BAIT

VPS21

VPS12, VPT12, YPT21, YPT51, Rab family GTPase VPS21, L000002474, YOR089C
Endosomal Rab family GTPase; required for endocytic transport and sorting of vacuolar hydrolases; required for endosomal localization of the CORVET complex; required with YPT52 for MVB biogenesis and sorting; involved in autophagy and ionic stress tolerance; geranylgeranylation required for membrane association; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress; mammalian Rab5 homolog; VPS21 has a paralog, YPT53, that arose from the whole genome duplication
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S288c)
PREY

YPT53

Rab family GTPase YPT53, L000002547, YNL093W
Stress-induced Rab family GTPase; required for vacuolar protein sorting and endocytosis; involved in ionic stress tolerance; similar to Vps21p and Ypt52p; functional homolog of Vps21p; mammalian Rab5 homolog; YPT53 has a paralog, VPS21, that arose from the whole genome duplication
GO Process (3)
GO Function (1)
GO Component (1)

Gene Ontology Biological Process

Gene Ontology Molecular Function

Gene Ontology Cellular Component

Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S288c)

Synthetic Growth Defect

A genetic interaction is inferred when mutations in separate genes, each of which alone causes a minimal phenotype, result in a significant growth defect under a given condition when combined in the same cell.

Publication

Structuring of the yeast endolysosomal pathway by the Rab5 guanine nucleotide exchange factors Muk1 and Vps9.

Nesterova A, Prosser DC, Welke RW, Esch BM, Froehlich F, Sommer T, Langemeyer L, Ungermann C

The endolysosomal pathway, with its interconnected endosomes and lysosomes, has key functions in cellular nutrient and ion uptake, metabolic adaptation, as well as protein and organelle turnover via autophagy. Rab5 GTPases are organelle identity markers on endosomes, though it remains unclear why cells have several Rab5 isoforms and guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) as their activators. Using yeast, we demonstrate ... [more]

Mol Biol Cell Mar. 01, 2026; 37(3);ar23 [Pubmed: 41604451]

Throughput

  • Low Throughput

Ontology Terms

  • vegetative growth (APO:0000106)
  • resistance to chemicals (APO:0000087)

Additional Notes

  • Genetic complex
  • ypt53/ ypt52/ vps21 triple mutants have an increased growth defect with canavanine exposure

Related interactions

InteractionExperimental Evidence CodeDatasetThroughputScoreCurated ByNotes
YPT53 VPS21
Affinity Capture-MS
Affinity Capture-MS

An interaction is inferred when a bait protein is affinity captured from cell extracts by either polyclonal antibody or epitope tag and the associated interaction partner is identified by mass spectrometric methods.

High-BioGRID
-
VPS21 YPT53
Affinity Capture-MS
Affinity Capture-MS

An interaction is inferred when a bait protein is affinity captured from cell extracts by either polyclonal antibody or epitope tag and the associated interaction partner is identified by mass spectrometric methods.

High-BioGRID
-
YPT53 VPS21
Negative Genetic
Negative Genetic

Mutations/deletions in separate genes, each of which alone causes a minimal phenotype, but when combined in the same cell results in a more severe fitness defect or lethality under a given condition. This term is reserved for high or low throughput studies with scores.

High-0.1583BioGRID
2169198
VPS21 YPT53
Phenotypic Enhancement
Phenotypic Enhancement

A genetic interaction is inferred when mutation or overexpression of one gene results in enhancement of any phenotype (other than lethality/growth defect) associated with mutation or over expression of another gene.

Low-BioGRID
947833
VPS21 YPT53
Phenotypic Enhancement
Phenotypic Enhancement

A genetic interaction is inferred when mutation or overexpression of one gene results in enhancement of any phenotype (other than lethality/growth defect) associated with mutation or over expression of another gene.

Low-BioGRID
519350
VPS21 YPT53
Reconstituted Complex
Reconstituted Complex

An interaction is inferred between proteins in vitro. This can include proteins in recombinant form or proteins isolated directly from cells with recombinant or purified bait. For example, GST pull-down assays where a GST-tagged protein is first isolated and then used to fish interactors from cell lysates are considered reconstituted complexes (e.g. PUBMED: 14657240, Fig. 4A or PUBMED: 14761940, Fig. 5). This can also include gel-shifts, surface plasmon resonance, isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and bio-layer interferometry (BLI) experiments. The bait-hit directionality may not be clear for 2 interacting proteins. In these cases the directionality is up to the discretion of the curator.

Low-BioGRID
604350
VPS21 YPT53
Synthetic Growth Defect
Synthetic Growth Defect

A genetic interaction is inferred when mutations in separate genes, each of which alone causes a minimal phenotype, result in a significant growth defect under a given condition when combined in the same cell.

Low-BioGRID
669510
VPS21 YPT53
Two-hybrid
Two-hybrid

Bait protein expressed as a DNA binding domain (DBD) fusion and prey expressed as a transcriptional activation domain (TAD) fusion and interaction measured by reporter gene activation.

Low/High-BioGRID
-
YPT53 VPS21
Two-hybrid
Two-hybrid

Bait protein expressed as a DNA binding domain (DBD) fusion and prey expressed as a transcriptional activation domain (TAD) fusion and interaction measured by reporter gene activation.

Low-BioGRID
-

Curated By

  • BioGRID