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Camta | Calmodulin-binding transcription activator (Camta) encodes a Ca[2+]-responsive transcription factor that either binds directly to DNA sequences containing a CGCG core motif or functions as a coactivator of NKX2 transcription factors. It mediates various physiological functions, including the regulation of visual signal transduction, memory formation and cell survival. (2044 aa) | ||||
Cyp1 | Peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase; PPIases accelerate the folding of proteins. It catalyzes the cis-trans isomerization of proline imidic peptide bonds in oligopeptides; Belongs to the cyclophilin-type PPIase family. PPIase A subfamily. (227 aa) | ||||
cyc | Protein cycle; Putative transcription factor involved in the generation of biological rhythms. Activates cycling transcription of Period (PER) and Timeless (TIM) by binding to the E-box (5'-CACGTG-3') present in their promoters. (413 aa) | ||||
Gbeta76C | Guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit beta-2; G protein beta-subunit 76C (Gbeta76C) encodes a protein that forms a Gbeta-gamma complex that is anchored to the plasma membrane via lipid modification of the gamma-subunit. The Gbeta-gamma complex plays an essential role in phototransduction by presenting the Gqalpha-subunit to rhodopsin GPCRs for efficient activation, and preventing spontaneous GDP-GTP exchange on the Gqalpha-subunit. (346 aa) | ||||
Rh4 | Opsin Rh4; Visual pigments are the light-absorbing molecules that mediate vision. They consist of an apoprotein, opsin, covalently linked to cis-retinal. (378 aa) | ||||
Arr2 | Phosrestin-1; Arrestin 2 (Arr2) encodes a protein involved in rhodopsin inactivation that contributes to photoreceptor maintenance and smell and sound perception. (401 aa) | ||||
Pdp1 | PAR-domain protein 1 (Pdp1) encodes a member of the PAR domain bZip family of sequence-specific transcription factors. it regulates gene expression in muscles and in circadian clock neurons. (647 aa) | ||||
ninaA | Peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase, rhodopsin-specific isozyme; PPIases accelerate the folding of proteins. It catalyzes the cis-trans isomerization of proline imidic peptide bonds in oligopeptides. Acts on the folding of rhodopsin RH1 and RH2 (but not RH3) and is required for visual transduction. Belongs to the cyclophilin-type PPIase family. (237 aa) | ||||
ninaC | Neither inactivation nor afterpotential protein C; Required for photoreceptor cell function. The ninaC proteins combines putative serine/threonine-protein kinase and myosin activities. Essential for the expression and stability of the rtp protein in the photoreceptors. The rtp/ninaC complex is required for stability of inad and inac and the normal termination of phototransduction in the retina. (1501 aa) | ||||
phr6-4 | (6-4)-photolyase, isoform A; (6-4)-photolyase (phr6-4) encodes an enzyme that repairs DNA damage induced by ultraviolet light. It uses blue light and cofactor FADH to reverse the pyrimidine(6-4)pyrimidone photoproduct. (540 aa) | ||||
Ho | Heme oxygenase; Heme oxygenase cleaves the heme ring at the alpha methene bridge to form biliverdin. Biliverdin is subsequently converted to bilirubin by biliverdin reductase. (296 aa) | ||||
cry | Cryptochrome-1; Blue light-dependent regulator that is the input of the circadian feedback loop. Has no photolyase activity for cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers or 6-4 photoproducts. Regulation of expression by light suggests a role in photoreception for locomotor activity rhythms. Functions, together with per, as a transcriptional repressor required for the oscillation of peripheral circadian clocks and for the correct specification of clock cells. Genes directly activated by the transcription factors Clock (Clk) and cycle (cyc) are repressed by cry. Necessary for light-dependent magneto [...] (542 aa) | ||||
ninaE | Opsin Rh1; Neither inactivation nor afterpotential E (ninaE) encodes a protein that plays a major role in light detection and vision. It is the rhodopsin expressed in the largest class of photoreceptors in the adult retina. The stimulation by light of the product of ninaE induces G-protein signaling activation, the opening of the channels encoded by trp and trpl and photoreceptor cell membrane depolarization. (373 aa) | ||||
Rh3 | Rhodopsin 3 (Rh3) encodes a Rhodopsin GPCR protein that responds to UV light and activates the phototransduction cascade that leads to photoreceptor depolarization. Rh3 is expressed in R7 photoreceptors in a stochastic manner: 35% of R7 photoreceptors express Rh3 while the remaining 65% express another UV-sensitive Rhodopsin encoded by Rh4. (383 aa) | ||||
RpL32 | 60S ribosomal protein L32; Structural constituent of ribosome. It is involved in the biological process described with: translation; cytoplasmic translation. (147 aa) | ||||
inaC | Protein kinase C, eye isozyme; This is a calcium-activated, phospholipid-dependent, serine- and threonine-specific enzyme. This isozyme is a negative regulator of the visual transduction cascade and has been shown to be required for photoreceptor cell inactivation and light adaptation. Negative regulation is dependent on interaction with scaffolding protein inaD. Acts in a hh-signaling pathway which regulates the Duox- dependent gut immune response to bacterial uracil; required for the activation of Cad99C and consequently Cad99C-dependent endosome formation, which is essential for the [...] (700 aa) | ||||
trpl | Transient-receptor-potential-like protein; A light-sensitive calcium channel that is required for inositide-mediated Ca(2+) entry in the retina during phospholipase C (PLC)-mediated phototransduction. Required for vision in the dark and in dim light. Binds calmodulin. Trp and trpl act together in the light response, although it is unclear whether as heteromultimers or distinct units. Also forms a functional cation channel with Trpgamma. Activated by fatty acids, metabolic stress, inositols and GTP-binding proteins. (1124 aa) | ||||
Clk | Circadian locomoter output cycles protein kaput; Circadian regulator that acts as a transcription factor and generates a rhythmic output with a period of about 24 hours. Oscillates in antiphase to the cycling observed for period (PER) and timeless (TIM). According to reaches peak abundance within several hours of the dark-light transition at ZT0 (zeitgeber 0), whereas describes bimodal oscillating expression with maximum at ZT5 and ZT23. Clock-cycle heterodimers activate cycling transcription of PER and TIM by binding to the E-box (5'-CACGTG-3') present in their promoters. Once induced [...] (1027 aa) | ||||
Pld | Phospholipase; Phosphatidylinositol binding; phospholipase D activity. (1364 aa) | ||||
norpA | 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase; The production of the second messenger molecules diacylglycerol (DAG) and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) is mediated by activated phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C enzymes (By similarity). Essential component of the phototransduction pathway. Essential downstream component of a hh-signaling pathway which regulates the Duox-dependent gut immune response to bacterial uracil; required for the activation of Cad99C and consequently Cad99C-dependent endosome formation, which is essential for the Duox-dependent product [...] (1095 aa) | ||||
inaD | Inactivation-no-after-potential D protein; Involved in the negative feedback regulation of the light- activated signaling cascade in photoreceptors through a calcium- mediated process. Interacts with tetrapeptide ligand located in C- terminal sequence of 3 key components of the visual cascade, tethering them and forming a macromolecular signaling phototransduction complex. (686 aa) | ||||
Rac2 | Ras-related protein Rac2; Involved in integrin alpha-PS3/beta-nu-mediated phagocytosis of Gram-positive S.aureus by hemocytes. (192 aa) | ||||
Galphaq | G protein alpha q subunit; Guanine nucleotide-binding proteins (G proteins) are involved as modulators or transducers in various transmembrane signaling systems. Could be the transducin analog, an amplifier and one of the transducers of a visual impulse that performs the coupling between opsin and cGMP-phosphodiesterase. Could mediate a subset of olfactory and gustatory responses. (396 aa) | ||||
rdgA | Retinal degeneration A (rdgA) encodes a diacylglycerol kinase that mediates the conversion of diacylglycerol to phosphatidic acid. It contributes to phospholipase C based signalling reactions, controlling ion channel activity and protein transport. (1462 aa) | ||||
Rh5 | Rhodopsin 5 (Rh5) encodes a visual GPCR opsin that covalently binds the chromophore retinal. A photon of light stimulates the isomerization of retinal resulting in a conformational change in the product of Rh5 and signal activation. Its peak sensitivity is in the blue and it is expressed in a subclass of R8 photoreceptors; Belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor 1 family. Opsin subfamily. (382 aa) | ||||
vri | Vrille, isoform A; Vrille (vri) encodes a bZIP transcription factor acting as an enhancer of dpp phenotypes both in embryo and in wing. It is involved in hair and cell growth and in tracheal development. Vri is a clock-controlled gene acting as a repressor of the products of Clk and cry. (729 aa) | ||||
Rh6 | Opsin Rh6; Visual pigments are the light-absorbing molecules that mediate vision. They consist of an apoprotein, opsin, covalently linked to cis-retinal. (362 aa) | ||||
tim | Protein timeless; Required for the production of circadian rhythms. The biological cycle depends on the rhythmic formation and nuclear localization of the TIM-PER complex. Light induces the degradation of TIM, which promotes elimination of PER. Nuclear activity of the heterodimer coordinatively regulates PER and TIM transcription through a negative feedback loop. Behaves as a negative element in circadian transcriptional loop. Does not appear to bind DNA, suggesting indirect transcriptional inhibition. Belongs to the timeless family. (1421 aa) |