ORF Symbol Aliases Description YFL039C ACT1 ABY1|END7 "Actin, structural protein involved in cell polarization, endocytosis, and other cytoskeletal functions" YNR044W AGA1 "Anchorage subunit of a-agglutinin of a-cells, highly O-glycosylated protein with N-terminal secretion signal and C-terminal signal for addition of GPI anchor to cell wall, linked to adhesion subunit Aga2p via two disulfide bonds" YPR034W ARP7 SWP61 Actin-related protein involved in transcriptional regulation; subunit of the chromatin remodeling Snf/Swi complex YGL116W CDC20 PAC5 "Cell-cycle regulated activator of anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C), which is required for metaphase/anaphase transition; directs ubiquitination of mitotic cyclins, Pds1p, and other anaphase inhibitors; potential Cdc28p substrate" YLR274W CDC46 BOB1|MCM5 "Component of the hexameric MCM complex, which is important for priming origins of DNA replication in G1 and becomes an active ATP-dependent helicase that promotes DNA melting and elongation when activated by Cdc7p-Dbf4p in S-phase" YBR202W CDC47 MCM7 "Component of the hexameric MCM complex, which is important for priming origins of DNA replication in G1 and becomes an active ATP-dependent helicase that promotes DNA melting and elongation when activated by Cdc7p-Dbf4p in S-phase" YPR019W CDC54 HCD21|MCM4 Essential helicase component of heterohexameric MCM2-7 complexes which bind pre-replication complexes on DNA and melt the DNA prior to replication; accumulates in the nucleus in G1; homolog of S. pombe Cdc21p YJL194W CDC6 "Essential ATP-binding protein required for DNA replication, component of the pre-replicative complex (pre-RC) which requires ORC to associate with chromatin and is in turn required for Mcm2-7p DNA association; homologous to S. pombe Cdc18p" YEL061C CIN8 KSL2|SDS15 Kinesin motor protein involved in mitotic spindle assembly and chromosome segregation YGR108W CLB1 SCB1 "B-type cyclin involved in cell cycle progression; activates Cdc28p to promote the transition from G2 to M phase; accumulates during G2 and M, then targeted via a destruction box motif for ubiquitin-mediated degradation by the proteasome" YPR119W CLB2 "B-type cyclin involved in cell cycle progression; activates Cdc28p to promote the transition from G2 to M phase; accumulates during G2 and M, then targeted via a destruction box motif for ubiquitin-mediated degradation by the proteasome" YLR210W CLB4 "B-type cyclin involved in cell cycle progression; activates Cdc28p to promote the G2/M transition; may be involved in DNA replication and spindle assembly; accumulates during S phase and G2, then targeted for ubiquitin-mediated degradation" YPR120C CLB5 B-type cyclin involved in DNA replication during S phase; activates Cdc28p to promote initiation of DNA synthesis; functions in formation of mitotic spindles along with Clb3p and Clb4p; most abundant during late G1 phase YGR109C CLB6 B-type cyclin involved in DNA replication during S phase; activates Cdc28p to promote initiation of DNA synthesis; functions in formation of mitotic spindles along with Clb3p and Clb4p; most abundant during late G1 YKL049C CSE4 CSL2 "Centromere protein that resembles histones, required for proper kinetochore function; homolog of human CENP-A" YCR089W FIG2 "Cell wall adhesin, expressed specifically during mating; may be involved in maintenance of cell wall integrity during mating" YBR010W HHT1 BUR5|SIN2 "One of two identical histone H3 proteins (see also HHT2); core histone required for chromatin assembly, involved in heterochromatin-mediated telomeric and HM silencing; regulated by acetylation, methylation, and mitotic phosphorylation" YNL031C HHT2 "One of two identical histone H3 proteins (see also HHT1); core histone required for chromatin assembly, involved in heterochromatin-mediated telomeric and HM silencing; regulated by acetylation, methylation, and mitotic phosphorylation" YDR225W HTA1 H2A1|SPT11 One of two nearly identical (see also HTA2) histone H2A subtypes; core histone required for chromatin assembly and chromosome function; DNA damage-dependent phosphorylation by Mec1p facilitates DNA repair; acetylated by Nat4p YBL003C HTA2 H2A2 One of two nearly identical (see also HTA1) histone H2A subtypes; core histone required for chromatin assembly and chromosome function; DNA damage-dependent phosphorylation by Mec1p facilitates DNA repair; acetylated by Nat4p YOL012C HTZ1 HTA3 "Histone variant H2AZ, exchanged for histone H2A in nucleosomes by the SWR1 complex; involved in transcriptional regulation through prevention of the spread of silent heterochromatin" YPR141C KAR3 OSR11 "Minus-end-directed microtubule motor that functions in mitosis and meiosis, localizes to the spindle pole body and localization is dependent on functional Cik1p, required for nuclear fusion during mating; potential Cdc28p substrate" YBL063W KIP1 CIN9 Kinesin-related motor protein required for mitotic spindle assembly and chromosome segregation; functionally redundant with Cin8p YBL023C MCM2 Protein involved in DNA replication; component of the Mcm2-7 hexameric complex that binds chromatin as a part of the pre-replicative complex YEL032W MCM3 Protein involved in DNA replication; component of the Mcm2-7 hexameric complex that binds chromatin as a part of the pre-replicative complex YGL201C MCM6 Protein involved in DNA replication; component of the Mcm2-7 hexameric complex that binds chromatin as a part of the pre-replicative complex YIL106W MOB1 Component of the mitotic exit network; associates with and is required for the activation and Cdc15p-dependent phosphorylation of the Dbf2p kinase; required for cytokinesis and cell separation; component of the CCR4 transcriptional complex YHR086W NAM8 MRE2|MUD15 "RNA binding protein, component of the U1 snRNP protein; mutants are defective in meiotic recombination and in formation of viable spores, involved in the formation of DSBs through meiosis-specific splicing of MER2 pre-mRNA" YDR150W NUM1 PAC12 "Protein required for nuclear migration, localizes to the mother cell cortex and the bud tip; may mediate interactions of dynein and cytoplasmic microtubules with the cell cortex" YML065W ORC1 "Largest subunit of the origin recognition complex, which directs DNA replication by binding to replication origins and is also involved in transcriptional silencing; may be phosphorylated by Cdc28p" YOR127W RGA1 DBM1|THE1 "GTPase-activating protein for the polarity-establishment protein Cdc42p; implicated in control of septin organization, pheromone response, and haploid invasive growth" YDR077W SED1 "Major stress-induced structural GPI-cell wall glycoprotein in stationary-phase cells, associates with translating ribosomes, possible role in mitochondrial genome maintenance; ORF contains two distinct variable minisatellites" YJL074C SMC3 "Subunit of the multiprotein cohesin complex required for sister chromatid cohesion in mitotic cells; also required, with Rec8p, for cohesion and recombination during meiosis; phylogenetically conserved SMC chromosomal ATPase family member" YLR045C STU2 Microtubule-associated protein (MAP) of the XMAP215/Dis1 family; regulates microtubule dynamics during spindle orientation and metaphase chromosome alignment; interacts with spindle pole body component Spc72p YFL037W TUB2 ARM10|SHE8 "Beta-tubulin; associates with alpha-tubulin (Tub1p and Tub3p) to form tubulin dimer, which polymerizes to form microtubules" YLR212C TUB4 "Gamma-tubulin, involved in nucleating microtubules from both the cytoplasmic and nuclear faces of the spindle pole body" YCR084C TUP1 AAR1|AER2| AMM1|CRT4| CYC9|FLK1| ROX4|SFL2| UMR7 "General repressor of transcription, forms complex with Cyc8p, involved in the establishment of repressive chromatin structure through interactions with histones H3 and H4, appears to enhance expression of some genes"