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cls-1 | Protein CLASP-1; Microtubule plus-end tracking protein that promotes the stabilization of dynamic microtubules (By similarity). Operates redundantly with cls-2 and cls-3 in regulating microtubule processes which position the spindle during asymmetric cell division. (1378 aa) | ||||
dnc-1 | CAP-Gly domain-containing protein. (1351 aa) | ||||
cls-3 | Protein CLASP-3; Microtubule plus-end tracking protein that promotes the stabilization of dynamic microtubules; Belongs to the CLASP family. (983 aa) | ||||
gpa-16 | Guanine nucleotide-binding protein alpha-16 subunit; Guanine nucleotide-binding proteins (G proteins) are involved as modulators or transducers in various transmembrane signaling systems. In the 1-cell embryo, probably together with goa-1, controls nuclear rotation and spindle elongation during mitosis. During the first embryonic cell divisons, plays a role in gpr-1/2 cortical localization and in the proper orientation of EMS blastomere mitotic spindle. Belongs to the G-alpha family. (357 aa) | ||||
ubxn-2 | UBX domain-containing protein 2; Ubiquitin-binding protein which acts as an adapter for ATPase cdc-48.1 and/or cdc-48.2, conferring substrate specificity. Together with ubxn-2 and ubxn-3, plays a role in hermaphrodite spermatogenesis probably by promoting the degradation of sex determination terminal factor tra-1. Probably in association with ATPase cdc-48.1 or/and cdc-48.2, regulates the centrosomal levels of kinase air-1 levels during mitotic progression by promoting air-1 removal from centrosomes in prophase. Also, regulates spindle orientation in the one-cell embryo by controlling [...] (301 aa) | ||||
src-1 | Tyrosine protein-kinase src-1; Non-receptor tyrosine-protein kinase which plays a role in endoderm development by controlling spindle orientation in EMS blastomere, probably downstream of receptor mes-1. Also involved in embryonic body morphogenesis, especially in the formation of the pharynx and the intestine. May be dispensable for pharyngeal muscle organization in the adult. Probably phosphorylates netrin receptor unc-5, to regulate distal tip cell (DTC) migration during gonad development and in axon repulsion. Plays a role in the migration of the QR neuroblast, a precursor of the A [...] (537 aa) | ||||
zyg-8 | Serine/threonine-protein kinase zyg-8; Plays a role in spindle positioning during asymmetric division of one-cell stage embryos. Affects spindle position by promoting microtubule assembly during anaphase. (802 aa) | ||||
npp-4 | Nuclear Pore complex Protein. (538 aa) | ||||
ced-1 | Cell death abnormality protein 1; Involved in programmed cell death, also called apoptosis, in both somatic and germ cells. Acts by recruiting ced-6 to phagosomes which enables actin-dependent cytoskeletal reorganization and subsequent engulfment of the apoptotic cell corpse. Has a role in the association of ppk-3 and rab-7 with the phagosomal surface which is necessary for the incorporation of lysosomes to phagosomes during phagosome maturation. Activates the expression of unfolded protein response genes, which are involved in the immune response to live bacteria. (1111 aa) | ||||
csn-3 | COP9 signalosome complex subunit 3; Component of the COP9 signalosome complex (CSN), a complex involved in various cellular and developmental processes. The CSN complex is an essential regulator of the ubiquitin (Ubl) conjugation pathway by mediating the deneddylation of the cullin subunits of the SCF-type E3 ligase complexes, leading to decrease the Ubl ligase activity of SCF. The CSN complex plays an essential role in embryogenesis and oogenesis and is required to regulate microtubule stability in the early embryo. Mediates mei-3/katanin targeting for degradation at the meiosis to mi [...] (501 aa) | ||||
npp-13 | Nuclear pore protein. (787 aa) | ||||
gsk-3 | Glycogen synthase kinase-3; Phosphorylates oma-1, a regulator of the oocyte-to-embryo transition, enabling its degradation. Phosphorylates skn-1, preventing it from accumulating in nuclei and thus inhibiting phase II gene expression in the oxidative stress defense. Involved in mesendoderm specification and mitotic spindle orientation in EMS blastomeres. Thought to be a branch point in these processes as proteins downstream are not required. Negatively regulates Wnt signaling in vulval precursor cells and acts as a Wnt-independent repressor of med-1 and med-2 in the C lineage inhibiting [...] (362 aa) | ||||
pab-1 | Polyadenylate-binding protein; Binds the poly(A) tail of mRNA. Belongs to the polyadenylate-binding protein type-1 family. (646 aa) | ||||
ced-12 | Cell death abnormality protein 12; Involved in programmed apoptosis and necrosis. Required for the cell corpse engulfment process. Has roles in the formation of actin halos and distal tip cell migration. Negatively regulates the unc-6/Netrin receptor unc-5 to control distal tip cell migration along the anterior-posterior axis of the body. Plays no role in amphid axon outgrowth. (738 aa) | ||||
mat-2 | Anaphase-promoting complex subunit 1; Probable component of the anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C), a cell cycle-regulated E3 ubiquitin ligase that controls progression through mitosis and the G1 phase of the cell cycle. The APC/C complex acts by mediating ubiquitination and subsequent degradation of target proteins. Developmental role in early embryogenesis and the metaphase to anaphase transition in oocyte and spermatocyte meiosis and mitosis in germ cells. Required for embryonic anterior-posterior axis formation. Plays a role in regulating the abundance of glr-1 receptors [...] (1505 aa) | ||||
egl-20 | Wnt homolog. (393 aa) | ||||
hmr-1 | Cadherin-related hmr-1; Cadherins are calcium-dependent cell adhesion proteins. They preferentially interact with themselves in a homophilic manner in connecting cells; cadherins may thus contribute to the sorting of heterogeneous cell types. Required for adherens junction assembly and connecting adherens junctions to the cytoskeleton. Isoform b is involved in axonal guidance in a subset of motor neurons. (2920 aa) | ||||
par-6 | Partitioning defective protein 6; Necessary for apicobasal and anterior-posterior asymmetries associated with cell adhesion and gastrulation during the first few cell cycles of embryogenesis. Required for localizing/ maintaining par-3 at the cell periphery. Regulates mes-1 expression and/or localization pattern during early embryogenesis. Acts together with par-3 and pkc-3 in maintaining epithelial cell polarity in the distal spermatheca. Plays a role in endosome and Golgi body positioning. Belongs to the PAR6 family. (309 aa) | ||||
mom-5 | Protein mom-5; Receptor for Wnt proteins. Most frizzled receptors are coupled to the beta-catenin canonical signaling pathway, which leads to the activation of disheveled proteins, inhibition of gsk-3 kinase, nuclear accumulation of beta-catenin and activation of Wnt target genes (Probable). A second signaling pathway involving PKC and calcium fluxes has been seen for some family members, but it is not yet clear if it represents a distinct pathway or if it can be integrated in the canonical pathway, as pkc seems to be required for Wnt-mediated inactivation of gsk-3 kinase (Probable). B [...] (570 aa) | ||||
cmd-1 | Calmodulin; Calmodulin mediates the control of a large number of enzymes, ion channels and other proteins by Ca(2+). Among the enzymes to be stimulated by the calmodulin-Ca(2+) complex are a number of protein kinases and phosphatases. (149 aa) | ||||
dhc-1 | Dynein heavy chain, cytoplasmic; Cytoplasmic dynein acts as a motor for the intracellular retrograde motility of vesicles and organelles along microtubules (By similarity). Dynein has ATPase activity; the force-producing power stroke is thought to occur on release of ADP (By similarity). May play a role in nuclear migration in hypodermal precursor cells. May be involved in the transport of synaptic vesicle components towards the axon of the DA motor neuron. This function may involve the regulation of dynein by pct-1 and/or cdk-5. Involved in the formation of synapses in the dorsal regi [...] (4568 aa) | ||||
lin-5 | Spindle apparatus protein lin-5; Essential component of the spindle apparatus required for spindle positioning and chromosome movement. Acts to recruit or anchor gpr-1/gpr-2 complex to the spindle and cortex. Also involved, directly or indirectly, in cytokinesis and in the coupling of DNA replication, centrosome duplication and mitotic division. (821 aa) | ||||
gad-1 | Gastrulation defective protein 1; Required for initiation of gastrulation. (620 aa) | ||||
mig-5 | Segment polarity protein dishevelled homolog mig-5; Plays a role in the signal transduction pathways mediated by multiple Wnt genes. Functions redundantly with other dishevelled family members throughout development. During embryonic and larval development, controls cell migration and/or cell fate specification of hypodermal cells, hypodermal seam cells, vulval precursor cells and, through distal tip cell migration, somatic gonad precursor cells. In early embryos, regulates the orientation of the mitotic spindle of blastomeres and specifically, along with dsh-2, is required for the cor [...] (672 aa) | ||||
lis-1 | Lissencephaly-1 homolog; Positively regulates the activity of the minus-end directed microtubule motor protein dynein. May enhance dynein-mediated microtubule sliding by targeting dynein to the microtubule plus end. Required for several dynein- and microtubule-dependent processes such as nuclear migration during cell division. Part of a complex with nud-2, which is recruited to the nuclear envelope by unc-83, where, in turn, it recruits dynein to the nuclear surface and regulates nuclear migration in hypodermal precursor cells. Plays a role in GABAergic synaptic vesicle localization in [...] (404 aa) | ||||
nud-2 | Protein nud-2; Part of a complex with lis-1, which is recruited to the nuclear envelope by unc-83, where, in turn, it recruits dynein to the nuclear surface and regulates nuclear migration in hypodermal precursor cells. Plays a role in GABAergic synaptic vesicle localization in the ventral nerve cord ; Belongs to the nudE family. (293 aa) | ||||
cls-2 | Protein CLASP-2; Probable microtubule plus-end tracking protein that promotes the stabilization of dynamic microtubules. Required for the formation of mitotic and meiotic spindles. Specifically promotes the polymerization of kinetochore-bound microtubules. Also required for cytoplasmic streaming. Essential for embryonic development. (1023 aa) | ||||
cdc-42 | Cell division control protein 42 homolog; Plays an essential role in spindle orientation and organizing cellular and embryonic polarity by controlling the localization and activity of PAR (partitioning-defective) proteins. Required for maintaining the asymmetric cortical localization of the anterior complex proteins par-3 and par-6, the posterior cortical protein par-2, and pkc-3. Involved in hypodermal cell fusion, together with pak-1 and ced-10, leading to embryonic body elongation, which involves dramatic cytoskeletal reorganization. During gonad morphogenesis, plays a role in dista [...] (191 aa) | ||||
R07E4.1 | Uncharacterized protein. (1122 aa) | ||||
mig-14 | Protein wntless homolog; Probable sorting receptor which regulates endocytosis and secretion of the wnt ligand egl-20. Recycling of mig-14 from the plasma membrane to the Golgi apparatus by the retromer complex is essential for its function. Its endosomal trafficking is regulated by its association with sorting nexin snx-3 on early endosomes and the mtm-6/mtm-9 myotubularin complex. Required in embryonic development for endoderm specification and the correct positioning and orientation of the mitotic spindles and division planes in blastomere cells. Functions during vulval development, [...] (549 aa) | ||||
unc-116 | Kinesin heavy chain; Microtubule-dependent motor protein required for organelle transport. Plays a role in endosome transport. Required for the transport of mitochondria along the axon of motor neurons. Involved in the nuclear migration of hyp7 hypodermal precursor cells. Required for the formation of dendritic branches of PVD sensory neurons. In non-ciliated neurons such as the PVD and PHC neurons, required for the organization of minus-end out microtubules in dendrites. Involved in the localization of unc-33 to neurites. (815 aa) | ||||
klc-1 | TPR_REGION domain-containing protein. (536 aa) | ||||
par-5 | 14-3-3-like protein 1. (248 aa) | ||||
npp-3 | Nuclear Pore complex Protein. (1696 aa) | ||||
let-99 | Protein let-99; Required for the proper orientation of spindles after the establishment of polarity. May play a role in interactions between the astral microtubules and the cortical cytoskeleton. Required for asymmetric forces on nuclei and spindles. Acts downstream of the PAR signaling as an intermediate that transduces polarity information to the machinery that positions the mitotic spindle, possibly by regulating force generation. Regulates gpr-1/2 asymmetric cortical localization during the first embryonic cell divisions. Acts antagonistically to the gpr-1/2 signaling pathway. Regu [...] (698 aa) | ||||
npp-1 | Nup54 domain-containing protein. (639 aa) | ||||
hmp-2 | Beta-catenin-like protein hmp-2; Required for cell migration during body enclosure and cell shape changes during body elongation. Plays a role in recruitment of the cadherin protein hmr-1 to adherens junctions. (704 aa) | ||||
dcn-1 | Defective in cullin neddylation protein 1; Required for neddylation of cullin components of SCF-type E3 ubiquitin ligase complexes. Neddylation of cullins play an essential role in the regulation of SCF-type complexes activity. Does not act by preventing deneddylation, but rather facilitates neddylation, possibly by acting with rbx-1 to recruit the Nedd8-charged E2 enzyme to the cullin component of SCF-type complexes. (295 aa) | ||||
par-2 | RING-type domain-containing protein. (582 aa) | ||||
let-711 | Not1 domain-containing protein. (2641 aa) | ||||
lgl-1 | LLGL domain-containing protein. (941 aa) | ||||
ced-6 | Cell death protein 6; May function as an adapter protein in a pathway that mediates recognition and phagocytosis of apoptotic cells during normal development. Promotes engulfment of cells at both early and late stages of apoptosis. Required for actin reorganization around apoptotic cells. Belongs to the ced-6 family. (492 aa) | ||||
mes-1 | Protein mes-1; During early embryogenesis, controls asymmetric cell division and the asymmetric localization of P granules of germline precursor P2 and its descendant P3. Probably upstream of tyrosine kinase src-1, plays a role in endoderm development by controlling spindle orientation during EMS blastomere cell division. Controls EMS spindle orientation probably by promoting lin-5 and gpr-1/2 enrichment at, and let-99 exclusion from the junction between P2 and EMS cells. (966 aa) | ||||
par-3 | Partitioning defective protein 3; In cooperation with pkc-3, required for establishing cell polarity and regulating spindle orientation in the early embryo. Localization is crucial for recruiting par-6 and pkc-3 to the peripheral apical cortex and restricting par-2 to basolateral surfaces. Necessary for apicobasal and anterior-posterior asymmetries associated with cell adhesion and gastrulation during the first few cycles of embryogenesis, and also for epithelial cell polarity in the distal spermatheca. Regulates the asymmetric localization of csnk-1, ppk-1 and gpr-1/2 during the first [...] (1533 aa) | ||||
npp-11 | Nuclear Pore complex Protein. (805 aa) | ||||
skr-2 | SKp1 Related (Ubiquitin ligase complex component). (174 aa) | ||||
insc-1 | INSCuteable (Drososphila asymmetric cell division protein) homolog. (715 aa) | ||||
mom-2 | Protein mom-2; Ligand for members of the frizzled family of seven transmembrane receptors. Required in embryonic development for endoderm specification and the correct positioning and orientation of the mitotic spindles and division planes in blastomere cells. Involved in cleavage axis determination. Binds to receptor tyrosine kinase cam-1. Together with wnt ligand lin-44, plays a role in controlling vulva precursor cell P7.p lineage orientation during vulva development, probably by acting as a ligand for tyrosine kinase receptor lin-18. May act redundantly with other Wnt ligands such [...] (362 aa) | ||||
ags-3 | Activator of G protein Signalling. (579 aa) | ||||
tba-1 | Tubulin alpha chain; Tubulin is the major constituent of microtubules. It binds two moles of GTP, one at an exchangeable site on the beta chain and one at a non-exchangeable site on the alpha chain. (454 aa) | ||||
ppfr-1 | Serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 4 regulatory subunit 1; Probable regulatory subunit of serine/threonine-protein phosphatase PP4 which may play a role in meiosis and embryonic mitosis. Probably in association with catalytic subunit pph-4.1, regulates microtubule severing during oocyte meiosis II by dephosphorylating and likely activating mei-1, a component of the katanin microtubule severing complex. (1562 aa) | ||||
gpb-1 | Guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit beta-1; Guanine nucleotide-binding proteins (G proteins) are involved as a modulator or transducer in various transmembrane signaling systems. The beta and gamma chains are required for the GTPase activity, for replacement of GDP by GTP, and for G protein-effector interaction. In the early embryo, controls the magnitude of the forces acting on centrosomes but is not required for generating asymmetric forces. (340 aa) | ||||
atx-2 | Ataxin-2 homolog; Probable RNA-binding protein that negatively regulates the translation of targets. Functions with RNA-binding protein szy-20 to ensure embryonic cell division, and to this end, plays a role in the regulation of centrosome assembly, position and size, and in astral microtubule outgrowth and nucleation. Required for gonad development, germ cell proliferation and for the production of oocytes. Regulates whole body growth and fat accumulation in response to food availability, and this may be through the mTOR pathway, upstream of daf-15 and rheb-1. Belongs to the ataxin-2 [...] (1026 aa) | ||||
bar-1 | Beta-catenin/armadillo-related protein 1; Participates in the Wnt signaling pathway which affects cell fate and may regulate the stem cell divisions of seam cells during larval development. Functions as a transcriptional activator but is dependent on the interaction with pop-1. Involved in maintaining lin-39 Hox expression and regulating glr-1 abundance at the synapses. Required for mab-5 expression during Q neuroblast migration and for oxidative stress-induced daf-16 signaling. Has roles in egg laying, vulva precursor cell fate determination, Q neuroblast migration, posterior ectoderm [...] (811 aa) | ||||
ced-7 | ABC transporter ced-7; Functions in the engulfment of cell corpses during embryonic programmed cell death to translocate molecules that mediate homotypic adhesion between cell surfaces of the dying and engulfing cells. (1758 aa) | ||||
saps-1 | Serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 6 regulatory subunit; Regulatory subunit of protein phosphatase 6 (PP6) (Probable). In complex with pph-6, promotes actomyosin contractility during cytokinesis by regulating the organization of cortical non-muscle myosin II nmy-2 and thus contributing to correct spindle positioning. Also required for the proper generation of pulling forces on spindle poles during anaphase by regulating the cortical localization of gpr-1, gpr-2 and lin-5. Negatively regulates kinase air-1 localization at the cell cortex ; Belongs to the SAPS family. (778 aa) | ||||
tba-2 | Tubulin alpha-2 chain; Tubulin is the major constituent of microtubules. It binds two moles of GTP, one at an exchangeable site on the beta chain and one at a non-exchangeable site on the alpha chain; Belongs to the tubulin family. (448 aa) | ||||
aspm-1 | Calponin-homology (CH) domain-containing protein. (1186 aa) | ||||
mls-2 | Homeobox domain-containing protein. (341 aa) | ||||
pph-6 | Serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 6 catalytic subunit; Catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 6 (PP6) (By similarity). In complex with saps-1, promotes actomyosin contractility during cytokinesis by regulating the organization of cortical non- muscle myosin II nmy-2 and thus contributing to correct spindle positioning. Also required for the proper generation of pulling forces on spindle poles during anaphase by regulating the cortical localization of gpr-1, gpr-2 and lin-5. Belongs to the PPP phosphatase family. PP-6 (PP-V) subfamily. (331 aa) | ||||
dnc-2 | Probable dynactin subunit 2; Modulates cytoplasmic dynein binding to an organelle, and plays a role in prometaphase chromosome alignment and spindle organization during mitosis. May play a role in synapse formation during brain development (By similarity); Belongs to the dynactin subunit 2 family. (331 aa) | ||||
dsh-2 | DiSHevelled related. (759 aa) | ||||
sax-7 | Fibronectin type-III domain-containing protein. (1331 aa) | ||||
klc-2 | Kinesin light chain; Kinesin is a microtubule-associated force-producing protein that may play a role in organelle transport (Probable). The light chain may function in coupling of cargo to the heavy chain or in the modulation of its ATPase activity (Probable). Recruits unc-83 (within the unc-83-unc-84 LINC complex) to the nuclear envelope during nuclear migration to mediate the link between the nuclear envelope and the microtubule cytoskeleton in hypodermal precursor cells. (540 aa) | ||||
kca-1 | Kinesin 1 cargo adaptor alternative variant a. (407 aa) | ||||
ced-10 | Ras-related protein ced-10; Required in engulfing to control the phagocytosis of apoptotic cell corpses. Required in embryonic development for the correct positioning and orientation of the mitotic spindles and division planes in blastomere cells. Involved in hypodermal cell fusion, together with pak-1 and cdc-42, leading to embryonic body elongation, which involves dramatic cytoskeletal reorganization. ced-2 and ced-5 function to activate ced-10 in a GTPase signaling pathway that controls the polarized extension of cell surfaces. Plays a redundant role with mig-2 in dorsal axonal guid [...] (191 aa) | ||||
mel-26 | Protein maternal effect lethal 26; Probable substrate-specific adapter of an E3 ubiquitin- protein ligase complex which mediates the ubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation of target proteins. Controls degradation of microtubule severing protein mei-1 after meiosis. Controls degradation of ppfr-1, the regulatory subunit of PP4 complex, after meiosis. In body wall muscles, involved in the organization of myosin thick filaments, likely by regulating the degradation of mei-1 downstream of unc-89. May also activate the TORC1 pathway. (399 aa) | ||||
ced-5 | CED-5. (1781 aa) | ||||
wrm-1 | Armadillo repeat-containing protein wrm-1; Antagonistic role in the Wnt signaling pathway that operates in embryogenesis. When located at the cortex it has been shown to inhibit Wnt signaling during asymmetric cell division but when relocated to the nucleus it shows positive regulation. Has a role in blastomere signaling during endoderm specification. Activates lit-1- dependent kinase activity. Wrm-1/lit-1 complex promotes phosphorylation, down-regulation and subcellular relocation of pop-1. Can substitute for bar-1 indicating functional redundancy. Appears to have a role in centrosome [...] (796 aa) | ||||
ooc-3 | Uncharacterized protein. (448 aa) |