UPF0592 protein YDL073W; Scaffold protein in the HKR1 sub-branch of the Hog1p-signaling pathway; physically interacts with the cytoplasmic domain of Hkr1p, and with Sho1p, Pbs2p, and Ste11p; prevents cross-talk signaling from Hkr1p of the osmotic stress MAPK cascade to the Kss1p MAPK cascade; non-essential gene.

Bud emergence protein 4; Protein involved in establishment of cell polarity and bud emergence; interacts with the Rho1p small GTP-binding protein and with the Rho-type GTPase Cdc42p; involved in maintenance of proper telomere length.

UPF0592 protein YDL073W; Scaffold protein in the HKR1 sub-branch of the Hog1p-signaling pathway; physically interacts with the cytoplasmic domain of Hkr1p, and with Sho1p, Pbs2p, and Ste11p; prevents cross-talk signaling from Hkr1p of the osmotic stress MAPK cascade to the Kss1p MAPK cascade; non-essential gene.

Protein OPY2; Integral membrane protein that acts as a membrane anchor for Ste50p; involved in the signaling branch of the high-osmolarity glycerol (HOG) pathway and as a regulator of the filamentous growth pathway; overproduction blocks cell cycle arrest in the presence of mating pheromone; relocalizes from vacuole to plasma membrane upon DNA replication stress.

UPF0592 protein YDL073W; Scaffold protein in the HKR1 sub-branch of the Hog1p-signaling pathway; physically interacts with the cytoplasmic domain of Hkr1p, and with Sho1p, Pbs2p, and Ste11p; prevents cross-talk signaling from Hkr1p of the osmotic stress MAPK cascade to the Kss1p MAPK cascade; non-essential gene.

MAP kinase kinase of the HOG signaling pathway; activated under severe osmotic stress; mitophagy-specific regulator; plays a role in regulating Ty1 transposition; Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. STE Ser/Thr protein kinase family. MAP kinase kinase subfamily.

UPF0592 protein YDL073W; Scaffold protein in the HKR1 sub-branch of the Hog1p-signaling pathway; physically interacts with the cytoplasmic domain of Hkr1p, and with Sho1p, Pbs2p, and Ste11p; prevents cross-talk signaling from Hkr1p of the osmotic stress MAPK cascade to the Kss1p MAPK cascade; non-essential gene.

High osmolarity signaling protein SHO1; Transmembrane osmosensor for filamentous growth and HOG pathways; involved in activation of the Cdc42p- and MAP kinase-dependent filamentous growth pathway and the high-osmolarity glycerol (HOG) response pathway; phosphorylated by Hog1p; interacts with Pbs2p, Msb2p, Hkr1p, and Ste11p.

UPF0592 protein YDL073W; Scaffold protein in the HKR1 sub-branch of the Hog1p-signaling pathway; physically interacts with the cytoplasmic domain of Hkr1p, and with Sho1p, Pbs2p, and Ste11p; prevents cross-talk signaling from Hkr1p of the osmotic stress MAPK cascade to the Kss1p MAPK cascade; non-essential gene.

Osmosensing histidine protein kinase SLN1; Transmembrane histidine phosphotransfer kinase and osmosensor; regulates MAP kinase cascade; transmembrane protein with an intracellular kinase domain that signals to Ypd1p and Ssk1p, thereby forming a phosphorelay system similar to bacterial two-component regulators.

UPF0592 protein YDL073W; Scaffold protein in the HKR1 sub-branch of the Hog1p-signaling pathway; physically interacts with the cytoplasmic domain of Hkr1p, and with Sho1p, Pbs2p, and Ste11p; prevents cross-talk signaling from Hkr1p of the osmotic stress MAPK cascade to the Kss1p MAPK cascade; non-essential gene.

Serine/threonine-protein kinase STE11; Signal transducing MEK kinase; involved in pheromone response and pseudohyphal/invasive growth pathways where it phosphorylates Ste7p, and the high osmolarity response pathway, via phosphorylation of Pbs2p; regulated by Ste20p and Ste50p; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress.

UPF0592 protein YDL073W; Scaffold protein in the HKR1 sub-branch of the Hog1p-signaling pathway; physically interacts with the cytoplasmic domain of Hkr1p, and with Sho1p, Pbs2p, and Ste11p; prevents cross-talk signaling from Hkr1p of the osmotic stress MAPK cascade to the Kss1p MAPK cascade; non-essential gene.

Serine/threonine-protein kinase STE20; Cdc42p-activated signal transducing kinase; involved in pheromone response, pseudohyphal/invasive growth, vacuole inheritance, down-regulation of sterol uptake; GBB motif binds Ste4p; member of the PAK (p21-activated kinase) family; Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. STE Ser/Thr protein kinase family. STE20 subfamily.

UPF0592 protein YDL073W; Scaffold protein in the HKR1 sub-branch of the Hog1p-signaling pathway; physically interacts with the cytoplasmic domain of Hkr1p, and with Sho1p, Pbs2p, and Ste11p; prevents cross-talk signaling from Hkr1p of the osmotic stress MAPK cascade to the Kss1p MAPK cascade; non-essential gene.

Adaptor protein for various signaling pathways; involved in mating response, invasive/filamentous growth, osmotolerance; acts as an adaptor that links G protein-associated Cdc42p-Ste20p complex to the effector Ste11p to modulate signal transduction.

Bud emergence protein 4; Protein involved in establishment of cell polarity and bud emergence; interacts with the Rho1p small GTP-binding protein and with the Rho-type GTPase Cdc42p; involved in maintenance of proper telomere length.

UPF0592 protein YDL073W; Scaffold protein in the HKR1 sub-branch of the Hog1p-signaling pathway; physically interacts with the cytoplasmic domain of Hkr1p, and with Sho1p, Pbs2p, and Ste11p; prevents cross-talk signaling from Hkr1p of the osmotic stress MAPK cascade to the Kss1p MAPK cascade; non-essential gene.

Bud emergence protein 4; Protein involved in establishment of cell polarity and bud emergence; interacts with the Rho1p small GTP-binding protein and with the Rho-type GTPase Cdc42p; involved in maintenance of proper telomere length.

Cell division control protein 12; Component of the septin ring that is required for cytokinesis; septins are GTP-binding proteins that assemble into rod-like hetero-oligomers that can associate with other rods to form filaments; septin rings at the mother-bud neck act as scaffolds for recruiting cell division factors and as barriers to prevent diffusion of specific proteins between mother and daughter cells.

Bud emergence protein 4; Protein involved in establishment of cell polarity and bud emergence; interacts with the Rho1p small GTP-binding protein and with the Rho-type GTPase Cdc42p; involved in maintenance of proper telomere length.

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.

Bud emergence protein 4; Protein involved in establishment of cell polarity and bud emergence; interacts with the Rho1p small GTP-binding protein and with the Rho-type GTPase Cdc42p; involved in maintenance of proper telomere length.

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.

Bud emergence protein 4; Protein involved in establishment of cell polarity and bud emergence; interacts with the Rho1p small GTP-binding protein and with the Rho-type GTPase Cdc42p; involved in maintenance of proper telomere length.

Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK); involved in signal transduction pathways that control filamentous growth and pheromone response; regulates septum assembly, and may directly phosphorylate Bni4p; the KSS1 gene is nonfunctional in S288C strains and functional in W303 strains.

Bud emergence protein 4; Protein involved in establishment of cell polarity and bud emergence; interacts with the Rho1p small GTP-binding protein and with the Rho-type GTPase Cdc42p; involved in maintenance of proper telomere length.

High osmolarity signaling protein SHO1; Transmembrane osmosensor for filamentous growth and HOG pathways; involved in activation of the Cdc42p- and MAP kinase-dependent filamentous growth pathway and the high-osmolarity glycerol (HOG) response pathway; phosphorylated by Hog1p; interacts with Pbs2p, Msb2p, Hkr1p, and Ste11p.

Bud emergence protein 4; Protein involved in establishment of cell polarity and bud emergence; interacts with the Rho1p small GTP-binding protein and with the Rho-type GTPase Cdc42p; involved in maintenance of proper telomere length.

Serine/threonine-protein kinase STE11; Signal transducing MEK kinase; involved in pheromone response and pseudohyphal/invasive growth pathways where it phosphorylates Ste7p, and the high osmolarity response pathway, via phosphorylation of Pbs2p; regulated by Ste20p and Ste50p; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress.

Bud emergence protein 4; Protein involved in establishment of cell polarity and bud emergence; interacts with the Rho1p small GTP-binding protein and with the Rho-type GTPase Cdc42p; involved in maintenance of proper telomere length.

Serine/threonine-protein kinase STE20; Cdc42p-activated signal transducing kinase; involved in pheromone response, pseudohyphal/invasive growth, vacuole inheritance, down-regulation of sterol uptake; GBB motif binds Ste4p; member of the PAK (p21-activated kinase) family; Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. STE Ser/Thr protein kinase family. STE20 subfamily.

Beta subunit of Type II geranylgeranyltransferase; required for vesicular transport between the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi; provides a membrane attachment moiety to Rab-like proteins Ypt1p and Sec4p; human homolog RABGGTB can complement yeast BET2 mutant.

Core component of transport protein particle (TRAPP) complexes I-III; TRAPP complexes are related multimeric guanine nucleotide-exchange factors for the GTPase Ypt1, regulating ER-Golgi traffic (TRAPPI), intra-Golgi traffic (TRAPPII), endosome-Golgi traffic (TRAPPII and III) and autophagy (TRAPPIII); hydrophilic homodimeric protein that acts in conjunction with SNARE proteins in targeting and fusion of ER to Golgi transport vesicles.

Beta subunit of Type II geranylgeranyltransferase; required for vesicular transport between the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi; provides a membrane attachment moiety to Rab-like proteins Ypt1p and Sec4p; human homolog RABGGTB can complement yeast BET2 mutant.

Rab proteins geranylgeranyltransferase component A; Rab escort protein; forms a complex with the Ras-like small GTPase Ypt1p that is required for the prenylation of Ypt1p by protein geranylgeranyltransferase type II (Bet2p-Bet4p); sequence similarity to mammalian choroideraemia gene; relative distribution to the nucleus increases upon DNA replication stress.

Beta subunit of Type II geranylgeranyltransferase; required for vesicular transport between the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi; provides a membrane attachment moiety to Rab-like proteins Ypt1p and Sec4p; human homolog RABGGTB can complement yeast BET2 mutant.

Ras-related protein SEC4; Rab family GTPase; essential for vesicle-mediated exocytic secretion and autophagy; associates with the exocyst component Sec15p and may regulate polarized delivery of transport vesicles to the exocyst at the plasma membrane.

Beta subunit of Type II geranylgeranyltransferase; required for vesicular transport between the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi; provides a membrane attachment moiety to Rab-like proteins Ypt1p and Sec4p; human homolog RABGGTB can complement yeast BET2 mutant.

Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 21; Endosomal Rab family GTPase; required for endocytic transport and sorting of vacuolar hydrolases; required for endosomal localization of the CORVET complex; required with YPT52 for MVB biogenesis and sorting; involved in autophagy and ionic stress tolerance; geranylgeranylation required for membrane association; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress; mammalian Rab5 homolog; VPS21 has a paralog, YPT53, that arose from the whole genome duplication.