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| | rom-4 | Rhomboid domain-containing protein. (1205 aa) |
| | gopc-1 | PDZ domain-containing protein. (414 aa) |
| | spv-1 | Spermathecal Physiology Variant. (966 aa) |
| | tomm-7 | Mitochondrial import receptor subunit TOM7 homolog; Belongs to the Tom7 family. (58 aa) |
| | asna-1 | ATPase asna-1; ATPase required for the post-translational delivery of tail- anchored (TA) proteins to the endoplasmic reticulum. Recognizes and selectively binds the transmembrane domain of TA proteins in the cytosol. This complex then targets to the endoplasmic reticulum by membrane-bound receptors, where the tail-anchored protein is released for insertion. This process is regulated by ATP binding and hydrolysis. ATP binding drives the homodimer towards the closed dimer state, facilitating recognition of newly synthesized TA membrane proteins. ATP hydrolysis is required for insertion. [...] (342 aa) |
| | sorf-1 | Suppressor of organelle fusion 1; Together with sorf-2 negatively regulates the levels of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PtdIns3P) to enable the conversion of early endosomes to late endosomes. Binds to sorf-2 and the sorf-1-sorf- 2 complex likely acts through bec-1, a non-catalytic subunit of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), to suppress PI3K activity, thereby negatively regulating endosomal PtdIns3P levels. Belongs to the WD repeat WDR91 family. (239 aa) |
| | cyk-3 | Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase cyk-3; Ubiquitin-protein hydrolase which cleaves ubiquitin from ubiquitinated proteins. Plays a role in embryo osmoregulation. Probably by regulating osmosis, controls actin redistribution in the 1-cell embryos and thus actin-dependent processes such as cytokinesis and P-granules segregation. During the first embryonic mitotic division, involved in the formation of a functional microtubule organizing center provided by the male pronucleus ; Belongs to the peptidase C19 family. (1178 aa) |
| | sar-1 | GTP-binding protein SAR1; Involved in transport from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus; Belongs to the small GTPase superfamily. SAR1 family. (193 aa) |
| | tbc-2 | TBC (Tre-2/Bub2/Cdc16) domain family. (908 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) |
| | eipr-1 | EARP-interacting protein 1; Plays a role in the trafficking of cargo to dense-core vesicles, probably through association with the endosome-associated recycling protein (EARP) complex. Important for neuronal function. Belongs to the WD repeat EIPR1 family. (362 aa) |
| | spe-6 | Serine/threonine-protein kinase spe-6; Serine/threonine-protein kinase which is involved in spermatogenesis. In spermatocytes, regulates meiosis and the localization and assembly of major sperm protein (MSP) into fibrous bodies. In addition, may suppress the initiation of spermiogenesis downstream of spe-8, spe-12, spe-27 and spe-29. (379 aa) |
| | unc-51 | Serine/threonine-protein kinase unc-51; Protein kinase important for axonal elongation and axonal guidance. Functions in the CAN axons to direct both anterior and posterior migrations. Phosphorylates both unc-14 and vab-8. Component of the unc-51/atg-13 complex that is probably recruited by lgg-1 to preautophagosomes and is required for autophagosome formation. Interaction with autophagy related proteins such as atg-13 links it to the autophagy machinery to in turn promote P-granule degradation in somatic cells. Plays a role in mitophagy during limited food availability. Regulates cell [...] (856 aa) |
| | arl-8 | Novel small G protein indispensable for equal chromosome segregation; Belongs to the small GTPase superfamily. Arf family. (185 aa) |
| | daf-22 | Non-specific lipid-transfer protein-like 2; Catalyzes the thiolytic cleavage of 3-ketoacyl-CoA with 8-16 carbon residues in the acyl group using a ping-pong mechanism whereby binding to 3-ketooctanoyl-CoA results in the release of acetyl-CoA and the subsequent addition of CoA produces 3-ketohexanohyl-CoA. Involved in the biosynthesis of the dauer pheromone by providing short chains of fatty acid that are attached to the ascarylose sugars of the pheromone. Belongs to the thiolase-like superfamily. Thiolase family. (412 aa) |
| | vha-19 | Vacuolar H ATPase. (451 aa) |
| | daf-2 | Insulin-like receptor subunit alpha; Insulin receptor-like tyrosine kinase which regulates metabolism, controls longevity and prevents developmental arrest at the dauer stage. Binding of INS family members may either stimulate, or antagonize, association of the receptor with downstream mediators such as pdk-1 and age-1. Required for germline progenitor proliferation during larval development. Required for the response to environmental stimuli such as food, pheromone, and temperature. Negatively regulates resistance to UV and oxidative stress. Role in immune function and pathogen resist [...] (1928 aa) |
| | ubc-13 | Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 13; Involved in protein ubiquitination, but has no ubiquitin ligase activity on its own. The uev-1-ubc-13 heterodimers catalyze the synthesis of non-canonical 'Lys-63'-linked polyubiquitin chains. Involved in sorting Lys-63-linked polyubiquitinated maternal membrane proteins for degradation by targeting to multivesicular bodies. May be involved in the ubiquitination and growth of intracellular polyglutamine protein aggregates. May have a role in AMPA-type glutamate receptor trafficking in neurons. (151 aa) |
| | grdn-1 | Girdin homolog; Scaffolding protein that plays a role in ciliogenesis, cilium positioning and dendrite anchoring in sensory amphid neurons including AWB, AWA, AWC, ADL and ASI and the phasmid neurons PHA and PHB. Its role in cilium positioning may be through regulation of the localization of cell adhesion proteins such as the apical junction protein ajm-1, and the ciliary scaffolding protein Rootletin/che-10. Belongs to the CCDC88 family. (1319 aa) |
| | sam-10 | Single-stranded DNA-binding protein homolog sam-10; Involved cell autonomously in PLM neuron pre-synaptic differentiation by negatively regulating prk-2 expression and in neurite branch positioning. (455 aa) |
| | pqn-85 | Nipped-B-like protein pqn-85; Probably plays a structural role in chromatin. Involved in sister chromatid cohesion, possibly by interacting with the cohesin complex (By similarity). (2203 aa) |
| | gar-3 | Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor gar-3; The muscarinic acetylcholine receptor mediates various cellular responses, including inhibition of adenylate cyclase, breakdown of phosphoinositides and modulation of potassium channels through the action of G proteins. Primary transducing effect is Pi turnover (By similarity). Enhances the release of the neurotransmitter acetlycholine in cholinergic motor neurons, which in turn positively feeds back to depolarize body wall muscles and allows for the maintenance of normal body posture and locomotion. (611 aa) |
| | zwl-1 | Protein zwilch homolog; Essential component of the mitotic checkpoint, which prevents cells from prematurely exiting mitosis. Required for chromosome segregation, the assembly of the dynein-dynactin and mdf-1- mdf-2 complexes onto kinetochores and spindle pole separation. Its function related to the spindle assembly machinery and kinetochore-microtubule attachments likely depends on its association in the mitotic RZZ complex. The RZZ complex recruits the spindly-like protein spdl-1 to kinetochores. To prevent irregular chromosome segregation, the complex also inhibits the attachment of [...] (630 aa) |
| | cyd-1 | G1/S-specific cyclin-D; In association with cdk-4, regulates the progression through the G1 phase of the cell cycle during postembryonic development. Regulates proliferation of the coelomocyte lineage and intestinal cells during late embryogenesis. In complex with cdk-4, involved in sex determination during gonadogenesis by regulating the asymmetric division of the somatic gonadal precursor cell (SGP). (405 aa) |
| | cnt-1 | Arf-GAP with ANK repeat and PH domain-containing protein cnt-1; GTPase-activating protein for the ADP ribosylation factor family (Probable). Regulates endosome recycling downstream of rab-10 and upstream of arf-6. (826 aa) |
| | daf-28 | Uncharacterized protein. (97 aa) |
| | rom-3 | Rhomboid domain-containing protein. (861 aa) |
| | arf-6 | ADP-Ribosylation Factor related; Belongs to the small GTPase superfamily. Arf family. (175 aa) |
| | prmt-1 | Protein arginine N-methyltransferase 1; Arginine methyltransferase that methylates (mono and asymmetric dimethylation) the guanidino nitrogens of arginyl residues present in target proteins. Catalyzes the formation of monomethylarginine and asymmetric dimethylarginine on histones H2A and H4, a specific tag for epigenetic transcriptional activation. Catalyzes asymmetric arginine dimethylation of mitochondrial proteins necessary for mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation activity and thus aerobic respiration and ATP synthesis, and the mitochondrial stress response. Methylates arginine r [...] (348 aa) |
| | jac-1 | Juxtamembrane domain-associated catenin; May act as a positive modulator of hmr-1 function during epidermal morphogenesis. Required for proper localization of other junctional components, such as pac-1 ; Belongs to the beta-catenin family. (1256 aa) |
| | sgk-1 | Serine/threonine-protein kinase sgk-1; Acts downstream of PI3 kinase age-1 and kinase pdk-1 in the daf-2/insulin receptor-like transduction pathway. Essential role in regulating development, stress response, and longevity. Phosphorylates Forkhead- related daf-16 and the longevity-promoting skn-1 transcription factors, which inhibits their entry into the nucleus and antagonizes their function. Acts downstream of rict-1 to regulate fat storage, size, and development. Downstream of age-1 and together with akt-1/2, promotes cell survival during embryonic development. Does not appear to pla [...] (463 aa) |
| | W09C5.7 | SAC domain-containing protein. (783 aa) |
| | dkf-1 | Serine/threonine-protein kinase dkf-1; Converts transient diacylglycerol (DAG) signals into prolonged physiological effects, independently of PKC. Role in the regulation of growth and neuromuscular control of movement. Involved in immune response to S.aureus bacterium by activating transcription factor hlh-30 downstream of phospholipase plc-1. Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. CAMK Ser/Thr protein kinase family. PKD subfamily. (722 aa) |
| | flp-2 | FMRFamide-like peptide 2a. (106 aa) |
| | rme-1 | Receptor Mediated Endocytosis; Belongs to the TRAFAC class dynamin-like GTPase superfamily. Dynamin/Fzo/YdjA family. (791 aa) |
| | afd-1 | PDZ domain-containing protein. (1660 aa) |
| | rab-7 | RAB family. (209 aa) |
| | rga-1 | Rho-GAP domain-containing protein. (444 aa) |
| | mex-5 | Zinc finger protein mex-5; Functions with mex-6 to affect embryonic viability, establish soma germline asymmetry in embryos and establish plk-1, pie-1, mex-1, and pos-1 asymmetry in embryos. Also affects formation of intestinal cells. Binds to mRNA in vitro, and inhibits pgl-3-mediated P-granule formation, probably by competing with pgl-3 for binding to mRNA. (468 aa) |
| | ndc-80 | Kinetochore protein ndc-80; Acts as a component of the essential kinetochore-associated ndc-80 complex, which is required for chromosome segregation in mitosis and meiosis and spindle checkpoint activity. Plays a role in kinetochore assembly and recruits the checkpoint protein mdf-2 and the spindly-like protein spdl-1 to unattached kinetochores. Mediates the formation of end-on kinetochore-microtubule attachments through recruitment of spdl-1. The ndc-80 complex synergistically enhances the affinity of the ska-1 complex for microtubules and may allow the ndc-80 complex to track depolym [...] (590 aa) |
| | adbp-1 | Adr-2-binding protein 1; Required for the A-I editing activity of the double-stranded RNA-specific adenosine deaminase adr-2 by facilitating adr-2 nuclear localization. (217 aa) |
| | cdk-5 | Cyclin-dependent-like kinase 5; Proline-directed serine/threonine-protein kinase which, in several motor neurons, promotes the polarized trafficking of synaptic vesicles and dense-core vesicles (DCV). In the ventral nerve cord, phosphorylates lin-10 and thereby prevents lin-10-mediated anterograde trafficking of the glutamate receptor glr-1. Involved in the inhibition of glr-1 trafficking in hypoxic conditions. In DA motor neurons but not in DB motor neurons, regulates axonal transport of synaptic vesicle precursors by inhibiting dynein-mediated retrograde transport. Regulates the traf [...] (292 aa) |
| | lin-40 | Uncharacterized protein. (1022 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) |
| | tmem-231 | TMEM (Human TransMEMbrane protein) homolog. (304 aa) |
| | chs-1 | Chitin synthase chs-1; Essential for the embryonic synthesis of chitin, a component of the eggshell. (1322 aa) |
| | bbs-8 | Tetratricopeptide repeat protein 8; Component of the BBSome complex (By similarity). The BBSome complex is thought to function as a coat complex required for sorting of specific membrane proteins to the primary cilia (By similarity). The BBSome complex is required for ciliogenesis but is dispensable for centriolar satellite function (By similarity). Required for proper BBSome complex assembly and its ciliary localization. Required for cilia biogenesis and both the assembly and movement of intraflagellar transport proteins along the ciliary axoneme. Plays a role in guanylyl cyclase loca [...] (506 aa) |
| | rab-10 | Ras-related protein Rab-10; The small GTPases Rab are key regulators of intracellular membrane trafficking, from the formation of transport vesicles to their fusion with membranes. Rabs cycle between an inactive GDP-bound form and an active GTP-bound form that is able to recruit to membranes different set of downstream effectors directly responsible for vesicle formation, movement, tethering and fusion. Required for basolateral endocytic recycling, the return of macromolecules and fluid from endosomes to the plasma membrane, in polarized epithelial cells of the intestine upstream of rm [...] (201 aa) |
| | cdka-1 | Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 activator 1; Activator of the kinase cdk-5 (By similarity). In several motor neurons, promotes the polarized trafficking of synaptic vesicles and dense-core vesicles. In the ventral nerve cord, regulates the synaptic localization of the glutamate receptor, glr-1. In DA motor neurons, regulates axonal transport of synaptic vesicle precursors by inhibiting dynein-mediated retrograde transport. Regulates the polarized distribution of dense-core vesicles in DB motor neurons. May regulate these processes in association with cdk-5. May also play a role in GABAergic [...] (366 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) |
| | egg-4 | Inactive protein-tyrosine phosphatase egg-4; Inactive phosphatase which acts redundantly with egg-5 in the oocyte-to-zygote transition. Required for the polarization of cortical actin cytoskeleton rearrangement in the oocyte before and after fertilization. Together with egg-5, required for the cortical localization of kinase mbk-2 and for the inhibition of mbk-2 kinase activity in maturing oocyte until the end of meiosis I. Also required for kinase mbk-2, pseudophosphatase egg-3 and chitin synthase chs-1 localization to cytoplasmic foci after fertilization. (753 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) |
| | wts-1 | Serine/threonine-protein kinase WARTS homolog; Phosphorylates yap-1 which may negatively regulate yap-1 nuclear localization. Plays an essential role in larval development. Regulates growth, the formation of gut granules, lifespan and cell and body sizes probably in synergy with the TGF-beta sma/mab pathway. Does not appear to regulate apoptosis and proliferation. In addition, may synergize with the TGF-beta daf-7 dauer pathway to regulate entry into the dauer stage. Maintains the cellular integrity of intestinal cells by regulating the localization of apical actin and junctional proteins. (908 aa) |
| | frpr-18 | G_PROTEIN_RECEP_F1_2 domain-containing protein; Belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor 1 family. (432 aa) |
| | bec-1 | Beclin homolog; Regulates autophagy. Together with phosphatidyl-3-phosphate kinase vps-34, acts as a core subunit of the PI3K complex that mediates formation of phosphatidylinositol 3- phosphate (PtdIns3P), thereby regulating membrane trafficking. In association with sorf-1 and sorf-2, negatively regulates phosphatidylinositol 3- phosphate in early endosomes to allow for the conversion to late endosomes. Involved in the clearance of engulfed apoptotic cell corpses. Together with ced-9, negatively regulates somatic and germline apoptosis. Plays a role in endosome-to-Golgi retrograde tra [...] (375 aa) |
| | ect-2 | ECT2 (Mammalian Rho GEF) homolog. (932 aa) |
| | rund-1 | RUN domain-containing protein. (549 aa) |
| | gck-1 | Germinal center kinase 1; Serine/threonine-protein kinase which is required for normal oogenesis and suppression of germline cell apoptosis. Inhibits phosphorylation and thus probably activation of mpk-1 during pachytene stage. Involved in excretory canal elongation during postembryonic development, probably acting downstream of ccm-3 ; Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. STE Ser/Thr protein kinase family. STE20 subfamily. (803 aa) |
| | aex-4 | t-SNARE protein aex-4; t-SNARE protein which regulates the secretion of aex-5 from intestinal cells. Involved in the defecation motor program, which is a coordinated series of three muscle contractions that occurs every 45 seconds; Belongs to the SNAP-25 family. (234 aa) |
| | ulp-1 | Sentrin-specific protease; Protease that deconjugates smo-1 from targeted proteins and may catalyze the processing of smo-1 to its mature form. (697 aa) |
| | T10B10.3 | Uncharacterized protein. (741 aa) |
| | cni-1 | Protein cornichon homolog 1; Negatively regulates export of glr-1 from the endoplasmic reticulum to synapses. (145 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) |
| | pdf-1 | PDF (Arthropod Pigment Dispersing Factor) homolog. (88 aa) |
| | brc-2 | DNA repair protein brc-2; Required for the homologous recombination repair of DNA double strand breaks, thereby playing a role in chromosome integrity. Acts by targeting rad-51 to sites of DNA damage and stabilizing rad-51-DNA filaments by blocking ATP hydrolysis catalyzed by rad-51. Promotes rad-51 mediated displacement-loop (D-loop) formation during strand invasion between the invading single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) and the homologous duplex DNA. Also functions independently of rad-51 in DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair by promoting DNA single-strand annealing (SSA) when the homolog [...] (394 aa) |
| | kgb-1 | GLH-binding kinase 1; Mitogen-activated protein kinase which is an essential component of the JNK pathway composed of mlk-1, mek-1 and kgb-1. Phosphorylates the transcription factor fos-1 which prevents fos-1 dimerization and promoter binding and results in activation of target genes including F53A9.2/kreg-1 and lys-3/kreg-2. Phosphorylates jun-1 and activates the AP-1 transcription factor which is a heterodimer of jun-1 and fos-1. Phosphorylates glh-1 in vitro which may play a role in controlling glh-1 protein levels in the germline by targeting it for degradation by the proteasome. R [...] (390 aa) |
| | cgt-1 | Ceramide glucosyltransferase 1; Catalyzes the first glycosylation step in glycosphingolipid biosynthesis, the transfer of glucose to ceramide. Belongs to the glycosyltransferase 2 family. (466 aa) |
| | vps-53 | Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 53 homolog; Acts as component of the GARP complex that is involved in retrograde transport from early and late endosomes to the trans-Golgi network (TGN). The GARP complex facilitates tethering as well as SNARE complex assembly at the Golgi. Plays a role in the trafficking of cargo to dense-core vesicles, probably through association with the EARP-interacting protein eipr-1. Important for neuronal function. (798 aa) |
| | nra-2 | Nicalin; Involved in the recognition and selection of protein complexes to exit the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). In muscles, regulates levamisole-sensitive nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (L-AChR) subunit composition, possibly by allowing only specific L-AChR subunit combinations to exit the ER. Specifically, may promote the inclusion of alpha subunits unc-38 and unc-29 into L-AChR. Regulates L- AChR sensitivity to agonists such as nicotine and levamisole at neuro- muscular junctions. In touch neurons, may prevent ER exit of incorrectly folded mec-4-mec-10 ion channel ; Belongs to the [...] (563 aa) |
| | sma-9 | SMAll. (2232 aa) |
| | frk-1 | Fer-related kinase 1; Non-receptor tyrosine-protein kinase which plays a role in morphogenesis by regulating the epidermal enclosure of the embryo, independently of its kinase activity. Prevents hyperactivation of the Wnt signaling pathway during endoderm development, probably by preventing hmp-2 nuclear translocation. (390 aa) |
| | T02G5.3 | EF-hand domain-containing protein. (491 aa) |
| | aak-2 | 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase catalytic subunit alpha-2; Acts as a sensor that couples lifespan to information about energy levels and insulin-like signals. Role in motility and response to oxidative stress. Involved in the establishment of germline stem cell (GSC) quiescence during dauer development. Plays a role in axon regrowth after axotomy in PLM neurons. Plays a role in the maintenance of glycogen stores which are necessary for resistance to hyperosmotic stress. Plays a role in the regulation of flp-7 secretion from ASI neurons. Keeps the CREB-regulated transcription coactivato [...] (626 aa) |
| | nhr-14 | Nuclear hormone receptor family member nhr-14; Orphan nuclear receptor. (435 aa) |
| | dpy-23 | AP-2 complex subunit mu; Component of the adaptor complexes which link clathrin to receptors in coated vesicles (By similarity). Clathrin-associated protein complexes are believed to interact with the cytoplasmic tails of membrane proteins, leading to their selection and concentration (By similarity). AP50 is a subunit of the plasma membrane adaptor (By similarity). Essential wnt/egl-20 signaling protein that functions in wnt/egl-20-producing cells. Required for the AP-2 complex-mediated endocytosis of membrane proteins including wntless homolog mig-14 in egl-20-producing cells. During [...] (441 aa) |
| | hmp-1 | Alpha-catenin-like protein hmp-1; Required for cell migration during body enclosure and cell shape changes during body elongation. Required for proper localization of other junctional components, such as pac-1 ; Belongs to the vinculin/alpha-catenin family. (930 aa) |
| | egg-5 | Inactive protein-tyrosine phosphatase egg-5; Inactive phosphatase which acts redundantly with egg-4 in the oocyte-to-zygote transition. Required for polarized cortical actin cytoskeleton rearrangement in the oocyte before and after fertilization. Together with egg-4, required for the cortical localization of kinase mbk-2 in maturing oocyte until the end of meiosis I. Also required for kinase mbk-2, pseudophosphatase egg-3 and chitin synthase chs-1 localization to cytoplasmic foci after fertilization. (753 aa) |
| | wapl-1 | Wings apart-like protein homolog 1; Regulator of meiotic chromosome structure and function, playing a role in sister chromatid cohesion, possibly via antagonizing the coh-3/-4 association with axial elements in nuclei during late prophase, cohesin association with chromatin, DNA double strand break repair and polar body positioning following meiotic divisions during oogenesis. Regulates the morphogenesis and temporal assembly of axial elements to control the organization of meiotic chromosomes in pachytene nuclei and is also involved in meiotic chromosomal remodeling in late pachytene [...] (748 aa) |
| | bub-1 | Mitotic checkpoint serine/threonine-protein kinase bub-1; Serine/threonine-protein kinase essential for spindle- assembly checkpoint signaling. Plays a key role in the recruitment of the checkpoint proteins bub-3, mdf-1 and mdf-2 to unattached kinetochores. mdf-1 recruitment is independent of bub-1 kinase activity. Has a role in the correct kinetochore localization of the spindly-like protein spdl-1. In addition, during meiotic anaphase I, controls the recruitment of hcp- 1/2 and klp-19 to the ring-shaped domain formed between chromosomes. Involved in chromosome alignment, chromosome h [...] (987 aa) |
| | wve-1 | WH2 domain-containing protein. (468 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) |
| | egg-2 | LDL receptor repeat-containing protein egg-2; Probable receptor which is required for the oocyte-to-zygote transition although its exact function is controversial. Redundantly with egg-1, seems to be required for fertilization probably by promoting the interaction or fusion between sperm and oocyte. Conversely, shown to be dispensable for fertilization but required together with egg-1 for the formation of a continuous and cohesive eggshell chitin layer by maintaining a homogenous distribution of chitin synthase chs-1 at the unfertilized oocyte cell membrane. Appears to recruit or maint [...] (548 aa) |
| | ipla-1 | DDHD domain-containing protein. (840 aa) |
| | egl-30 | Heterotrimeric G protein alpha subunit. (355 aa) |
| | tom-1 | LLGL domain-containing protein. (1255 aa) |
| | unc-14 | RUN domain-containing protein. (665 aa) |
| | aipl-1 | WD_REPEATS_REGION domain-containing protein. (600 aa) |
| | toca-2 | Transducer of Cdc42-dependent actin assembly protein 2 homolog; Plays a role in protein trafficking, actin organization and embryonic morphogenesis. Potentially acts as cdc-42 effector. May play a role in egg laying. Together with toca-1, is required for protein trafficking regulating yolk protein clathrin-mediated endocytosis by oocytes during oogenesis and retrograde recycling and the sorting of recycling endosome cargo proteins such as mig-14. Also, together with toca-2, controls the distribution of actin at cell junctions. Belongs to the FNBP1 family. (610 aa) |
| | mrck-1 | Serine/threonine-protein kinase mrck-1; Serine/threonine-protein kinase that may phosphorylate and inactivate the phosphatase mel-11, and thereby contribute to the regulation of myosin II contractility during embryonic elongation. Involved in controlling canal length and Golgi/ER integrity during excretory canal elongation. (1592 aa) |
| | cash-1 | WD_REPEATS_REGION domain-containing protein. (678 aa) |
| | air-1 | Protein kinase domain-containing protein. (326 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) |
| | emb-9 | Collagen alpha-1(IV) chain; Collagen type IV is specific for basement membranes (Probable). Required to restrict presynaptic growth at the neuromuscular junctions (NMJ) in late larval stage and in adult motor neurons. May play a role in axon regeneration in embryos following injury in D-type motor neurons. (1759 aa) |
| | cdk-2 | Cyclin-dependent kinase 2; Serine/threonine-protein kinase which, in association with cye-1, regulates proliferation, quiescent state and cell fate during the development of several cell lineages. . In the embryo, initiates the establishment of cell polarity through the recruitment of the centrosomal proteins spd-2 and spd-5 during prophase. Phosphorylation and inhibition of the translational repressor gld-1 by the cdk-2/cye-1 complex regulates the pool of germline stem cells and the size of the mitotic zone in the gonads by preventing entry into meiosis. (338 aa) |
| | sec-12 | WD_REPEATS_REGION domain-containing protein. (425 aa) |
| | magi-1 | MAGI (Membrane Associated Guanylate kinase Inverted) homolog. (1054 aa) |
| | zmp-2 | Matrix metalloproteinase-B; Metalloprotease involved in molting, a process during larval stages in which a new cuticle is formed and the old cuticle is shed. Plays a role in thermotolerance probably by preventing the accumulation of oxidized lipoproteins and cholesterol. (519 aa) |
| | cbd-1 | Chitin-binding domain protein cbd-1; In unfertilized oocytes, maintains egg-1 and egg-2 at the plasma membrane together with chitin synthase chs-1 and kinase mbk-2. Essential for the formation of a continuous and cohesive chitin layer following fertilization. (1319 aa) |
| | cgt-3 | Ceramide glucosyltransferase 3; Catalyzes the first glycosylation step in glycosphingolipid biosynthesis, the transfer of glucose to ceramide. Seems to be the major active form in the nematode. (470 aa) |
| | syd-2 | Liprin-alpha; May play a role in regulating the structure of the neuronal region, called the active zone, from which synaptic vesicles send neurotransmitter signals across the synapse. This may be in association with the liprin-beta protein hlb-1 ; Belongs to the liprin family. Liprin-alpha subfamily. (1139 aa) |
| | npl-4.1 | Nuclear protein localization protein 4 homolog 1; In association with ufd-1 and ATPase cdc-48.1 and/or cdc- 48.2, involved in the cytoplasmic elimination of misfolded proteins exported from the ER. This pathway, known as ERAD, prevents the activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) caused by the accumulation of misfolded proteins in the ER. During S phase and in association with ufd-1, cdc-48.1 and/or cdc-48.2 and ubxn-3, ensures the degradation of DNA licensing factor cdt-1 after the initiation of DNA replication and thus the disassembly of the DNA replication CGM helicase comp [...] (529 aa) |
| | zyg-1 | Probable serine/threonine-protein kinase zyg-1; Protein kinase that plays a central role in centrosome duplication, control of centrosome size, spindle formation and nuclear envelope breakdown during cell divisions. Paternal copy is required to regulate synthesis of daughter centrioles prior to fertilization. Maternal copy regulates centrosome duplication during later cell cycles. Functions upstream of sas-5 and sas-6, and is required for their localization to the centrosome. Its role in nuclear envelope breakdown is mediated by the spindly-like protein spdl-1 and the RZZ complex, whic [...] (706 aa) |
| | sam-4 | Uncharacterized protein. (240 aa) |
| | gpn-1 | GlyPicaN; Belongs to the glypican family. (543 aa) |
| | ric-7 | Uncharacterized protein. (709 aa) |
| | glo-2 | Biogenesis of lysosome-related organelles complex 1 subunit 6; Component of the biogenesis of lysosome-related organelles complex-1 (BLOC-1) involved in gut granule biogenesis. Belongs to the BLOC1S6 family. (106 aa) |
| | lgl-1 | LLGL domain-containing protein. (941 aa) |
| | rod-1 | Kinetochore-associated protein rod-1; Essential component of the mitotic checkpoint, which prevents cells from prematurely exiting mitosis. Required for chromosome segregation, the assembly of the dynein-dynactin and mdf-1-mdf-2 complexes onto kinetochores and spindle pole separation. Plays a role in nuclear envelope breakdown. Its function related to the spindle assembly machinery and kinetochore-microtubule attachments likely depends on its association in the mitotic RZZ complex. The RZZ complex recruits the spindly-like protein spdl-1 to kinetochores. To prevent irregular chromosome [...] (2049 aa) |
| | mff-2 | Mitochondrial Fission Factor. (161 aa) |
| | F55F10.1 | VWFA domain-containing protein. (4362 aa) |
| | unc-73 | Guanine nucleotide exchange factor UNC-73A. (2488 aa) |
| | ppk-1 | PIPK domain-containing protein. (611 aa) |
| | F52H2.7 | C2 domain-containing protein. (875 aa) |
| | ftt-2 | 14-3-3-like protein 2; Required for extension of life-span by sir-2.1. Promotes nuclear export of yap-1. Negatively regulates the transcriptional activity of daf-16 by sequestering it to the cytoplasm. Belongs to the 14-3-3 family. (248 aa) |
| | sorf-2 | Suppressor of organelle fusion 2; Together with sorf-1 negatively regulates the levels of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PtdIns3P) to enable the conversion of early endosomes to late endosomes. Binds to sorf-1 and the sorf-1-sorf- 2 complex likely acts through bec-1, a non-catalytic subunit of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), to suppress PI3K activity, thereby negatively regulating endosomal PtdIns3P levels. Belongs to the WD repeat WDR81 family. (1422 aa) |
| | rme-6 | Receptor-mediated endocytosis protein 6; Acts both as a GTPase-activating protein (GAP) and a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF), and participates in endocytosis. Acts by regulating the activation of rab-5 by exchanging bound GDP for free GTP at clathrin coated pits. (1093 aa) |
| | ubxn-3 | UBX domain-containing protein 3; Ubiquitin-binding protein which acts as an adapter for ATPase cdc-48.1 and/or cdc-48.2, conferring substrate specificity. Together with ubxn-1 and ubxn-2, plays a role in hermaphrodite spermatogenesis probably by promoting the degradation of sex determination terminal factor tra-1. During mitosis, ensures the degradation of DNA licensing factor cdt-1 and the disassembly of the DNA replication CMG helicase complex by promoting the dissociation from chromatin of several of its components including cdc-45 and sld-5. (613 aa) |
| | pag-3 | Zinc finger protein PAG-3. (336 aa) |
| | egg-3 | Protein tyrosine phosphatase-like protein egg-3; Probable pseudophosphatase required for the oocyte-to-zygote transition during which it regulates the polarized dispersal of the cortical actin cytoskeleton, the synthesis of the eggshell chitin layer and the formation of the polar bodies after meiosis I and II. Acts as scaffold to tether kinase mbk-2 and pseudophosphatases egg-4 and egg-5 to the oocyte cortex and thus restricts mbk-2 activity to the cortex during meiosis I. Regulates mbk-2 localization to cytoplasmic foci during meiosis II. Also required for chitin synthase chs-1 locali [...] (555 aa) |
| | F41H10.4 | Uncharacterized protein. (575 aa) |
| | sand-1 | SAND endocytosis protein family. (459 aa) |
| | uev-1 | Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 variant 1; Involved in protein ubiquitination, but has no ubiquitin ligase activity on its own. The uev-1-ubc-13 heterodimer catalyzes the synthesis of non-canonical poly-ubiquitin chains that are linked through Lys-63. Involved in sorting Lys-63-linked polyubiquitinated maternal membrane proteins for degradation by targeting to multivesicular bodies. Required for glr-1-containing glutamate receptor trafficking in neurons. May have a role in synaptic transmission at motorneurons. May be involved in the ubiquitination and growth of intracellular polygluta [...] (139 aa) |
| | wdr-48 | WD repeat-containing protein 48 homolog; Together with wdr-20, binds to and stimulates the activity of the deubiquitinating enzyme usp-46, leading to deubiquitination and stabilization of the glr-1 glutamate receptor. (697 aa) |
| | plc-1 | 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase epsilon-1; The production of the second messenger molecules diacylglycerol (DAG) and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) is mediated by activated phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C enzymes. plc-1 is a bifunctional enzyme which also regulates small GTPases of the Ras superfamily through its Ras guanine-exchange factor (RasGEF) activity (By similarity). By activating IP3 receptor itr-1-mediated intracellular Ca(2+) release via the production of IP3, regulates ovulation by controlling contraction and/or dilation of the di [...] (1898 aa) |
| | ubc-9 | SUMO-conjugating enzyme UBC9; Accepts the ubiquitin-like protein smo-1 from the aos-1-uba-2 E1 complex and catalyzes its covalent attachment to other proteins with the help of an E3 ligase such as gei-17. Required to sumoylate the ETS transcription factor lin-1 and the Polycomb protein sop-2. Required for embryonic development, fertility, vulval morphogenesis and inhibition of vulval cell fates. Belongs to the ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme family. (166 aa) |
| | gex-3 | Membrane-associated protein gex-3; Rac effector required for tissue morphogenesis, cell migrations and egg laying. May play a role in egg laying and in yolk protein clatherin-mediated endocytosis by oocytes during oogenesis. (1141 aa) |
| | egl-9 | Hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase; Cellular oxygen sensor which regulates the stability and the activity of hypoxia-inducible transcription factor, hif-1. In normoxic conditions, hydroxylates hif-1 targeting it for vhl-1-mediated proteasomal degradation. In addition, regulates hif-1 transcriptional activity in a vhl-1-independent manner and independently of its hydroxylase activity. By regulating hif-1 activity, controls several cellular responses. Mediates susceptibility to B.thuringiensis and V.cholerae pore-forming toxins and enteropathogenic E.coli. Mediates susceptibilit [...] (723 aa) |
| | tbx-2 | T-box protein 2; Involved in the development of pharyngeal muscles derived from the ABa lineage. (423 aa) |
| | F19C7.8 | Uncharacterized protein. (438 aa) |
| | ufd-1 | Ubiquitin fusion degradation protein 1 homolog; Functions at a post-ubiquitination step in the ubiquitin fusion degradation (UFD) pathway (By similarity). In association with npl-4.1 and/or npl-4.2 and ATPase cdc-48.1 and/or cdc-48.2, involved in the cytoplasmic elimination of misfolded proteins exported from the ER. This pathway, known as ERAD, prevents the activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) caused by the accumulation of misfolded proteins in the ER. During S phase and in association with npl-4.1 and/or npl-4.2, cdc-48.1 and/or cdc-48.2 and ubxn-3, ensures the degradati [...] (342 aa) |
| | scc-3 | Cohesin subunit scc-3; Component of the cohesin complex, a complex required for the cohesion of sister chromatids after DNA replication. The cohesin complex apparently forms a large proteinaceous ring within which sister chromatids can be trapped (By similarity). At anaphase, the scc-1 subunit of the complex is cleaved and dissociates from chromatin, allowing sister chromatids to segregate (By similarity). The cohesin complex may also play a role in spindle pole assembly during mitosis (By similarity). Has a role in stabilization of homologous chromosome associations during meiotic syn [...] (1096 aa) |
| | rme-8 | J domain-containing protein. (2279 aa) |
| | F11C1.7 | Uncharacterized protein. (137 aa) |
| | kpc-1 | Furin-like protease kpc-1; Furin-like protease which cleaves proproteins at the RX(K/R)R consensus motif. During neuronal development, regulates the formation and extension of dendrite branches and cellular positioning of various type of neurons. Promotes the formation, extension and self-avoidance of dendritic branches of PVD and FLP mechanosensory neurons. In PVD neurons, regulates plasma membrane levels of branching receptor dma-1 by targeting it to late endosomes and thus promotes normal dendrite branching and dendrite self-avoidance. Also controls dendrite extension in AIY and D-t [...] (692 aa) |
| | farl-11 | DUF3402 domain-containing protein. (978 aa) |
| | toca-1 | Transducer of Cdc42-dependent actin assembly protein 1 homolog; Plays a role in protein trafficking, actin organization and embryonic morphogenesis. Potentially acts as cdc-42 effector. May play a role in hypodermal P-cell nuclear positioning. Together with toca-2, is required for protein trafficking regulating yolk protein clathrin- mediated endocytosis by oocytes during oogenesis and retrograde recycling and the sorting of recycling endosome cargo proteins such as mig-14. Also, together with toca-2, controls the distribution of actin at cell junctions. (592 aa) |
| | vps-52 | Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 52 homolog; Acts as component of the GARP complex that is involved in retrograde transport from early and late endosomes to the trans-Golgi network (TGN). The GARP complex facilitates tethering as well as SNARE complex assembly at the Golgi. Plays a role in the trafficking of cargo to dense-core vesicles, probably through association with the EARP-interacting protein eipr-1. Important for neuronal function. Belongs to the VPS52 family. (702 aa) |
| | unc-87 | Protein unc-87; Thin filament-associated protein that is implicated in actin bundling and actin filament dynamics. Exhibits F-actin cross-linking activity. Required for the maintenance of sarcomeric actin organization in striated muscles. Competes with unc-60 isoform b for actin binding and protects actin filaments from depolymerization by unc-60, thereby contributing to actin filament stability. Cooperates with myosin to form actomyosin bundles and inhibits actomyosin ATPase activity and actomyosin motility. Might protect the myofilaments from mechanical stress. (565 aa) |
| | vhp-1 | Tyrosine-protein phosphatase vhp-1; Acts preferentially on the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and p38 MAPKs. Plays an important role in the heavy metal stress response and in axon regeneration by negatively regulating the kgb-1 (JNK-like) and the pmk-1 (p38-type) MAPK signaling pathways. Belongs to the protein-tyrosine phosphatase family. Non- receptor class dual specificity subfamily. (661 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) |
| | rab-8 | RAB family. (211 aa) |
| | unc-104 | Kinesin-like protein unc-104; Motor protein involved in microtubule-associated anterograde transport. Regulates the transport of synaptic vesicle precursors in the axon of DA motor neurons. Regulates the polarized sorting of axonal proteins. Essential for the transport of synaptic components during the synaptic remodeling of the DD motor neuron, probably downstream of cdk-5 and/or pct-1/cyy-1 complex. Required for the anterograde transport of neuropeptide-containing dense core vesicles along axons. Involved in necrotic cell death. Belongs to the TRAFAC class myosin-kinesin ATPase super [...] (1628 aa) |
| | egl-3 | Neuroendocrine convertase 2; Serine endoprotease which cleaves preproteins at paired basic amino acids. Processes FMRFamide-like (flp) and neuropeptide-like protein (nlp) neuropeptides. Probably by processing flp-1 and flp-18, modulates the neuronal excitation-inhibition balance and thus the level of activity of the locomotor circuit. Regulates sensitivity to mechanosensory stimuli. By processing neuropeptides, modulates basal acetylcholine release at the ventral cord neuromuscular junctions. Probably by processing flp neuropeptides, regulates the turning step of male mating behavior. [...] (652 aa) |
| | hcf-1 | Host cell factor 1. (782 aa) |
| | aspm-1 | Calponin-homology (CH) domain-containing protein. (1186 aa) |
| | vps-50 | Related to yeast Vacuolar Protein Sorting factor. (954 aa) |
| | cdc-48.2 | Transitional endoplasmic reticulum ATPase homolog 2; ATP-dependent chaperone which probably uses the energy provided by ATP hydrolysis to generate mechanical force to unfold substrate proteins, disassemble protein complexes, and disaggregate protein aggregates. However, able to prevent aggregation of unfolded proteins also in an ATP-independent manner. Targets polyubiquitinated proteins for proteasomal degradation by binding to 'Lys-48'-linked polyubiquitin chains. Involved in the cytoplasmic elimination of misfolded proteins exported from the ER. This pathway, known as ERAD, prevents [...] (810 aa) |
| | ulp-4 | Ubiquitin-like protease 4; Protease required for deconjugation of smo-1 conjugates from target proteins which is necessary for cell cycle progression. Required for respiration and the maintenance of normal mitochondrial homeostasis. (382 aa) |
| | madd-2 | Uncharacterized protein. (765 aa) |
| | npr-1 | G_PROTEIN_RECEP_F1_2 domain-containing protein; Belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor 1 family. (457 aa) |
| | lon-2 | LONg; Belongs to the glypican family. (508 aa) |
| | pry-1 | Axin-like protein pry-1; Works in parallel with axl-1 in negatively regulating bar-1 signaling in vulval precursor cells and Q neuroblasts. Inhibits Wnt signaling, which affects tissue specific expression of Hox genes, egl- 5, lin-39 and mab-5. This in turn affects QR (postembryonic neuroblast) cell migration, vulval cell fate specification, and the development of sensory structures by the seam cell lineage. Has a role in alae V cell patterning, ray formation in the male tail and axon guidance. Does not affect B cell polarity. (586 aa) |
| | cye-1 | G1/S-specific cyclin-E; Essential for the control of the cell cycle at the G1/S (start) transition. In association with cdk-2, regulates proliferation, quiescent state and cell fate during the development of several cell lineages. In the embryo, initiates the establishment of cell polarity through the recruitment of the centrosomal proteins spd-2 and spd-5 during prophase. During the development of the vulva, controls the onset of vulval cell terminal differentiation by controlling the duration of G1 phase. During hypoderm development at early larval stages, controls syncytial fate of [...] (524 aa) |
| | pat-4 | Integrin-linked protein kinase homolog pat-4; Probable pseudokinase that acts as an adapter protein. Component of an integrin containing attachment complex, which is required for muscle development and maintenance. Involved in the assembly of dense bodies and M lines during body wall muscle development by recruiting several of their components including integrin pat-3, cpna-1, unc-89 and unc- 112 to integrin-mediated attachment sites. Plays a role in distal tip cell (DTC) migration and in oocyte development probably by regulating the actin cytoskeleton. During the formation of neuromus [...] (466 aa) |
| | nrx-1 | NeuReXin related. (1725 aa) |
| | che-11 | Uncharacterized protein. (1437 aa) |
| | fsn-1 | F-box/SPRY domain-containing protein 1; Component of a SCF (SKP1-CUL1-F-box protein) E3 ubiquitin ligase complex which is required for the restriction and/or maturation of synapses in GABAergic neuromuscular junction (NMJ) presynaptic neurons. Promotes NRJ synapse development and synaptic transmission by negatively regulating the daf- 2/InsR pathway in muscles. By targeting convertase egl-3 for degradation, negatively modulates insulin-like protein ins-4 and ins-6 processing. May stabilize synapse formation by promoting the down-regulation of scd-2. Regulates axon termination in PLM an [...] (332 aa) |
| | szy-20 | Suppressor of zyg-1 protein 20; RNA binding protein that is required for normal cell division and cytokinesis during embryonic development. Functions with RNA-binding protein atx-2 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. Furthermore, negatively regulates the levels of the protein kinase zyg-1 at the centrosome. Also involved in ensuring centrosome attachment to the nuclear envelope. (563 aa) |
| | ccm-3 | Programmed cell death protein 10 homolog; Involved in excretory canal elongation during postembryonic development. Plays a role in promoting Golgi stability, ER integrity and vesicle transport probably by regulating the activation of Rho GTPase cdc-42. Involved in fertility. (215 aa) |
| | C09G1.4 | Uncharacterized protein C09G1.4. (545 aa) |
| | unc-89 | Muscle M-line assembly protein unc-89; Structural component of the muscle M line which is involved in assembly and organization of sarcomere myofilaments. The large isoform a, isoform b, isoform d and isoform f play an essential role in maintaining the organization of sarcomeres but not myofilament alignment during body wall muscle development whereas the small isoform c and isoform d appear to have a minor role. Isoform b and isoform f are required for the organization of unc-15/paramyosin into sarcomere thick filaments in body wall muscles. By binding mel-26, a substrate adapter of t [...] (8081 aa) |
| | wdr-20 | WD repeat-containing protein 20 homolog; Together with wdr-48, binds to and stimulates the activity of the deubiquitinating enzyme usp-46, leading to deubiquitination and stabilization of the glr-1 glutamate receptor. (768 aa) |
| | ain-1 | ALG-1 INteracting protein. (641 aa) |
| | spdl-1 | Spindly-like protein spdl-1; Transient kinetochore component required for chromosome and spindle pole alignment and chromosome segregation during mitosis. Functions downstream of the RZZ complex to mediate kinetochore-microtubule attachments and nuclear envelope breakdown during cell division. Required for kinetochore assembly and localizes the checkpoint proteins mdf-1 and mdf-2, dynein and dynactin to unattached kinetochores. Dynein is believed to control the initial lateral interaction between the kinetochore and spindle microtubules and to facilitate the subsequent formation of end [...] (479 aa) |
| | cdc-48.1 | Transitional endoplasmic reticulum ATPase homolog 1; ATP-dependent chaperone which probably uses the energy provided by ATP hydrolysis to generate mechanical force to unfold substrate proteins, disassemble protein complexes, and disaggregate protein aggregates. Can also prevent aggregation of unfolded proteins also in an ATP- independent manner. Targets polyubiquitinated proteins for proteasomal degradation by binding to 'Lys-48'-linked polyubiquitin chains. Involved in the cytoplasmic elimination of misfolded proteins exported from the ER. This pathway, known as ERAD, prevents the act [...] (809 aa) |
| | lnp-1 | Endoplasmic reticulum junction formation protein lunapark-1; Plays a role in tubular endoplasmic reticulum network formation and maintenance (By similarity). May be involved in central nervous system development. Has a presynaptic role in neurotransmission. Likely to operate in synaptogenesis by regulating vesicular transport or localization. Required for correct localization of rab-3 and snb-1; Belongs to the lunapark family. (346 aa) |
| | C03H12.1 | Uncharacterized protein. (731 aa) |
| | lab-1 | Long arms of the bivalent protein 1; Involved in sister chromatid cohesion during mitosis and meiosis. In association with the gsp-2 phosphatase, it both restricts the localization and antagonizes the function of the air-2 kinase during meiosis I and mitosis to promote chromatid cohesion and spindle attachment. This in turn, drives germ cell immortality. Furthermore, may play a role in ensuring the timely assembly of the synaptonemal complex during prophase I of meiosis. (161 aa) |
| | knl-1 | Kinetochore null protein 1; Proposed to be part of the KMN network incorporating the MIS12 complex and NDC80 complex that is required for establishing the kinetochore-microtubule interface that aids in chromosome segregation during meiotic and mitotic cell division. Appears to function downstream of hcp-3 (CENP-A) and hcp-4 (CENP-C) in the kinetochore assembly hierarchy. Has a role in the correct localization of the spindly-like protein spdl-1 and the RZZ complex that is composed of rod-1, czw-1 and zwl-1 to kinetochores. Required for the recruitment of spindle-assembly checkpoint comp [...] (1010 aa) |
| | snpn-1 | SNAPIN protein homolog; Component of the biogenesis of lysosome-related organelles complex-1 (BLOC-1) involved in gut granule biogenesis. Belongs to the SNAPIN family. (122 aa) |
| | erm-1 | FERM domain-containing protein. (564 aa) |
| | vps-51 | Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 51 homolog; Acts as component of the GARP complex that is involved in retrograde transport from early and late endosomes to the trans-Golgi network (TGN). The GARP complex facilitates tethering as well as SNARE complex assembly at the Golgi. Plays a role in the trafficking of cargo to dense-core vesicles, probably through association with the EARP-interacting protein eipr-1. Important for neuronal function. Belongs to the VPS51 family. (700 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) |
| | egg-1 | LDL receptor repeat-containing protein egg-1; Probable receptor which is required for the oocyte-to-zygote transition although its exact function is controversial. Redundantly with egg-2, seems to be required for fertilization probably by promoting the interaction or fusion between sperm and oocyte. Conversely, shown to be dispensable for fertilization but required together with egg-2 for the formation of a continuous and cohesive eggshell chitin layer by maintaining a homogenous distribution of chitin synthase chs-1 at the unfertilized oocyte cell membrane. Appears to recruit or maint [...] (551 aa) |
| | pmk-1 | Mitogen-activated protein kinase pmk-1; Serine/threonine kinase which responds to activation by environmental stress and pro-inflammatory cytokines by phosphorylating downstream targets. Phosphorylates snk-1 which probably regulates skn-1 nuclear translocation in response to oxidative stress. Probably by activating skn-1, involved in the up- regulation of gcs-1 and glutathione-S-transferase gst-4 expression upon bacteria infection. Up-regulates expression of gcs-1 in intestinal cells upon arsenite treatment. Functions downstream of the MAPKK sek-1 and the MAPKKK nsy-1 as the MAP kinase [...] (377 aa) |
| | vps-34 | Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase catalytic subunit type 3; Catalytic subunit of the PI3K complex that mediates formation of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate. Together with bec-1, mediates the production of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate on intracellular vesicles and thereby regulates membrane trafficking. Plays a role in endosome-to-Golgi retrograde transport of mig-14. Involved in clearance of apoptotic cell corpses by phagosomes. Phagosome maturation requires two sequential and non-overlapping pulses of phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate (PI3P) on the vesicle surface which mediates recr [...] (901 aa) |
| | mex-6 | Zinc finger protein mex-6; Functions with mex-5 to affect embryonic viability, establish soma germline asymmetry in embryos and establish plk-1, pie-1, mex-1, and pos-1 asymmetry in embryos. Also affects formation of intestinal cells. (467 aa) |
