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laat-1 laat-1 arl-8 arl-8 snx-6 snx-6 tbc-2 tbc-2 vps-34 vps-34 dyn-1 dyn-1 ced-5 ced-5 snx-1 snx-1 ced-10 ced-10 ulp-4 ulp-4 ced-7 ced-7 ced-3 ced-3 ced-8 ced-8 ttr-52 ttr-52 egl-1 egl-1 hmgs-1 hmgs-1 ubc-9 ubc-9 piki-1 piki-1 sand-1 sand-1 unc-108 unc-108 ina-1 ina-1 ced-6 ced-6 ccz-1 ccz-1 ulp-5 ulp-5 cdk-2 cdk-2 smo-1 smo-1 cpl-1 cpl-1 ced-9 ced-9 ulp-1 ulp-1 gei-17 gei-17 ced-12 ced-12 mtm-1 mtm-1 crt-1 crt-1 ulp-2 ulp-2 nhr-114 nhr-114
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laat-1Lysosomal amino acid transporter 1; Amino acid transporter that specifically mediates the pH- dependent export of the cationic amino acids arginine, histidine and lysine from lysosomes. May play a role in the degradation of autophagic substrates in autolysosomes by regulating lysosome function ; Belongs to the laat-1 family. (311 aa)
arl-8Novel small G protein indispensable for equal chromosome segregation; Belongs to the small GTPase superfamily. Arf family. (185 aa)
snx-6PX domain-containing protein. (478 aa)
tbc-2TBC (Tre-2/Bub2/Cdc16) domain family. (908 aa)
vps-34Phosphatidylinositol 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)
dyn-1Dynamin; Microtubule-associated force-producing protein involved in producing microtubule bundles and able to bind and hydrolyze GTP. Most probably involved in vesicular trafficking processes, in particular endocytosis (By similarity). Required for coelomocyte endocytosis. Involved in apoptotic cell phagocytosis. Required for recruitment of phosphatidylinositol 3- kinase piki-1 to phagosomes. May play a role in rab-5 recruitment to cell-corpses-containing phagosomes but not to endosomes. Required for embryonic and larval development. Belongs to the TRAFAC class dynamin-like GTPase supe [...] (838 aa)
ced-5CED-5. (1781 aa)
snx-1PX domain-containing protein. (472 aa)
ced-10Ras-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)
ulp-4Ubiquitin-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)
ced-7ABC 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)
ced-3Cell death protein 3 subunit p13; Acts as a cysteine protease in controlling programmed cell death (apoptosis) by proteolytically activating or inactivating a wide range of substrates. Component of the egl-1, ced-9, ced-4 and ced-3 apoptotic signaling cascade required for the initiation of programmed cell death in cells fated to die during embryonic and postembryonic development. During oogenesis, required for germline apoptosis downstream of ced-9 and ced-4 but independently of egl-1. By cleaving and activating ced-8, promotes phosphatidylserine exposure on the surface of apoptotic ce [...] (503 aa)
ced-8Cell death abnormality protein 8; Acts downstream of ced-9 and caspase ced-3 to promote phosphatidylserine exposure on apoptotic cell surface, possibly by mediating phospholipid scrambling. Phosphatidylserine is a specific marker only present at the surface of apoptotic cells and acts as a specific signal for engulfment. Regulates apoptosis kinetics during embryonic development. Not required for engulfment of germ cell corpses. Belongs to the XK family. (458 aa)
ttr-52Transthyretin-like protein 52; Plays a role as a bridging molecule that mediates recognition and engulfment of apoptotic cells by cross-linking the surface-exposed phosphatidylserine with the extracellular domain of the phagocyte receptor ced-1. Important for the generation of extracellular phosphatidylserine vesicles that promote loss of the exoplasmic leaflet from apoptotic cells in a time-dependent manner. Required for the exposure of exoplasmic leaflet on the phagocytic cells surrounding the apoptotic cells. Does not affect the phosphatidylserine externalization in living cells. Ma [...] (135 aa)
egl-1Programmed cell death activator egl-1; Plays a major role in programmed cell death (PCD or apoptosis) by negatively regulating ced-9. Binds to and directly inhibits the activity of ced-9, releasing the cell death activator ced-4 from a ced- 9/ced-4 containing protein complex and allowing ced-4 to activate the cell-killing caspase ced-3. Required to activate programmed cell death in the sister cells of the serotonergic neurosecretory motor (NSM) neurons during embryogenesis. Required to activate programmed cell death in the sister cells of the M4 motor neuron and I1 pharyngeal neuron du [...] (106 aa)
hmgs-1Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA synthase; This enzyme condenses acetyl-CoA with acetoacetyl-CoA to form HMG-CoA, which is the substrate for HMG-CoA reductase. (462 aa)
ubc-9SUMO-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)
piki-1Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase piki-1; Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase 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 recruitment of sortins snx-1 and lst-4 and small GTPases rab-5, rab-2 and rab-7. The first pulse is initiated by piki-1, then maintained by vps-34 which also produces the second pulse. Unlike vps-34, not involved in the formation of PI3P in early endosomes; Belongs to the PI3/PI4-kinase family. (1607 aa)
sand-1SAND endocytosis protein family. (459 aa)
unc-108Uncharacterized protein. (223 aa)
ina-1Integrin alpha ina-1; Plays a role in cell migration, axon fasciculation, and morphogenesis. During gonad morphogenesis, involved in distal tip cells (DTC)-mediated guidance of gonad elongation, in maintaining their sharp tapering morphology and in their migration. Involved in the anterior-posterior positioning of QR neuroblast descendants by regulating the migratory speed of QR.p. Probably by acting as a receptor for apoptotic cells, plays a role in the clearance of apoptotic cells during mid-embryogenesis. Belongs to the integrin alpha chain family. (1139 aa)
ced-6Cell 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)
ccz-1Uncharacterized protein. (528 aa)
ulp-5ULP_PROTEASE domain-containing protein. (311 aa)
cdk-2Cyclin-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)
smo-1Small ubiquitin-related modifier; Ubiquitin-like protein which can be covalently attached to target lysines as a monomer. Does not seem to be involved in protein degradation and may function as an antagonist of ubiquitin in the degradation process. Plays a role in a number of cellular processes such as nuclear transport, DNA replication and repair, mitosis and signal transduction. Covalent attachment to its substrates requires prior activation by the E1 complex aos-1-uba-2 and linkage to the E2 enzyme ubc-9, and can be promoted by an E3 ligase such as gei-17. Required for embryonic dev [...] (91 aa)
cpl-1Cathepsin L-like; Cysteine protease which plays an essential role in the degradation of proteins in lysosomes. During early embryogenesis, maternally required for the proteolytic processing of yolk proteins in platelets, a lysosome- like structure where a slow and controlled degradation of yolk proteins occurs. In the gonad, required for the clearance of apoptotic germ cells in the engulfing cell phagolysosomes. In embryos, required for the degradation of endocytic and autophagic cargos. In embryos, may play a role in the degradation of lipid-containing droplets. Required for larval de [...] (337 aa)
ced-9Apoptosis regulator ced-9; Plays a major role in programmed cell death (PCD, apoptosis). egl-1 binds to and directly inhibits the activity of ced-9, releasing the cell death activator ced-4 from a ced-9/ced-4 containing protein complex and allowing ced-4 to activate the cell-killing caspase ced-3. During larval development, required for the elimination of transient presynaptic components downstream of egl-1 and upstream of ced-4 and ced-3 apoptotic pathway. (280 aa)
ulp-1Sentrin-specific protease; Protease that deconjugates smo-1 from targeted proteins and may catalyze the processing of smo-1 to its mature form. (697 aa)
gei-17E3 SUMO-protein ligase gei-17; Functions as an E3-type smo-1 ligase. Mediates smo-1 conjugation to air-2 in vitro and is required for proper chromosome alignment. In the early embryo, specifically suppresses checkpoint activation in response to DNA damage, maybe by promoting mus-101 sumoylation. In embryos, plays a role in determining telomere localization in the nucleus. (780 aa)
ced-12Cell 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)
mtm-1Myotubularin-related protein 1; Dephosphorylates phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PI3P) and phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate (PI(3,5)P2). Negatively regulates accumulation of PI3P on intracellular vesicles. Negatively regulates phagocytosis of apoptotic cells probably by limiting the recruitment and/or the activation of ced-5, ced-2 and ced-12 complex. In addition, may positively regulate phagosome maturation by promoting recycling of apoptotic receptor ced-1 back to the plasma membrane. Essential for embryonic and larval development. May promote migration of distal tip cells ; B [...] (588 aa)
crt-1Calreticulin; Molecular calcium-binding chaperone promoting folding, oligomeric assembly and quality control in the ER via the calreticulin/calnexin cycle (By similarity). This lectin may interact transiently with almost all of the monoglucosylated glycoproteins that are synthesized in the ER (By similarity). Probably by controlling the folding of extracellular matrix protein unc-52/Perlecan, may play a role in the formation of fibrous organelles, a hemidesmosome-like structure attaching muscles to the epidermis. Protects dopaminergic neurons against oxidative stress-induced neurodegen [...] (395 aa)
ulp-2Ubiquitin-like protease 2; Protease that catalyzes two essential functions in the smo-1 pathway: processing of full-length smo-1 to their mature forms and deconjugation of smo-1 from targeted proteins (By similarity). May deconjugate smo-1 from the cadherin protein hmr-1 and plays a role in its recruitment to and the maintenance of adherens junctions. Required for epidermal morphogenesis during embryonic development ; Belongs to the peptidase C48 family. (893 aa)
nhr-114NR LBD domain-containing protein; Belongs to the nuclear hormone receptor family. (418 aa)
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Caenorhabditis elegans
NCBI taxonomy Id: 6239
Other names: C. elegans, Rhabditis elegans, roundworm
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