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| | N | Processed neurogenic locus Notch protein; Essential signaling protein which has a major role in many developmental processes. Functions as a receptor for membrane-bound ligands Delta and Serrate to regulate cell-fate determination. Upon ligand activation, and releasing from the cell membrane, the Notch intracellular domain (NICD) forms a transcriptional activator complex with Su(H) (Suppressor of hairless) and activates genes of the E(spl) complex. Regulates oogenesis, the differentiation of the ectoderm and the development of the central and peripheral nervous system, eye, wing disk, [...] (2703 aa) |
| | oc | Homeotic protein ocelliless; Transcriptional regulator involved in pattern formation and cell determination in the embryonic CNS and larval imaginal disks. Also later in development to coordinate the expression of regulatory and structural genes required for photoreceptor cell fate in the ocelli. Has a dual role in the terminal differentiation of subtypes of photoreceptors by regulating rhodopsin (rh) expression: essential for establishing the expression of rh genes in the pale subset of ommatidia as well as repressing Rh6 in outer photoreceptors. Belongs to the paired homeobox family. (664 aa) |
| | upd2 | Unpaired 2 (upd2) encodes a secreted molecule that acts at a distance as a ligand for the JAK/STAT signal transduction pathway. upd2 mutants are viable due to redundancy with other Upd-family genes. (406 aa) |
| | Apc2 | Adenomatous polyposis coli 2 (Apc2) encodes one of two Drosophila APC family proteins. It is a key negative regulator of Wingless signaling, as a critical component of the destruction complex that phosphorylates beta-catenin and thus targets it for ubiquitination and proteasomal destruction. It is the primary APC family member during embryonic development, and functions redundantly with the product of Apc in adult development. (1067 aa) |
| | cno | Canoe, isoform E; Canoe (cno) encodes a scaffold protein in adherens junctions that is involved in morphogenesis in a variety of tissues. (2051 aa) |
| | spo | Spook (spo) encodes a cytochrome P450 involved in ecdysteroid biosynthesis in the embryo. spo mutants fail to undergo head involution, dorsal closure or to secrete cuticle. (543 aa) |
| | Sec61alpha | Sec61 alpha subunit (Sec61alpha) encodes a subunit of the the translocon, a protein-conducting channel that mediates the co-translational transport of nascent polypeptides into the endoplasmic reticulum. It is a subunit of the Sec61 heterotrimer that forms the core of translocon channel. (476 aa) |
| | barr | Condensin complex subunit 2; Barren (barr) encodes a chromatin binding protein involved in chromatin condensation. It regulates Malpighian tubule development and epithelial morphogenesis. (735 aa) |
| | phm | Phantom (phm) encodes a cytochrome P450 involved in ecdysteroid biosynthesis. It is an endoplasmic reticulum protein that catalyzes the addition of a hydroxyl group to the 25 carbon of the cholesterol side chain. phm mutants fail to undergo head involution, dorsal closure and cuticle secretion. (574 aa) |
| | thr | Protein three rows; Required specifically for chromosome disjunction during all mitoses; maternally provided protein is sufficient until mitosis 14 then zygotic protein is required. Involved in formation and/or maintenance of epithelial structures: bud extension during Malpighian tubule development, and foregut and hindgut morphogenesis. (1379 aa) |
| | raw | Raw, isoform A; Raw (raw) encodes a membrane protein involved in dendrite patterning and the subcellular localization of JNK signalling components. (989 aa) |
| | mys | Integrin beta-PS; Integrin alpha-PS1/beta-PS is a receptor for laminin. Integrin alpha-PS2/beta-PS is a receptor for Tig, wb and Ten-m. Contributes to endodermal integrity and adhesion between the midgut epithelium and the surrounding visceral muscle. Essential for migration of the primordial midgut cells and for maintaining, but not establishing, cell polarity in the midgut epithelium. The two beta subunits mediate midgut migration by distinct mechanisms: beta-PS requires rhea/talin and Itgbn does not. Required for rhea/talin correct cellular localization in the midgut. Required for m [...] (846 aa) |
| | scyl | Protein scylla; Inhibits cell growth by regulating the Tor pathway upstream of the Tsc1-Tsc2 complex and downstream of Akt1. Acts as cell death activator during head development; Belongs to the DDIT4 family. (280 aa) |
| | sqh | Spaghetti squash (sqh) encodes the regulatory light chain of the nonmuscle type 2 myosin. Its phosphorylation through the Rho-Rho Kinase pathway is predicted to activate myosin motor activity. The product of sqh and myosin function in cellular processes such as cytokinesis, and also contribute to tissue morphogenesis. (174 aa) |
| | Src42A | Tyrosine-protein kinase Src42A; Required directly or indirectly for the phosphorylation of drpr which is necessary for the interaction of drpr with shark and subsequent glial phagocytic activity. Together with drpr and shark, promotes the migration of macrophages to sites of wounding as part of a signaling cascade where Scr42a detects production of hydrogen peroxide at wound sites which triggers phosphorylation of drpr and subsequent recruitment and activation of shark. Essential for correct eye morphogenesis (ommatidial R7 neuron formation) which requires the Ras1/MAPK signal transduc [...] (1597 aa) |
| | Pak | P21-activated kinase (Pak) encodes a serine/threonine effector kinase for the small GTPases Rac and the product of Cdc42 involved in cytoskeletal regulation. The product of Pak contributes to growth cone guidance, synaptic development, and epithelial morphogenesis in both the ovary and embryo. (840 aa) |
| | ed | Echinoid, isoform A; Echinoid (ed) encodes a cell adhesion molecule of adherens junctions that mediate cell adhesion/recognition. It participates in multiple signaling pathways including Egfr, Notch and Hippo during organogenesis. It is also required in multiple steps of dorsal closure during embryogenesis. (1332 aa) |
| | Bx42 | Bx42 (Bx42) encodes a nuclear protein that acts as a cofactor in Notch signalling pathway. (547 aa) |
| | pum | Maternal protein pumilio; Sequence-specific RNA-binding protein that acts as a post- transcriptional repressor by binding the 3'-UTR of mRNA targets. Binds to an RNA consensus sequence, the Pumilio Response Element (PRE), 5'- UGUANAUA-3', that is related to the Nanos Response Element (NRE). Mediates post-transcriptional repression of transcripts via different mechanisms: acts via direct recruitment of deadenylase complexes leading to translational inhibition and mRNA degradation (By similarity). Also mediates deadenylation-independent repression by promoting accessibility of miRNAs. Me [...] (1533 aa) |
| | rho | Protein rhomboid; Acts early in embryonic development to establish position along the dorsoventral axis and then again later to specify the fate of neuronal precursor cells. Involved in EGF receptor signaling; cleaves Spitz to release the active growth factor. Belongs to the peptidase S54 family. (355 aa) |
| | Smurf | E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase Smurf1; E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase which accepts ubiquitin from an E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme in the form of a thioester and then directly transfers the ubiquitin to targeted substrates. Down-regulates Dpp signaling after gastrulation by promoting MAD ubiquitination and subsequent degradation. (1061 aa) |
| | rhea | Rhea, isoform B; Rhea (rhea) encodes fly talin, a large adaptor protein that is essential for all adhesive functions of integrins. It also has at least one role independent of integrins: repressing shg transcription in follicle cells. (2836 aa) |
| | shd | Ecdysone 20-monooxygenase; Shade (shd) encodes 20-hydroxylase and is responsible for converting Ecdysone into 20-hydroxyecdysone, the active form of the steroid. It is required in all tissues that produce active Ecdysone and thus contributes to larval moulting, metamorphosis, growth, neuroblast diversity and egg chamber maturation; Belongs to the cytochrome P450 family. (540 aa) |
| | Rac2 | Ras-related protein Rac2; Involved in integrin alpha-PS3/beta-nu-mediated phagocytosis of Gram-positive S.aureus by hemocytes. (192 aa) |
| | step | Steppke, isoform C; Steppke (step) encodes a member of the cytohesin family of guanine nucleotide exchange factors, which regulate small GTPases of the ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF) family. It contributes to multiple signaling pathways, such as Egfr, MAPK, PI3K and insulin signaling. It is involved in wing and eye development, germ cell segregation and cell growth. (727 aa) |
| | Wee1 | Wee1-like protein kinase; Wee1 kinase (Wee1) encodes a tyrosine kinase required for triggering entry into mitosis. The activity of the Wee1 product contributes to spindle assembly and alignment and separation of the chromosomes; Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. Ser/Thr protein kinase family. WEE1 subfamily. (609 aa) |
| | Rac1 | Ras-related protein Rac1; During various developmental processes, regulates changes in cell morphology in response to extracellular signals. During oogenesis, mediates signaling from the tyrosine kinase (RTK) chemoattractant receptors (Egfr and Pvr) to the guidance pathway that control the directional persistent collective migration of the border cell (BC) cluster through the nurse cells to the oocyte. Once activating by Pvr and Egfr, promotes the formation of forward-directed actin protrusions which stabilize the DE- cadherin (shg)-mediated adhesions. In turn, DE-mediated adhesion bet [...] (192 aa) |
| | sgg | Protein kinase shaggy; Required for several developmental events such as syncytial blastoderm formation and embryonic segmentation. Is involved in transcriptional regulation. Required for arm phosphorylation. Wg signaling operates by inactivating the sgg repression of en autoactivation. Negatively controls the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) growth in presynaptic motoneurons. Plays a role in the regulation of microtubule dynamics and actin cytoskeleton during embryogenesis. Required for phosphorylation of sra in activated eggs. Essential for completion of meiosis, possibly by triggering c [...] (1168 aa) |
| | Hakai | E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase Hakai; E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase required during early development. E3 ubiquitin-protein ligases mediate ubiquitination of target proteins. Required for epithelial integrity and midgut morphogenesis. Associated component of the WMM complex, a complex that mediates N6-methyladenosine (m6A) methylation of RNAs, a modification that plays a role in the efficiency of mRNA splicing and RNA processing. Its function in the WMM complex is unknown. Belongs to the Hakai family. (473 aa) |
| | zfh1 | Zinc finger protein 1; Involved in the development of the embryonic central nervous system, embryonic mesoderm and adult musculature. Belongs to the delta-EF1/ZFH-1 C2H2-type zinc-finger family. (1206 aa) |
| | aop | Ets DNA-binding protein pokkuri; Anterior open (aop) encodes a transcriptional repressor of the ETS family. It acts downstream of receptor tyrosine kinase signaling to regulate cell fate transitions critical to the development of many tissues including the nervous system, heart, trachea and eye. (732 aa) |
| | shn | Schnurri, isoform F; Schnurri (shn) encodes a zinc finger C2H2 transcription factor involved in Dpp signaling. It contributes to multiple processes including ectoderm and midgut development, wing disc patterning and morphogenesis of Malpighian tubules and dendrites. (2587 aa) |
| | Jra | Transcription factor AP-1; Transcription factor that recognizes and binds to the enhancer heptamer motif 5'-TGA[CG]TCA-3'. Plays a role in dorsal closure. Belongs to the bZIP family. Jun subfamily. (372 aa) |
| | a6 | Protein a6; It is involved in the biological process described with: embryonic development via the syncytial blastoderm. (409 aa) |
| | Ack-like | Activated Cdc42 kinase-like (Ack-like) encodes a non-receptor tyrosine kinase that participates in signaling by the small GTPase encoded by Cdc42. It is involved in embryonic dorsal closure, an epithelial morphogenetic event. (1495 aa) |
| | Inx3 | Innexin 3 (Inx3) encodes a gap junction protein that can form heteromeric gap junction channels via interaction with the product of Inx2. Loss of Inx3 leads to the destabilization of the products of ogre, Inx2 and shg at the plasma membrane, suggesting that these four proteins form a complex. (395 aa) |
| | put | Serine/threonine-protein kinase receptor; Punt (put) encodes a transforming growth factor beta type II receptor that functions in both Dpp/BMP and Activin signaling. Pathway specificity in signaling output is determined by which type I receptor (Dpp/BMP or Activin one) is engaged in the complex with the product of put; Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. TKL Ser/Thr protein kinase family. TGFB receptor subfamily. (520 aa) |
| | Dab | Disabled (Dab) encodes an adaptor protein that is a core component of the Abl tyrosine kinase signaling pathway. It associates with transmembrane receptors including those encoded by N and Appl. It is involved in axon patterning, embryo morphogenesis and trafficking in endocytosis, exocytosis and Golgi organization. (2360 aa) |
| | Abl | Tyrosine-protein kinase Abl; Arm and Abl proteins function cooperatively at adherens junctions in both the CNS and epidermis; critical for embryonic epithelial morphogenesis regulating cell shape changes and cell migration. Plays a critical role in transducing embryonic midline repulsive cues; may regulate cytoskeletal dynamics underlying a growth cone's response to midline cues. The ability of pCC/MP2 axons to correctly interpret midline repulsive cues and stay on the ipsilateral side is dependent on the strength of both Slit/robo and Abl-dependent signaling pathways. (1723 aa) |
| | mirr | Mirror, isoform C; Mirror (mirr) encodes an iroquois homeobox transcription factor involved in dorso-ventral axis formation during oogenesis and eye formation. It also contributes to embryonic segmentation, peripheral nervous system development and growth regulation. (682 aa) |
| | Eip63E | Ecdysone-induced protein 63E (Eip63E) encodes a cyclin-dependent kinase that interacts with the product of CycY. It contributes to embryogenesis, larval development and metamorphosis. (538 aa) |
| | rib | Ribbon, isoform C; Ribbon (rib) encodes a nuclear BTB-domain protein, expressed in most embryonic cells. It is required for development of the salivary gland and trachea, as well as for dorsal closure. It regulates both growth and differentiation of salivary gland cells. (680 aa) |
| | sr | Stripe, isoform D; Stripe (sr) encodes a transcription factor that induces the fate of tendon cells in the embryo as well as in the adult fly. It works upstream of tendon specific genes including Tsp, slow and Lrt. (1271 aa) |
| | ush | Zinc finger protein ush; Transcription regulator that modulates expression mediated by transcription factors of the GATA family such as pnr and srp. Represses transcription of proneural achaete-scute complex (AS-C), which is usually activated by pnr. Involved in cardiogenesis, blood, and eye development. During hematopoiesis, it is required to restrict the number of crystal cells, probably via its interaction with the isoform SrpNC of srp. Negatively regulates expression of sr. Probably acts by interacting with the GATA-type zinc finger of proteins such as pnr and srp, possibly antagon [...] (1212 aa) |
| | Myo10A | Myosin 10A (Myo10A) encodes an unconventional myosin of the MyTH-FERM superclass that traffics sensory, cytoskeletal, and adhesion cargos. It is required during dorsal closure for proper epithelial alignment and for zippering and fusion of the two epithelial sheets; Belongs to the TRAFAC class myosin-kinesin ATPase superfamily. Myosin family. (3145 aa) |
| | pyd | Polychaetoid, isoform O; Polychaetoid (pyd) encodes a broadly acting protein that is associated with multiple proteins at the surface and within the cytoskeleton, connecting events between the two; Belongs to the MAGUK family. (2395 aa) |
| | lwr | Lesswright (lwr) encodes Ubc9, a SUMO conjugating enzyme that accepts SUMO from the SUMO activating enzyme and hands it off to the SUMO conjugation target. It has documented biological functions in innate immunity, meiosis, and anterior patterning of the embryo. (159 aa) |
| | kirre | Kin of irre (kirre) encodes a transmembrane protein of the Ig superfamily that is involved in heterotypic interactions with the product of sns. Interactions with intracellular adaptors regulate cytoskeleton dynamics. Its biological roles include myoblast aggregation and fusion, nephrocyte diaphragm formation, and cell sorting in the eye and wing imaginal discs. (956 aa) |
| | Cdc42 | Cdc42 (Cdc42) encodes a GTPase signaling protein that acts as a molecular switch and functions as key regulator of the actin cytoskeleton. It plays a central role in diverse biological processes including actin cytoskeleton organization, mophogenesis, hemocyte migration, cell polarity, and wound repair. (191 aa) |
| | scrib | Protein lap4; Scribble (scrib) encodes a scaffolding protein that is part of the conserved machinery regulating apicobasal polarity. It acts with the products of dlg1 and l(2)gl to distinguish the basolateral domain of epithelial cells and neuroblasts, via reciprocally antagonistic interactions with the aPKC/par-6 complex that impacts vesicle trafficking. The product of scrib also organizes synaptic architecture and is implicated in learning and memory. (2585 aa) |
| | Mbs | Myosin binding subunit (Mbs) encodes a regulatory subunit of myosin phosphatase. It interacts with the catalytic subunit of the myosin phosphatase encoded by flw. It is involved in cell movement in various biological processes and in the arrest of constriction of contractile rings and ring canals during oogenesis. (1273 aa) |
| | l(2)gl | Lethal(2) giant larvae protein; Essential for the development of polarized epithelia, for cell polarity associated with asymmetric cell division of neuroblasts during development, and for oocyte polarity formation. Promotes the formation of actin-rich projections at the oocyte cortex and the posterior enrichment of par-1 which is required for oocyte polarization. Regulates the localization of axis-specifying morphogens such as stau and grk. [Isoform p127]: Has an accessory function in control of cell proliferation and differentiation during development. (1161 aa) |
| | ash1 | Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase ash1; Trithorax group (TrxG) protein that has histone methyltransferase activity. Specifically trimethylates 'Lys-4' of histone H3 (H3K4me3), a specific tag for epigenetic transcriptional activation. TrxG proteins are generally required to maintain the transcriptionally active state of homeotic genes throughout development. Does not act as a coactivator required for transcriptional activation, but specifically prevents inappropriate Polycomb Group (PcG) silencing of homeotic genes in cells in which they must stay transcriptionally active. Belongs to t [...] (2226 aa) |
| | Cka | Connector of kinase to AP-1, isoform E; Protein binding. (749 aa) |
| | dia | Protein diaphanous; Required for cytokinesis in both mitosis and meiosis. Has a role in actin cytoskeleton organization and is essential for many, if not all, actin-mediated events involving membrane invagination. May serve as a mediator between signaling molecules and actin organizers at specific phases of the cell cycle. Possible component of the contractile ring or may control its function. (1098 aa) |
| | chn | Protein charlatan; Probable transcription factor involved in the development of the adult pattern of macrochaetae. Required for accumulation of achaete (ac) and scute (sc) in proneural clusters. Probably acts by binding to the proneural cluster-specific enhancers of the ac/sc complex and increasing enhancer efficiency, thereby acting as a stimulator of ac/sc expression in proneural clusters. Also required for correct development of the embryonic/larval peripheral nervous system (PNS). (1286 aa) |
| | mbc | Myoblast city (mbc) encodes an unconventional bipartite GEF that, in combination with the product of Ced-12, activates the monomeric GTPase encoded by Rac1. It contributes to myoblast fusion, border cell migration and dorsal closure; Belongs to the DOCK family. (2008 aa) |
| | crb | Protein crumbs; Plays a central role in cell polarity establishment. Participates in the assembly, positioning and maintenance of adherens junctions via its interaction with the SAC complex. Controls the coalescence of the spots of zonula adherens (ZA) into a adhesive ring around the cells. It may act as a signal. Involved in morphogenesis of the photoreceptor rhabdomere, for positioning and growth of rhabdomere and AJ during the crucial period of photoreceptor extension along the proximodistal axis of the retina. Component of the crb-galla-Xpd (CGX) complex which is essential for prop [...] (2253 aa) |
| | slpr | Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase; Activates the JUN N-terminal pathway during dorsal closure. (1155 aa) |
| | Rap1 | Ras-related protein Rap1; Rap1 GTPase (Rap1) encodes a small GTPase in the Ras superfamily. When GTP bound, it binds to a number of different effectors, one of which is the product of scno. Together they regulate many morphogenetic movements including mesoderm invagination and dorsal closure, help establish apical-basal polarity during cellularization, regulate macrophage migration, help define neuroblast asymmetric division, and play a role in planar cell polarity in the imaginal discs. (184 aa) |
| | EcR | Ecdysone receptor (EcR) encodes a protein that interacts with the product of usp to form the nuclear ecdysone receptor heterodimer, which modulates, in conjunction with co-activators and co-repressors, the activities of hundreds of genes in a tissue- and stage-specific way. EcR is widely expressed in embryonic and larval tissues and in some adult tissues where its activities (modulated by the hormone ecdysone) trigger both molting and metamorphosis. (878 aa) |
| | bsk | Stress-activated protein kinase JNK; Responds to activation by environmental stress by phosphorylating a number of transcription factors, primarily components of AP-1 such as Jra and also the transcriptional repressor aop, and thus regulates transcriptional activity. Component of the immune response activated by bacterial infection, and is involved in wound healing and in dorsal closure, a morphogenetic movement during embryogenesis. Functions in the systematic response to wounding acting downstream of the Hayan-phenoloxidase PPO1 cascade. Exhibits cytoprotective activity in neuronal c [...] (372 aa) |
| | exu | Maternal protein exuperantia; Ensures the proper localization of the mRNA of the bicoid gene to the anterior regions of the oocyte thus playing a fundamental role in the establishment of the polarity of the oocyte. May bind the bcd mRNA. (532 aa) |
| | Pvr | Receptor protein-tyrosine kinase; PDGF- and VEGF-receptor related (Pvr) encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase activated by the binding of PDGF- and VEGF-related factors (encoded by Pvf1, Pvf2 or Pvf3). It is involved in cell migration regulation and it has been shown to activate the canonical Ras/Raf/MAP kinase (ERK) cascade, the PI3K kinase pathway, TORC1, Rho family small GTPases and the JNK cascade, in a context-dependent manner. (1577 aa) |
| | pcm | 5'-3' exoribonuclease 1; Pacman (pcm) encodes an exoribonuclease that degrades decapped mRNA. It is involved in epithelial closure, male fertility, apoptosis and growth control. (1613 aa) |
| | KCNQ | KCNQ potassium channel, isoform F; KCNQ potassium channel (KCNQ) encodes a voltage-gated channel involved in cardiac muscle contraction; Belongs to the potassium channel family. (993 aa) |
| | jar | Myosin heavy chain 95F; Myosin is a protein that binds to actin and has ATPase activity that is activated by actin. Together CLIP-190 and jar may coordinate the interaction between the actin and microtubule cytoskeleton. May link endocytic vesicles to microtubules and may be involved in transport in the early embryo and in the dynamic process of dorsal closure. It is believed that its function changes during the life cycle. (1268 aa) |
| | dlg1 | Disks large 1 tumor suppressor protein; During embryonic development, some isoforms are essential for proper neuronal differentiation and organization. Required for cell polarity; maintenance of apicobasal polarity. Plays a critical role at septate junctions in cellular growth control during larval development. The presence of a guanylate kinase domain suggests involvement in cellular adhesion as well as signal transduction to control cellular proliferation. (1030 aa) |
| | Eb1 | Eb1, isoform F; Eb1 (Eb1) encodes a microtubule end-binding protein that contributes to organization of the microtubule cytoskeleton. It is involved in chromosome segregation, wound healing and flight behavior. (297 aa) |
| | kay | Transcription factor kayak, isoforms A/B/F; Developmentally regulated transcription factor AP-1 binds and recognizes the enhancer DNA sequence: 5'-TGA[CG]TCA-3'. May play a role in the function or determination of a particular subset of cells in the developing embryo. It is able to carry out its function either independently of or in conjunction with Jra. Belongs to the bZIP family. Fos subfamily. (755 aa) |
| | ena | Enabled (ena) encodes the sole Drosophila member of the Ena/VASP family. It acts as a processive actin polymerase, stimulating actin addition at the barbed end. It has roles in both epithelial morphogenesis and CNS pathfinding. (980 aa) |
| | upd3 | Unpaired 3 (upd3) encodes a "cytokine" (secreted protein) of the Unpaired family that can bind and activate the JAK-STAT receptor encoded by dome. It is induced in hemocytes or in the intestine upon damage to regulate the repair response in these tissues through JAK-STAT activation. (401 aa) |
| | Vav | Vav guanine nucleotide exchange factor (Vav) encodes a protein that belongs to the Dbl GEF superfamily. It functions as a GDP/GTP exchange factor for the product of Rac1 and an adaptor protein. Both activities are activated by direct tyrosine phosphorylation. (1001 aa) |
| | Pkn | Serine/threonine-protein kinase N; Pkc-related serine/threonine-protein kinase and Rho/Rac effector protein that participates in specific signal transduction responses in the cell. May play a role in the regulation of cell cycle progression, actin cytoskeleton assembly, cell migration, cell adhesion and transcription activation signaling processes (By similarity). Plays a role in regulating Rho-mediated dorsal closure during embryogenesis. (1501 aa) |
| | Btk29A | Btk family kinase at 29A (Btk29A) encodes a non-receptor tyrosine kinase with diverse roles including cellularization, morphogenesis, patterning and germ cell proliferation; Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. Tyr protein kinase family. TEC subfamily. (786 aa) |
| | kn | Transcription factor collier; May act as a 'second-level regulator' of head patterning. Required for establishment of the PS(-1)/PS0 parasegmental border and formation of the intercalary segment. Required for expression of the segment polarity genes hedgehog, engrailed and wingless, and the segment-identity genes CAP and collar in the intercalary segment. Required at the onset of the gastrulation for the correct formation of the mandibular segment. (689 aa) |
| | cv-c | Crossveinless c (cv-c) encodes a RhoGTPase activating protein required for the morphogenesis of many tissues through the regulation of actin organization and localization of basement membrane receptors. It regulates synaptic homeostasis at the neuromuscular junction and is required for sleep homeostasis. (2351 aa) |
| | sns | Sticks and stones (sns) encodes a single-pass transmembrane protein of the immunoglobulin superfamily, which mediates cell-cell recognition and adhesion. The product of sns marks the fusion competent population of myoblasts. It also contributes to formation and function of the nephrocyte diaphragm and cell sorting within the developing ommatidia. (1542 aa) |
| | chrb | Protein charybde; Inhibits cell growth by regulating the Tor pathway upstream of the Tsc1-Tsc2 complex and downstream of Akt1. Acts as cell death activator during head development; Belongs to the DDIT4 family. (299 aa) |
| | peb | Pebbled, isoform A; Pebbled (peb) encodes a protein that acts as a tissue-specific transcriptional attenuator. It contributes to embryonic morphogenesis and development of ovary, retina and respiratory system. (1894 aa) |
| | chic | Profilin; Chickadee (chic) encodes an actin monomer binding protein that provides the major cellular pool of readily polymerizing ATP-actin monomers. It is involved in oogenesis, spermatogenesis, cell division, bristle formation, cellular morphogenesis, axon growth, filopodia formation, dorsal closure, wound healing and stem cell maintenance. (126 aa) |
| | arm | Armadillo segment polarity protein; Isoform neural may associate with CadN and participate in the transmission of developmental information. Can associate with alpha- catenin. Isoform cytoplasmic accumulates through wg signaling; arm function in wg signal transduction is required early in development for determination of neuroblast fate. Arm and Abl proteins function cooperatively at adherens junctions in both the CNS and epidermis. Belongs to the beta-catenin family. (843 aa) |
| | gw | Protein Gawky; Required for gene silencing mediated by micro-RNAs (miRNAs). Silences both polyadenylated and deadenylated mRNAs. Required for miRNA-mediated translational repression and mRNA decay. Not required for miRNA target recognition. Necessary to initiate but not to maintain silencing. Promotes mRNA deadenylation through the recruitment of the CCR4-NOT and PAN complexes and promotes decapping by the DCP1-DCP2 complex. Dissociates from silenced mRNAs after deadenylation. Required for completion of nuclear divisions during early embryonic development. Belongs to the GW182 family. (1384 aa) |
| | Ggamma1 | Guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit gamma-1; G protein gamma 1 (Ggamma1) encodes a protein involved in the G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway. Ggamma1-product regulates actomyosin dynamics and contributes to heart morphogenesis, asymmetric neuroblast division and convergent extension movements during gastrulation. (70 aa) |
| | wal | Walrus, isoform A; Walrus (wal) encodes a protein involved in the development of Malpighian tubules, gut and trachea. (330 aa) |
| | bic | Transcription factor BTF3; Bicaudal (bic) encodes the beta subunit of the nascent polypeptide-associated complex. It regulates osk mRNA localization, which in turn specifies the anterior/posterior axis of the egg. (169 aa) |
| | shot | Short stop (shot) encodes a member of the spectraplakin family of large cytoskeletal linker molecules. It binds both actin and microtubules, as well as scaffold proteins, certain signalling factors and calcium. It plays developmental and maintenance roles in the nervous system, the epidermis, at muscle attachments, the foregut, the wing, tracheae and oocytes. (8805 aa) |
| | scb | Integrin alpha-PS3 heavy chain; Integrin alpha-PS3/beta-PS is a receptor for laminin. Also binds to wb. Important during embryogenesis for the development of the trachea, dorsal vessel and salivary gland, as well as for dorsal closure. Required for short-term memory processes. Minor involvement in the establishment of the oocyte anterior-posterior length. Plays a role in timely border cell migration during oogenesis, probably mediated by JNK signaling. Integrin alpha-PS3/Itgbn is required for effective phagocytosis of apoptotic cells during embryonic development and for the phagocytic [...] (1115 aa) |
| | Rif1 | Telomere-associated protein RIF1; Regulates the timing of initiation of DNA replication. Functions in copy number control by promoting the underreplication of DNA, which is found in many late replicating euchromatic regions of salivary gland polytene chromosomes. Promotes underreplication by localizing to active DNA replication forks in a partially SuUR-dependent manner, and inhibiting replication fork progression. Might also work as an adapter to recruit Pp1-87B to multiple sites on the chromosome and may function with Pp1-87B to mediate underreplication. Plays an essential role in em [...] (1416 aa) |
| | Shark | Tyrosine-protein kinase Shark; Following axon injury, required for recruitment of drpr and glial cells to severed axons and for glial clearance of severed axons from the central nervous system. Together with Src42a and drpr, promotes the migration of macrophages to sites of wounding as part of a signaling cascade where Scr42a detects production of hydrogen peroxide at wound sites which triggers phosphorylation of drpr and subsequent recruitment and activation of shark. May be involved in signal transduction on the apical surface of ectodermal epithelial cells, regulating their polarity [...] (939 aa) |
| | Rho1 | Ras-like GTP-binding protein Rho1; Has a role in regulating actin cytoskeletal organization: required during early development for proper execution of morphogenetic movements of individual cells and groups of cells important for the formation of the embryonic body plan. Plays a role in regulating dorsal closure during embryogenesis. During axis elongation, required for Rho-kinase Rok planar polarity and adherens junction localization as well as for generating a planar polarized distribution of the actin-binding protein Shrm. During embryogenesis, acts upstream of wash to regulate the d [...] (192 aa) |
| | RhoGEF2 | Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 2 (RhoGEF2) encodes a protein involved in actin organization and contractility. It contributes to multiple actin-based processes including wound healing, cell shape and cell contraction. (2559 aa) |
| | Sema1b | Chemorepellent activity; semaphorin receptor binding; Belongs to the semaphorin family. (770 aa) |
| | POSH | Plenty of SH3s (POSH) encodes a scaffold protein that regulates TNF-JNK signaling pathway. (838 aa) |
| | lolal | Longitudinals lacking protein-like; Required, together with Trl, for maintaining the repressed state of target genes including homeotic genes Scr and Ubx. May also be involved in the activation of homeotic genes. Binds to a DNA Polycomb response element (PRE) at the bithorax complex. Also binds to polytene chromosomes at several hundred sites, many of which are shared with Trl and ph-p. Required during embryonic development. (127 aa) |
| | cora | Protein 4.1 homolog; An integral component of the septate junction. May play a role in cell-cell interactions that are necessary for proper development. Vital for embryonic development. (1698 aa) |
| | sced | Scrambled, isoform A; Scrambled (sced) encodes a protein that localizes to the mitotic furrows and centrosomes. It is involved in actin reorganization during cell cycle and the assembly of pseudocleavage furrows in syncytial embryos. (822 aa) |
| | scaf | Inactive serine protease scarface; Inactive serine protease that plays a role in germ-band retraction and dorsal closure morphogenesis in embryogenesis; contributes to amnioserosa attachment and epithelial apico-basal polarity by regulating the localization of laminin LanA on the apical side of the amnioserosa epithelium. Contributes to epithelial morphogenesis probably by regulating the bsk/JNK pathway, as part of a negative-feedback loop, and by modulating the cross-talk between the Egfr, bsk/JNK and dpp signal transduction pathways. In larval development, antagonizes the morphogenet [...] (655 aa) |
| | tsh | Protein teashirt; Homeotic protein that acts downstream of Arm in the Wg cascade during embryogenesis to determine segment identity throughout the entire trunk. Acts cooperatively with other trunk homeotic proteins to repress head homeotic genes and therefore repress head segmental identity. Necessary, in combination with Scr, for the formation of the prothoracic segment. Promotes eye development in the dorsal region of the eye disk and suppresses eye development in the ventral region in combination with Wg-signaling and several early dorso-ventral eye patterning genes. Required for pr [...] (954 aa) |
| | faf | Probable ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase FAF; Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase involved in development and the imd/NF-kappa-B (IMD) signaling cascade. Required for eye and embryo development, and plays a role in compound eye assembly and oogenesis respectively. In the larval eye disks, cells outside the assembling facets require this protein for short-range cell interactions that prevent the mystery cells from becoming photoreceptors. Also required for nuclear migration and cellularization in early embryogenesis and could play a role in pole cell determination, development or funct [...] (2778 aa) |
| | alph | Alphabet, isoform E; Alphabet (alph) encodes a Ser/Thr phosphatase that regulates RAS/MAPK signaling. (374 aa) |
| | Mtl | Mig-2-like (Mtl) encodes a Rho GTPase involved in actin organization regulation. It contributes to multiple actin-mediated processes including dorsal closure, wound healing, cell migration, germ band shortening and salivary gland morphogenesis. (195 aa) |
| | l(3)mbt | Lethal (3) malignant brain tumor (l(3)mbt) encodes a tumor suppressor protein regulating proliferation in the brain, particularly the optic lobes. The proposed functions of the product of l(3)mbt include histone compaction, establishment of chromatin insulators, regulation of the Hippo pathway and repression of the germ line program in somatic cells. (1477 aa) |
| | InR | Insulin-like receptor subunit beta 1; Has a ligand-stimulated tyrosine-protein kinase activity. Required for cell survival. Regulates body size and organ size by altering cell number and cell size in a cell-autonomous manner. Involved in the development of the embryonic nervous system, and is necessary for axon guidance and targeting in the visual system. Also plays a role in life-span determination. (2144 aa) |
| | Rab11 | Rab11, isoform A; Rab11 (Rab11) encodes a Rab type protein. Rab proteins are ubiquitously expressed family of small monomeric Ras-like GTPases that are key regulators of endomembrane traffiking, regulating exocytosis, endocytosis and membrane recycling processes essential for maintaining various cellular functions. (214 aa) |
| | srp | Box A-binding factor; May function as a transcriptional activator protein and may play a key role in the organogenesis of the fat body. Binds a sequence element (5'-[TA]GATAA-3') found in the larval promoters of all known alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) genes. Acts as a homeotic gene downstream of the terminal gap gene HKB to promote morphogenesis and differentiation of anterior and posterior midgut. (1264 aa) |
| | Cp190 | Centrosome-associated zinc finger protein CP190; Component of the gypsy chromatin insulator complex which is required for the function of the gypsy chromatin insulator and other endogenous chromatin insulators. Chromatin insulators are regulatory elements which establish independent domains of transcriptional activity within eukaryotic genomes. Insulators have two defining properties; they can block the communication between an enhancer and a promoter when placed between them and can also buffer transgenes from position effect variegation (PEV). Insulators are proposed to structure the [...] (1096 aa) |
| | ems | Empty spiracles (ems) encodes a homeotic selector gene that encodes a transcription factor involved in spiracle morphogenesis, axogenesis, and development of the ventral nerve cord, brain and tracheal system; Belongs to the EMX homeobox family. (494 aa) |
| | Lkb1 | Lkb1 kinase (Lkb1) encodes a serine/threonine kinase that plays a master role for activating the AMP-dependent protein kinase (AMPK) family kinases. It is a well-characterized tumor suppressor and regulates processes like cell polarity, metabolism, apoptosis, and cell growth. (567 aa) |
| | yrt | Yurt, isoform A; Yurt (yrt) encodes a membrane-associated protein. It contributes to apical-basal polarity and permeability of septate junctions. In differentiating epithelial cells, it counteracts apical polarity proteins to sustain lateral membrane stability and apical-basal polarity. In fully differentiated cells, the product of yrt acts as a negative regulatory component of the crb complex and limits apical membrane growth. (972 aa) |
| | sad | Shadow (sad) encodes a cytochrome P450 involved in ecdysteroid biosynthesis. It shows a mitochondrial localization and catalyzes the addition of a hydroxyl group to the 2 carbon of the cholesterol ring. sad mutants fail to undergo head involution, dorsal closure or to secrete cuticle. (520 aa) |
| | jumu | Jumeau (jumu) encodes a multi-functional transcription factor that acts upstream of a Polo-kinase dependent pathway in one report. Its roles include asymmetric protein localization, chromatin modification, dendrite formation and organ (eye, wing and bristle) development. (719 aa) |
| | Ras85D | Ras-like protein 1; Ras proteins bind GDP/GTP and possess intrinsic GTPase activity (By similarity). Plays a role in eye development by regulating cell growth, survival of postmitotic ommatidial cells and differentiation of photoreceptor cells. During larval development, mediates Ptth/tor signaling leading to the production of ecdysone, a hormone required for the initiation of metamorphosis. (189 aa) |
| | FER | Tyrosine-protein kinase Fer; Tyrosine-protein kinase which is required during embryogenesis for formation of the actin cable in leading edge cells of the dorsal epidermis and for the timely progression of dorsal closure. May play a role in regulation of adherens junctions and cell adhesion through phosphorylation of the beta-catenin arm. (1325 aa) |
| | stck | LIM domain-containing protein; Steamer duck (stck) encodes PINCH, an adapter protein that directly binds and forms a complex with the products of Ilk and ics. PINCH is required for integrin-dependent cell adhesion and signaling. (348 aa) |
| | puc | Puckered, isoform A; Puckered (puc) encodes a serine/threonine protein phosphatase that mediates a feedback loop that regulates the Jun-N-terminal kinase pathway. (476 aa) |
| | spi | Protein spitz; Ligand for the EGF receptor (Gurken). Involved in a number of unrelated developmental choices, for example, dorsal-ventral axis formation, glial migration, sensory organ determination, and muscle development. It is required for photoreceptor determination. (234 aa) |
| | tup | Tailup, isoform A; Tailup (tup) encodes a transcription factor that regulates neuronal sub-type identity, including motor, serotonergic and dopaminergic neuron identity. It regulates germ band retraction, dorsal closure, muscle and heart development. (534 aa) |
| | Arpc1 | Actin-related protein 2/3 complex, subunit 1 (Arpc1) encodes one of seven components of the highly conserved Arp2/3 complex. The Arp2/3 complex is required for many cellular and developmental processes requiring F-actin polymerization, including germline ring canal growth, embryonic cellularization, myoblast fusion, and endocytosis. (377 aa) |
| | Cdk1 | Cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (Cdk1) encodes a catalytic protein kinase subunit that can only become active after association with either CycA, CycB or CycB3 products. The protein kinase activities of these complexes (CycA-Cdk1, CycB-Cdk1, CycB3-Cdk1) control important aspects of progression through the cell cycle. Functionally, the different Cdk1 complexes are partially redundant. They phosphorylate hundreds of target proteins and are most important for progression into and through mitotic and meiotic M phases. (297 aa) |
| | Mcr | Macroglobulin complement-related (Mcr) encodes a transmembrane protein of the conserved thioester-containing protein (TEP) superfamily including macroglobulins and complement proteins. It is a core component of septate junctions, which provide an essential paracellular barrier to epithelia. (1760 aa) |
| | wg | Protein wingless; Binds as a ligand to a family of frizzled seven-transmembrane receptors and acts through a cascade of genes on the nucleus. Segment polarity protein. May be a growth factor. Acts on neighboring cells to regulate at least one gene, the homeobox segmentation gene engrailed. Wg signal represses arm phosphorylation. Wg signaling operates by inactivating the sgg repression of engrailed autoactivation. Wg and Wnt2 have a role in the developing trachea and together are responsible for all dorsal trunk formation. Wg also acts in the developing epidermis. Acts as a morphogen, [...] (468 aa) |
| | Rab30 | Rab30, isoform A; Rab30 (Rab30) encodes a JNK transcriptional target. It is involved in JNK-mediated processes such as dorsal closure, embryonic head involution and thorax closure. (223 aa) |
| | mmy | Mummy, isoform A; Mummy (mmy) encodes an UDP-N-acetylglucosamine diphosphorylase. It functions in apical extracellular matrix formation by producing GlcNAc residues needed for chitin synthesis and protein glycosylation. It regulates cuticle production, tracheal morphogenesis, and axon guidance. (520 aa) |
| | PDZ-GEF | PDZ domain-containing guanine nucleotide exchange factor (PDZ-GEF) encodes a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for the product of Rap1. The product of PDZ-GEF contributes to ventral furrow formation, border cell migration, macrophage migration, epithelial migration and morphogenesis, eye development, ovary development, spermathecae formation, germline stem cell maintenance in the testis, adherens junction formation, and anchorage of stem cells to niche. (1573 aa) |
| | tkv | Receptor protein serine/threonine kinase; Thickveins (tkv) encodes a transforming growth factor beta type I receptor. Together with the product of put, it functions as a receptor of the product of dpp and therefore contributes to the BMP signaling pathway; Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. TKL Ser/Thr protein kinase family. TGFB receptor subfamily. (575 aa) |
| | Col4a1 | Collagen alpha-1(IV) chain; Collagen type IV alpha 1 (Col4a1) encodes a subunit of Collagen IV and a major component of basement membranes. It is required for muscle and epithelium integrity. (1779 aa) |
| | Ddx1 | ATP-dependent RNA helicase Ddx1; Dead-box-1 (Ddx1) encodes a member of the DEAD box family of RNA helicases that bind and unwind double-stranded RNA. Ddx1 product depletion is associated with small size and aberrant gametogenesis, possibly through alternative splicing of Sirup RNA transcript. (727 aa) |
| | cbt | Cabut, isoform A; Cabut (cbt) encodes a transcription factor that controls Dpp signaling and is involved in dorsal closure and wing disc morphogenesis. (428 aa) |
| | Rab5 | Rab5, isoform A; Rab5 (Rab5) encodes a monomeric GTPase that controls entry of endocytosed cargo into the early endosome and is required for vesicle re-uptake at the synapse. Altering the activity of the product of Rab5 affects many receptor-mediated signaling pathways as well as epithelial polarity. (219 aa) |
| | dpp | Protein decapentaplegic; Required during oogenesis for eggshell patterning and dorsal/ventral patterning of the embryo. Acts as a morphogen during embryogenesis to pattern the dorsal/ventral axis, specifying dorsal ectoderm and amnioserosa cell fate within the dorsal half of the embryo; this activity is antagonized by binding to sog and tsg. Induces the formation of visceral mesoderm and the heart in early embryos. Required later in embryogenesis for dorsal closure and patterning of the hindgut. Also functions postembryonically as a long-range morphogen during imaginal disk development [...] (588 aa) |
| | Traf4 | TNF-receptor-associated factor 4 (Traf4) encodes an adapter protein thought to bind the TNF receptor and activate downstream signaling. However, it also has TNF independent roles, especially with respect to morphogenesis. The product of Traf4 interacts with and localizes polarity and adherens junction proteins such as the products of baz and arm respectively. It is required for normal embryonic development, cell death, and cell growth. (486 aa) |
| | Bsg25A | Early boundary activity protein 1; The heterotrimeric Elba complex is required for chromatin domain boundary function during early embryogenesis. It binds to a 8-bp sequence 5'-CCAATAAG-3' in the Fab-7 insulator or boundary element in the bithorax complex and contributes to its insulator or boundary activity. Elba1 may act as a transcriptional repressor and binds the palindromic sequence 5'-CCAATTGG-3' to mediate transcriptional repression. (363 aa) |
| | Tak1 | Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 7; Component of a protein kinase signal transduction cascade. Mediator of TGF-beta signal transduction. Responsible for activation of the JNK MAPK pathway (basket, bsk and hemipterous, hep) in response to LPS. Component of the NF-kappa-B pathway; relish-mediated JNK inhibition involves proteasomal degradation of Tak1; certain targets of Relish that are induced during immune responses may facilitate destruction of Tak1 and switch off the JNK cascade. Participates in diverse roles such as control of cell shape and regulation of apoptosis. (678 aa) |
| | Npc1b | NPC intracellular cholesterol transporter 1 homolog 1b; Important for cholesterol absorption at the midgut epithelium. Acts only in the early steps of sterol absorption, prior to Npc1a-dependent intracellular sterol trafficking. Belongs to the patched family. (1254 aa) |
| | sinu | Sinuous (sinu) encodes a claudin that contributes to the assembly of septate junctions. It is involved in the development of heart, tracheal tree and the glial blood-brain barrier. (247 aa) |
| | Arp3 | Actin-related protein 3; Functions as ATP-binding component of the Arp2/3 complex which is involved in regulation of actin polymerization and together with an activating nucleation-promoting factor (NPF) mediates the formation of branched actin networks (By similarity). Seems to contact the pointed end of the daughter actin filament (By similarity). Required during embryogenesis for the developmental migration of tail hemocytes anteriorly, along the ventral midline. (418 aa) |
| | Nmt | Glycylpeptide N-tetradecanoyltransferase; Adds a myristoyl group to the N-terminal glycine residue of certain cellular proteins. (472 aa) |
| | Doc1 | Dorsocross1, isoform A; Dorsocross1 (Doc1) encodes one of the three tissue-specific T-box transcription factors encoded by the Dorsocross cluster. It is crucial for completion of differentiation, cell proliferation arrest and survival of amnioserosa cells, as well as for cardiogenesis and the patterning and morphogenesis of particular ectodermal derivatives. (391 aa) |
| | Dronc | Caspase Nc subunit 1; Involved in the activation cascade of caspases responsible for apoptosis execution. Effector of steroid-mediated apoptosis during insect metamorphosis. Overexpression promotes programmed cell death. Interaction with Diap1 is required to suppress Dronc-mediated cell death; via Diap1-mediated ubiquitination of Dronc. Rate-limiting caspase in rpr and hid death pathway. (450 aa) |
| | Sema5c | Semaphorin 5c (Sema5c) encodes a member of the Semaphorins family, which are membrane and secreted short-range signaling proteins. The product of Sema5c is involved in olfactory behavior. (1093 aa) |
| | Nrx-IV | Neurexin-4; Seems to play a role in the formation and function of septate junctions. Septate junctions, which are the equivalent of vertebrates tight junctions, are characterized by regular arrays of transverse structures that span the intermembrane space and form a physical barrier to diffusion. Required for the blood-brain barrier formation. Belongs to the neurexin family. (1284 aa) |
| | AGO2 | Protein argonaute-2; Essential for RNA interference (RNAi); double-stranded RNA induces potent and specific gene silencing. RNAi is mediated by the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), a sequence-specific, multicomponent nuclease that destroys or silences messenger RNAs homologous to the silencing trigger; Belongs to the argonaute family. Ago subfamily. (1217 aa) |
| | hid | Cell death protein hid; Activator of apoptosis, with grim and rpr, that acts on the effector Dredd. Seems to act genetically upstream of baculoviral anti-apoptotic p35. Blocks Diap2 from binding and inactivating the effector caspase Drice. (410 aa) |
| | Pvf1 | PDGF- and VEGF-related factor 1 (Pvf1) encodes a PDGF- and VEGF-related factor that binds to and activates the receptor tyrosine kinase encoded by Pvr. It is involved in cell migration regulation and it has been shown to activate the canonical Ras/Raf/MAP kinase (ERK) cascade, the PI3K kinase pathway, TORC1, Rho family small GTPases and the JNK cascade, in a context-dependent manner; Belongs to the PDGF/VEGF growth factor family. (325 aa) |
| | upd1 | Unpaired 1 (upd1) encodes a secreted glycoprotein that is able to act at a distance as the primary ligand for the JAK/STAT signaling pathway. Although semi-redundant with upd2 and upd3, upd1 depletion results in embryonic lethality with an atypical gap gene-like segmentation phenotype. (413 aa) |
| | Rok | Rho-associated protein kinase; Rho kinase (Rok) encodes a kinase that, when activated by the GTP form of the product of Rho1, phosphorylates and modulates cytoskeletal proteins, particularly myosin II. Dynamic regulation of this kinase in subcellular locales influences cell polarization, movement, and shape during interphase and mitosis. (1390 aa) |
| | mei-41 | Serine/threonine-protein kinase ATR; Serine/threonine protein kinase which activates checkpoint signaling upon genotoxic stresses such as ionizing radiation (IR), ultraviolet light (UV), or DNA replication stalling, thereby acting as a DNA damage sensor. Recognizes the substrate consensus sequence [ST]- Q. Phosphorylates various proteins, which collectively inhibits DNA replication and mitosis and promotes DNA repair and recombination. Phosphorylates grp/CHK1. Phosphorylates 'Ser-137' of histone variant H2AX/H2AV at sites of DNA damage, thereby regulating DNA damage response mechanism. [...] (2517 aa) |
| | hep | Dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase hemipterous; Required for the epithelial cell sheet movement called dorsal closure (DC), which allows establishment of the dorsal epidermis. Controls the expression in the dorsal epithelium edges of another dorsal closure gene, puckered (puc). Phosphorylates and activates the MAP kinase bsk; bsk signal transduction pathway mediates an immune response and morphogenesis; Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. STE Ser/Thr protein kinase family. MAP kinase kinase subfamily. (1178 aa) |
| | SelG | Selenoprotein G (SelG) encodes a type III Golgi apparatus transmembrane protein. It is implicated in the release of Ca[2+] from the endoplasmic reticulum to the cytosol by regulating the expression of genes participating in the inositol 1,4,5-tris-phosphate pathway. (110 aa) |
| | dsh | Segment polarity protein dishevelled; Required to establish coherent arrays of polarized cells and segments in embryos. Plays a role in wingless (wg) signaling, possibly through the reception of the wg signal by target cells and subsequent redistribution of arm protein in response to that signal in embryos. This signal seems to be required to establish planar cell polarity and identity. (623 aa) |
| | Ack | Activated Cdc42 kinase; Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. Tyr protein kinase family. (1073 aa) |
| | dib | Disembodied (dib) encodes a cytochrome P450 involved in ecdysteroid biosynthesis. It shows a mitochondrial localization and catalyzes the addition of a hydroxyl group to the 22 carbon of the cholesterol side chain. dib mutants fail to undergo head involution, dorsal closure and to secrete cuticle. (489 aa) |
| | msn | Misshapen, isoform A; Misshapen (msn) encodes a Sterile 20 MAP kinase kinase kinase. (1504 aa) |
| | ecd | Ecdysoneless (ecd) encodes a protein that physically interacts with several components of the U5 snRPN pre-mRNA splicing complex. Its loss result in intron retention within spok, accounting for ecdysone deficiency of some ecd mutants; Belongs to the ECD family. (684 aa) |
| | Sac1 | Sac1 phosphatase (Sac1) encodes a lipid phosphatase that dephosphorylates phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate to generate phosphatidylinositol. It is involved in dorsal closure, Hedgehog signaling and axon guidance. (592 aa) |
| | emc | Protein extra-macrochaetae; Participates in sensory organ patterning by antagonizing the neurogenic activity of the Achaete-scute complex (AS-C). It lacks a basic DNA-binding domain but is able to form heterodimers with other HLH proteins, thereby inhibiting DNA binding. May sequester proneural proteins in complexes inefficient for DNA interaction. EMC also affects vein differentiation. Inhibits the activity of AS-C proteins by forming an non-DNA binding heterodimer. (199 aa) |
| | gbb | Protein 60A; Glass bottom boat (gbb) encodes a BMP ligand in the TGF-beta/BMP family of dimeric signaling molecules. It binds to a receptor complex to transduce signal through phosphorylation of the product of Mad. It contributes to maintain stem cell populations, control cell fate specification, proliferation, synapse growth and neuropeptide release. (455 aa) |
| | CycB | G2/mitotic-specific cyclin-B; Cyclin B (CycB) encodes a protein that binds to Cdk1, thereby promoting Cdk1's protein kinase activity. The complex CycB-Cdk1 complex induces the start of mitosis. During late metaphase of mitosis and continuing in G1, the product of CycB is rapidly degraded (involving APC/C and the proteasome), resulting in inactivation of Cdk1 protein kinase activity, and allowing termination of mitosis. (530 aa) |
| | Egfr | Epidermal growth factor receptor; Binds to four ligands: Spitz, Gurken, Vein and Argos, which is an antagonist. Transduces the signal through the ras-raf-MAPK pathway. Involved in a myriad of developmental decisions. Critical for the proliferation of imaginal tissues, and for the determination of both the antero-posterior and dorso-ventral polarities of the oocyte. In the embryo, plays a role in the establishment of ventral cell fates, maintenance of amnioserosa and ventral neuroectodermal cells, germ band retraction, cell fate specification in the central nervous system and production [...] (1426 aa) |
| | shg | DE-cadherin; Cadherins are calcium-dependent cell adhesion proteins. In connecting cells they preferentially interact with themselves in a homophilic manner; cadherins may thus contribute to the sorting of heterogeneous cell types. During oogenesis, integral component of the guidance mechanisms that regulate the directional persistent collective migration of the border cell (BC) cluster through the nurse cells to the oocyte. Functions downstream of the two chemoattractant receptors, Pvr and Egfr, to promote BC adhesion between the leader cells of the migrating cluster and the surroundi [...] (1507 aa) |
| | Traf6 | TNF-receptor-associated factor 6 (Traf6) encodes a protein that belongs to a family of adaptor proteins involved in transducing downstream signaling by interacting with cell surface receptors. It mediates the pro-inflammatory effects of Toll and related receptor signaling, and the cell death induced by JNK activation via the product of egr. (475 aa) |
| | Dok | Downstream of kinase (Dok) encodes a membrane-associated protein that functions upstream of the product of Shark to activate Jun kinase signaling during embryonic dorsal closure. (622 aa) |
| | Cdc7 | Cdc7 kinase (Cdc7) encodes a conserved protein kinase that is activated by the regulatory subunit encoded by chif during late G1/S of the cell cycle. The activated product of Cdc7 promotes the initiation of DNA replication through phosphorylation, and thereby activation, of the DNA helicase encoded by Mcm2. (700 aa) |
| | Klf15 | Kruppel-like factor 15; Sequence-specific DNA binding; transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding; DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific. It is involved in the biological process described with: positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; nephrocyte diaphragm assembly; pericardial nephrocyte differentiation; response to silver ion; garland nephrocyte differentiation. (311 aa) |
| | alpha-Cat | Catenin alpha; Associates with the cytoplasmic domain of a variety of cadherins. The association of catenins to cadherins produces a complex which is linked to the actin filament network, and which seems to be of primary importance for cadherins cell-adhesion properties. (917 aa) |
