Actin; structural protein involved in cell polarization, endocytosis, and other cytoskeletal functions.

Alcohol dehydrogenase; fermentative isozyme active as homo- or heterotetramers; required for the reduction of acetaldehyde to ethanol, the last step in the glycolytic pathway; ADH1 has a paralog, ADH5, that arose from the whole genome duplication.

Actin; structural protein involved in cell polarization, endocytosis, and other cytoskeletal functions.

Protein BNI1; Formin; polarisome component; nucleates the formation of linear actin filaments, involved in cell processes such as budding and mitotic spindle orientation which require the formation of polarized actin cables; recruited to the division site in a Glc7p/Ref2p dependent manner following release of Bnr1p; functionally redundant with BNR1.

Actin; structural protein involved in cell polarization, endocytosis, and other cytoskeletal functions.

BNI1-related protein 1; Formin; nucleates the formation of linear actin filaments; involved in processes such as budding and mitotic spindle orientation which require the formation of polarized actin cables; activity is regulated by Hof1p and by the Bud14p-Kel1p-Kel2p complex; dephosphorylated and delocalized from the division site in a Glc7p/Ref2p-dependent manner; functionally redundant with BNI1.

Actin; structural protein involved in cell polarization, endocytosis, and other cytoskeletal functions.

Cell division control protein 24; Guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for Cdc42p; required for polarity establishment and maintenance, and mutants have morphological defects in bud formation and shmooing; relocalizes from nucleus to cytoplasm upon DNA replication stress; thermosensitivity of the cdc24-4 mutant in the presence of sorbitol is functionally complemented by human CDC42.

Actin; structural protein involved in cell polarization, endocytosis, and other cytoskeletal functions.

Cell division control protein 42; Small rho-like GTPase; essential for establishment and maintenance of cell polarity; plays a role late in cell fusion via activation of key cell fusion regulator Fus2p; mutants have defects in the organization of actin and septins; human homolog CDC42 can complement yeast cdc42 mutant.

Actin; structural protein involved in cell polarization, endocytosis, and other cytoskeletal functions.

Protein DSS4; Guanine nucleotide dissociation stimulator for Sec4p; functions in the post-Golgi secretory pathway; binds zinc, found both on membranes and in the cytosol; Belongs to the DSS4/MSS4 family.

Actin; structural protein involved in cell polarization, endocytosis, and other cytoskeletal functions.

CDK inhibitor and nuclear anchor; during the cell cycle Far1p sequesters the GEF Cdc24p in the nucleus; phosphorylation by Cdc28p-Cln results in SCFCdc4 complex-mediated ubiquitin-dependent degradation, releasing Cdc24p for export and activation of GTPase Cdc42p; in response to pheromone, phosphorylation of Far1p by MAPK Fus3p results in association with, and inhibition of Cdc28p-Cln, as well as Msn5p mediated nuclear export of Far1p-Cdc24p, targeting Cdc24p to polarity sites.

Actin; structural protein involved in cell polarization, endocytosis, and other cytoskeletal functions.

Protein PEA2; Coiled-coil 12S polarisome subunit; required for polarity establishment, apical bud growth, shmoo formation, filamentous differentiation; involved in Bni1p localization at sites of polarized growth, controlling polarized assembly of actin cables; role in apical growth affects diploid-specific bipolar bud site selection; retains Slt2p at bud tip to regulate ER inheritance; role in Ca2+ influx, cell fusion; S288C allele encoding Leu409 rather than Met linked with non-invasion.

Actin; structural protein involved in cell polarization, endocytosis, and other cytoskeletal functions.

GTPase-activating protein for polarity-establishment protein Cdc42p; implicated in control of septin organization, pheromone response, and haploid invasive growth; relocalizes from bud neck to cytoplasm upon DNA replication stress; RGA1 has a paralog, RGA2, that arose from the whole genome duplication.

Actin; structural protein involved in cell polarization, endocytosis, and other cytoskeletal functions.

NEDD4 family E3 ubiquitin ligase; regulates processes including: MVB sorting, the heat shock response, transcription, endocytosis and ribosome stability; ubiquitinates Sec23p, Sna3p, Ste4p, Nfi1p, Rpo21p and Sem1p; autoubiquitinates; deubiquitinated by Ubp2p; regulated by SUMO ligase Siz1p, in turn regulates Siz1p SUMO ligase activity; required for efficient Golgi-to-ER trafficking in COPI mutants; mutant tolerates aneuploidy; human homolog implicated in Liddle syndrome; Belongs to the RSP5/NEDD4 family.

Actin; structural protein involved in cell polarization, endocytosis, and other cytoskeletal functions.

Ras-related protein RSR1; GTP-binding protein of the Ras superfamily; required for bud site selection, morphological changes in response to mating pheromone, and efficient cell fusion; localized to the plasma membrane; significantly similar to mammalian Rap GTPases.

Actin; structural protein involved in cell polarization, endocytosis, and other cytoskeletal functions.

Actin cytoskeleton-regulatory complex protein SLA1; Cytoskeletal protein binding protein; required for assembly of the cortical actin cytoskeleton; interacts with proteins regulating actin dynamics and proteins required for endocytosis; found in the nucleus and cell cortex; has 3 SH3 domains; Belongs to the SLA1 family.

Actin; structural protein involved in cell polarization, endocytosis, and other cytoskeletal functions.

Synaptobrevin homolog 2; Vesicle membrane receptor protein (v-SNARE); involved in the fusion between Golgi-derived secretory vesicles with the plasma membrane; Snc2p levels regulated by Vps45p; member of the synaptobrevin/VAMP family of R-type v-SNARE proteins; SNC2 has a paralog, SNC1, that arose from the whole genome duplication.

Actin; structural protein involved in cell polarization, endocytosis, and other cytoskeletal functions.

Protein SPA2; Component of the polarisome; functions in actin cytoskeletal organization during polarized growth; acts as a scaffold for Mkk1p and Mpk1p cell wall integrity signaling components; potential Cdc28p substrate; coding sequence contains length polymorphisms in different strains; SPA2 has a paralog, SPH1, that arose from the whole genome duplication.

Actin; structural protein involved in cell polarization, endocytosis, and other cytoskeletal functions.

Receptor for alpha-factor pheromone; seven transmembrane-domain GPCR that interacts with both pheromone and a heterotrimeric G protein to initiate the signaling response that leads to mating between haploid a and alpha cells; Belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor 4 family.

Actin; structural protein involved in cell polarization, endocytosis, and other cytoskeletal functions.

Receptor for a factor pheromone; couples to MAP kinase cascade to mediate pheromone response; transcribed in alpha cells and required for mating by alpha cells, ligand bound receptors endocytosed and recycled to the plasma membrane; GPCR.

Actin; structural protein involved in cell polarization, endocytosis, and other cytoskeletal functions.

G protein beta subunit; forms a dimer with Ste18p to activate mating signaling pathway, forms heterotrimer with Gpa1p and Ste18p to dampen signaling; pheromone-induced phosphorylation plays critical role in chemotropism; may recruit Rho1p to polarized growth site during mating; contains WD40 repeats.

Actin; structural protein involved in cell polarization, endocytosis, and other cytoskeletal functions.

Protein STE5; Pheromone-responsive MAPK scaffold protein; couples activation of the G-protein-coupled pheromone receptor to MAPK activation; intramolecular interaction of PH and VWA domains blocks activation of assembled signaling cascade components (Ste11p, Ste7p and Fus3p) under basal conditions; Gbeta-gamma (Ste4p-Ste18p)-dependent docking at the plasma membrane and binding of PI(4,5)P2 by the PH domain relieves autoinhibition, resulting in pheromone-dependent pathway activation.

Actin; structural protein involved in cell polarization, endocytosis, and other cytoskeletal functions.

Palmitoylated plasma membrane-bound casein kinase I (CK1) isoform; shares redundant functions with Yck2p in morphogenesis, proper septin assembly, endocytic trafficking, and glucose sensing; stabilized by Sod1p binding in the presence of glucose and oxygen, causing glucose repression of respiratory metabolism; involved in the phosphorylation and regulation of glucose sensor Rgt2p; YCK1 has a paralog, YCK2, that arose from the whole genome duplication.

Alcohol dehydrogenase; fermentative isozyme active as homo- or heterotetramers; required for the reduction of acetaldehyde to ethanol, the last step in the glycolytic pathway; ADH1 has a paralog, ADH5, that arose from the whole genome duplication.

Actin; structural protein involved in cell polarization, endocytosis, and other cytoskeletal functions.