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. 2000 Dec;11(12):4309–4321. doi: 10.1091/mbc.11.12.4309

Table 2.

The PHO regulated genesa

ORF Gene No. of Pho4 binding site on the promoter
Descriptionb
CACGTG CACGTT
Phosphatases
YBR093c PHO5 1 1 Repressible acid phosphatase (p60)
 YAR071w PHO11 1 1 Repressible acid phosphatase (p56)
 YHR215w PHO12 1 1 Repressible acid phosphatase (p58)
 YDR481c PHO8 1 1 Repressible vacuolar alkaline phosphatase
Pi transporter
 YML123c PHO84 2 2 High-affinity H+/Pi cotransporter
 YBR296c PHO89 1 1 Na+/Pi cotransporter
 YJL117w PHO86 1 1 Involved in Pi transport
PHO81 family
 YGR233c PHO81 1 0 Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor
 YPL110c 1 1 PHO81 homolog
 YHR136c SPL2 4 0 PHO81 (ankyrin) homolog
YFL004w family
 YFL004w PHM1c/VTC2e 1 0 Involved in polyP synthesisf
 YPL019c PHM2c/VTC3e 2 1 Homology to YFL004w
Involved in polyP synthesisf
 YJL012c PHM3c/VTC4e 2 0 Homology to YFL004w
Involved in polyP synthesisf
 YER072w PHM4c/VTC1e/NRF1e 1 1d Homology to YFL004w
Involved in polyP synthesisf
Vacuolar transporter chaperone
Others
 YER062c HOR2/GPP2 1 0 DL-glycerol phosphatase
 YPL018w CTF19 2 1 Important for chromosome segregation
 YER055c HIS1 1 0 ATP phosphoribosyltransferase
 YDR452w PHM5c 1d 0 Similar to acid sphingomyelinase
Supposed vacuolar polyphosphatasef
 YDR281c PHM6c 1 2 Hypothetical protein
 YOL084w PHM7c 1d 0 Similarity to S. pombe SPAC24H6.13 and YMR266w
 YER037w PHM8c 0 1 Similarity to hypothetical protein YGL224c
 YER038c 0 0 Function unknown
a

 The genes listed in this table showed more than two-fold derepression ratio in more than five independent experiments out of the eight in Figure 2 except for YGR233c (PHO81) and YPL110c. 

b

 Description taken from Yeast Proteome Database http://www.proteome.com/. 

c

PHM1-8 are novel genes, named in this study. 

d

 5/6 nucleotide sequences match to the Pho4 binding sequences. 

e

VTC1–VTC4 and NRF1 were independently named and characterized by Cohen et al., (1999) and Murray and Johnson (2000), respectively, in course of this study. 

f

 These functions were identified in this study.