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eIF4A eIF4A Fmr1 Fmr1 armi armi CG14814 CG14814 tud tud DCP1 DCP1 shu shu papi papi Mkrn1 Mkrn1 poe poe qin qin bru1 bru1 tral tral bel bel orb orb RapGAP1 RapGAP1 Yp3 Yp3 vas vas krimp krimp stau stau tapas tapas vret vret PyK PyK spn-E spn-E tej tej CG9925 CG9925 osk osk vls vls zuc zuc piwi piwi aub aub CG15930 CG15930 me31B me31B Fs(2)Ket Fs(2)Ket Hrb27C Hrb27C Gasz Gasz mael mael Tm1 Tm1 squ squ pgc pgc TER94 TER94 AGO3 AGO3
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eIF4AEukaryotic initiation factor 4A; ATP-dependent RNA helicase which is a subunit of the eIF4F complex involved in cap recognition and is required for mRNA binding to ribosome. In the current model of translation initiation, eIF4A unwinds RNA secondary structures in the 5'-UTR of mRNAs which is necessary to allow efficient binding of the small ribosomal subunit, and subsequent scanning for the initiator codon. Involved in germ cell formation. (403 aa)
Fmr1Synaptic 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)
armiProbable RNA helicase armi; Probable RNA helicase required for axial polarization of the oocyte during early and mid oogenesis. Plays a central role in RNA interference (RNAi) process, a process that mediates mRNA destruction of translational repression. Required for the assembly of the RISC complex, a complex required for target RNA destruction or repression. May be required in the RISC assembly to unwind miRNAs, in the production of single-stranded miRNA from the double-stranded miRNA, a key step in RISC formation. Required both for the translational control of oskar (osk) mRNA and c [...] (1188 aa)
CG14814Uncharacterized protein, isoform B. (1052 aa)
tudMaternal protein tudor; Required during oogenesis for the formation of primordial germ cells and for normal abdominal segmentation. (2515 aa)
DCP1Decapping protein 1 (DCP1) encodes a subunit of the mRNA decapping holoenzyme. It is involved in osk mRNA localization and miRNA-mediated gene silencing. (372 aa)
shuInactive peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase shutdown; Co-chaperone required during oogenesis to repress transposable elements and prevent 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 proteins and govern the methylation and subsequent repression of transposons. Acts as a co-chaperone via its interaction with Hsp83/HSP90 and is required for the biogenesis of all three piRNA major populations. (455 aa)
papiTudor and KH domain-containing protein homolog; Involved in 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 which is essential for germline integrity. Likely to act by recruiting Piwi proteins such as AGO3 and piwi to the piRNA biogenesis machinery in the nuage. Required for the final steps of primary piRNA biogenesis by participating in the 3' end-trimming of piwi-bound intermediates in [...] (576 aa)
Mkrn1Makorin 1, isoform A; Ubiquitin protein ligase activity; metal ion binding; ubiquitin-protein transferase activity; zinc ion binding. It is involved in the biological process described with: protein polyubiquitination; positive regulation of insulin receptor signaling pathway; positive regulation of oogenesis. (386 aa)
poeProtein purity of essence; Has a role in growth of the perineurial glial layer of the larval peripheral nerve. May have a role in male fertility and eye development or function. Involved in the negative regulation of the Ras/MAPK signaling pathway in the wing by acting with the E2 enzyme Unc6 and the putative E3 ligases Kcmf1 and Ufd4 to mediate the ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of rl/MAPK. (5322 aa)
qinQin (qin) is a piRNA pathway gene that encodes a protein involved in posttranscriptional gene silencing. (1857 aa)
bru1Bruno 1 (bru1) encodes an RNA binding protein acting in multiple forms of post-transcriptional gene regulation including repression and activation of translation and alternative splicing of pre-mRNAs. The product of bru1 is required for gametogenesis, developmental patterning, and muscle organization. (810 aa)
tralTrailer hitch (tral) encodes a protein required for oocyte dorsoventral patterning via actin and microtubule cytoskeleton organization. (657 aa)
belATP-dependent RNA helicase bel; ATP-dependent RNA helicase that is essential and required for cellular function, larval growth, and for male and female fertility. Also required for RNA interference (RNAi), double-stranded RNA induces potent and specific gene silencing, by acting downstream of dsRNA internalization. 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 DEAD box helicase family. DDX3/DED1 subfamily. (801 aa)
orbOo18 RNA-binding protein (orb) encodes a RNA-binding protein required for the formation of the egg chamber and establishment of polarity during oogenesis. It is involved in mRNA polyadenylation and the regulation of osk mRNA translation. (915 aa)
RapGAP1Rap GTPase activating protein 1 (RapGAP1) encodes a small G protein that mediates the activation of ERK signaling via the kinase encoded by tor. (959 aa)
Yp3Vitellogenin-3; Vitellogenin is the major yolk protein of eggs where it is used as a food source during embryogenesis; Belongs to the AB hydrolase superfamily. Lipase family. (420 aa)
vasATP-dependent RNA helicase vasa; Involved in translational control mechanisms operating in early stages of oogenesis. Required maternally in many stages of oogenesis, including cystocyte differentiation, oocyte differentiation, and specification of anterior-posterior polarity in the developing cysts. Essential for the formation and/or structural integrity of perinuclear nuage particles during germ cell formation. Required for gus, Fsn and aub accumulation at the posterior pole of the embryo. Required for the localization of vas to the perinuclear region of nurse cells. Belongs to the D [...] (661 aa)
krimpFI20010p1; Metal ion binding. It is involved in the biological process described with: oocyte dorsal/ventral axis specification; negative regulation of oskar mRNA translation; oocyte karyosome formation. (746 aa)
stauMaternal 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)
tapasTapas, isoform B; It is involved in the biological process described with: negative regulation of transposition; piRNA biosynthetic process. (1222 aa)
vretProtein vreteno; Gonad-specific protein essential for germline development to repress transposable elements and preventing their mobilization, which is essential for the germline integrity. Acts via the piRNA metabolic process in both germline and somatic gonadal tissues by mediating the repression of transposable elements during meiosis. Required for primary piRNA biogenesis in both germline and somatic gonadal tissues. (691 aa)
PyKPyruvate kinase (PyK) encodes an enzyme involved in muscle development, glycolysis and glucose homeostasis; Belongs to the pyruvate kinase family. (533 aa)
spn-EProbable 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)
tejFI02030p; It is involved in the biological process described with: negative regulation of transposition; piRNA biosynthetic process; oocyte karyosome formation. (559 aa)
CG9925RE70955p; It is involved in the biological process described with: positive regulation of innate immune response; defense response to Gram-negative bacterium. (892 aa)
oskMaternal effect protein oskar; Organizes the germ plasm and directs localization of the posterior determinant nanos. Oskar protein is required to keep nos RNA and staufen protein at the posterior pole. (606 aa)
vlsProtein valois; Involved in specific localization of cytoplasmic proteins during the formation of pole plasm. Required for synthesis and/or stability of oskar protein (osk) and localization of tudor (tud) in both the nuage and posterior pole of the oocyte. Required for normal posterior localization of osk in later stages of oogenesis and for posterior localization of the vasa (vas) protein during the entire process of pole plasm assembly. May act by regulating the complex that contains the arginine N-methyltransferase csul. (367 aa)
zucMitochondrial cardiolipin hydrolase; Cardiolipin hydrolase present at the mitochondrial outer membrane required for piRNA metabolic process. Acts by catalyzing the hydrolysis of cardiolipin (diphosphatidylglycerol) to form phosphatidate (phosphatidic acid or PA) at the mitochondrial outer membrane surface, promoting the piRNA metabolic process. Plays a key role in primary biogenesis of piRNAs and is required during oogenesis to repress transposable elements and prevent their mobilization. piRNAs mediate the repression of transposable elements during meiosis by forming complexes compose [...] (253 aa)
piwiProtein 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)
aubProtein aubergine; 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 ovary, associates predominantly with antisense piRNAs that contain uridine at their 5' end. In testis, associates with [...] (866 aa)
CG15930Tudor domain-containing protein. (513 aa)
me31BATP-dependent RNA helicase me31b; ATP-dependent RNA helicase which is a core component of a variety of ribonucleoprotein complexes (RNPs) that play critical roles in translational repression and mRNA decapping during embryogenesis, oogenesis, neurogenesis and neurotransmission. Recruits core components and translational repressors to some RNP complexes, and mediates RNP aggregation into processing granules such as P-bodies. As part of a RNP complex containing tral, eIF4E1, cup, and pAbp, involved in RNP-mediated translational repression of maternal mRNAs during oogenesis and embryogene [...] (459 aa)
Fs(2)KetImportin subunit beta; Required for nuclear protein import and mediates docking of import substrate to distinct nucleoporins. In Drosophila, may not function as a snRNP import receptor as it does not interact with components of the snRNP complex such as snRNP U1, U2, U4/U6 and Snup. (884 aa)
Hrb27CHeterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein 27C; This protein is a component of ribonucleosomes. Could be needed to organize a concentration gradient of a dorsalizing morphogen (Dm) originating in the germinal vesicle. (421 aa)
GaszGH09064p; Gasz (Gasz) encodes an essential factor for primary piRNA biogenesis. It is predicted to stimulate cleavage of piRNA precursors by the endonuclease encoded by zuc via the recruitment of piRNA precursors and biogenesis factors to the mitochondrial surface. (461 aa)
maelProtein maelstrom; Involved both in the piRNA and miRNA metabolic processes. As a component of the meiotic nuage, plays a central role during oogenesis by repressing transposable elements and preventing their mobilization, which is essential for the germline integrity. Repression of transposable elements is mediated via the piRNA metabolic process, which mediates the repression of transposable elements during meiosis by forming complexes composed of piRNAs and Piwi proteins and governs the repression of transposons. As a nuclear component, it is required for proper differentiation in t [...] (462 aa)
Tm1Tropomyosin-1, isoforms 9A/A/B; Tropomyosin, in association with the troponin complex, plays a central role in the calcium dependent regulation of muscle contraction; Belongs to the tropomyosin family. (711 aa)
squSquash, isoform A; Squash (squ) encodes a protein acting in the piRNA pathway that responds to transposase activity in the germline. (241 aa)
pgcPolar granule component (pgc) encodes a small polypeptide involved in transcriptional silencing in primordial germ cells and in germ cell specification. It interacts with the RpII215/Spn43Ab complex that regulates RNA polymerase II expression. (71 aa)
TER94Transitional endoplasmic reticulum ATPase TER94; Necessary for the fragmentation of Golgi stacks during mitosis and for their reassembly after mitosis. Involved in the formation of the transitional endoplasmic reticulum (tER). The transfer of membranes from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus occurs via 50-70 nm transition vesicles which derive from part-rough, part-smooth transitional elements of the endoplasmic reticulum (tER). Vesicle budding from the tER is an ATP-dependent process. Involved in the ubiquitin-proteasome system. Important for oskar mRNA localization and/ [...] (826 aa)
AGO3Protein argonaute-3; 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. Associates predominantly with sense piRNAs that contain adenine at nucleotide 10, but shows no preference for uridine at [...] (867 aa)
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NCBI taxonomy Id: 7227
Other names: D. melanogaster, Diptera sp. DNAS-2A9-224646, Sophophora melanogaster, fruit fly
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