TABLE 1

Genes whose deletion confers hypersensitivity to TPZ Genes whose deletion results in hypersensitivity to TPZ are listed along with their systematic names (ORF) and their cellular function (if known). See Fig. 3 for examples of relative sensitivities.

Gene ORF Score Cellular Function and Comment
DNA repair and genome stability
   ASF1 YJL115W – – – Target of the Rad53-dependent DNA damage response
   MMS1 YPR164W – – – Required for repair of replication-dependent DNA damage
   MMS4 YBR098W – – – Required with Mus81 for repair of DNA damage by MMS
   MMS22 YLR320W – – – Acts in a DNA repair pathway with Mms1
   MRE11 YMR224C – – – Single-stranded endonuclease and double-stranded exonuclease required for double-strand break repair
   MUS81 YDR386W – – – Part of a complex with Rad54 and Mms4
   NCE4 YPL024W – – Synthetic interaction pattern suggests a role in DNA repair
   RAD5 YLR032W – – – Single-stranded DNA-dependent ATPase involved in error-free DNA repair
   RAD10 YML095C – – – Component of the nucleotide excision repairosome
   RAD16 YBR114W – – DNA helicase, subunit of the nucleotide excision repair factor NEF4
   RAD50 YNL250W – – – Coiled-coil protein required for resection at double-stranded breaks and for DNA repair
   RAD51 YER095W – – – Stimulates pairing and strand-exchange between homologous single-stranded and double-stranded DNA
   RAD52 YML032C – – – Required for recombination and repair of X-ray damage
   RAD54 YGL163C – – – DNA dependent ATPase required for X-ray damage repair
   RAD55 YDR076W – – – With Rad57 promotes DNA strand exchange by Rad51 recombinase
   RAD57 YDR004W – – – With Rad55 promotes DNA strand exchange by Rad51 recombinase
   RAD59 YDL059C – – – Homolog of Rad52 involved in homologous recombination and DNA repair
   RTT101 YJL047C – – – Ubiquitin protein ligase possibly involved in genomic stability
   RTT107 YHR154W – – Functions in DNA synthesis after DNA damage during S-phase
   RTT109 YLL002W – – – Involved in resistance to mutagens such as diepoxybutane and mitomycin C
   TOP3 YLR234W – – – DNA topoisomerase III
   UBC13 YDR092W – – – Ubiquitin-conjugating (E2) enzyme involved in Rad6-dependent postreplicative repair
   WSS1 YHR134W – – Involved in sensitivity to UV irradiation
   XRS2 YDR369C – – – Required for DNA repair and meiotic recombination
YBR094W – – – Synthetic interaction pattern suggests a role in DNA repair
Reductases and related proteins
   PRO2 YOR323C – – – γ-Glutamyl phosphate reductase (phosphoglutamate dehydrogenase)
Cell stress and signal transduction
   BCK1 YJL095W – – – Bypass requirement for protein kinase C homolog; mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase
   LYS7 YMR038C – – – Copper chaperone for superoxide dismutase Sod1
   SIT4 YDL047W – – – Protein phosphatase of the PP2A family
   SLT2 YHR030C – – – Protein kinase of MAP kinase family
   SOD1 YJR104C – – – Copper, zinc superoxide dismutase
   SOD2 YHR008C – – Manganese superoxide dismutase, mitochondrial
Lipid, fatty acid, and sterol metabolism
   ERG2 YMR202W – – – C-8 sterol isomerase, ergosterol biosynthesis enzyme
   ERG3 YLR056W – – C-5 sterol desaturase, ergosterol biosynthesis enzyme
   ERG4 YGL012W – – C-4(28) sterol reductase, ergosterol biosynthesis enzyme
Vesicular transport
   RIC1 YLR039C – – – In complex with Rgp1 to form as a guanyl-nucleotide exchange factor for Ypt6
   SNF7 YLR025W – – – ESCRT-III subunit, functions in protein sorting to the prevacuolar endosome
   SNF8 YPL002C – – ESCRT-II subunit, functions in protein sorting to the prevacuolar endosome
   VAM3 YOR106W – – – Syntaxin homolog (t-SNARE), required for vacuolar assembly
   VPS25 YJR102C – – ESCRT-II subunit, functions in protein sorting to the prevacuolar endosome
   VPS28 YPL065W – – Required for traffic to the vacuole through the endocytic and biosynthetic pathways
   VPS41 YDR080W – – – Required for formation of adaptor protein (AP)-3 transport vesicles
   WHI6 YKR020W – – – Class B vacuolar sorting protein
Vacuole
   PPA1 YHR026W – – Component of the V0 subcomplex of the vacuolar H+-ATPase
   TFP3 YPL234C – – – Component of the V0 subcomplex of the vacuolar H+-ATPase
   VMA4 YOR332W – – – Component of the V1 subcomplex of the vacuolar H+-ATPase
   VMA7 YGR020C – – – Component of the V0 subcomplex of the vacuolar H+-ATPase
   VMA10 YHR039C-A – – – Component of the V1 subcomplex of the vacuolar H+-ATPase
Protein synthesis and degradation
   RPS4A YJR145C – – – Ribosomal protein S4A
   ZUO1 YGR285C – – – Zuotin associates with Ssz1 to form the ribosome-associated complex
Transcription, RNA processing
   DBF2 YGR092W – – Serine/threonine protein kinase of the CCR4-NOT transcriptional complex
   GAL11 YOL051W – – – Component of RNA polymerase II holoenzyme and Kornberg's mediator complex
   PGD1 YGL025C – – – Component of RNA polymerase II holoenzyme and mediator subcomplex
   POP2 YNR052C – – – Component of the CCR4 complex
   ROX3 YBL093C – – – Component of RNA polymerase II holoenzyme and mediator subcomplex
   RPB9 YGL070C – – – Nonessential subunit of RNA polymerase II
   RSC2 YLR357W – – Component of the abundant RSC complex involved in chromatin remodeling
   SPT10 YJL127C – – – Amplifies the magnitude of transcriptional regulation at various loci
   SPT20 YOL148C – – – Component of the histone acetyltransferase SAGA complex
   SRB2 YHR041C – – Component of RNA polymerase II holoenzyme and Kornberg's mediator complex
   SW14 YER111C – – – Transcription factor involved in cell cycle-dependent gene expression
   UAF30 YOR295W – – Upstream activation factor complex component; synthetic lethal with top1 mutation
Other functions
   AKR1 YDR264C – – – Ankyrin repeat-containing protein, inhibitor of signaling in the pheromone pathway
   ALF1 YNL148C – – – α-Tubulin folding cofactor B, assists in formation of the α-β-tubulin heterodimer
BEM1 YBR200W – – – SH3-domain protein maintaining Cdc42-Cdc24 at the bud tip
BEM4 YPL161C – – – Bud emergence protein that activates Cdc42
BUD20 YLR074C – – Putative nuclear pore protein
CIK1 YMR198W – – – Spindle pole body associated protein
MDM20 YOL076W – – – Required for N-terminal acetylation of Tpm1 necessary for actin cable organization
MOG1 YJR074W – – Involved in nuclear protein import, interacts with Gsp1
NUP188 YML103C – – – Nucleoporin
SLA1 YBL007C – – – Cytoskeleton assembly control protein
YNL171C – – – Overlaps with 3′ of the essential gene APC1/YNL172W
  • Scores for strain sensitivities are given: – – –, hypersensitive strain; – –, sensitive strain. SNARE, soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor.