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. 2012 Nov 23;13:664. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-664

Table 2.

Similarities between yeast and human SCD proteins

Selection of yeast SCD genes with human ortholog SCD genes
Yeast Human Function
Dna2*
(DNA2)
Nuclease and helicase required for Okazaki fragment processing; involved in DNA repair.
Fkh2
(FOXJ3)
Transcription factor with a major role in the expression of G2/M phase genes.
Gcn2*
(EIF2AK4)
Protein kinase, phosphorylates eIF2 (Sui2p) in response to starvation; contributes to DNA damage checkpoint control.
Pol5
(MYBBP1A)
DNA Polymerase phi; not required for chromosomal DNA replication; required for the synthesis of rRNA.
Nup100/116
(POM121)
Subunit of the nuclear pore complex (NPC); interacts with mRNA export factor Mex67p and with Kap95p.
Rad54*
(RAD54L)
Involved in the recombinational repair of double-strand breaks.
Rfx1
(RFX1)
Major transcriptional repressor of DNA-damage-regulated genes.
Smc2
(SMC2)
Subunit of the condensin complex.
Taf9**
(TAF9B)
Subunit of TFIID and SAGA complexes.
Tif4631*
(EIF4G2)
Translation initiation factor eIF4G, subunit of the mRNA cap-binding protein complex (eIF4F).
Selection of yeast SCD genes whose human ortholog contains phosphorylated S/T-Q sites
Bub1
(BUB1)
Protein kinase that play crucial roles in the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint.
Cdc20
(CDC20)
Cell-cycle regulated activator of APC/C, which is required for metaphase/anaphase transition.
Cdc4
(FBXW7)
F-box protein that controls cell cycle function, sulfur metabolism, and methionine biosynthesis.
Hrr25
(CSNK1D)
Protein kinase involved in regulating vesicular trafficking, DNA repair, and chromosome segregation.
Mad1
(MAD1)
Coiled-coil protein involved in the spindle-assembly checkpoint.
Mcm1
(SRF)
Transcription factor involved in cell-type-specific transcription and pheromone response.
Mcm6
(MCM6)
Protein involved in DNA replication; component of the Mcm2-7 hexameric pre-replicative complex.
Mih1*
(CDC25A)
Protein tyrosine phosphatase involved in cell cycle control; regulates the phosphorylation state of Cdc28p.
Mlh1**
(MLH1)
Protein required for mismatch repair in mitosis and meiosis as well as crossing over during meiosis.
Msh3
(MSH3)
Mismatch repair protein.
Pds5**
(APRIN)
Protein required for establishment and maintenance of sister chromatid condensation and cohesion.
Sch9
(RPS6KA1)
Kinase involved in transcriptional activation of osmostress-responsive genes; regulates G1 progression.
Tid3**
(NDC80)
Part of the kinetochore-associated Ndc80 complex involved in chromosome segregation.
Ubr1
(UBR1)
E3 ubiquitin ligase (N-recognin) that ubiquitinate substrates in the N-end rule pathway.
Ycs4**
(NCAPD2)
Subunit of the condensin complex.
Selection of yeast SCD genes whose human ortholog contains an SCD and is known to be phosphorylated in S/T-Q sites
Akl1*
(AAK1)
Protein kinase involved in endocytosis and actin cytoskeleton organization.
Bni1
(FMN2)
Formin, nucleates the formation of linear actin filaments; involved in and mitotic spindle orientation.
Cdc3**
(SEP6*)
Component of the septin ring of the mother-bud neck that is required for cytokinesis.
Ctf18**
(CHTF18)
Required for sister chromatid cohesion; part of the DNA damage replication checkpoint.
Exo1
(EXO1*)
5-3 exonuclease and flap-endonuclease involved in recombination, DSB and mismatch repair.
Pol2
(POLE)
Catalytic subunit of DNA polymerase (II) epsilon.
Rad50*
(RAD50*)
Subunit of MRX complex involved in processing double-strand DNA breaks, and telomere maintenance.
Rts1
(PPP2RA*)
Regulatory subunit of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A).
Tom1** (HUWE1*) E3 ubiquitin ligase of the hect-domain class; has a role in mRNA export from the nucleus.

* Phosphorylated in S/T-Q sites in mass spectrometry searches.

** Phosphorylated in S/T-Q sites within an SCD in mass spectrometry searches.