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| | kuz | Kuzbanian, isoform A; Kuzbanian (kuz) encodes an ADAM metalloendopeptidase that regulates activation of the receptors encoded by N and robo1 by cleavage. (1238 aa) |
| | da | Daughterless (da) encodes a class I bHLH protein important for sex determination and dosage compensation by controlling the feminizing switch gene Sxl. It participates in transcriptional regulation of a wide variety processes, including oogenesis, neurogenesis, myogenesis and cell proliferation. (775 aa) |
| | run | Segmentation protein Runt; Runt (run) encodes an alpha-subunit of the transcription factor complex core binding factor, which is involved in transcription regulation. It contributes to axon guidance, dendrite morphogenesis and germ-band extension. (510 aa) |
| | inv | Homeobox protein invected; Engrailed (en) and invected (inv) are functionally redundant transcription factors in neuronal precursor cell NB5-3 specification. Inv is unable to substitute for en in other regulatory processes such as maintaining gsb expression in the neuroectoderm after stage 10 of embryogenesis. Maintenance of gsb expression in row 5 of the neuroectoderm involves an as yet unidentified short range signaling molecule. (576 aa) |
| | mus312 | Structure-specific endonuclease subunit SLX4; Regulatory subunit that interacts with and increases the activity of different structure-specific endonucleases. Has several distinct roles in protecting genome stability by resolving diverse forms of deleterious DNA structures originating from replication and recombination intermediates and from DNA damage (By similarity). Component of the SLX1-SLX4 structure-specific endonuclease that resolves DNA secondary structures generated during DNA repair and recombination. Has endonuclease activity towards branched DNA substrates, introducing sing [...] (1149 aa) |
| | mam | Neurogenic protein mastermind; Mastermind (mam) encodes a transcriptional coactivator that functions in the Notch signaling pathway. It regulates gene expression by interacting with the intracellular domain of the product of N, which is produced upon receptor activation. (1594 aa) |
| | numb | Numb (numb) encodes a membrane-associated inhibitor of Notch signaling. It controls neuroblast and sense organ precursor asymmetric division. It is asymmetrically localized during mitosis and segregates exclusively to one of two daughter cells. (556 aa) |
| | brat | Brain tumor protein; A NHL-domain family protein that functions a translational repressor to inhibit cell proliferation. Plays a central role in translation repression of hb mRNA by being recruited by nos and pum to the Nanos Response Element (NRE), a 16 bp sequence in the hb mRNA 3'-UTR. Probably recruited by other proteins to repress translation of other mRNAs in other tissues. Involved in the regulation of ribosomal RNA synthesis and cell growth. Participates in abdominal segmentation and imaginal disk development. During neuroblast division, segregates asymmetrically and inhibits s [...] (1061 aa) |
| | gcm | Glial cells missing (gcm) encodes an essential zinc finger transcription factor that determines the fate of the lateral glial cells. It is involved in the differentiation of plasmatocytes, tendon cells and specific neurons. (504 aa) |
| | how | Protein held out wings; Required for integrin-mediated cell-adhesion in wing blade. Vital role in steroid regulation of muscle development and to control heart rate. Required during embryogenesis, in late stages of somatic muscle development, for myotube migration and during metamorphosis for muscle reorganization. (418 aa) |
| | stumps | Stumps, isoform E; Stumps (stumps) encodes a fibroblast growth factor (FGF) scaffolding protein. Upon FGF receptor activation, it mediates the recruitment of the phosphatase encoded by csw, which is essential for the activation of the MAPK pathway. (1220 aa) |
| | CtBP | C-terminal-binding protein; Corepressor targeting diverse transcription regulators. Hairy-interacting protein required for embryonic segmentation and hairy-mediated transcriptional repression; Belongs to the D-isomer specific 2-hydroxyacid dehydrogenase family. (481 aa) |
| | tsl | Torso-like (tsl) encodes a protein present in many organs. In particular it is produced and secreted by two cell clusters in the egg chamber, initially anchored at the vitelline membrane and then translocated to the oocyte plasma membrane where it is required for the activation of the receptor encoded by tor. (353 aa) |
| | ind | Intermediate neuroblasts defective (ind) encodes a transcription factor involved in the development of the central nervous system. (320 aa) |
| | msi | Musashi, isoform B; Musashi (msi) encodes an RNA binding protein that binds to the 3' UTR region of target mRNAs, including ttk and sima, thus it positively regulates neural differentiation and negatively regulates the HIF pathway. It contributes to cell fate determination, as well as cellular response to normoxic/hypoxic conditions. (634 aa) |
| | enc | Protein encore; Required for the regulation of germline mitosis, karyosome formation, and establishment of dorsoventral (DS) polarity of the egg and embryo. Involved in proper grk mRNA localization and translation in the oocyte. May control germline mitosis by facilitating the cyclin E (CycE) proteolysis by the SCF-ubiquitin-proteasome complex. (1942 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) |
| | Kr | Protein krueppel; Krueppel is a gap class segmentation protein. It is involved in the segmentation of the embryo and in the differentiation of the Malpighian tubules; Belongs to the krueppel C2H2-type zinc-finger protein family. (502 aa) |
| | Asx | Polycomb protein Asx; Atypical Polycomb group protein, which may be involved in both Polycomb group (PcG) and trithorax group (trxG) complexes. Non- catalytic component of the PR-DUB complex, a complex that specifically mediates deubiquitination of histone H2A monoubiquitinated at 'Lys-118' (H2AK118ub1). Does not deubiquitinate monoubiquitinated histone H2B. Required to maintain the transcriptionally repressive state of homeotic genes throughout development. The PR-DUB complex has weak or no activity toward 'Lys-48'- and 'Lys-63'-linked polyubiquitin chains. PcG and trxG proteins act b [...] (1670 aa) |
| | alpha-Spec | Spectrin alpha chain; Spectrin is the major constituent of the cytoskeletal network underlying the erythrocyte plasma membrane. It associates with band 4.1 and actin to form the cytoskeletal superstructure of the erythrocyte plasma membrane. Essential for larval survival and development. Stabilizes cell to cell interactions that are critical for the maintenance of cell shape and subcellular organization within embryonic tissues. Lva and spectrin may form a Golgi-based scaffold that mediates interaction of Golgi bodies with microtubules and facilitates Golgi- derived membrane secretion [...] (2457 aa) |
| | Dhc64C | Dynein heavy chain 64C (Dhc64C) encodes the heavy chain subunit of the cytoplasmic dynein motor complex. The product of Dhc64C forms a dimer, which binds and hydrolyzes ATP providing the power for movement of dynein. It has an essential function in oocyte polarity, mitotic cell division, embryonic development, and neuronal transport and neurogenesis. (4661 aa) |
| | chm | Chameau (chm) encodes a histone acetyl transferase involved in epigenetic mechanisms of transcriptional control and regulation of replication origin activity. Its functions include modulation of JNK activity and gene regulation by Polycomb group genes; Belongs to the MYST (SAS/MOZ) family. (811 aa) |
| | Patronin | Patronin; Involved in mitotic spindle assembly. Regulates microtubule (MT) severing. Antagonizes the activity of the kinesin-13 depolymerase Klp10A thereby switching off the depolymerization of the MTs at their pole-associated minus ends, which turns off poleward flux and induces anaphase B spindle elongation. Involved in asymmetric cell division of sensory organ precursor (SOP) cells by playing a role in the asymmetric localization of Sara-expressing endosomes to the pIIa daughter cell but not to the pIIb cell. Klp98A targets Sara-expressing endosomes to the central spindle which is s [...] (1689 aa) |
| | byn | T-related protein; Brachyenteron (byn) encodes a T-domain transcriptional activator that acts in developmental specification, in particular it specifies posterior gut structures and a subset of posteriorly derived visceral muscles. (697 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) |
| | slou | Homeobox protein slou; Slouch (slou) encodes a homeodomain transcription factor that is involved in the specification of a subset of somatic muscle progenitors and muscle founder cells; Belongs to the NK-1 homeobox family. (698 aa) |
| | par-1 | Par-1 (par-1) encodes a protein kinase involved in multiple processes, including microtubule cytoskeleton organization, axis specification and cell polarity. It regulates hippo signaling and osk mRNA localization. (1170 aa) |
| | BicD | Protein bicaudal D; This protein is essential for differentiation. It may play a role in localizing of Nanos (a maternal determinant) activity in oocytes. During oogenesis, plays a specific role, together with Rab6 but independently of Sec5, in the polarization of the oocyte microtubule cytoskeleton, in oskar mRNA localization and in the anterodorsal secretion of grk. Plays a role in the biogenesis of annulate lamellae containing nuclear pore complex components. (802 aa) |
| | trh | Protein trachealess; Transcription factor, master regulator of tracheal cell fates in the embryo, necessary for the development of the salivary gland duct, Malpighian tubules and the posterior spiracles. It may induce a general fate of branched tubular structures of epithelial origin. Functions with tgo to regulate expression of btl. (1022 aa) |
| | fz | Frizzled; Receptor for Wnt proteins. Most of frizzled receptors are coupled to the beta-catenin canonical signaling pathway, which leads to the activation of disheveled proteins, inhibition of GSK-3 kinase, nuclear accumulation of beta-catenin and activation of Wnt target genes. A second signaling pathway involving PKC and calcium fluxes has been seen for some family members, but it is not yet clear if it represents a distinct pathway or if it can be integrated in the canonical pathway, as PKC seems to be required for Wnt-mediated inactivation of GSK-3 kinase. Both pathways seem to inv [...] (612 aa) |
| | klu | Klumpfuss, isoform B; Cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding; DNA-binding transcription repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific; sequence-specific DNA binding; RNA polymerase II regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding. (818 aa) |
| | aPKC | Atypical protein kinase C; Serine/threonine protein kinase which is required for apico- basal cell polarity in the germ line as well as in epithelial and neural precursor cells, for epithelial planar cell polarity and for cell proliferation. During oocyte development, required for the posterior translocation of oocyte specification factors and for the posterior establishment of the microtubule organizing center within the presumptive oocyte. Phosphorylates l(2)gl which restricts l(2)gl activity to the oocyte posterior and regulates posterior enrichment of par-1, leading to establishmen [...] (958 aa) |
| | hts | Hu li tai shao (hts) encodes an adducin homolog that is associated with the plasma membrane cytoskeleton, fusome and oocyte ring canals. It has essential functions in muscle, nerve and other tissues, and is required for fertility in males and females; Belongs to the aldolase class II family. Adducin subfamily. (1833 aa) |
| | Fmr1 | Synaptic functional regulator FMR1; Polyribosome-associated RNA-binding protein that plays a role in neuronal development and synaptic plasticity through the regulation of protein synthesis of mRNAs. Plays a role as a negative translational regulator of specific mRNAs. Represses translation of the microtubule-associated protein futsch mRNA to regulate microtubule-dependent synaptic growth and function. May also be involved in microRNA (miRNA)-mediated translational suppression as part of the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC). Required for stability of the central pair of microtubule [...] (729 aa) |
| | uif | Uninflatable, isoform C; Uninflatable (uif) encodes a single pass transmembrane protein that localizes to the apical plasma membrane in epithelial cells. It is required for embryonic tracheal maturation and tracheal growth in the larva. (3589 aa) |
| | nuf | Nuclear fallout, isoform J; Nuclear fallout (nuf) encodes a cytoplasmic, coiled-coil protein that acts as an adaptor between the product of Rab11 and motor proteins in the recycling endosome pathway. It is required for early embryo cellularization, and for subsequent Rab11-dependent processes. (541 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) |
| | AGO1 | Argonaute-1, isoform A; Argonaute-1 (AGO1) encodes an Argonaute/Piwi family protein, which interacts with microRNAs to form miRNA-induced silencing complexes (miRISCs). miRISCs are guided to target and repress mRNAs either by transcript destabilisation, translational inhibition, or both. (984 aa) |
| | CycE | G1/S-specific cyclin-E; Essential for the control of the cell cycle at the G1/S (start) transition. Targeted by archipelago for degradation by the SFC ubiquitin ligase complex. (712 aa) |
| | pros | Homeobox protein prospero; Homeodomain protein that controls neuronal identity. As a transcriptional factor, regulates the expression of ftz, eve and en in a subset of neuroblast progeny and modulates the transcriptional activity of other homeodomain proteins such as Dfd. Required for proper neuronal differentiation, axonal outgrowth and pathfinding of most or all neurons and their precursors in central and peripheral nervous systems. Regulates asymmetric stem cell self- renewal together with brat. (1835 aa) |
| | Cul3 | Cullin 3, isoform F; Ubiquitin protein ligase binding; molecular adaptor activity; ubiquitin-protein transferase activity; protein binding; Belongs to the cullin family. (934 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) |
| | Pten | Phosphatase and tensin homolog (Pten) encodes a dual lipid and protein phosphatase that primarily counters the effects of the insulin-regulated lipid kinase, encoded by Pi3K92E. It inhibits cell growth, cell proliferation and cellular events controlling cytoskeletal and junctional rearrangements. (514 aa) |
| | grh | Protein grainyhead; Grainy head (grh) encodes the founding member of a highly conserved family of transcription factors essential for embryonic development. It is both a transcriptional activator and repressor, responsible for the proper expression of many genes primarily involved in epithelial cell fate, barrier formation, wound healing, tube morphogenesis and proliferation of larval neuroblasts; Belongs to the grh/CP2 family. Grainyhead subfamily. (1333 aa) |
| | egl | Egalitarian, isoform B; Egalitarian (egl) encodes an RNA binding protein that links specific mRNAs to the minus end-directed microtubule motor, cytoplasmic dynein-1. (1004 aa) |
| | nudE | Nuclear distribution protein nudE homolog; nudE (nudE) encodes a conserved protein that localizes to kinetochores and spindle microtubules. It contributes to the spindle checkpoint, spindle orientation, centrosome behavior and dendrite morphogenesis. (377 aa) |
| | pan | Protein pangolin, isoform J; Pangolin (pan) encodes an HMG-domain transcription factor that is a key component of the canonical Wingless signaling pathway. It toggles between acting as a transcriptional repressor (when bound to the product of gro) and activator (when bound to the product of arm) to promote cell fate specification. (1192 aa) |
| | baz | Bazooka, isoform B; Bazooka (baz) encodes a scaffold protein that forms a complex with the products of par-6 and aPKC and with other cortical, cytoskeletal and regulatory proteins. It functions in cell polarization pathways in epithelial, neuronal and other cell types. (1520 aa) |
| | Lis-1 | Lissencephaly-1 homolog; Positively regulates the activity of the minus-end directed microtubule motor protein dynein. May enhance dynein-mediated microtubule sliding by targeting dynein to the microtubule plus end. Required for several dynein- and microtubule-dependent processes such as nuclear migration during cell division, mitotic spindle formation and the removal of mitotic checkpoint proteins from kinetochores at the metaphase to anaphase transition. Required for several aspects of neurogenesis including neuroblast proliferation, neuronal cell differentiation, dendritic growth, b [...] (411 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) |
| | tor | Tyrosine-protein kinase receptor torso; Probable receptor tyrosine kinase which is required for determination of anterior and posterior terminal structures in the embryo. During postembryonic development, involved in the initiation of metamorphosis probably by inducing the production of ecdysone in response to prothoracicotropic hormone Ptth. Binding to Ptth stimulates activation of canonical MAPK signaling leading to ERK phosphorylation (By similarity). (923 aa) |
| | Hey | Hairy/E(spl)-related with YRPW motif (Hey) encodes a transcription factor involved in neuron fate determination. Hey expression is regulated by Notch signalling in the embryonic and larval central nervous system. (425 aa) |
| | drosha | Ribonuclease; Drosha (drosha) encodes a protein that contributes to miRNA processing. It is involved in salivary gland histolysis and oocyte development. (1327 aa) |
| | gcl | Germ cell-less (gcl) encodes a conserved BTB (broad-complex, tramtrack, and bric-a-brac) protein that mediates transcriptional repression in the germline and the degradation of the receptor tyrosine kinase encoded by tor, which in turn allows germ cell formation. (569 aa) |
| | tsu | RNA-binding protein 8A; Core component of the splicing-dependent multiprotein exon junction complex (EJC) deposited at splice junctions on mRNAs. Involved in exon definition of genes containing long introns, including the rolled/MAPK gene. The mago-tsu heterodimer interacts with the EJC key regulator Pym leading to EJC disassembly in the cytoplasm. Has a role in oskar mRNA localization to the posterior pole of the developing oocyte. Belongs to the RBM8A family. (165 aa) |
| | dap | RE12958p; Dacapo (dap) encodes a Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor in the CIP/KIP family. It binds to CycE-Cdk2 complexes and thereby inhibits their protein kinase activity. Upregulation of dap is required after the last mitosis for arresting cells in G1/G0 before terminal differentiation in many post-mitotic cell types. (245 aa) |
| | 14-3-3zeta | 14-3-3 protein zeta; Required in Raf-dependent cell proliferation and photoreceptor differentiation during eye development. Acts upstream of Raf and downstream of Ras, and is essential for viability. Acts as a negative regulator of the slo calcium channel via its interaction with slo-binding protein slob. Inhibits yki activity by restricting its nuclear localization. Binds to and promotes the activity of phosphoinositide 3-kinase Pi3K68D which converts phosphatidylinositol to phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate and promotes maturation of early endosomes. (248 aa) |
| | egr | Protein eiger, membrane form; Cytokine which acts as a ligand for wgn. Also acts as a ligand for grnd. Induces apoptosis by triggering JNK signaling. Required for JNK-dependent non-autonomous apoptosis through release from apoptotic cells and activation of apoptosis in neighboring cells. Required for JNK-independent damage-induced apoptosis in the embryonic central nervous system through regulation of the pro-apoptotic gene hid. Involved in the innate immune response to extracellular pathogens. Plays a role in the melanization immune response through its involvement in the rupture of c [...] (415 aa) |
| | en | Segmentation polarity homeobox protein engrailed; Engrailed (en) encodes a homeodomain-containing transcription factor that is essential for posterior compartment identity and for compartment boundary formation and maintenance. It positively regulates the hh gene and negatively regulates the Hedgehog targets encoded by ci, ptc and dpp. (552 aa) |
| | tum | Tumbleweed (tum) encodes a GTPase activating protein for Rho family GTPases involved in Wnt signalling regulation. (625 aa) |
| | fand | Pre-mRNA-splicing factor syf1 homolog; Subunit of the NTC(Nineteen)/Prp19 complex, which is part of the spliceosome. The complex participates in spliceosome assembly, its remodeling and is required for efficient spliceosome activation. Essential for efficient pre-mRNA splicing. In embryos, efficient pre-mRNA splicing of zygotic transcripts is essential during dynamic cellular processes that require rapid division and/or dramatic changes in gene expression such as blastoderm cellularization, tracheal branching morphogenesis, Malpighian morphogenesis and epidermal development. Part of it [...] (883 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) |
| | phyl | Protein phyllopod; Essential adapter component of E3 ubiquitin ligase complexes; involved in R7 photoreceptor cell differentiation, embryonic nervous system, external sensory organ development and specification of particular muscles. E3 ubiquitin ligase complexes mediate ubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation of target proteins. Required for specification of R7 photoreceptor cell fate in the eye by participating in the ubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation of Tramtrack (ttk), a general inhibitor of photoreceptor differentiation. Acts downstream of Notch s [...] (400 aa) |
| | stau | Maternal effect protein staufen; RNA-binding protein which forms ribonucleoprotein complexes (RNPs) that play critical roles in the localization, translational repression and turnover of RNAs during embryogenesis, neurotransmission and neurogenesis. In the oocyte, essential for the localization of both the osk/oskar mRNA to the posterior pole and bcd/bicoid RNA to the anterior pole, and is therefore required for the correct anterior- posterior patterning of the developing embryo. Association with osk or bcd at their respective poles, appears to promote the formation and stabilization o [...] (1026 aa) |
| | pasha | Partner of drosha (pasha) encodes a protein involved in oogenesis and miRNA processing. (642 aa) |
| | spn-A | DNA repair protein Rad51 homolog; Spindle A (spn-A) encodes a protein that forms a filament on single-stranded DNA, does a homology search of double-stranded DNA, and catalyzes strand exchange, swapping the single-strand DNA in and displacing the partner of the complementary strand. (336 aa) |
| | Dr | Muscle segmentation homeobox; Drop (Dr) encodes a homeodomain transcription factor involved in patterning of the neuroectoderm and wing disc, specification of myoblasts and neuroblasts, proper development of muscle, neuronal and glial cells, male genital disc, and regulation of glucose metabolism; Belongs to the Msh homeobox family. (515 aa) |
| | Klp98A | Kinesin-like protein Klp98A; Plus end-directed motor protein involved in asymmetric cell division of sensory organ precursor (SOP) cells by playing a role in the asymmetric localization of Sara-expressing endosomes to the pIIa daughter cell but not to the pIIb cell. Targets Sara-expressing endosomes to the central spindle which is symmetrically arranged in early cell division. During late cytokinesis, central spindle asymmetry is generated by enrichment of Patronin on the pIIb side which protects microtubules from depolymerization by Klp10A while unprotected microtubules on the pIIa si [...] (1265 aa) |
| | pins | Partner of inscuteable (pins) encodes a GDP-dissociation inhibitor involved in asymmetric cell division and mitotic spindle orientation. (658 aa) |
| | spn-D | Spindle D (spn-D) encodes a DNA repair protein required for homologous recombinational DNA repair. It functions in meiotic recombination. (270 aa) |
| | E(spl)m8-HLH | Enhancer of split m8 protein; Participates in the control of cell fate choice by uncommitted neuroectodermal cells in the embryo. Transcriptional repressor. Binds DNA on N-box motifs: 5'-CACNAG-3'. Part of the Notch signaling pathway. (179 aa) |
| | Dcr-1 | Endoribonuclease Dcr-1; Essential for RNA interference (RNAi); double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) 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. May carry out the initiation step of RNAi by cleaving dsRNA to produce 22 bp dsRNAs (siRNAs) which target the selective destruction of homologous RNAs. During embryogenesis, involved in germline fate determination; Belongs to the helicase family. Dicer subfamily. (2249 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) |
| | H | Protein hairless; Is a potent antagonist of neurogenic gene activity during sensory organ development. The expression of distinct cell fates by the trichogen (shaft) / tormogen (socket) sister cell pair depends on the level of H activity. A certain threshold level of H activity is required, below which both sister cells adopt the tormogen fate. (1077 aa) |
| | mira | Miranda, isoform A; Miranda (mira) encodes a cytoplasmic and cortical scaffolding protein that binds the products of pros, stau and brat. It is asymmetrically localized to the basal cortex during neuroblast asymmetric cell division, resulting in its partioning into GMC daughter cells, where it is degraded and releases its cargo proteins. (829 aa) |
| | Dl | Neurogenic locus protein delta; Acts as a ligand for Notch (N) receptor. Essential for proper differentiation of ectoderm. Dl is required for the correct separation of neural and epidermal cell lineages. Fringe (fng) acts in the Golgi to determine the type of O-linked fucose on the EGF modules in N, altering the ability of N to bind with Delta (Dl). O-fut1 also has a role in modulating the interaction. (833 aa) |
| | 14-3-3epsilon | 14-3-3epsilon (14-3-3epsilon) encodes an acidic protein that preferentially heterodimerizes with other members of the family but also can homodimerize. It functions in multiple signaling pathways, most prominently in the Ras/MAPK cascade. It is involved in embryonic hatching, germ cell migration, gonad formation, wing venation and eye development; Belongs to the 14-3-3 family. (262 aa) |
| | htl | Fibroblast growth factor receptor homolog 1; Heartless (htl) encodes a transmembrane tyrosine kinase receptor for secreted FGF ligands that utilizes the intracellular Ras-MAP kinase pathway. It contributes to embryonic mesoderm migration and the specification of several mature mesodermal cell derivatives; Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. Tyr protein kinase family. Fibroblast growth factor receptor subfamily. (729 aa) |
| | abd-A | Homeobox protein abdominal-A; Sequence-specific transcription factor which is part of a developmental regulatory system that provides cells with specific positional identities on the anterior-posterior axis. Required for segmental identity of the second through eighth abdominal segments. Once a pattern of abd-A expression is turned on in a given parasegment, it remains on the more posterior parasegment, so that the complex pattern of expression is built up in the successive parasegments. Appears to repress expression of Ubx whenever they appear in the same cell, but abd-A is repressed [...] (590 aa) |
| | Ubx | Homeotic protein ultrabithorax; Sequence-specific transcription factor which is part of a developmental regulatory system that provides cells with specific positional identities on the anterior-posterior axis. Binds the consensus region 5'-TTAAT[GT][GA]-3'. This homeotic protein controls development of the cells in the posterior thoracic and first abdominal segments. It activates the synthesis of the decapentaplegic (DPP) growth factor; Belongs to the Antp homeobox family. (389 aa) |
| | pnr | GATA-binding factor A; Transcriptional regulator involved in several developmental processes during embryonic and imaginal disks development. Involved in determining dorsal cell fate. Acts as an essential transcriptional regulator of proneural achaete-scute complex (AS-C) and is required for its spatial regulation during development of the adult peripheral nervous system, and hence for the positioning of neural precursors. It is the only factor to directly activate AS-C genes. (540 aa) |
| | spn-E | Probable ATP-dependent RNA helicase spindle-E; Probable ATP-binding RNA helicase which plays a central role during spermatogenesis and oogenesis by repressing transposable elements and preventing their mobilization, which is essential for the germline integrity. Acts via the piRNA metabolic process, which mediates the repression of transposable elements during meiosis by forming complexes composed of piRNAs and Piwi and govern the methylation and subsequent repression of transposons. Involved in the repression of LTR retrotransposon copia. Also involved in telomere regulation by repres [...] (1434 aa) |
| | spn-B | Spindle B (spn-B) encodes a member of the recA family. It is involved in double strand break repair in mitosis and meiosis. (341 aa) |
| | svp | Steroid receptor seven-up, isoform A; Receptor that is required in photoreceptors R1, R3, R4 and R6 during eye development; generation of the ganglion mother cell-2 (GMC- 2) fate in the nb7-3 lineage, coinciding with the transition in the expression of HB to KR in the neuroblasts (NBs). Belongs to the nuclear hormone receptor family. NR2 subfamily. (746 aa) |
| | aurA | Aurora A (aurA) encodes a protein kinase required for proper neuroblast self-renewal by regulating assymmetric protein localization. It contributes to spindle orientation, centrosome separation and pole cell formation. (411 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) |
| | neur | Neuralized (neur) encodes an E3 ubiquitin ligase of the RING family. It is part of the Notch signaling pathway, where it is thought to contribute to the endocytosis-dependent activation of the ligand. It also has Notch-independent functions in epithelial morphogenesis. (754 aa) |
| | hb | Protein hunchback; Gap class segmentation protein that controls development of head structures; Belongs to the hunchback C2H2-type zinc-finger protein family. (758 aa) |
| | ato | Protein atonal; Developmental protein involved in neurogenesis. Required for the formation of chordotonal organs and photoreceptors. Seems to bind to E boxes. Specifically required for the photoreceptor R8 selection. (312 aa) |
| | lab | Homeotic protein labial; Labial (lab) encodes the anterio-most expressed member of the Antennapedia complex (ANT-C), one of two Hox gene complexes. Members of the ANT-C control the identity of segments that contribute to the head and the anterior thorax. The product of lab specifies the identity of the intercalary segment and also functions in the development of copper cells in the midgut. (629 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) |
| | amos | Basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor amos; Transcription factor involved in early neurogenesis; sensillum basiconica formation and maybe sensillum trichodea development. Promotes multiple dendritic (MD) neuron formation. Required for olfactory sensilla; regulated by lozenge (lz). (198 aa) |
| | Su(H) | Suppressor of hairless protein; Transcriptional regulator that plays a central role in Notch signaling, a signaling pathway involved in cell-cell communication that regulates a broad spectrum of cell-fate determinations. Binds directly the 5'-GTGRGAR-3' DNA consensus sequence, which is present in the regulatory region of several genes. Acts as a transcriptional repressor when it is not associated with Notch proteins. When associated with some Notch protein, it acts as a transcriptional activator that activates transcription of Notch target genes. Required for transcription of Sim. Spec [...] (594 aa) |
| | Sos | Protein son of sevenless; Promotes the exchange of Ras-bound GDP by GTP. Functions in signaling pathways initiated by the sevenless and epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinases; implies a role for the ras pathway in neuronal development. (1596 aa) |
| | piwi | Protein piwi; Acts via the piwi-interacting RNA (piRNA) metabolic process, which mediates the repression of transposable elements during meiosis by forming complexes composed of piRNAs and Piwi proteins and governs the methylation and subsequent repression of transposons. Directly binds piRNAs, a class of 24 to 30 nucleotide RNAs that are generated by a Dicer-independent mechanism and are primarily derived from transposons and other repeated sequence elements. In ovarian somatic cells, mediates silencing of transposable elements at the transcriptional level in a mael-dependent manner. [...] (843 aa) |
| | mid | Midline, isoform A; DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific; DNA-binding transcription repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific; RNA polymerase II activating transcription factor binding; RNA polymerase II regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding; RNA polymerase II transcription corepressor binding. (580 aa) |
| | hkb | Huckebein (hkb) is expressed in patches within the embryonic neuroectoderm and a subset of neuroblasts and their progeny, where it is required for proper neuronal specification and axon targeting. It is a terminal gap gene mediating the maternal terminal information at the posterior end of the blastoderm embryo. (297 aa) |
| | cas | Transcription factor castor; Transcription factor that specifies expression of key genes in developing central nervous system (CNS). Essential for many, if not all, late developing neuroblastoma (NB) sublineages. Binds to the 5'- [CG]C[CT][CT]AAAAA[AT]-3' DNA sequence, like hb, suggesting that cas and hb act as a late regulators in early and late CNS NB sublineage, respectively. Acts by repressing expression of nub/pdm-1 and pdm2/pdm-2 POU genes, and restrict their pattern of expression in appropriate cells. Required for a full expression of vvl/drifter and acj6/I-POU; it is however un [...] (793 aa) |
| | spen | Protein split ends; Probable corepressor protein, which regulates different key pathways such as the EGF receptor and Wg pathways. Involved in neuronal cell fate, survival and axon guidance, cell cycle regulation and repression of head identity in the embryonic trunk. May act with the Hox gene Deformed and the EGF receptor signaling pathway. Positive regulator of the Wg pathway in larval tissues but not in embryonic tissues. May act as a transcriptional corepressor protein, which repress transcription via the recruitment of large complexes containing histone deacetylase proteins. (5560 aa) |
| | S | Star (S) encodes a type II transmembrane protein that facilitates trafficking of transmembrane Egfr ligands from the endoplasmic reticulum to the late secretory compartment. It is involved in growth regulation, cell survival and developmental patterning. (597 aa) |
| | mio | GATOR complex protein MIOS; An essential component of the GATOR subcomplex GATOR2 which functions as an activator of the amino acid-sensing branch of the TORC1 signaling pathway. The two GATOR subcomplexes, GATOR1 and GATOR2, regulate the TORC1 pathway in order to mediate metabolic homeostasis, female gametogenesis and the response to amino acid limitation and complete starvation. GATOR2 activates the TORC1 signaling pathway through the inhibition of the GATOR1 subcomplex, controlling the switch to cell proliferation and growth under nutrient replete conditions and during female oocyte [...] (867 aa) |
| | okr | DNA repair and recombination protein RAD54-like; Involved in mitotic DNA repair and meiotic recombination. Functions in the recombinational DNA repair pathway. Essential for interhomolog gene conversion (GC), but may have a less important role in intersister GC than spn-A/Rad51. In the presence of DNA, spn-A/Rad51 enhances the ATPase activity of okr/Rad54. (784 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) |
| | Galphai | G protein alpha i subunit; Guanine nucleotide-binding proteins (G proteins) are involved as modulators or transducers in various transmembrane signaling systems. Plays a role in glial cell differentiation during embryogenesis; loco, Galphao and the G-protein coupled receptor, moody, are required in the surface glia to achieve effective insulation of the nerve cord; Belongs to the G-alpha family. G(i/o/t/z) subfamily. (355 aa) |
| | mus301 | Mutagen-sensitive 301 (mus301) encodes a member of the Mus308 subfamily of ATP-dependent helicases. It is involved in the repair of double-strand DNA breaks during recombination and in somatic cells, and in chromosome segregation. It contributes to dorsal-ventral patterning during oogenesis and posterior oocyte positioning. (1051 aa) |
| | sens | Zinc finger protein sens; Transcription factor both necessary and sufficient for proper development of most cell types of the embryonic and adult peripheral nervous system (PNS). Essential component of the proneural Notch signaling pathway required for proper sensory organ precursor (SOP) differentiation. Correct expression requires expression of scalloped (sd). Repression of rough (ro) in R8 photoreceptor is an essential mechanism of R8 cell fate determination. (541 aa) |
| | DCTN1-p150 | Dynactin 1, p150 subunit (DCTN1-p150) encodes the p150 subunit of the dynactin complex. Dynactin is thought to act as a dynein receptor that modulates binding of dynein to cellular cargoes and enhances the processivity of dynein movement. The roles of the product of DCTN1-p150 include oocyte polarity, mitotic cell division, embryonic development, neuronal transport and neurogenesis. (1265 aa) |
| | BobA | Brother of bearded A; Ubiquitin protein ligase binding. It is involved in the biological process described with: defense response to bacterium; cell fate specification; sensory organ precursor cell fate determination; negative regulation of Notch signaling pathway. (78 aa) |
| | Tom | Twin of m4 (Tom) is a member of the Bearded gene family that encodes a regulator of the Notch signaling pathway. (158 aa) |
| | bora | Aurora borealis (bora) encodes a binding partner of the product of aurA. It is required for spindle orientation and asymmetric cell division; Belongs to the BORA family. (539 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) |
| | Klp10A | Kinesin-like protein Klp10A; Required during anaphase to drive sister chromatid separation to promote flux by actively depolymerizing kinetochore microtubules at their pole-associated minus ends, thereby moving chromatids through a 'poleward flux'. Involved in asymmetric cell division of sensory organ precursor (SOP) cells by playing a role in the asymmetric localization of Sara- expressing endosomes to the pIIa daughter cell but not to the pIIb cell. Klp98A targets Sara-expressing endosomes to the central spindle which is symmetrically arranged in early cell division. During late cyto [...] (805 aa) |
| | pav | Kinesin-like protein; Pavarotti (pav) encodes a microtubule motor protein from the Kinesin superfamily. It plays important roles during the mitotic cycle including spindle formation, cortical cytoskeleton reorganization and cytokinesis. It also negatively regulates Wnt activity. (887 aa) |
| | CG9849 | PRADC1-like protein; May be involved in iversification of muscle cell fates. (196 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) |
| | Sara | Zinc finger FYVE domain-containing protein; Smad anchor for receptor activation (Sara) encodes an endosomal protein involved in asymmetric stem cell division, intestinal stem cell homeostasis and stem cell fate determination. (1343 aa) |
| | insc | Inscuteable (insc) encodes an adaptor protein required for asymmetric cell division. It interacts with the microtubule binding protein encoded by mud and the adaptor encoded by pins. It also binds to the apical complex proteins encoded by baz, par-6 and aPKC and may recruit microtubule binding proteins to the apical cell cortex to induce apical-basal spindle orientation. (859 aa) |
| | cpa | Capping protein alpha (cpa) encodes an actin-binding protein that, along with the product of cpb, binds to the fast growing ends of actin filaments to restrict the addition or loss of actin monomers. It limits the nuclear translocation of the Hippo pathway mediator encoded by yki and restricts JNK signaling. It maintains epithelial integrity and controls the balance between proliferation and apoptosis in the wing imaginal disc. It plays important roles during oogenesis, as well as maintaining neuronal homeostasis. (286 aa) |
| | amx | TM2 domain-containing protein almondex; Involved in the control of cell fates in the neurectoderm. Acts as a positive regulator of Notch pathway and is required at different levels during development; Belongs to the TM2 family. (284 aa) |
| | lz | Protein lozenge; Involved in prepatterning photoreceptor precursors in the developing eye; in the larval eye disk it defines a subset of cells as an equipotential group that is competent to respond to the sevenless developmental signal and another subset that confer proper photoreceptor identity by positively regulating the homeo box gene Bar. Involved in the aop/pnt dynamic in a Ras-dependent manner to regulate pros expression. Promotes apoptosis in the pupal eye by directly activating aos and klu. Also modulates hid- and rpr-mediated cell death. Regulates amos function in olfactory s [...] (826 aa) |
| | hdm | Protein hold'em; Single-stranded DNA-binding protein required for meiosis. May be involved in the resolution of recombination intermediates into crossovers in the meiotic recombination pathway. (486 aa) |
| | mei-9 | DNA repair endonuclease XPF; Implicated in recombination events during meiosis, mostly in meiotic exchange. May directly resolve Holliday junctions within recombination intermediates leading to DNA exchange. Also required for the repair of mismatches within meiotic heteroduplex DNA and for nucleotide excision repair. (961 aa) |
| | 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) |
| | vnd | Homeobox protein vnd; Ventral nervous system defective (vnd) encodes a Nk2-class homeodomain transcription factor that acts in a context-dependent manner as an activator or repressor. It has roles in neuroectoderm patterning, formation and specification of ventral neuroblasts and proper development of their cell lineages. (723 aa) |
| | ase | Achaete-scute complex protein T8; Asense (ase) encodes a transcription factor in the achaete-scute complex. It acts together with other proneural genes in nervous system development, which involves N-mediated lateral inhibition. ase is expressed in the CNS type-I neuroblasts and the PNS sensory organ precursors (SOPs) but not in the proneural clusters that give rise to the SOP via lateral inhibition. (486 aa) |
| | l(1)sc | Achaete-scute complex protein T3; AS-C proteins are involved in the determination of the neuronal precursors in the peripheral nervous system and the central nervous system. (257 aa) |
| | sc | Achaete-scute complex protein T4; AS-C proteins are involved in the determination of the neuronal precursors in the peripheral nervous system and the central nervous system. Also involved in sex determination and dosage compensation. (345 aa) |
| | ac | Achaete-scute complex protein T5; Achaete (ac) encodes a BHLH transcription factor that interacts antagonistically with the Notch signaling pathway to promote neural precursor formation. Its major role is in nervous system development. (201 aa) |
