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Zfrp8 | Zinc finger protein RP-8 (Zfrp8) encodes a highly conserved protein essential for stem cell maintenance and fast proliferating cells such as cancer cells. It functions in the formation of mRNA ribonucleoprotein (mRNP) complexes. It may regulate the binding of specific mRNPs to the small ribosomal subunit, ultimately controlling their cytoplasmic localization and translation. (347 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) | ||||
Adgf-A | Adenosine deaminase-related growth factor A (Adgf-A) encodes an extracellular deaminase that regulates the level of extracellular adenosine by converting adenosine to inosine. This activity is important for regulation of systemic metabolism, especially during stress and infection. (553 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) | ||||
crq | Croquemort (crq) encodes a member of the scavenger receptor class B sub-family. It is expressed in plasmatocyte/macrophages and promotes apoptotic cell clearance. In epidermal cells it plays a role in phagosome maturation in both dendrite pruning and injury. (491 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) | ||||
Eaat1 | Excitatory amino acid transporter 1 (Eaat1) encodes a transmembrane protein with a glutamate:sodium symporter activity. It is regulated by Notch signalling and contributes to larval locomotion and lifespan. (479 aa) | ||||
gcm2 | Transcription factor glial cells missing 2; Transcription factor with a minor role promoting glial cell differentiation and a more significant role in hematocyte differentiation. Gcm2, together with gcm, is required for the proliferation of plasmatocyte precursors, the expression of Croquemort protein, and the ability of plasmatocytes to convert into macrophages. (606 aa) | ||||
He | Hemocyte-specific protein HEMESE; It is involved in the biological process described with: encapsulation of foreign target; negative regulation of lamellocyte differentiation; innate immune response. (156 aa) | ||||
psidin | Phagocyte signaling-impaired protein; Non-catalytic subunit of the NatB complex which catalyzes acetylation of the N-terminal methionine residues of proteins beginning with Met-Asp or Met-Glu (By similarity). Has 2 roles in the larval immune response: required both for the phagocytic degradation of internalized bacteria and for the induction of Defensin in the fat body. Within the phagocytic blood cells, has a role in detection of infection and activation of the humoral immune response. (948 aa) | ||||
bam | Bag of marbles (bam) encodes a protein involved in gametogenesis that is associated with the fusome, a germ cell-specific organelle. It contributes to the fate determination of germline stem cells, in which bam is negatively regulated by the BMP signaling pathway. (442 aa) | ||||
CecA1 | Cecropin-A1; Cecropin A1 (CecA1) encodes an antibacterial peptide with activity against Gram-negative bacteria. It is expressed in the fat body during the systemic immune response and in various epithelia, and it is regulated at the transcriptional level, mostly by the immune deficiency pathway; Belongs to the cecropin family. (63 aa) | ||||
CecC | Cecropin-C; Cecropin C (CecC) encodes an antibacterial peptide with activity against Gram-negative bacteria. It is strongly expressed at the pupal stage. (63 aa) | ||||
CecB | Cecropin-B; Cecropin B (CecB) encodes an helicoidal antibacterial peptide with activity against Gram-negative bacteria. It is mostly expressed at the pupal stage; Belongs to the cecropin family. (63 aa) | ||||
Pka-C2 | ATP binding; protein serine/threonine kinase activity; cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity; protein kinase A regulatory subunit binding. It is involved in the biological process described with: protein kinase A signaling; peptidyl-serine phosphorylation. (354 aa) | ||||
DptA | Diptericin A (DptA) encodes an immune inducible antibacterial peptide with activity against Gram-negative bacteria. It is expressed in the fat body during the systemic immune response and in various epithelia. Its expression is regulated at the transcriptional level by the immune deficiency pathway; Belongs to the attacin/sarcotoxin-2 family. (106 aa) | ||||
DptB | Diptericin B (DptB) encodes an immune inducible antibacterial peptide with activity against Gram-negative bacteria. It is expressed in the fat body during the systemic immune response and in various epithelia. Its expression is regulated at the transcriptional level by the immune deficiency pathway. (120 aa) | ||||
Mtk | Metchnikowin (Mtk) encodes an antifungal peptide that is secreted from the fat body during the systemic immune response, and is produced by various epithelia. Its expression is regulated at the transcriptional level by the immune deficiency and/or Toll pathways. (52 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) | ||||
Def | Defensin (Def) encodes an antibacterial peptide with activity against Gram-positive bacteria. It is induced in the fat body during the systemic immune response and is expressed in various epithelia. The expression of Def is regulated at the transcriptional level by both the immune deficiency and Toll pathways; Belongs to the invertebrate defensin family. Type 1 subfamily. (92 aa) | ||||
Actbeta | Inhibin beta chain; Controls several aspects of neuronal morphogenesis; essential for optic lobe development, EcR-B1 expression in larval brains, mushroom body remodeling, dorsal neuron morphogenesis and motoneuron axon guidance. Ligands Actbeta and daw act redundantly through the Activin receptor Babo and its transcriptional mediator Smad2 (Smox), to regulate neuroblast numbers and proliferation rates in the developing larval brain; Belongs to the TGF-beta family. (946 aa) | ||||
Rel | Nuclear factor NF-kappa-B p110 subunit; Plays a key role in the humoral immune response. Rel-p68 subunit translocates to the nucleus where it binds to the promoter of the Cecropin A1 gene and probably other antimicrobial peptide genes. I-kappa-B kinase complex (IKKbeta and key) and PGRP-LC are essential signaling components in transmitting the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) signal leading to cact degradation for NF-kappa-B (rel) activation. Part of a Toll-related receptor pathway that functions in the apoptosis of unfit cells during cell competition. May be part of a NF-kappa-B and Tollo sig [...] (971 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) | ||||
Pxn | Peroxidasin; Plays a role in extracellular matrix consolidation, phagocytosis and defense. (1527 aa) | ||||
Pka-C1 | cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit 1; Serine/threonine-protein kinase involved in memory formation. Promotes long-term memory by phosphorylating meng and by regulating CrebB protein stability and activity. As part of ethanol response in the glia, mediates ethanol-induced structural remodeling of actin cytoskeleton and perineurial membrane topology when anchored to the membrane. (353 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) | ||||
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) | ||||
Eaat2 | Excitatory amino acid transporter 2 (Eaat2) encodes a transmembrane protein involved in aspartate and taurine transport. (579 aa) | ||||
Ppn | Papilin; Essential extracellular matrix (ECM) protein that influences cell rearrangements. May act by modulating metalloproteinases action during organogenesis. Able to non-competitively inhibit procollagen N- proteinase, an ADAMTS metalloproteinase; Belongs to the papilin family. (2898 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) | ||||
Dscam1 | Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1, isoform BX; Identical protein binding; antigen binding; protein homodimerization activity; axon guidance receptor activity; cell-cell adhesion mediator activity. (2038 aa) | ||||
Dro | Drosocin (Dro) encodes an o-Glycosylated antibacterial peptide with activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. It is expressed in the fat body during the systemic immune response and is expressed in various epithelia. The expression of Dro is regulated at the transcriptional level mostly by the immune deficiency pathway; Belongs to the drosocin family. (64 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) | ||||
SCAR | SCAR, isoform D; SCAR (SCAR) encodes a primary regulator of the Arp2/3 complex, which promotes actin polymerization and influences cell shape and motility. It is involved in myoblast fusion, eye morphogenesis and axogenesis. (674 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) | ||||
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) | ||||
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) | ||||
trol | Terribly reduced optic lobes (trol) encodes the extracellular matrix component Perlecan, a secreted heparan sulfate proteoglycan. It regulates cell-signaling by multiple growth factors including those in the hedgehog, wingless/WNT, FGF, TGFbeta, EGF, and VEGF families, thus playing a role in many developmental patterning decisions. (4479 aa) | ||||
Tig | Tiggrin (Tig) is an extracellular matrix protein and integrin ligand that accumulates at the embryonic and larval muscle attachment site. It is also found as a component of the hemolymph clot. (2188 aa) | ||||
TM9SF4 | Transmembrane 9 superfamily protein member 4 (TM9SF4) encodes a nonaspanin-type protein involved in cellular immunity; Belongs to the nonaspanin (TM9SF) (TC 9.A.2) family. (630 aa) | ||||
imd | Protein immune deficiency; Essential for the imd/NF-kappa-B (Imd) humoral and epithelial immune response to Gram-negative bacteria. Functions as an adapter protein that transduces immunity signals from the activation of pathogen recognition receptors (PRRs) by bacterial infection to the Imd signaling pathway. Binding of diaminopimelic acid-type (DAP-type) bacterial peptidoglycans (PGN) causes multimerization or clustering of PGRP receptors which activate the Imd cascade probably by recruiting imd, Fadd and Dredd to the receptor complex. Once in proximity, Dredd cleaves imd in a Fadd-de [...] (273 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) | ||||
ras | Inosine-5'-monophosphate dehydrogenase; Catalyzes the conversion of inosine 5'-phosphate (IMP) to xanthosine 5'-phosphate (XMP), the first committed and rate-limiting step in the de novo synthesis of guanine nucleotides, and therefore plays an important role in the regulation of cell growth. (590 aa) |