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dhs-16 | 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase dhs-16; 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase that converts 3 beta- hydroxysteroids to 3-ketosteroids, an essential step in the production of Delta(7)-dafachronic acid from cholesterol. Dafachronic acids bind directly to the nuclear hormone receptor (NHR) daf-12, suppressing dauer formation and inducing reproductive growth. Required for longevity in the absence of the germline. Belongs to the short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR) family. (388 aa) | ||||
daf-36 | Cholesterol 7-desaturase; Catalyzes the production of 7-dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC) by the desaturation of the C7-C8 single bond of cholesterol. This reaction is the first step in the synthesis of the steroid hormone Delta(7)- dafachronic acid. Dafachronic acids bind directly to the nuclear hormone receptor (NHR) daf-12, suppressing dauer formation and inducing reproductive growth. (428 aa) | ||||
hrde-1 | Uncharacterized protein C16C10.3. (1032 aa) | ||||
puf-8 | PUM-HD domain-containing protein. (535 aa) | ||||
vit-2 | Vitellogenin-2; Precursor of the egg-yolk proteins that are sources of nutrients during embryonic development. (1613 aa) | ||||
let-767 | Very-long-chain 3-oxooacyl-coA reductase let-767; Required for branched chain fatty acid synthesis. Catalyzes the reduction of the 3-ketoacyl-CoA intermediate that is formed in each cycle of fatty acid elongation. Very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) serve as precursors for ceramide and sphingolipids. May also be required for sterol hormone production; Belongs to the short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR) family. 17-beta-HSD 3 subfamily. (337 aa) | ||||
prg-1 | Piwi-like protein; Belongs to the argonaute family. (824 aa) | ||||
glp-1 | Protein glp-1; Involved in the specification of the cell fates of the blastomeres, ABa and APa. Proper signaling by glp-1 induces ABa descendants to produce anterior pharyngeal cells, and APa descendants to adopt a different fate. Contributes to the establishment of the dorsal-ventral axis in early embryos. Regulates germ cell mitotic proliferation probably by regulating MAP kinase phosphatase lip-1 expression. Plays a negative role in lifespan. (1295 aa) | ||||
fat-7 | Delta(9)-fatty-acid desaturase fat-7; Delta(9)-fatty-acid desaturase that acts preferentially on stearoyl-CoA. Also acts on vaccenyl-coA, heptadecanyol-CoA, and palmitoyl-CoA. (338 aa) | ||||
daf-12 | Nuclear hormone receptor family member daf-12; Nuclear receptor which binds directly to response elements in target gene promoters. Activity is modulated by binding of steroid hormone ligands that include dafachronic acids. Regulates expression of genes involved in postembryonic development and the dauer diapause, in response to environmental cues. Inhibits the expression of let-7 family members when bound to corepressor din-1s which is an isoform of din-1. Has a role in the immune response to bacterial infection, via regulation of let-7 miRNAs. Controls expression of genes that promot [...] (753 aa) | ||||
nhr-8 | Nuclear hormone receptor family member nhr-8; Orphan nuclear receptor. (560 aa) | ||||
pha-4 | Defective pharyngeal development protein 4; Acts as a transcription factor required for formation of the pharyngeal primordium. Binds to the consensus sequence 5'-T[AG]TT[TG][AG][TC]-3' with variations of the sequence affecting onset of target gene expression. Activates a wide array of pharyngeal genes including ceh-22 and myo-2 and represses ectodermal genes lin-26 and elt-3, ensuring pharyngeal cell fate. Required for recruitment of htz-1 to a subset of pharyngeal promoters to ensure gene activation and also acts synergistically with tbx-2 in pharyngeal development. Acts in the regul [...] (506 aa) | ||||
pqm-1 | C2H2-type domain-containing protein. (295 aa) | ||||
elo-1 | Elongation of very long chain fatty acids protein. (288 aa) | ||||
vit-3 | Vitellogenin-3; Precursor of the egg-yolk proteins that are sources of nutrients during embryonic development. (1603 aa) | ||||
nhr-80 | Nuclear Hormone Receptor family. (504 aa) | ||||
vit-6 | Vitellogenin-6; Precursor of the egg-yolk proteins that are sources of nutrients during embryonic development (Probable). May play a role in cholesterol uptake. May be involved in thermotolerance. (1651 aa) | ||||
vit-1 | Vitellogenin-1; Precursor of the egg-yolk proteins that are sources of nutrients during embryonic development. (1616 aa) | ||||
nhr-49 | Nuclear hormone receptor family member nhr-49; Orphan nuclear receptor. Regulates expression of lipid desaturase, fat-7 ; Belongs to the nuclear hormone receptor family. (501 aa) | ||||
mdt-15 | Mediator of RNA polymerase II transcription subunit 15; Component of the Mediator complex, a coactivator involved in regulated gene transcription of nearly all RNA polymerase II-dependent genes. Mediator functions as a bridge to convey information from gene- specific regulatory proteins to the basal RNA polymerase II transcription machinery. Mediator is recruited to promoters by direct interactions with regulatory proteins and serves as a scaffold for the assembly of a functional preinitiation complex with RNA polymerase II and the general transcription factors (By similarity). Require [...] (780 aa) | ||||
daf-16 | Forkhead box protein O; Forkhead-type transcription factor. Binds to the promoters of genes that contain the daf-16 binding element (DBE), TTGTTTAC, in their regulatory region. Functions in the Insulin/IGF-1-like signaling (IIS) mediated pathway which affects lipogenesis, lifespan, starvation survival, heat shock and oxidative stress responses, and dauer formation. Longevity signaling predominantly arises from expression in the intestine. Daf-16 transcriptional activity is negatively regulated by cytoplasmic sequestration by association with ftt-2. Inhibition is required for the carbon [...] (541 aa) | ||||
rol-6 | Cuticle collagen rol-6; Nematode cuticles are composed largely of collagen-like proteins. The cuticle functions both as an exoskeleton and as a barrier to protect the worm from its environment. Involved in body morphogenesis. (348 aa) | ||||
daf-18 | Abnormal dauer formation protein 18; Acts as a dual-specificity protein phosphatase, dephosphorylating tyrosine-, serine- and threonine-phosphorylated proteins (By similarity). Also acts as a lipid phosphatase, removing the phosphate in the D3 position of the inositol ring from phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate. By dephosphorylating PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 antagonizes PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 production by age-1/PI3K and thus, negatively regulates daf-2-mediated processes including dauer formation, longevity, fat metabolism, chemotaxis towards salt, thermotolerance and axon guidance. Similarly, [...] (962 aa) | ||||
nhr-66 | Nuclear Hormone Receptor family. (733 aa) | ||||
daf-9 | Cytochrome P450 daf-9; Sterol hydroxylase that catalyzes the successive oxidization of the side chains of the 3-keto steroids 4-cholesten-3-one and lathosterone to form their carboxylic acid derivatives Delta(4)- dafachronic acid and Delta(7)-dafachronic acid respectively. Dafachronic acids bind directly to the nuclear hormone receptor (NHR) daf-12, suppressing dauer formation and inducing reproductive growth. In a non-cell autonomous manner, negatively regulates body wall muscle arm extensions to motor neurons probably by preventing daf-12 isoform b activation. May be involved in ther [...] (572 aa) | ||||
skn-1 | Protein skinhead-1; Transcription factor required to specify the fate of ventral blastomeres in the early embryo, and postembryonically for the development of the intestine. Directly regulates expression of zygotically expressed med-1 and med-2 to direct mesendoderm development. Required for stl-1 mRNA up- regulation in response to oxidative stress and anoxia. Required for the up-regulation of gcs-1 and several glutathione-S-transferase mRNAs in response to oxidative stress generated during pathogenic bacterial infection. In neurons, involved in mitochondrial fusion and behavioral reco [...] (623 aa) | ||||
gld-1 | Female germline-specific tumor suppressor gld-1; RNA-binding protein which recognizes the 5'-UACUCAU-3' RNA consensus sequence. Binds sequences in both the 5'coding and the 3'-UTR region of rme-2 mRNA. Binds sequences in the 3'-UTR region of cye-1 mRNA. Binds to cyb-2.1, cyb-2.2 and cyb-3 mRNA. Binds sequences in the 3'-UTR region of tra-2 mRNA. Germ line-specific tumor suppressor essential for oogenesis. Controls the spatial pattern of translation of multiple oogenesis specific mRNAs (e.g. yolk receptor rme-2) by repression of translation during early meiotic prophase (leptotene to pa [...] (463 aa) | ||||
fat-6 | Delta(9)-fatty-acid desaturase fat-6; Delta(9)-fatty-acid desaturase that acts preferentially on stearoyl-CoA. Also acts on vaccenyl-coA and heptadecanyol-CoA. Belongs to the fatty acid desaturase type 1 family. (339 aa) | ||||
fat-2 | Delta(12) fatty acid desaturase fat-2; Catalyzes the desaturation of oleic acid (Delta(9)-18:1, or C18:1(n-9)) to linoleic acid (Delta(9,12)-18:2, or C18:2(n-6)). This desaturation event is essential for the synthesis of longer chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) such as arachidonic acid (AA, or C20:4(n-6)) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, or C20:5(n-3)). (376 aa) | ||||
fat-5 | Delta(9)-fatty-acid desaturase fat-5; Delta(9)-fatty-acid desaturase that acts preferentially on palmitoyl-CoA. Also acts on pentadecanoyl-coA and myristoyl-CoA. (333 aa) | ||||
fat-3 | Delta(6)-fatty-acid desaturase fat-3; Delta(6) fatty acid desaturase that acts on a range of substrates. Catalyzes the desaturation of linoleic acid (Delta(9,12)- 18:2, or C18:2(n-6)) to gamma-linolenic acid (Delta(6,9,12)-18:3, or C18:3(n-6)). Plays a role in synaptic vesicle recycling by regulating synaptojanin unc-26 localization at synapses. (443 aa) | ||||
sbp-1 | BHLH domain-containing protein. (1113 aa) | ||||
eat-2 | Neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit eat-2; After binding acetylcholine, the AChR responds by an extensive change in conformation that affects all subunits and leads to opening of an ion-conducting channel across the plasma membrane (By similarity). Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in the MC pharyngeal motor neuron involved in pharyngeal pumping. Has a role in the determination of life span possibly via calorific restriction which affects growth rate, although this is independent of metabolic activity. Plays a role in the defense against the accumulation of ingested live pathogenic [...] (474 aa) | ||||
nhr-13 | Nuclear hormone receptor family member nhr-13; Orphan nuclear receptor; Belongs to the nuclear hormone receptor family. (425 aa) | ||||
fat-1 | Omega-3 fatty acid desaturase fat-1; Omega-3 fatty acid desaturase that acts on a range of substrates. Catalyzes the desaturation of linolenic acid (18:2n-6), dihomo-gamma-linoleic acid (DHGLA) (20:3n-6), and arachidonic acid (20:4n-6), to generate gamma linolenic acid (18:3n-3), eicosatetraenoic acid (20:4n-3) and eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5n-3) respectively. Although the enzyme has been suggested to act on glycerolipids, the precise nature of the fatty acid substrate is unknown. (402 aa) | ||||
hsd-1 | 3Beta_HSD domain-containing protein. (462 aa) | ||||
tcer-1 | WW domain-containing protein. (914 aa) | ||||
kri-1 | KRIT 1 (Krev interaction trapped/cerebral cavernous malformation 1) homolog. (729 aa) |