Suppressor protein MPT5; mRNA-binding protein of the PUF family; binds to specific mRNAs, often in the 3' UTR; has broad specificity and binds to more than 1000 mRNAs (16% of the transcriptome); recruits the CCR4-NOT deadenylase complex to mRNAs along with Dhh1p and Dcp1p to promote deadenylation, decapping, and decay; also interacts with the Caf20p translational initiation repressor, affecting its mRNA target specificity.

Nuclear and cytoplasmic polyadenylated RNA-binding protein PUB1; Poly (A)+ RNA-binding protein; abundant mRNP-component protein that binds mRNA and is required for stability of many mRNAs; component of glucose deprivation induced stress granules, involved in P-body-dependent granule assembly; implicated in regulation of translation; carries Q/N-rich domain at C- terminus, identified as candidate prion; human homolog Tia1 is critical for normal synaptic plasticity; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress.

Homothallic switching endonuclease; Site-specific endonuclease; required for gene conversion at the MAT locus (homothallic switching) through the generation of a ds DNA break; expression restricted to mother cells in late G1 as controlled by Swi4p-Swi6p, Swi5p, and Ash1p.

mRNA-binding protein PUF3; Protein of the mitochondrial outer surface; links the Arp2/3 complex with the mitochore during anterograde mitochondrial movement; also binds to and promotes degradation of mRNAs for select nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins.

Polyadenylate-binding protein, cytoplasmic and nuclear; Poly(A) binding protein; part of the 3'-end RNA-processing complex, mediates interactions between the 5' cap structure and the 3' mRNA poly(A) tail, involved in control of poly(A) tail length, interacts with translation factor eIF-4G; stimulates, but is not required for the deadenylation activity of the Pan2p-Pan3p poly(A)-ribonuclease complex; Belongs to the polyadenylate-binding protein type-1 family.

Cytoplasmic DEAD-box helicase, stimulates mRNA decapping; coordinates distinct steps in mRNA function and decay, interacting with both decapping and deadenylase complexes; role in translational repression, mRNA decay, and possibly mRNA export; interacts and cooperates with Ngr1p to promote specific mRNA decay; ATP- and RNA-bound form promotes processing body (PB) assembly, while ATPase stimulation by Not1p promotes PB disassembly; forms cytoplasmic foci on replication stress; Belongs to the DEAD box helicase family. DDX6/DHH1 subfamily.

Poly(A) ribonuclease POP2; RNase of the DEDD superfamily; subunit of the Ccr4-Not complex that mediates 3' to 5' mRNA deadenylation.

Glucose-repressible alcohol dehydrogenase transcriptional effector; Component of the CCR4-NOT transcriptional complex; CCR4-NOT is involved in regulation of gene expression; component of the major cytoplasmic deadenylase, which is involved in mRNA poly(A) tail shortening; Belongs to the CCR4/nocturin family.

PUF family mRNA-binding protein; Pumilio homology domain confers RNA binding activity; preferentially binds mRNAs encoding membrane-associated proteins; binding site composed of two UAAU tetranucleotides, separated by a 3-nt linker; PUF2 has a paralog, JSN1, that arose from the whole genome duplication.