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RMD9 | Mitochondrial protein required for respiratory growth; mutant phenotype and genetic interactions suggest a role in delivering mt mRNAs to ribosomes; located on matrix face of the inner membrane and loosely associated with mitoribosomes; RMD9 has a paralog, YBR238C, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (646 aa) | ||||
SPO21 | Sporulation-specific protein 21; Component of the meiotic outer plaque of the spindle pole body; involved in modifying the meiotic outer plaque that is required prior to prospore membrane formation; SPO21 has a paralog, YSW1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (609 aa) | ||||
CSM4 | Protein required for accurate chromosome segregation during meiosis; involved in meiotic telomere clustering (bouquet formation) and telomere-led rapid prophase movements; functions with meiosis-specific telomere-binding protein Ndj1p; CSM4 has a paralog, MPS2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (156 aa) | ||||
SPO19 | Sporulation-specific protein 19; Meiosis-specific prospore protein; required to produce bending force necessary for proper assembly of the prospore membrane during sporulation; identified as a weak high-copy suppressor of the spo1-1 ts mutation; SPO19 has a paralog, YOR214C, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (223 aa) | ||||
MEI5 | Meiosis-specific protein involved in meiotic recombination; involved in DMC1-dependent meiotic recombination; forms heterodimer with Sae3p; proposed to be an assembly factor for Dmc1p; Belongs to the SFR1/MEI5 family. (222 aa) | ||||
RIM4 | Meiotic activator RIM4; Putative RNA-binding protein; required for the expression of early and middle sporulation genes. (713 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) | ||||
SPS100 | Protein required for spore wall maturation; expressed during sporulation; may be a component of the spore wall; expression also induced in cells treated with the mycotoxin patulin; SPS100 has a paralog, YGP1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (326 aa) | ||||
SPO12 | Sporulation-specific protein 12; Nucleolar protein of unknown function; positive regulator of mitotic exit; involved in regulating release of Cdc14p from the nucleolus in early anaphase, may play similar role in meiosis; SPO12 has a paralog, BNS1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (173 aa) | ||||
SPO16 | Sporulation-specific protein 16; Meiosis-specific protein involved in synaptonemal complex assembly; implicated in regulation of crossover formation; required for sporulation. (198 aa) | ||||
SSP1 | Sporulation-specific protein 1; Protein involved in the control of meiotic nuclear division; involved in the coordination of meiosis with spore formation; subunit of the leading edge protein (LEP) complex (Ssp1-Ady3-Don1-Irc10) that forms a ring-like structure at the leading edge of the prospore membrane during meiosis II; required for assembly of the leading edge coat and both prospore membrane shaping and organization; transcription is induced midway through meiosis. (571 aa) | ||||
PFS1 | Sporulation protein required for prospore membrane formation; required for prospore membrane formation at selected spindle poles; ensures functionality of all four spindle pole bodies during meiosis II; not required for meiotic recombination or meiotic chromosome segregation. (237 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) | ||||
SGA1 | Intracellular sporulation-specific glucoamylase; involved in glycogen degradation; induced during starvation of a/a diploids late in sporulation, but dispensable for sporulation. (549 aa) | ||||
IRC18 | Protein involved in outer spore wall assembly; possible role in assembly of the dityrosine layer; similar to adjacent ORF, LOH1; irc18 loh1 double mutant exhibits reduced dityrosine fluorescence relative to single mutants; SWAT-GFP fusion protein localizes to the ER and vacuole, while mCherry fusion localizes to the vacuole; expression induced in respiratory-deficient cells and carbon-limited chemostat culture; null mutant displays increased levels of spontaneous Rad52p foci; Belongs to the OSW4/6 family. (224 aa) | ||||
LOH1 | Protein involved in outer spore wall assembly; likely involved directly in dityrosine layer assembly; induced during sporulation; repressed during vegetative growth by Sum1p and Hst1p; sequence similar to adjacent ORF, IRC18/YJL037W, and the irc18 loh1 double mutant exhibits reduced dityrosine fluorescence relative to the single mutants; SWAT-GFP and mCherry fusion proteins localize to the cytosol; proposed role in maintenance of genome integrity. (219 aa) | ||||
GSM1 | Glucose starvation modulator protein 1; Putative zinc cluster protein of unknown function; proposed to be involved in the regulation of energy metabolism, based on patterns of expression and sequence analysis; Belongs to the ERT1/acuK family. (618 aa) | ||||
IME2 | Serine/threonine protein kinase involved in activation of meiosis; associates with Ime1p and mediates its stability, activates Ndt80p; IME2 expression is positively regulated by Ime1p; human CDK2 can complement ime2 null mutant. (645 aa) | ||||
IME1 | Meiosis-inducing protein 1; Master regulator of meiosis that is active only during meiotic events; activates transcription of early meiotic genes through interaction with Ume6p; degraded by the 26S proteasome following phosphorylation by Ime2p; transcription is negatively regulated in cis by the IRT1 long noncoding antisense RNA. (360 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) | ||||
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) | ||||
SPO75 | Sporulation-specific protein 75; Meiosis-specific protein of unknown function; required for spore wall formation during sporulation; dispensable for both nuclear divisions during meiosis; Belongs to the CSC1 (TC 1.A.17) family. (868 aa) | ||||
IRC19 | Increased recombination centers protein 19; Protein of unknown function; YLL033W is not an essential gene but mutant is defective in spore formation; null mutant displays increased levels of spontaneous Rad52p foci. (230 aa) | ||||
OSW2 | Outer spore wall protein 2; Protein of unknown function reputedly involved in spore wall assembly. (724 aa) | ||||
CRR1 | Probable glycosidase CRR1; Putative glycoside hydrolase of the spore wall envelope; required for normal spore wall assembly, possibly for cross-linking between the glucan and chitosan layers; expressed during sporulation; Belongs to the glycosyl hydrolase 16 family. CRR1 subfamily. (422 aa) | ||||
ADY4 | Accumulates dyads protein 4; Structural component of the meiotic outer plaque; outer plaque is a membrane-organizing center that assembles on the cytoplasmic face of the spindle pole body during meiosis II and triggers the formation of the prospore membrane. (493 aa) | ||||
RED1 | Protein component of the synaptonemal complex axial elements; involved in chromosome segregation during the first meiotic division; critical for coupling checkpoint signaling to SC formation; promotes interhomolog recombination by phosphorylating Hop1p; also interacts with Mec3p and Ddc1p. (827 aa) | ||||
CDA1 | Chitin deacetylase; together with Cda2p involved in the biosynthesis ascospore wall component, chitosan; required for proper rigidity of the ascospore wall. (301 aa) | ||||
CDA2 | Chitin deacetylase; together with Cda1p involved in the biosynthesis ascospore wall component, chitosan; required for proper rigidity of the ascospore wall. (312 aa) | ||||
SPO77 | Sporulation-specific protein 77; Meiosis-specific protein of unknown function; required for spore wall formation during sporulation and for timely prospore membrane closure along with SPS1; required with Sps1p for phosphorylation and turnover of Ssp1p; dispensable for both nuclear divisions during meiosis. (477 aa) | ||||
RSC2 | Chromatin structure-remodeling complex subunit RSC2; Component of the RSC chromatin remodeling complex; required for expression of mid-late sporulation-specific genes; involved in telomere maintenance; RSC2 has a paralog, RSC1, that arose from the whole genome duplication; Belongs to the RSC1 family. (889 aa) | ||||
BDF1 | Bromodomain-containing factor 1; Protein involved in transcription initiation; functions at TATA-containing promoters; associates with the basal transcription factor TFIID; contains two bromodomains; corresponds to the C-terminal region of mammalian TAF1; redundant with Bdf2p; BDF1 has a paralog, BDF2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (686 aa) | ||||
SUR7 | Plasma membrane protein, component of eisosomes; long-lived protein that remains stable in eisosomes of mother cells while other eisosome proteins, Pil1p and Lsp1p, turn over; may function to anchor the eisosome in place; sporulation and plasma membrane sphingolipid content are altered in mutants; localizes to furrow-like invaginations (MCC patches). (302 aa) | ||||
SMA2 | Meiosis-specific prospore membrane protein; required to produce bending force necessary for proper assembly of the prospore membrane during sporulation; Belongs to the SMA2 family. (369 aa) | ||||
SMA1 | Protein of unknown function involved in prospore membrane assembly; involved in the assembly of the prospore membrane during sporulation; interacts with Spo14p. (245 aa) | ||||
SPS4 | Sporulation-specific protein 4; Protein whose expression is induced during sporulation; not required for sporulation; heterologous expression in E. coli induces the SOS response that senses DNA damage. (338 aa) | ||||
MUM3 | Protein of unknown function involved in outer spore wall organization; has similarity to the tafazzins superfamily of acyltransferases. (479 aa) | ||||
OSW1 | Outer spore wall protein 1; Protein involved in sporulation; required for the construction of the outer spore wall layers; required for proper localization of Spo14p. (278 aa) | ||||
SSP2 | Sporulation-specific protein 2; Sporulation specific protein that localizes to the spore wall; required for sporulation at a point after meiosis II and during spore wall formation; expression controlled by a tightly regulated middle-meiotic promoter that is activated by Ndt80p; translation of SSP2 mRNA is delayed, such that the mRNA is present as nuclear divisions are taking place but is not engaged by ribosomes until relatively late in meiotic development. (371 aa) | ||||
SPR1 | Sporulation-specific exo-1,3-beta-glucanase; contributes to ascospore thermoresistance; SPR1 has a paralog, EXG1, that arose from the whole genome duplication; Belongs to the glycosyl hydrolase 5 (cellulase A) family. (445 aa) | ||||
MPC54 | Component of the meiotic outer plaque; a membrane-organizing center which is assembled on the cytoplasmic face of the spindle pole body during meiosis II and triggers the formation of the prospore membrane; potential Cdc28p substrate. (464 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) | ||||
VAN1 | Component of the mannan polymerase I; complex contains Van1p and Mnn9p and is involved in the first steps of mannan synthesis; mutants are vanadate-resistant. (535 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) | ||||
OSW5 | Outer spore wall protein 5; Protein of unknown function with possible role in spore wall assembly; predicted to contain an N-terminal transmembrane domain; osw5 null mutant spores exhibit increased spore wall permeability and sensitivity to beta-glucanase digestion; Belongs to the OSW5 family. (148 aa) | ||||
MRPS17 | Mitochondrial ribosomal protein of the small subunit. (237 aa) | ||||
FKS3 | 1,3-beta-glucan synthase component FKS3; Protein involved in spore wall assembly; has similarity to 1,3-beta-D-glucan synthase catalytic subunits Fks1p and Gsc2p; the authentic, non-tagged protein is detected in highly purified mitochondria in high-throughput studies; Belongs to the glycosyltransferase 48 family. (1785 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) | ||||
SLZ1 | Sporulation-specific protein with a leucine zipper motif; subunit of the MIS complex which controls mRNA methylation during during the induction of sporulation. (298 aa) | ||||
SPS19 | Peroxisomal 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase; auxiliary enzyme of fatty acid beta-oxidation; homodimeric enzyme required for growth and sporulation on petroselineate medium; expression induced during late sporulation and in the presence of oleate; Belongs to the short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR) family. (292 aa) | ||||
SPS18 | Sporulation protein SPS18; Protein of unknown function, contains a putative zinc-binding domain; expressed during sporulation; SPS18 has a paralog, GCS1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (300 aa) | ||||
CNM67 | Chaotic nuclear migration protein 67; Component of the spindle pole body outer plaque; required for spindle orientation and mitotic nuclear migration; CNM67 has a paralog, ADY3, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (581 aa) | ||||
LDS2 | Protein Involved in spore wall assembly; localizes to lipid droplets found on or outside of the prospore membrane; shares similarity with Lds1p and Rrt8p, and a strain mutant for all 3 genes exhibits reduced dityrosine fluorescence relative to the single mutants; green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fusion protein localizes to the cytoplasm in a punctate pattern. (356 aa) | ||||
RRT8 | Protein involved in spore wall assembly; shares similarity with Lds1p and Lds2p and a strain mutant for all 3 genes exhibits reduced dityrosine fluorescence relative to the single mutants; identified in a screen for mutants with increased levels of rDNA transcription; green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fusion protein localizes to lipid particles; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress. (342 aa) | ||||
MUM2 | Protein essential for meiotic DNA replication and sporulation; cytoplasmic protein; subunit of the MIS complex which controls mRNA methylation during during the induction of sporulation; also interacts with Orc2p, which is a component of the origin recognition complex; Belongs to the fl(2)d family. (366 aa) | ||||
DTR1 | Putative dityrosine transporter of the major facilitator superfamily; member of the 12-spanner drug:H(+) antiporter DHA1 family; required for spore wall synthesis; sequence similarity to QDR1 and QDR3, and the triple mutant dtr1 qdr1 qdr3 exhibits reduced dityrosine fluorescence relative to the single mutants; expressed during sporulation. (572 aa) | ||||
SPO23 | Sporulation protein 23; Protein of unknown function; associates with meiosis-specific protein Spo1p. (523 aa) | ||||
MRPL37 | Mitochondrial ribosomal protein of the large subunit. (105 aa) | ||||
SPS22 | Protein of unknown function; SPS22 has a paralog, SPS2, that arose from the whole genome duplication; redundant with Sps2p for the organization of the beta-glucan layer of the spore wall; Belongs to the SPS2 family. (463 aa) | ||||
RRT12 | Subtilase-type proteinase RRT12; Probable subtilisin-family protease; role in formation of the dityrosine layer of spore walls; localizes to the spore wall and also the nuclear envelope and ER region in mature spores. (491 aa) | ||||
RMD1 | Cytoplasmic protein required for sporulation. (430 aa) | ||||
BDF2 | Bromodomain-containing factor 2; Protein involved in transcription initiation; acts at TATA-containing promoters; associates with the basal transcription factor TFIID; contains two bromodomains; corresponds to the C-terminal region of mammalian TAF1; redundant with Bdf1p; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress; BDF2 has a paralog, BDF1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (638 aa) | ||||
FMP45 | SUR7 family protein FMP45; Integral membrane protein localized to mitochondria; required for sporulation and maintaining sphingolipid content; similar to SUR7; FMP45 has a paralog, YNL194C, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (309 aa) | ||||
ADY3 | Accumulates dyads protein 3; Protein required for spore wall formation; subunit of the leading edge protein (LEP) complex (Ssp1-Ady3-Don1-Irc10) that forms a ring-like structure at the leading edge of the prospore membrane during meiosis II; mediates assembly of the LEP complex, formation of the ring-like structure via interaction with spindle pole body components and prospore membrane maturation; potentially phosphorylated by Cdc28p; ADY3 has a paralog, CNM67, that arose from the whole. (790 aa) | ||||
LRG1 | Rho-GTPase-activating protein LRG1; GTPase-activating protein (GAP); contains Rho1p-specific GAP activity, interacting with activated forms of Rho1p; functions along with Sac7p as a negative regulator of the Pkc1p-mediated cell wall integrity signaling pathway; negative regulator of cell wall 1,3-beta-glucan biosynthesis; required for efficient cell fusion; contains a RhoGAP domain and three Lin-11-Isl1-Mec-3 (LIM) domains. (1017 aa) | ||||
SPO71 | Sporulation-specific protein 71; Meiosis-specific protein required for prospore membrane morphogenesis; localizes to the prospore membrane (PSM) during sporulation; required for PSM elongation and closure; genetically antagonistic to SPO1; recruits Vps13p to the PSM during sporulation; interacts and functions cooperatively with Spo73p; mutants have defects in the PSM, aberrant spore wall formation and reduced PtdIns-phosphate pools in the PSM; contains three PH-like domains. (1245 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) | ||||
DON1 | Donuts protein 1; Meiosis-specific component of the spindle pole body; subunit of the leading edge protein (LEP) complex (Ssp1-Ady3-Don1-Irc10) that forms a ring-like structure at the leading edge of the prospore membrane (PSM) during meiosis II; required for PSM growth and closure; DON1 has a paralog, CUE5, that arose from the whole genome. (365 aa) | ||||
SUM1 | Suppressor of mar1-1 protein; Transcriptional repressor that regulates middle-sporulation genes; required for mitotic repression of middle sporulation-specific genes; also acts as general replication initiation factor; involved in telomere maintenance, chromatin silencing; regulated by pachytene checkpoint. (1062 aa) | ||||
CTS2 | Putative chitinase; functionally complements A. gossypii cts2 mutant sporulation defect. (511 aa) | ||||
DIT2 | Cytochrome P450-DIT2; N-formyltyrosine oxidase; sporulation-specific microsomal enzyme involved in the production of N,N-bisformyl dityrosine required for spore wall maturation, homologous to cytochrome P-450s; SWAT-GFP and mCherry fusion proteins localize to the endoplasmic reticulum and vacuole respectively. (489 aa) | ||||
DIT1 | Sporulation-specific enzyme required for spore wall maturation; involved in the production of a soluble LL-dityrosine-containing precursor of the spore wall; transcripts accumulate at the time of prospore enclosure. (536 aa) | ||||
EMI1 | Early meiotic induction protein 1; Non-essential protein of unknown function; required for transcriptional induction of the early meiotic-specific transcription factor IME1, also required for sporulation; contains twin cysteine-x9-cysteine motifs; deletion affects mitochondrial morphology. (187 aa) | ||||
EMI2 | Putative glucokinase-2; Non-essential protein of unknown function; required for transcriptional induction of the early meiotic-specific transcription factor IME1; required for sporulation; expression regulated by glucose-repression transcription factors Mig1/2p; EMI2 has a paralog, GLK1, that arose from the whole genome duplication; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress; Belongs to the hexokinase family. (500 aa) | ||||
SPS2 | Protein expressed during sporulation; SPS2 has a paralog, SPS22, that arose from the whole genome duplication; redundant with Sps22p for organization of the beta-glucan layer of the spore wall; S. pombe ortholog is a spore wall component. (502 aa) | ||||
SPS1 | Sporulation-specific protein 1; Putative protein serine/threonine kinase; localizes to the nucleus and cytoplasm; required for efficient spore packaging, prospore membrane development and closure and localization of enzymes involved in spore wall synthesis; interacts with and required for Ssp1p phosphorylation and turnover; member of the GCKIII subfamily of STE20 kinases; multiply phosphorylated on S/T residues; interacts with 14-3-3 proteins, Bmh1p and Bmh2p; expressed at the end of meiosis. (490 aa) | ||||
RMD6 | Protein required for sporulation. (231 aa) | ||||
MEI4 | Meiosis-specific protein involved in forming DSBs; involved in double-strand break (DSBs) formation during meiotic recombination; required for chromosome synapsis and production of viable spores. (408 aa) | ||||
SPO73 | Sporulation-specific protein 73; Meiosis-specific protein required for prospore membrane morphogenesis; required for the proper shape of the prospore membrane (PSM) and for spore wall formation; functions cooperatively with SPO71 in PSM elongation; physically interacts with Spo71p; genetically antagonistic to SPO1, similar to SPO71; localizes to the PSM; required for spore wall formation during sporulation; dispensable for both nuclear divisions during meiosis; dysferlin domain-only protein; Belongs to the SPO73 family. (143 aa) | ||||
SHC1 | Protein SHC1; Sporulation-specific activator of Chs3p (chitin synthase III); required for the synthesis of the chitosan layer of ascospores; transcriptionally induced at alkaline pH; SHC1 has a paralog, SKT5, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (512 aa) | ||||
SPR6 | Protein of unknown function; expressed during sporulation; not required for sporulation, but gene exhibits genetic interactions with other genes required for sporulation. (191 aa) | ||||
PMD1 | Protein with an N-terminal kelch-like domain; putative negative regulator of early meiotic gene expression; required, with Mds3p, for growth under alkaline conditions; PMD1 has a paralog, MDS3, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (1753 aa) | ||||
DMC1 | Meiotic recombination protein DMC1; Meiosis-specific recombinase required for double-strand break repair; also required for pairing between homologous chromosomes; required for the normal morphogenesis of synaptonemal complex; homolog of Rad51p and the bacterial RecA protein; binds ssDNA and dsDNA, forms helical filaments; stimulated by Rdh54p. (334 aa) | ||||
ISC10 | Meiosis-specific protein ISC10; Protein required for sporulation; transcript is induced 7.5 hours after induction of meiosis, expected to play significant role in the formation of reproductive cells. (267 aa) | ||||
CDC4 | Cell division control protein 4; F-box protein required for both the G1/S and G2/M phase transitions; modular substrate specificity factor which associates with core SCF (Cdc53p, Skp1p and Hrt1p/Rbx1p) to form the SCFCdc4 complex; SCFCdc4 acts as a ubiquitin-protein ligase directing ubiquitination of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) phosphorylated substrates, such as: Sic1p, Far1p, Cdc6p, Clb6p, and Cln3p. (779 aa) | ||||
OSW7 | Protein involved in outer spore wall assembly; likely involved directly in dityrosine layer assembly; may be involved in response to high salt and changes in carbon source; SWAT-GFP, seamless-GFP and mCherry fusion proteins localize to the endoplasmic reticulum; deletion mutant has decreased spore survival in Drosophila feces; OSW7 has a paralog, SHE10, that arose from the whole genome duplication; paralogs are redundant for spore wall dityrosine assembly. (510 aa) | ||||
RMD8 | Cytosolic protein required for sporulation. (662 aa) | ||||
RAD6 | Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (E2); involved in postreplication repair as a heterodimer with Rad18p, regulation of K63 polyubiquitination in response to oxidative stress, DSBR and checkpoint control as a heterodimer with Bre1p, ubiquitin-mediated N-end rule protein degradation as a heterodimer with Ubr1p, ERAD with Ubr1p in the absence of canonical ER membrane ligases, and Rpn4p turnover as part of proteasome homeostasis, in complex with Ubr2p and Mub1p. (172 aa) | ||||
HST1 | NAD-dependent protein deacetylase HST1; NAD(+)-dependent histone deacetylase; essential subunit of the Sum1p/Rfm1p/Hst1p complex required for ORC-dependent silencing and meiotic repression; non-essential subunit of the Set3C deacetylase complex; involved in telomere maintenance; HST1 has a paralog, SIR2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (503 aa) | ||||
SPO74 | Sporulation-specific protein 74; Component of the meiotic outer plaque of the spindle pole body; involved in modifying the meiotic outer plaque that is required prior to prospore membrane formation. (413 aa) | ||||
IME4 | N6-adenosine-methyltransferase IME4; mRNA N6-adenosine methyltransferase required for entry into meiosis; mediates N6-adenosine methylation of bulk mRNA during the induction of sporulation which includes the meiotic regulators IME1, IME2 and IME4 itself; repressed in haploids via production of antisense IME4 transcripts; transcribed in diploid cells where antisense transcription is repressed; orthologous to human METTL3 (MT-A70); Belongs to the MT-A70-like family. (600 aa) | ||||
MDS3 | Putative component of the TOR regulatory pathway; negative regulator of early meiotic gene expression; required, with Pmd1p, for growth under alkaline conditions; has an N-terminal kelch-like domain; MDS3 has a paralog, PMD1, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (1487 aa) | ||||
SHE10 | Protein involved in outer spore wall assembly; likely involved directly in dityrosine layer assembly; putative GPI-anchored protein; overexpression causes growth arrest;; SWAT-GFP, seamless-GFP and mCherry fusion proteins localize to the endoplasmic reticulum; SHE10 has a paralog, OSW7/YFR039C, that arose from the whole genome duplication; paralogs are redundant for spore wall dityrosine assembly. (577 aa) | ||||
GSC2 | Catalytic subunit of 1,3-beta-glucan synthase; involved in formation of the inner layer of the spore wall; activity positively regulated by Rho1p and negatively by Smk1p; GSC2 has a paralog, FKS1, that arose from the whole genome duplication; Belongs to the glycosyltransferase 48 family. (1895 aa) | ||||
RSC1 | Chromatin structure-remodeling complex subunit RSC1; Component of the RSC chromatin remodeling complex; required for expression of mid-late sporulation-specific genes; contains two essential bromodomains, a bromo-adjacent homology (BAH) domain, and an AT hook; RSC1 has a paralog, RSC2, that arose from the whole genome duplication; Belongs to the RSC1 family. (928 aa) | ||||
SPR3 | Sporulation-regulated protein 3; Sporulation-specific homolog of the CDC3/10/11/12 family of genes; septin protein involved in sporulation; regulated by ABFI; the yeast CDC3/10/11/12 family is a family of bud neck microfilament genes; Belongs to the TRAFAC class TrmE-Era-EngA-EngB-Septin-like GTPase superfamily. Septin GTPase family. (512 aa) | ||||
SPO11 | Meiosis-specific protein that initiates meiotic recombination; initiates meiotic recombination by catalyzing the formation of double-strand breaks in DNA via a transesterification reaction; required for homologous chromosome pairing and synaptonemal complex formation; Belongs to the TOP6A family. (398 aa) | ||||
SEF1 | Putative transcription factor; has homolog in Kluyveromyces lactis. (1148 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) | ||||
OAF1 | Oleate-activated transcription factor; subunit of a heterodimeric complex with Pip2p, which binds to oleate-response elements (ORE) in the promoter of genes involved in beta-oxidation of fatty acids, peroxisome organization and biogenesis, activating transcription in the presence of oleate; regulates chromatin silencing at telomeres; involved in diauxic shift; OAF1 has a paralog, PIP2, that arose from the whole genome duplication. (1047 aa) | ||||
LDS1 | Protein Involved in spore wall assembly; localizes to lipid droplets found on or outside of the prospore membrane; shares similarity with Lds2p and Rrt8p, and a strain mutant for all 3 genes exhibits reduced dityrosine fluorescence relative to the single mutants. (325 aa) | ||||
SMK1 | Middle sporulation-specific mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK); required for production of the outer spore wall layers; negatively regulates activity of the glucan synthase subunit Gsc2p. (388 aa) | ||||
SPO24 | Sporulation protein 24; Small (67 amino acids) protein involved in sporulation; localizes to the prospore membrane; phosphorylated during meiosis; a longer, 5'-extended mRNA is also transcribed beginning in mid-meiosis, regulated by two MSEs (middle sporulation elements), and includes an uORF of 15 codons in its 5'-UTR; evidence transcription is regulated by Pdr1p. (67 aa) |