contains acetyltransacylase, dehydratase, enoyl reductase, malonyl transacylase, and palmitoyl transacylase activities. (2051 aa) |
| | ACP1 | Mitochondrial matrix acyl carrier protein; involved in biosynthesis of octanoate, which is a precursor to lipoic acid; activated by phosphopantetheinylation catalyzed by Ppt2p. (125 aa) |
| | FOX2 | Peroxisomal hydratase-dehydrogenase-epimerase; 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase and enoyl-CoA hydratase; multifunctional enzyme of the peroxisomal fatty acid beta-oxidation pathway; mutation is functionally complemented by human HSD17B4. (900 aa) |
| | IRS4 | Increased rDNA silencing protein 4; EH domain-containing protein; involved in regulating phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate levels and autophagy; Irs4p and Tax4p bind and activate the PtdIns phosphatase Inp51p; Irs4p and Tax4p are involved in localizing Atg17p to the PAS; IRS4 has a paralog, TAX4, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (615 aa) |
| | SPO14 | Phospholipase D; catalyzes the hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine, producing choline and phosphatidic acid; involved in Sec14p-independent secretion; required for meiosis and spore formation; differently regulated in secretion and meiosis; participates in transcription initiation and/or early elongation of specific genes; interacts with "foot domain" of RNA polymerase II; deletion results in abnormal CTD-Ser5 phosphorylation of RNA polymerase II at specific promoter regions. (1683 aa) |
| | YSR3 | Dihydrosphingosine 1-phosphate phosphatase; membrane protein involved in sphingolipid metabolism; YSR3 has a paralog, LCB3, that arose from the whole genome duplication; Belongs to the type 2 lipid phosphate phosphatase family. (404 aa) |
| | GPT2 | Glycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 2; Glycerol-3-phosphate/dihydroxyacetone phosphate sn-1 acyltransferase; located in lipid particles and the ER; involved in the stepwise acylation of glycerol-3-phosphate and dihydroxyacetone in lipid biosynthesis; the most conserved motifs and functionally relevant residues are oriented towards the ER lumen; Belongs to the GPAT/DAPAT family. (743 aa) |
| | TGL4 | Lipase 4; Multifunctional lipase/hydrolase/phospholipase; triacylglycerol lipase, steryl ester hydrolase, and Ca2+-independent phospholipase A2; catalyzes acyl-CoA dependent acylation of LPA to PA; required with Tgl3p for timely bud formation; phosphorylated and activated by Cdc28p; TGL4 has a paralog, TGL5, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (910 aa) |
| | YEH1 | Sterol esterase 1; Steryl ester hydrolase; one of three gene products (Yeh1p, Yeh2p, Tgl1p) responsible for steryl ester hydrolase activity and involved in sterol homeostasis; localized to lipid particle membranes; YEH1 has a paralog, YEH2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (573 aa) |
| | YEH2 | Sterol esterase 2; Steryl ester hydrolase; catalyzes steryl ester hydrolysis at the plasma membrane; involved in sterol metabolism; YEH2 has a paralog, YEH1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (538 aa) |
| | ERG3 | Delta(7)-sterol 5(6)-desaturase; C-5 sterol desaturase; glycoprotein that catalyzes the introduction of a C-5(6) double bond into episterol, a precursor in ergosterol biosynthesis; transcriptionally down-regulated when ergosterol is in excess; mutants are viable, but cannot grow on non-fermentable carbon sources; substrate of HRD ubiquitin ligase; mutation is functionally complemented by human SC5D. (365 aa) |
| | ICT1 | 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase ICT1; Lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase; responsible for enhanced phospholipid synthesis during organic solvent stress; null displays increased sensitivity to Calcofluor white; highly expressed during organic solvent stress; ICT1 has a paralog, ECM18, that arose from the whole genome duplication; human ABHD5 can complement ict1 null mutant; Belongs to the peptidase S33 family. ABHD4/ABHD5 subfamily. (394 aa) |
| | ERG27 | 3-keto sterol reductase; catalyzes the last of three steps required to remove two C-4 methyl groups from an intermediate in ergosterol biosynthesis; mutants are sterol auxotrophs; mutation is functionally complemented by human HSD17B7; Belongs to the short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR) family. ERG27 subfamily. (347 aa) |
| | YLR118C | Acyl-protein thioesterase responsible for depalmitoylation of Gpa1p; green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fusion protein localizes to both the cytoplasm and nucleus and is induced in response to the DNA-damaging agent MMS; Belongs to the AB hydrolase superfamily. AB hydrolase 2 family. (227 aa) |
| | CKI1 | Choline kinase; catalyzes the first step in phosphatidylcholine synthesis via the CDP-choline (Kennedy pathway); exhibits some ethanolamine kinase activity contributing to phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis via the CDP-ethanolamine pathway; CKI1 has a paralog, EKI1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (582 aa) |
| | ATG26 | UDP-glucose:sterol glucosyltransferase; conserved enzyme involved in synthesis of sterol glucoside membrane lipids; in contrast to ATG26 from P. pastoris, S. cerevisiae ATG26 is not involved in autophagy; Belongs to the glycosyltransferase 28 family. (1198 aa) |
| | ARV1 | Cortical ER protein; implicated in the membrane insertion of tail-anchored C-terminal single transmembrane domain proteins; may function in transport of glycosylphosphatidylinositol intermediates into the ER lumen; required for normal intracellular sterol distribution; human ARV1, required for normal cholesterol and bile acid homeostasis, can complement yeast arv1 null mutant; human variant causing early onset epileptic encephalopathy is unable to rescue the yeast null. (321 aa) |
| | LCB5 | Minor sphingoid long-chain base kinase; possibly involved in synthesis of long-chain base phosphates, which function as signaling molecules; LCB5 has a paralog, LCB4, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (687 aa) |
| | ECI1 | Peroxisomal delta3,delta2-enoyl-CoA isomerase; hexameric protein that converts 3-hexenoyl-CoA to trans-2-hexenoyl-CoA, essential for the beta-oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids, oleate-induced; ECI1 has a paralog, DCI1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (280 aa) |
| | ELO3 | Elongation of fatty acids protein 3; Elongase; involved in fatty acid and sphingolipid biosynthesis; synthesizes very long chain 20-26-carbon fatty acids from C18-CoA primers; involved in regulation of sphingolipid biosynthesis; lethality of the elo2 elo3 double null mutation is functionally complemented by human ELOVL1 and weakly complemented by human ELOVL3 or ELOV7; Belongs to the ELO family. (345 aa) |
| | CSR1 | Phosphatidylinositol transfer protein; has a potential role in regulating lipid and fatty acid metabolism under heme-depleted conditions; interacts specifically with thioredoxin peroxidase; may have a role in oxidative stress resistance; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress; Belongs to the PITP family. (408 aa) |
| | SEI1 | Seipin involved in lipid droplet (LD) assembly; controls lipid particle morphology, number, and size; promotes initiation of LD formation on the ER; ensures that LDs bud from the ER towards the cytosolic side of the membrane; forms a complex with Ldb16p at ER-LD contact sites, stabilizing these sites; null mutants have localized accumulation of phosphatidic acid (PA) marker proteins; BSCL2, human homolog implicated in congenital lipodystrophy, complements yeast null mutant. (285 aa) |
| | HMG2 | HMG-CoA reductase; converts HMG-CoA to mevalonate, a rate-limiting step in sterol biosynthesis; one of two isozymes; overproduction induces assembly of peripheral ER membrane arrays and short nuclear-associated membrane stacks; forms foci at nuclear periphery upon DNA replication stress; HMG2 has a paralog, HMG1, that arose from the whole genome duplication; human homolog HMGCR can complement yeast hmg2 mutant. (1045 aa) |
| | ERG6 | Delta(24)-sterol C-methyltransferase; converts zymosterol to fecosterol in the ergosterol biosynthetic pathway by methylating position C-24; localized to lipid particles, the plasma membrane-associated endoplasmic reticulum, and the mitochondrial outer membrane; Belongs to the class I-like SAM-binding methyltransferase superfamily. Erg6/SMT family. (383 aa) |
| | CAT2 | Carnitine O-acetyltransferase, mitochondrial; Carnitine acetyl-CoA transferase; present in both mitochondria and peroxisomes; transfers activated acetyl groups to carnitine to form acetylcarnitine which can be shuttled across membranes; Belongs to the carnitine/choline acetyltransferase family. (670 aa) |
| | NTE1 | Lysophospholipase NTE1; Serine esterase; homolog of human neuropathy target esterase (NTE); Nte1p-mediated phosphatidylcholine turnover influences transcription factor Opi1p localization, affecting transcriptional regulation of phospholipid biosynthesis genes. (1679 aa) |
| | HMG1 | HMG-CoA reductase; catalyzes conversion of HMG-CoA to mevalonate, which is a rate-limiting step in sterol biosynthesis; one of two isozymes; localizes to nuclear envelope; overproduction induces formation of karmellae; forms foci at nuclear periphery upon DNA replication stress; HMG1 has a paralog, HMG2, that arose from the whole genome duplication; human homolog HMGCR can complement yeast hmg1 mutant. (1054 aa) |
| | ERG13 | 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) synthase; catalyzes the formation of HMG-CoA from acetyl-CoA and acetoacetyl-CoA; involved in the second step in mevalonate biosynthesis. (491 aa) |
| | PLB2 | Phospholipase B (lysophospholipase) involved in lipid metabolism; displays transacylase activity in vitro; overproduction confers resistance to lysophosphatidylcholine. (706 aa) |
| | PLB1 | Phospholipase B (lysophospholipase) involved in lipid metabolism; required for efficient acyl chain remodeling of newly synthesized phosphatidylethanolamine-derived phosphatidylcholine; required for deacylation of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine but not phosphatidylinositol; PLB1 has a paralog, PLB3, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (664 aa) |
| | ERG5 | Cytochrome P450 61; C-22 sterol desaturase; a cytochrome P450 enzyme that catalyzes the formation of the C-22(23) double bond in the sterol side chain in ergosterol biosynthesis; may be a target of azole antifungal drugs. (538 aa) |
| | PAH1 | Phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase 1; Mg2+-dependent phosphatidate (PA) phosphatase; dephosphorylates PA to yield diacylglycerol; regulates phospholipid synthesis, nuclear/ER membrane growth, lipid droplet formation, triacylglycerol synthesis, vacuolar homeostasis and cell wall integrity; phosphorylated by Pho85p/Pho80p, Cdc28p/Cyclin B, PKA, PKC, and CKII, regulating activity, localization, and proteosomal degradation; homolog of mammalian lipins 1 and 2; human homologs LPIN1, LPIN2, LPIN3 complement the null. (862 aa) |
| | ERG2 | C-8 sterol isomerase; catalyzes isomerization of delta-8 double bond to delta-7 position at an intermediate step in ergosterol biosynthesis; transcriptionally down-regulated when ergosterol is in excess; mutation is functionally complemented by human EBP. (222 aa) |
| | HFA1 | Acetyl-CoA carboxylase, mitochondrial; Mitochondrial acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase; catalyzes production of malonyl-CoA in mitochondrial fatty acid biosynthesis; relocalizes from mitochondrion to cytoplasm upon DNA replication stress; genetic and comparative analysis suggests that translation begins at a non-canonical (Ile) start codon at -372 relative to the annotated start codon. (2123 aa) |
| | LOA1 | Lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase; involved in triacelglyceride homeostasis and lipid droplet formation; localized to lipid droplets and the ER; specificity for oleoyl-CoA. (300 aa) |
| | IFA38 | Very-long-chain 3-oxoacyl-CoA reductase; Microsomal beta-keto-reductase; contains oleate response element (ORE) sequence in the promoter region; mutants exhibit reduced VLCFA synthesis, accumulate high levels of dihydrosphingosine, phytosphingosine and medium-chain ceramides; Belongs to the short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR) family. (347 aa) |
| | CST26 | Uncharacterized acyltransferase CST26; Acyltransferase; enzyme mainly responsible for the introduction of saturated very long chain fatty acids into neo-synthesized molecules of phosphatidylinositol; required for incorporation of stearic acid into phosphatidylinositol; affects chromosome stability when overexpressed; CST26 has a paralog, YDR018C, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (397 aa) |
| | CDS1 | Phosphatidate cytidylyltransferase (CDP-diglyceride synthetase); an enzyme that catalyzes that conversion of CTP + phosphate into diphosphate + CDP-diaclglyerol, a critical step in the synthesis of all major yeast phospholipids; human homolog CDS1 can complement yeast cds1 null mutant. (457 aa) |
| | ETR1 | Enoyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] reductase, mitochondrial; 2-enoyl thioester reductase; member of the medium chain dehydrogenase/reductase family; localized to mitochondria, where it has a probable role in fatty acid synthesis; human MECR functionally complements the respiratory growth defect of the null mutant. (380 aa) |
| | SCT1 | Glycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 1; Glycerol 3-phosphate/dihydroxyacetone phosphate sn-1 acyltransferase; dual substrate-specific acyltransferase of the glycerolipid biosynthesis pathway; prefers 16-carbon fatty acids; similar to Gpt2p; gene is constitutively transcribed. (759 aa) |
| | YAT1 | Outer mitochondrial carnitine acetyltransferase; minor ethanol-inducible enzyme involved in transport of activated acyl groups from the cytoplasm into the mitochondrial matrix; phosphorylated. (687 aa) |
| | SPO7 | Sporulation-specific protein SPO7; Putative regulatory subunit of Nem1p-Spo7p phosphatase holoenzyme; regulates nuclear growth by controlling phospholipid biosynthesis, required for normal nuclear envelope morphology, premeiotic replication, and sporulation. (259 aa) |
| | 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) |
| | ELO2 | Elongation of fatty acids protein 2; Fatty acid elongase, involved in sphingolipid biosynthesis; acts on fatty acids of up to 24 carbons in length; mutations have regulatory effects on 1,3-beta-glucan synthase, vacuolar ATPase, and the secretory pathway; ELO2 has a paralog, ELO1, that arose from the whole genome duplication; lethality of the elo2 elo3 double null mutation is functionally complemented by human ELOVL1 and weakly complemented by human ELOVL3 or ELOV7. (347 aa) |
| | FRM2 | Fatty acid repression mutant protein 2; Type II nitroreductase, using NADH as reductant; mutants are defective in fatty acid mediated repression of genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis indicative of a role in lipid signaling; involved in the oxidative stress response; transcription induction by cadmium and selenite indicates a possible role in the metal stress response; expression induced in cells treated with the mycotoxin patulin. (193 aa) |
| | PGS1 | CDP-diacylglycerol--glycerol-3-phosphate 3-phosphatidyltransferase; Phosphatidylglycerolphosphate synthase; catalyzes the synthesis of phosphatidylglycerolphosphate from CDP-diacylglycerol and sn-glycerol 3-phosphate in the first committed and rate-limiting step of cardiolipin biosynthesis. (521 aa) |
| | TSC10 | 3-ketodihydrosphingosine reductase TSC10; 3-ketosphinganine reductase; catalyzes the second step in phytosphingosine synthesis; essential for growth in the absence of exogenous dihydrosphingosine or phytosphingosine; localized to lipid droplets; member of short chain dehydrogenase/reductase protein family. (320 aa) |
| | LDH1 | Lipid droplet hydrolase 1; Serine hydrolase; exhibits active esterase plus weak triacylglycerol lipase activities; proposed role in lipid homeostasis, regulating phospholipid and non-polar lipid levels and required for mobilization of LD-stored lipids; localizes to the lipid droplet (LD) surface; contains a classical serine containing catalytic triad (GxSxG motif). (375 aa) |
| | ERG12 | Mevalonate kinase; acts in the biosynthesis of isoprenoids and sterols, including ergosterol, from mevalonate; human MVK functionally complements the lethality of the erg12 null mutation. (443 aa) |
| | ERG8 | Phosphomevalonate kinase; an essential cytosolic enzyme that acts in the biosynthesis of isoprenoids and sterols, including ergosterol, from mevalonate. (451 aa) |
| | FAA4 | Long-chain-fatty-acid--CoA ligase 4; Long chain fatty acyl-CoA synthetase; activates fatty acids with a preference for C12:0-C16:0 chain lengths; role in the competitive import of long-chain fatty acids and sphingoid long-chain bases; role in stationary phase survival; localizes to lipid particles and the plasma membrane; role in sphingolipid-to-glycerolipid metabolism; forms cytoplasmic foci upon replication stress; faa1 faa4 double null complemented by any of human ACSBG1, ACSL1, 3, 4, 5, 6, SLC27A2, or 4; Belongs to the ATP-dependent AMP-binding enzyme family. (694 aa) |
| | SCS7 | Ceramide very long chain fatty acid hydroxylase SCS7; Sphingolipid alpha-hydroxylase; functions in the alpha-hydroxylation of sphingolipid-associated very long chain fatty acids, has both cytochrome b5-like and hydroxylase/desaturase domains, not essential for growth; Belongs to the sterol desaturase family. SCS7 subfamily. (384 aa) |
| | LCB1 | Component of serine palmitoyltransferase; responsible along with Lcb2p for the first committed step in sphingolipid synthesis, which is the condensation of serine with palmitoyl-CoA to form 3-ketosphinganine. (558 aa) |
| | LIP1 | Ceramide synthase subunit; single-span ER membrane protein associated with Lag1p and Lac1p and required for ceramide synthase activity, null mutant grows extremely slowly and is defective in ceramide synthesis; Belongs to the LIP1 family. (150 aa) |
| | TGL3 | Lipase 3; Bifunctional triacylglycerol lipase and LPE acyltransferase; major lipid particle-localized triacylglycerol (TAG) lipase; catalyzes acylation of lysophosphatidylethanolamine (LPE), a function which is essential for sporulation; protein level and stability of Tgl3p are markedly reduced in the absence of lipid droplets; required with Tgl4p for timely bud formation. (642 aa) |
| | SPO1 | Putative meiotic phospholipase SPO1; Meiosis-specific prospore protein; required for meiotic spindle pole body duplication and separation; required to produce bending force necessary for proper prospore membrane assembly during sporulation; has similarity to phospholipase B. (631 aa) |
| | APP1 | Phosphatidate phosphatase, converts phosphatidate to diacylglycerol; App1p, Pah1p, Dpp1p, and Lpp1p are responsible for all the phosphatidate phosphatase activity; component of cortical actin patches; interacts with components of endocytic pathway. (587 aa) |
| | INP52 | Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 5-phosphatase; Polyphosphatidylinositol phosphatase; dephosphorylates a number of phosphatidylinositol phosphates (PtdInsPs, PIPs) to PI; involved in endocytosis; hyperosmotic stress causes translocation to actin patches; synaptojanin-like protein with a Sac1 domain; INP52 has a paralog, INP53, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (1183 aa) |
| | CPT1 | Cholinephosphotransferase; required for phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis and for inositol-dependent regulation of EPT1 transcription; CPT1 has a paralog, EPT1, that arose from the whole genome duplication; Belongs to the CDP-alcohol phosphatidyltransferase class-I family. (393 aa) |
| | PSD1 | Phosphatidylserine decarboxylase of the mitochondrial inner membrane; converts phosphatidylserine to phosphatidylethanolamine; regulates mitochondrial fusion and morphology by affecting lipid mixing in the mitochondrial membrane and by influencing the ratio of long to short forms of Mgm1p; partly exposed to the mitochondrial intermembrane space; autocatalytically processed; Belongs to the phosphatidylserine decarboxylase family. PSD-B subfamily. Eukaryotic type I sub-subfamily. (500 aa) |
| | ERG24 | C-14 sterol reductase; acts in ergosterol biosynthesis; mutants accumulate the abnormal sterol ignosterol (ergosta-8,14 dienol), and are viable under anaerobic growth conditions but inviable on rich medium under aerobic conditions; Belongs to the ERG4/ERG24 family. (438 aa) |
| | ACC1 | Acetyl-CoA carboxylase, biotin containing enzyme; catalyzes carboxylation of cytosolic acetyl-CoA to form malonyl-CoA and regulates histone acetylation by regulating the availablity of acetyl-CoA; required for de novo biosynthesis of long-chain fatty acids; ACC1 has a paralog, HFA1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (2233 aa) |
| | MVD1 | Mevalonate pyrophosphate decarboxylase; essential enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of isoprenoids and sterols, including ergosterol; acts as a homodimer; Belongs to the diphosphomevalonate decarboxylase family. (396 aa) |
| | IZH2 | ADIPOR-like receptor IZH2; Plasma membrane receptor for plant antifungal osmotin; involved in zinc ion homeostasis, apoptosis; negatively regulates ZRT1 and other functionally divergent genes through CCCTC promoter motif (IzRE); modulates FET3 activity in iron-independent manner; affects gene expression by influencing balance of competition between Msn2p/Msn4p and Nrg1p/Nrg2p for binding to IzRE; transcription regulated by Zap1p, zinc, fatty acid levels; homolog of mammalian adiponectin receptor. (317 aa) |
| | PLB3 | Phospholipase B (lysophospholipase) involved in lipid metabolism; hydrolyzes phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylserine and displays transacylase activity in vitro; PLB3 has a paralog, PLB1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (686 aa) |
| | OPI10 | Protein with a possible role in phospholipid biosynthesis; null mutant displays an inositol-excreting phenotype that is suppressed by exogenous choline; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress. (246 aa) |
| | INO4 | Protein INO4; Transcription factor involved in phospholipid synthesis; required for derepression of inositol-choline-regulated genes involved in phospholipid synthesis; forms a complex, with Ino2p, that binds the inositol-choline-responsive element through a basic helix-loop-helix domain. (151 aa) |
| | DDL1 | DDHD domain-containing phospholipase A1; mitochondrial matrix enzyme with sn-1-specific activity, hydrolyzing cardiolipin, PE, PC, PG and PA; implicated in remodeling of mitochondrial phospholipids; antagonistically regulated by Aft1p and Aft2p; in humans, mutations in DDHD1 and DDHD2 genes cause specific types of hereditary spastic paraplegia, while DDL1-defective yeast share similar phenotypes such as mitochondrial dysfunction and defects in lipid metabolism. (715 aa) |
| | LPL1 | Lipid droplet phospholipase 1; Phospholipase; contains lipase specific GXSXG motif; maintains lipid droplet (LD) morphology; induced by transcription factor Rpn4p; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress. (450 aa) |
| | TGL5 | Lipase 5; Bifunctional triacylglycerol lipase and LPA acyltransferase; lipid particle-localized triacylglycerol (TAG) lipase involved in triacylglycerol mobilization; catalyzes acylation of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA); potential Cdc28p substrate; TGL5 has a paralog, TGL4, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (749 aa) |
| | IAH1 | Isoamyl acetate-hydrolyzing esterase; required in balance with alcohol acetyltransferase to maintain optimal amounts of isoamyl acetate, which is particularly important in sake brewing; Belongs to the 'GDSL' lipolytic enzyme family. IAH1 subfamily. (238 aa) |
| | LCB4 | Sphingoid long-chain base kinase; responsible for synthesis of long-chain base phosphates, which function as signaling molecules, regulates synthesis of ceramide from exogenous long-chain bases, localizes to the Golgi and late endosomes; LCB4 has a paralog, LCB5, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (624 aa) |
| | ALE1 | Broad-specificity lysophospholipid acyltransferase; part of MBOAT family of membrane-bound O-acyltransferases; key component of Lands cycle; may have role in fatty acid exchange at sn-2 position of mature glycerophospholipids; Belongs to the membrane-bound acyltransferase family. (619 aa) |
| | DCI1 | Peroxisomal protein; identification as a delta(3,5)-delta(2,4)-dienoyl-CoA isomerase involved in fatty acid metabolism is disputed; DCI1 has a paralog, ECI1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (271 aa) |
| | MCT1 | Malonyl CoA-acyl carrier protein transacylase, mitochondrial; Predicted malonyl-CoA:ACP transferase; putative component of a type-II mitochondrial fatty acid synthase that produces intermediates for phospholipid remodeling. (360 aa) |
| | HES1 | Protein implicated in the regulation of ergosterol biosynthesis; one of a seven member gene family with a common essential function and non-essential unique functions; similar to human oxysterol binding protein (OSBP); SWAT-GFP and mCherry fusion proteins localize to the bud neck and vacuolar membrane; HES1 has a paralog, KES1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (434 aa) |
| | DGA1 | Diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1; Diacylglycerol acyltransferase; catalyzes the terminal step of triacylglycerol (TAG) formation, acylates diacylglycerol using acyl-CoA as an acyl donor; Lro1p and Dga1p can O-acylate ceramides; localized to lipid particles. (418 aa) |
| | FAA1 | Long-chain-fatty-acid--CoA ligase 1; Long chain fatty acyl-CoA synthetase; activates fatty acids with a preference for C12:0-C16:0 chain lengths; role in the competitive import of long-chain fatty acids and sphingoid long-chain bases; accounts for most acyl-CoA synthetase activity; localizes to lipid particles and the plasma membrane; role in sphingolipid-to-glycerolipid metabolism; forms ER foci upon replication stress; faa1 faa4 double null complemented by any of human ACSBG1, ACSL1, 3, 4, 5, 6, SLC27A2, or 4. (700 aa) |
| | NCR1 | NPC intracellular sterol transporter 1-related protein 1; Vacuolar membrane protein; transits through the biosynthetic vacuolar protein sorting pathway, involved in sphingolipid metabolism; cells lacking Ncr1p exhibit high levels of long chain bases (LCB), similar to the accumulation of high amounts of lipids observed in patients with Neimann-Pick C, a disease caused by loss-of-function mutations in NPC1, the functional ortholog of Ncr1p; Belongs to the patched family. (1170 aa) |
| | FMP30 | N-acyl-phosphatidylethanolamine-hydrolyzing phospholipase D, mitochondrial; Protein with a role in maintaining mitochondrial morphology; also involved in maintaining normal cardiolipin levels; mitochondrial inner membrane protein; proposed to be involved in N-acylethanolamine metabolism; related to mammalian N-acylPE-specific phospholipase D; Belongs to the NAPE-PLD family. (468 aa) |
| | IDI1 | Isopentenyl-diphosphate Delta-isomerase; Isopentenyl diphosphate:dimethylallyl diphosphate isomerase; catalyzes an essential activation step in the isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway; required for viability; isopentenyl diphosphate:dimethylallyl diphosphate isomerase is also known as IPP isomerase; Belongs to the IPP isomerase type 1 family. (288 aa) |
| | KES1 | Oxysterol-binding protein homolog 4; One of seven members of the yeast oxysterol binding protein family; involved in negative regulation of Sec14p-dependent Golgi complex secretory functions, peripheral membrane protein that localizes to the Golgi complex; KES1 has a paralog, HES1, that arose from the whole genome duplication; Belongs to the OSBP family. (434 aa) |
| | PPT2 | Mitochondrial holo-[acyl-carrier-protein] synthase; Phosphopantetheine:protein transferase (PPTase); activates mitochondrial acyl carrier protein (Acp1p) by phosphopantetheinylation; Belongs to the P-Pant transferase superfamily. AcpS family. (173 aa) |
| | PGC1 | Phosphatidylglycerol phospholipase C; regulates phosphatidylglycerol (PG) accumulation via a phospholipase C-type degradation mechanism; PG levels affect mitochondrial function; contains glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase motifs; Belongs to the glycerophosphoryl diester phosphodiesterase family. (321 aa) |
| | FAS2 | 3-oxoacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] reductase; Alpha subunit of fatty acid synthetase; complex catalyzes the synthesis of long-chain saturated fatty acids; contains the acyl-carrier protein domain and beta-ketoacyl reductase, beta-ketoacyl synthase and self-pantetheinylation activities. (1887 aa) |
| | PLC1 | 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase 1; Phospholipase C; hydrolyzes phosphatidylinositol 4,5-biphosphate (PIP2) to generate the signaling molecules inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate (IP3) and 1,2-diacylglycerol (DAG); involved in regulating many cellular processes; Plc1p and inositol polyphosphates are required for acetyl-CoA homeostasis which regulates global histone acetylation. (869 aa) |
| | TSC13 | Very-long-chain enoyl-CoA reductase; Enoyl reductase; catalyzes last step in each cycle of very long chain fatty acid elongation; localizes to ER, highly enriched in a structure marking nuclear-vacuolar junctions; coimmunoprecipitates with elongases Elo2p and Elo3p; protein increases in abundance and relative distribution to ER foci increases upon DNA replication stress; human homolog TECR implicated in nonsyndromic mental retardation, can complement yeast mutant; Belongs to the steroid 5-alpha reductase family. (310 aa) |
| | PIS1 | CDP-diacylglycerol--inositol 3-phosphatidyltransferase; Phosphatidylinositol synthase; required for biosynthesis of phosphatidylinositol, which is a precursor for polyphosphoinositides, sphingolipids, and glycolipid anchors for some of the plasma membrane proteins; Belongs to the CDP-alcohol phosphatidyltransferase class-I family. (220 aa) |
| | SLC1 | 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase; catalyzes the acylation of lysophosphatidic acid to form phosphatidic acid, a key intermediate in lipid metabolism; enzymatic activity detected in lipid particles and microsomes. (303 aa) |
| | YDL109C | Putative lipase; involved in lipid metabolism; not an essential gene; YDL109C has a paralog, ROG1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (647 aa) |
| | SRF1 | Regulator of phospholipase D (Spo14p); interacts with Spo14p and regulates its catalytic activity; capable of buffering the toxicity of C16:0 platelet activating factor, a lipid that accumulates intraneuronally in Alzheimer's patients. (437 aa) |
| | CRD1 | Cardiolipin synthase; produces cardiolipin, which is a phospholipid of the mitochondrial inner membrane that is required for normal mitochondrial membrane potential and function and for correct integration of membrane-multispanning proteins into the mitochondrial outer membrane; required to maintain tubular mitochondrial morphology and functions in mitochondrial fusion; also required for normal vacuolar ion homeostasis; Belongs to the CDP-alcohol phosphatidyltransferase class-I family. (283 aa) |
| | YDR018C | Uncharacterized acyltransferase YDR018C; Probable membrane protein with three predicted transmembrane domains; similar to C. elegans F55A11.5 and maize 1-acyl-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase; YDR018C has a paralog, CST26, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (396 aa) |
| | TGL2 | Lipase 2; Triacylglycerol lipase that is localized to the mitochondria; has lipolytic activity towards triacylglycerols and diacylglycerols when expressed in E. coli. (326 aa) |
| | LCB2 | Component of serine palmitoyltransferase; responsible along with Lcb1p for the first committed step in sphingolipid synthesis, which is the condensation of serine with palmitoyl-CoA to form 3-ketosphinganine; Belongs to the class-II pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent aminotransferase family. (561 aa) |
| | INO2 | Protein INO2; Transcription factor; component of the heteromeric Ino2p/Ino4p basic helix-loop-helix transcription activator that binds inositol/choline-responsive elements (ICREs), required for derepression of phospholipid biosynthetic genes in response to inositol depletion; involved in diauxic shift. (304 aa) |
| | EKI1 | Ethanolamine kinase; primarily responsible for phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis via the CDP-ethanolamine pathway; exhibits some choline kinase activity, thus contributing to phosphatidylcholine synthesis via the CDP-choline pathway; EKI1 has a paralog, CKI1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (534 aa) |
| | DPL1 | Dihydrosphingosine phosphate lyase; regulates intracellular levels of sphingolipid long-chain base phosphates (LCBPs), degrades phosphorylated long chain bases, prefers C16 dihydrosphingosine-l-phosphate as a substrate. (589 aa) |
| | SUR2 | Sphingolipid C4-hydroxylase SUR2; Sphinganine C4-hydroxylase; catalyses the conversion of sphinganine to phytosphingosine in sphingolipid biosyntheis; Belongs to the sterol desaturase family. (349 aa) |
| | KEI1 | Component of inositol phosphorylceramide (IPC) synthase; forms a complex with Aur1p and regulates its activity; required for IPC synthase complex localization to the Golgi; post-translationally processed by Kex2p; KEI1 is an essential gene. (221 aa) |
| | YDR444W | Putative lipase YDR444W; Putative hydrolase acting on ester bonds; Belongs to the putative lipase ROG1 family. (687 aa) |
| | YND1 | Apyrase with wide substrate specificity; helps prevent inhibition of glycosylation by hydrolyzing nucleoside tri- and diphosphates that inhibit glycotransferases; partially redundant with Gda1p; mediates adenovirus E4orf4-induced toxicity. (630 aa) |
| | FAA2 | Long-chain-fatty-acid--CoA ligase 2; Medium chain fatty acyl-CoA synthetase; activates imported fatty acids; accepts a wide range of fatty acid chain lengths with a preference for medium chains, C9:0-C13:0; localized to the peroxisome; comparative analysis suggests that a mitochondrially targeted form may result from translation starting at a non-canonical codon upstream of the annotated start codon. (744 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) |
| | YAT2 | Carnitine O-acetyltransferase YAT2; Carnitine acetyltransferase; has similarity to Yat1p, which is a carnitine acetyltransferase associated with the mitochondrial outer membrane. (923 aa) |
| | CHO1 | CDP-diacylglycerol--serine O-phosphatidyltransferase; Phosphatidylserine synthase; functions in phospholipid biosynthesis; catalyzes the reaction CDP-diaclyglycerol + L-serine = CMP + L-1-phosphatidylserine, transcriptionally repressed by myo-inositol and choline. (276 aa) |
| | ERG28 | Ergosterol biosynthetic protein 28; Endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein; may facilitate protein-protein interactions between the Erg26p dehydrogenase and the Erg27p 3-ketoreductase and/or tether these enzymes to the ER, also interacts with Erg6p. (148 aa) |
| | CEM1 | 3-oxoacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] synthase homolog; Mitochondrial beta-keto-acyl synthase; possible role in fatty acid synthesis; required for mitochondrial respiration; human homolog OXSM can complement yeast cem1 null mutant; Belongs to the thiolase-like superfamily. Beta-ketoacyl-ACP synthases family. (442 aa) |
| | ERG26 | Sterol-4-alpha-carboxylate 3-dehydrogenase, decarboxylating; C-3 sterol dehydrogenase; catalyzes the second of three steps required to remove two C-4 methyl groups from an intermediate in ergosterol biosynthesis; human homolog NSDHL implicated in CK syndrome, and can complement yeast null mutant; molecular target of natural product and antifungal compound FR171456. (349 aa) |
| | ERG4 | C-24(28) sterol reductase; catalyzes the final step in ergosterol biosynthesis; mutants are viable, but lack ergosterol; Belongs to the ERG4/ERG24 family. (473 aa) |
| | OLE1 | Acyl-CoA desaturase 1; Delta(9) fatty acid desaturase; required for monounsaturated fatty acid synthesis and for normal distribution of mitochondria. (510 aa) |
| | SCS3 | FIT family protein SCS3; Protein required for inositol prototrophy; required for normal ER membrane biosynthesis; ortholog of the FIT family of proteins involved in triglyceride droplet biosynthesis and homologous to human FIT2; disputed role in the synthesis of inositol phospholipids from inositol. (380 aa) |
| | ROG1 | Putative lipase ROG1; Lipase with specificity for monoacylglycerol; preferred substrate is 1-oleoylglycerol; null mutation affects lipid droplet morphology and overexpression causes increased accumulation of reactive oxygen species. (685 aa) |
| | POX1 | Fatty-acyl coenzyme A oxidase; involved in the fatty acid beta-oxidation pathway; localized to the peroxisomal matrix. (748 aa) |
| | ECT1 | Ethanolamine-phosphate cytidylyltransferase; catalyzes the second step of phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis; involved in the maintenance of plasma membrane; similar to mammalian CTP: phosphocholine cytidylyl-transferases; inability of the null mutant to synthesize phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine from ethanolamine is functionally complemented by human PCYT2. (323 aa) |
| | TAM41 | Mitochondrial phosphatidate cytidylyltransferase (CDP-DAG synthase); required for cardiolipin biosynthesis; viability of null mutant is strain-dependent; mRNA is targeted to the bud; mutant displays defect in mitochondrial protein import, likely due to altered membrane lipid composition; Belongs to the TAM41 family. (385 aa) |
| | ERG25 | Methylsterol monooxygenase; C-4 methyl sterol oxidase; catalyzes the first of three steps required to remove two C-4 methyl groups from an intermediate in ergosterol biosynthesis; mutants accumulate the sterol intermediate 4,4-dimethylzymosterol; human MSMO1 functionally complements the growth defect caused by repression of ERG25 expression. (309 aa) |
| | GPC1 | Glycerophosphocholine acyltransferase (GPCAT); involved in in phosphatidylcholine (PC) synthesis; uses acetyl-CoA to acylate glycero-3-phosphocholine to yield lyso-PC; also catalyzes acylation of glycerophosphoethanolamine with acyl-CoA; predicted to be an integal membrane protein. (432 aa) |
| | CHO2 | Phosphatidylethanolamine methyltransferase (PEMT); catalyzes the first step in the conversion of phosphatidylethanolamine to phosphatidylcholine during the methylation pathway of phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis. (869 aa) |
| | PSD2 | Phosphatidylserine decarboxylase 2 alpha chain; Phosphatidylserine decarboxylase of the Golgi and vacuolar membranes; converts phosphatidylserine to phosphatidylethanolamine; controls vacuolar membrane phospholipid content by regulating phospholipids in compartments that will eventually give rise to the vacuole; loss of Psd2p causes a specific reduction in vacuolar membrane PE levels while total PE levels are not significantly affected. (1138 aa) |
| | PCT1 | Cholinephosphate cytidylyltransferase; a rate-determining enzyme of the CDP-choline pathway for phosphatidylcholine synthesis, inhibited by Sec14p, activated upon lipid-binding; contains an element within the regulatory domain involved in both silencing and activation of enzymatic activity. (424 aa) |
| | LAG1 | Ceramide synthase component; involved in synthesis of ceramide from C26(acyl)-coenzyme A and dihydrosphingosine or phytosphingosine, functionally equivalent to Lac1p; forms ER foci upon DNA replication stress; homolog of human CERS2, a tumor metastasis suppressor gene whose silencing enhances invasion/metastasis of prostate cancer cells; LAG1 has a paralog, LAC1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (411 aa) |
