TABLE 1.
Description of yeast gene acronyms referred to in the text
| Acronym | Acronym translationa | Biological processa | Functiona |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABP1 | Actin Binding Protein | Actin cortical patch assembly; establishment of cell polarity | Actin-binding protein; activation of the Arp2/3 complex |
| CDC55 | Cell Division Cycle | Protein amino acid dephosphorylation; actin filament organization; translation; cell bud growth; pseudohyphal growth; mitotic cell cycle spindle assembly checkpoint; negative regulation of exit from mitosis | B regulatory subunit of protein phosphatase 2A and ceramide-activated protein phosphatase; protein serine/threonine phosphatase activity |
| EXO70 | EXOcyst | Bipolar bud site selection; cytokinesis; exocytosis; Golgi to plasma membrane transport vesicle docking during exocytosis; vesicle fusion | Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate binding; protein binding |
| PEP4 | carboxyPEPtidase Y-deficient | Cellular response to starvation; microautophagy; formation of a cellular spore during sporulation; vacuolar protein catabolic process | Vacuolar aspartyl protease (proteinase A) |
| PPH21 and PPH22 | Protein PHosphatase | Actin filament organization; cell bud growth; G1/S transition of mitotic cell cycle; mitotic cell cycle spindle assembly checkpoint; protein amino acid dephosphorylation; translation | Catalytic subunit C of protein phosphatase 2A; protein serine/threonine phosphatase activity; functionally redundant |
| RTS1 | Rox Three Suppressor | Meiotic chromosome cohesion translation protein amino acid dephosphorylation | B regulatory subunit of PP2A |
| RVS161 | Reduced Viability upon nutrient Starvation | Endocytosis; polar budding; response to osmotic stress; mating | Cytoskeletal protein binding |
| RVS167 | Reduced Viability upon nutrient Starvation | Endocytosis; polar budding; response to osmotic stress | Cytoskeletal protein binding |
| SAC6 | Suppressor of ACtin mutations | Actin filament organization endocytosis; polar budding; response to osmotic stress | Actin filament binding; protein binding, bridging |
| SEC8 | SECretory | Bipolar bud site selection; cytokinesis; exocytosis; Golgi to plasma membrane transport vesicle docking during exocytosis; vesicle fusion | Protein binding |
| SEC20 | SECretory | SNAP receptor activity | Vesicle fusion; retrograde vesicle-mediated transport, Golgi to endoplasmic reticulum |
| SIT4 | Sporulation-Induced Transcript | G1/S transition of the mitotic cycle; actin cytoskeleton and cell wall organization; dephosphorylation; response to oxidative stress; protein kinase cascade; TOR signaling pathway; DNA repair; replicative cell aging | Type 2A-related serine-threonine phosphatase |
| SLA1 | Synthetically Lethal with ABP1 | Actin cortical patch assembly; actin filament organization cell wall; organization and biogenesis; endocytosis | Cytoskeletal protein-binding protein; interacts with proteins regulating actin dynamics and endocytosis |
| SLA2 | Synthetically Lethal with ABP1 | Actin filament organization; cell polarization cell wall organization and biogenesis; endocytosis; exocytosis | Transmembrane actin-binding protein; links actin to clathrin |
| STE3 | STErile | Pheromone-dependent signal transduction during conjugation with cellular fusion; transcribed in alpha cells | Receptor for a factor; mediates pheromone response through MAP kinase cascade |
| SUR4 | SUppressor of Rvs | Fatty acid elongation; sphingolipid biosynthesis | Fatty acid elongase activity |
| TPD3 | tRNA Processing Deficient | Actin filament organization; cell bud growth; mitotic cell cycle spindle assembly checkpoint protein amino acid dephosphorylation; translation | Regulatory subunit A of protein phosphatase 2A and ceramide-activated protein phosphatase protein serine/threonine phosphatase activity |
| VPS20 | Vacuolar Protein Sorting | Late endosome to vacuole transport; ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process via the multivesicular body sorting pathway | Myristoylated subunit of ESCRTIII, the endosomal sorting complex |
| VPS21 | Vacuolar Protein Sorting | Transport during endocytosis; protein-vacuolar targeting | GTPase activity |
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Obtained from the S. cerevisiae genome database.