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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) | ||||
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) | ||||
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) | ||||
crn | Crooked neck (crn) encodes a component of the splicing complex involved in axon ensheathment, glial cell migration and Malpighian tubule morphogenesis; Belongs to the crooked-neck family. (702 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) | ||||
ct | Cut (ct) encodes a homeoprotein that functions as a transcriptional factor in many different cells such as wing disc, muscle, oocyte and sense organ cells. It is a regulator of type-specific neuronal identity in the peripheral nervous system. ct is expressed at variable levels in the dendritic arborization (DA) neurons and these levels control the different dendritic morphologies specific for each class of DA neurons. (2175 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) | ||||
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) | ||||
hop | Tyrosine-protein kinase hopscotch; Tyrosine kinase of the non-receptor type, phosphorylates the marelle protein. Required maternally for the establishment of the normal array of embryonic segments: involved in the control of pair- rule gene transcription in a stripe-specific manner. Together with Hsp83 and piwi, mediates canalization, also known as developmental robustness, likely via epigenetic silencing of existing genetic variants and suppression of transposon-induced new genetic variation. (1177 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) | ||||
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) | ||||
dome | Cytokine receptor; Critical for epithelial morphogenesis during oogenesis; border cell migration. Required in the germarium for the polarization of follicle cells during encapsulation of germline cells. Required for embryonic segmentation and trachea specification. Essential receptor molecule for upd and JAK/STAT signaling during oogenesis. (1282 aa) | ||||
D | Dichaete (D) encodes an HMG-domain protein and member of the Sox family of transcription factors. Its roles include hindgut development, embryonic segmentation, and nervous system development. (382 aa) | ||||
pbl | Pebble, isoform B; Pebble (pbl) encodes a Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor that contributes to multiple processes involving actin cytoskeleton reorganization, including cytokinesis, axogenesis and wound healing as well as cell shape regulation and cell migration during gastrulation. (1311 aa) | ||||
bowl | Protein bowel; Putative transcription factor. Required for leg joint formation, acting downstream of Notch to pattern the leg tarsal segments. Functions in the terminal pathway during embryogenesis, acting downstream of tll in the posterior of the embryo. Acts in a hierarchy downstream of drm and lin during foregut and hindgut patterning and morphogenesis. Involved in cell rearrangement during elongation of the embryonic hindgut. Regulates expression of hindgut patterning genes to establish the small intestine region of the embryonic hindgut. Required in the foregut for spatially local [...] (744 aa) | ||||
odd | Protein odd-skipped; Pair-rule protein that determines both the size and polarity of even-numbered as well as odd-numbered parasegments during embryogenesis. DNA-binding transcription factor that acts primarily as a transcriptional repressor but can also function as a transcriptional activator, depending on the stage of development and spatial restrictions. May function redundantly with odd and drm in leg joint formation during the larval stages, acting downstream of Notch activation. (392 aa) | ||||
sob | Protein sister of odd and bowel; Pair-rule protein that determines both the size and polarity of even-numbered as well as odd-numbered parasegments during embryogenesis. DNA-binding transcription factor that acts primarily as a transcriptional repressor but can also function as a transcriptional activator, depending on the stage of development and spatial restrictions (By similarity). May function redundantly with odd and drm in leg joint formation during the larval stages, acting downstream of Notch activation. (578 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) | ||||
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) | ||||
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) | ||||
sna | Snail (sna) encodes a transcription factor that contributes to embryonic mesoderm development, epithelial to mesenchymal transition and asymmetric cell division. (390 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) | ||||
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) | ||||
Dad | Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog; Daughters against dpp (Dad) encodes the inhibitory SMAD in the BMP/Dpp pathway. It is involved in growth regulation and developmental patterning. (568 aa) | ||||
SPARC | Secreted protein, acidic, cysteine-rich (SPARC) encodes a small calcium and growth factor-binding secreted glycoprotein that is enriched in basement membranes. During cell competition, it is expressed in "loser" cells so they can avoid apoptosis mediated by the products of fwe and azot. (304 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) | ||||
twi | Twist (twi) encodes a transcription factor required for mesoderm cell fate. The product of twi is essential for gastrulation, the development of mesodermal derivatives, including somatic and visceral muscle, fat body and maintenance of muscle stem cells. (490 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) | ||||
wal | Walrus, isoform A; Walrus (wal) encodes a protein involved in the development of Malpighian tubules, gut and trachea. (330 aa) | ||||
lin | Protein lines; Has a dual role as a segment polarity protein and as a modulator of the Abd-B protein. Required for Abd-B to activate the transcription of genes (including ems, cut and sal) that are involved in posterior spiracle morphogenesis. Also required for Abd-B to form an eighth abdominal denticle belt. Acts in a hierarchy downstream of drm and upstream of bowl during foregut and hindgut patterning and morphogenesis. Involved in cell rearrangement during elongation of the embryonic hindgut. Required to regulate expression of embryonic hindgut patterning genes in order to establis [...] (858 aa) | ||||
pnt | ETS-like protein pointed; ETS transcription factor with a prominent role during development of the eye and the nervous system. Required for glial- neuronal cell interactions at the ventral midline which are necessary for the proper elaboration of commissures in the embryonic CNS. [Isoform P1]: Required for normal EGFR-induced photoreceptor development. Following transcriptional activation by isoform P2, acts as a constitutive activator of transcription, leading to induction of target genes essential for photoreceptor development. In larval brains, involved in the maintenance of type II [...] (718 aa) | ||||
kkv | Krotzkopf verkehrt (kkv) encodes a membrane-inserted glycosyltransferase family 2 chitin synthase that uses GlcNAc to produce the polysaccharide chitin, which is extruded to the differentiating cuticle and tracheal system (tracheal cuticle, tube diameter regulation and gas filling). (1615 aa) | ||||
hh | Protein hedgehog C-product; Intercellular signal essential for a variety of patterning events during development. Establishes the anterior-posterior axis of the embryonic segments and patterns the larval imaginal disks. Binds to the patched (ptc) receptor, which functions in association with smoothened (smo), to activate the transcription of target genes wingless (wg), decapentaplegic (dpp) and ptc. In the absence of hh, ptc represses the constitutive signaling activity of smo through fused (fu). Essential component of a signaling pathway which regulates the Duox-dependent gut immune r [...] (471 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) | ||||
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) | ||||
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) | ||||
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) | ||||
tnc | Tenectin, isoform C; Extracellular matrix structural constituent. It is involved in the biological process described with: imaginal disc-derived male genitalia morphogenesis; imaginal disc-derived wing morphogenesis; embryonic hindgut morphogenesis; regulation of tube diameter; epithelial tube morphogenesis. (2819 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) | ||||
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) | ||||
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) | ||||
fkh | Fork head (fkh) encodes a winged-helix nuclear transcription factor most studied for its role in salivary gland formation, where it is required for salivary gland viability, invagination, and maintaining expression of other early-expressed salivary gland transcription factors. It works with the product of sage to activate expression of salivary gland specific gene products, such as secreted proteins and their modifying enzymes. (692 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) | ||||
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) | ||||
pim | Pimples, isoform A; Pimples (pim) encodes the Drosophila Securin homolog. Securins bind to the endoprotease Separase. In some species including Drosophila, this binding appears to promote proper folding of Separase. In addition, securin binding inhibits separase endoprotease activity in all species via an inhibitory pseudosubstrate region. (199 aa) | ||||
kug | Fat-like cadherin-related tumor suppressor homolog; Required for the planar polarity of actin filament orientation at the basal side of ovarian follicle cells. Required for proper egg chamber shape and elongation of the egg chamber during oogenesis. Required for the correct planar polarization of Rab10 within the basal follicle cell epithelium and is therefore indirectly involved in the Rab10-dependent remodeling of the basal membrane during egg chamber elongation. (4699 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) | ||||
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) | ||||
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) | ||||
vkg | Viking, isoform A; Viking (vkg) encodes a subunit of Collagen IV and a major component of basement membranes. It is secreted by haemocytes and fat body cells and is required for the normal morphogenesis of many tissues. It also contributes to TGF-beta signalling in the early embryo and the developing Malpighian tubules. (1940 aa) | ||||
Stat92E | Signal-transducer and activator of transcription protein at 92E (Stat92E) encodes a transcription factor that shuttles between the cytosol and nucleus and functions in the JAK/STAT pathway. Its roles include proliferation, growth control, organismal metabolism, cell competition, stem cell self-renewal, immunity and developmental patterning. (818 aa) | ||||
cad | Homeotic protein caudal; Caudal (cad) is one of a number of transcription factors controlling segmentation of the embryo. Further transcriptional regulation via a 5' flanking region containing DNA replication-related elements (DRE) and by dref also regulated by trh and tgo via the CNS midline element. Alongside Bicoid (bcd), caudal forms concentration gradients down the anterior-posterior (A-P) axis providing positional information and subsequent induction of the gap genes. Plays a role in gastrulation/germ band extension, hindgut morphogenesis, positive regulation of cell proliferatio [...] (445 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) | ||||
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) | ||||
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) | ||||
drm | Protein drumstick; Putative transcription factor. May function redundantly with odd and sob in leg joint formation during the larval stages, acting downstream of Notch activation. Acts in a hierarchy during foregut and hindgut patterning and morphogenesis, antagonizing lin to relieve the repressive effect on bowl. Involved in cell rearrangement during elongation of the embryonic hindgut. Regulates expression of hindgut patterning genes to establish the small intestine region of the embryonic hindgut. Required in the foregut for spatially localized gene expression and morphogenesis of t [...] (88 aa) |