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Drosophila genes listed by biochemical function |
Miscellaneous transcription factors and chromatin proteins
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absent, small, or homeotic discs 1
histone methyl transferase that indirectly prevents gene silencing - provides a specific signal for establishment of active transcription
absent, small, or homeotic discs 2
trithorax family member - maintains active transcription by binding a producer of nuclear phosphoinositidesand downregulating histone H1 hyperphosphorylation
Activating transcription factor-2
(alternative name: Atf-2) transcription factor - basic leucine zipper protein - regulates fat metabolism and osmotic stress response
Activating transcription factor 3 basic leucine-zipper transcription factor - partner of Jun in preventing extrusion and replacement of epidermal cells with histoblasts during larval morphogenesis
Adh transcription factor 1 (common alternative name: Nalyot) transcription factor - Myb helix-turn-helix family
abnormal chemosensory jump 6 (common alternative name: Ipou) transcription factor - homeodomain and POU domain
always early regulator of chromatin structure - a 'meiotic arrest' gene required for transcription of key G2-M cell cycle control genes and of spermatid differentiation genes
anterior open (common alternative name: pokkuri and yan) ets domain
anti-silencing factor 1
histone chaperone that assists in chromatin assembly and remodeling during replication, transcription activation, and gene silencing - contributes to the repression of Notch target genes - directly interacts Hairless
AP-2 transcription factor that plays essential roles in leg and proboscis outgrowth -involved in development of the adult brain central complex
apontic novel bZIP transcription factor and RNA-binding protein
ATP-utilizing chromatin assembly and remodeling factor PHD finger motifs and chromodomain - involved in chromatin assembly
barren (common alternative name: CAP-H)CAP-H homologue, a condensin subunit exclusively associated with condensin I - promotes sister chromatid resolution and maintains the structural integrity of centromeric heterochromatin during mitosis
Beardedproneural - basic amphipathic alpha-helix
Bicoid interacting protein 1 (common alternative name: Sap18)part of the Sin3A/Rpd3 histone deacetylase complex - helps convert Bicoid from an activator into a repressor by recruitment of a co-repressor to Bicoid-dependent promoters
binioufork head domain transcription factor essential for maintaining the distinction between splanchnic and somatic mesoderm and for differentiation of the splanchnic mesoderm into midgut musculature
bithoraxoid
produces non-coding RNA that may mediate or counteract epigenetic silencing - bxd RNA mediates recruitment of Ash1 to stimulates gene expression
blistered (common alternative name: Serum response factor) MADS-box motif
Boundary element-associated factor of 32kD (common alternative name: BEAF)chromatin protein required for insulator function, and chromatin structure and dynamics - required for oogenesis and zygotic development
bonus
nuclear receptor cofactor - ortholog of mammalian transcriptional intermediary factor 1/tripartite motif (TIF1/TRIM) family proteins - Yki and Bon promote epidermal and antennal fates at the expense of the eye fate - SUMOylation of Bonus during oogenesis safeguards germline identity by recruiting repressive chromatin complexes to silence tissue-specific genes - Fru forms a complex with Bonus (Bon), which, in turn, recruits either of two chromatin regulators, Histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1), which masculinizes individual sexually dimorphic neurons, or Heterochromatin protein 1a, which demasculinizes them - Mutation of bonus leads to apoptosis, which can be rescued by p53-depletion - Bonus, negatively regulates Drosophila Myb activity - binds to the activator function AF-2 domain present in the ligand binding domain of βFTZ-F1 and behaves as a transcriptional inhibitor
brahma trithorax group - SWI2/SNF2 homolog - DNA dependent ATPase - helicase motif
Brahma associated protein 55kD member of both the Brahma and the Tat interactive protein 60 kD (TIP60) ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complexes - functions through the TIP60 complex to regulate dendrite wiring specificity in olfactory projection neurons - as a member of the Brahma complex it is needed for cell growth and survival in the wing imaginal disc
Brf transcription factor TRF1 forms a complex with the TFIIB-related factor Brf that plays a major role in RNA pol III transcription
bric à brac
transcription factor bearing a BTB/POZ domain
brinker novel transcription factor bearing weak homology to homeobox domains
bunched (common alternative name: shortsighted) transcription factor - leucine zipper - dpp pathway
cannonball TAFII80, Trp-Asp repeat (WD-repeat) protein expressed only in spermatocytes, where it is required for transcription of genes required for spermatid differentiation
capicua transcription factor - HMG box protein
cap'n'collar basic leucine zipper
caravaggio (common alternative names: HOAP, HP1/ORC-associated protein) poorly conserved component of the telomere capping complex - prevents end fusion by maintaining a chromatin state that is independent of the underlying DNA sequence
Cenp-C centromere protein required for normal attachment of kinetochores to the spindle
centromere identifier a variant of histone H3 - chromatin component that plays a key role in assembling the kinetochore at meiosis and mitosis
Centrosomal protein 190kD
BTB/POZ domain and microtubule binding protein that alternatively serves as a chromatin insulator and as a component of centrioles -involved in axial expansion, the spreading out along the anterior-to-posterior axis during syncytial development
Chip transcription factor - enhancer facilitator
Chromator
chromodomain protein that contributes to the maintenance of polytene chromosome morphology - a component of spindle matrix that contributes to microtubule spindle dynamics and proper chromosome segregation during mitosis
chromosome alignment defect 1
substochiometric centromeric linker protein involved in centromere propagation - regulator of centromeric deposition of Cenp-A/Cid and Cenp-C during exit from mitosis
Chromosome associated protein D3 condensin II subunit, chromosome assembly and segregation during mitosis and meiosis - regulation of anti-bacterial immune determinants - restriction of retrotransposon mobilization
Chromosome associated protein H2 a condensin II subunit functioning during meiosis - promotes prophase I chromosome territory formation preventing heterologous chromosomal associations - promotes disassembly of polytene chromosomal structure into chromosomal components
Chronologically inappropriate morphogenesis BTB/POZ domain transcription factor - helps specify distinct birth order-dependent cell fates in an extended neuronal lineage -regulates the time at which neuroblasts undergo Prospero-dependent cell-cycle exit or Reaper/Hid/Grim-dependent apoptosis
cryptocephal REB/ATF superfamily bZIP domain transcription factor - controls expression of diverse neuropeptides and peptide hormones involved in metamorphosis
cryptochrome potential transcription factor - light response protein - cryptochrome/photolyase
Chromodomain-helicase-DNA-binding protein chromodomain protein in the SNF2-like family of ATPases - functions in assembly of active chromatin
Chromatin assembly factor 1 subunit A histone chaperone protein
clockwork orangea transcriptional repressor that synergizes with Per and inhibits Clk-mediated activation - acts preferentially to help terminate Clk-Cyc-mediated transcription of direct target genes
Co-repressor of Pangolin
Myb/SANT-like transcription factor that antagonizes Wingless signaling binding to Pangolin
CoRest
corepressor, component of L(3)mbt repressor complex, component of LSD1-CoREST demethylase, complex regulation of Notch signaling, ovarian follicular cells, wing, regulates DPP signaling, associates with Charlatan
corto
Chromodomain protein - partners with CycG which regulates the activity of Corto at chromatin - acts alternatively as an enhancer of TrxG and an Enhancer of PcG
cramped A novel Polycomb group protein
CrebB-17A (preferred name: Cyclic-AMP response element binding protein B; common alternative name: dCREB2) cAMP response element binding protein
CREB-binding protein (preferred name: nejire) CBP, a transcriptional co-activator
CREB-regulated transcription coactivator
transcription factor - transducer of regulated CREB activity - starvation triggers TORC activation - TORC maintains energy balance through induction of CREB target genes in the brain
crocodile winged helix, forkhead family
cryptochrome potential transcription factor - light response protein - cryptochrome/photolyase
C-terminal binding protein transcription factor-interacting protein
cut cut homeodomain
cutoff a protein related to a yeast transcription termination factor - involved in piwiRNA cluster expression, which is critical for oocyte development
cycle transcription factor - bHLH, pas domain - photoperiod response
Cyclic-AMP response element binding protein A basic leucine zipper - regulates secretory pathways
Cyclic-AMP response element binding protein B (common alternative names: dCREB2 and CrebB-17A) cAMP response element binding protein
dCREB2 (preferred name: CrebB-17A) basic leucine zipper - regulates learning and memory
retina aberrant in pattern transcription factor - ARID domain protein
Deformed epidermal autoregulatory factor-1 SAND and zf-MYND domain transcription factor - involved in embryonic development, Deformed autoregulation and the immune response
Diabetes- and obesity regulated
coactivator of ecdysone receptor needed during metamorphosis - antagonized by insulin signaling via FOXO in the fat body - part of a feed-forward mechanism whereby ecdysone potentiates its own signaling - regulates autophagosome formation and protein degradation
Dichaete (preferred name: Sox box protein 70D, common alternative name: fish-hook) HMG-domain protein - SOX-domain protein
disc proliferation abnormal Licensing factor component - Zn finger motif - cdc21 homolog - MCM4 homolog - Chromatin component
distal antenna & distal antenna-related
two closely linked genes coding for pipsqueak domain proteins - effector genes that act downstream of homothorax and Distal-less to control differentiation of distal antennal structures
DJun (preferred name: Jun related antigen) basic leucine zipper
DNA replication-related element factora transcription factor that activates
genes involved in cell proliferation
dorsal
transcription factor - NFkappaB/rel homolog - functions in establishment
of dorsal/ventral polarity - Dorsal and DIF act downstream of the Toll pathway in the immune response
Dorsal interacting protein 3 MADF DNA-binding domain and BESS protein interaction domain protein - interacts with Rel domain proteins - enhances Rel family transcription factor function in both dorsoventral patterning and the immune response
Dorsal related immune
factor NFkappaB/rel homolog - a regulator of the immune
response - Dorsal and DIF act downstream of the Toll pathway in the immune response
Domina
forkhead/winged-helix class
domino
DNA helicase/adenosine triphosphatase - component of the Tip60 chromatin-remodeling complex that acetylates nucleosomal phospho-H2Av and exchanges it with an unmodified H2Av
dorsal NFkappaB/rel homolog
Dorsal related immune factor NFkappaB/rel homolog
doublesex novel - sex determination
DP transcription factor transcription factor - obligate dimerization partner of E2f1 and E2f2 - required for normal cell proliferation, optimal DNA synthesis, and efficient G2/M progression
dre4 transcription factor -
along with Structure specific recognition protein (Ssrp) forms a protein complex, FACT, that facilates GAGA factor directed chromatin remodeling
E2F transcription factor positively regulates genes involved in the S (DNA synthesis) phase of the cell cycle
E2F transcription factor 2
negatively regulates genes involved in the S (DNA synthesis) phase of the cell cycle
Ecdysone-induced protein 74EF (also known as E74A and E74B) alternatively spliced ets domain transcription factor that controls the timing of gene activation during molting
Ecdysone-induced protein 93F
Pipsqueak family transcription factor - programs a cell death response during larval development
eggless
SET domain hydroxymethyltransferase required for oogenesis - trimethylates histone H3 at its K9 residue - involved in gene silencing
Enhancer of bithorax
nucleosome remodeling factor - NURF301
Enhancer of Polycomb
novel Polycomb group protein and a suppressor of position effect variegation
Enhancer of yellow 3 (common alternative name: SAYP)
Trithorax group protein, constituent PBAP chromatin remodeling complex, a coactivator supercomplex consisting of Brahma and TFIID; participates in ecdysone-dependent transcriptional regulation
erect wing novel transcription factor
Ets at 21C
stress-induced transcription factor - controls intestinal stem cell proliferation & enterocyte apoptosis through distinct sets of target genes - loss of function prevents
epithelial aging - ectopic expression increases tumor size - expression is regulated by the JNK pathway - Capicua represses cell proliferation via direct targets including Ets21C
Ets at 65A
Ets domain transcription factor - regulation of cholinergic cell fate - acts combinatorially to control T1 neuron morphogenesis in the optic lobe, brain and CNS
Ets at 97D
Ets domain transcription factor - homolog of the alpha subunit of mammalian NRF-2/GABP - required for proper expression of most genes encoding mitochondrial proteins - regulator of mitochondrial number and mass - required for proper follicle cell migration, chorion formation, and nurse cell chromosome decondensation
extra macrochaetae HLH non basic
eyelid (preferred name: osa) Bright family
eyes absent (preferred name: clift) transcriptional co-activator and protein tyrosine phosphatase - cell survival factor - functions in eye development - also plays a role in the embryonic determination of somatic gonadal precursor (SGP) cell fate
female sterile (1) homeotic
double-bromodomain protein - trithorax group gene that cooperates with Zeste in Ultrabithorax activation
fork head forkhead domain transcription factor - formation of the embryonic salivary glands
Forkhead box P forkhead domain transcription factor - a highly conserved transcription factor known for its importance in human speech and language production - reduced expression in Drosophila leads to decreased levels of courtship behavior, altered pulse-song structure, and sex-specific motor impairments in walking and flight
forkhead domain 3F
required for the specialization of mechanosensory cilium of chordotonal neurons
Fos-related antigen (preferred name: kayak)
transcription factor - basic leucine zipper
foxo forkhead domain transcription factor - a target of the insulin receptor signaling pathway - modulates growth and proliferation
fussel
transcriptional corepressor - inhibits Dpp signaling acting by inhibiting Smad4 - acts within a chromatin modifying complex in the differentiation of bitter gustatory neurons - acts within an Rpd3 dependent
chromatin modifying complex - ortholog of the human functional smad suppressing element 15 (fussel-15), also
known as SKOR1, Corl1 or LBXcor1 within a chromatin modifying complex - protooncogene that retains the ability of Ski/Sno proteins to inhibit the antiproliferative effects of TGF-β signalling
geminin
limits DNA replication by preventing Mcm loading onto chromatin
germ cell-less
chromatin component - BTB/POZ domain protein- responsible for establishment transcriptional quiescence in germ cells
giant basic leucine zipper - gap gene
glial cells missing novel
gluon
condensin subunit SMC4 - involved in mitotic chromatin condensation
groucho WD40 domain - E(spl) comples
Grunge
transcriptional cofactor for Even-skipped - homolog of mammalian Atrophin
Hairless
novel basic protein - interacts with Suppressor of Hairless
Heat shock factormaster regulator of heat shock response - leucine zipper transcription factor
heterochromatin protein 1 (preferred name: Suppressor of variegation 205) chromodomain - Polycomb group - chromatin binding protein
Heterochromatin Protein 1c chromodomain protein - chromatin interactor and organizer - transcriptional co-regulator - transcriptional activator - a components of a multiprotein complex involved in nervous system development - regulator of telomere function
Heterochromatin Protein 1e testis-specific HP1 protein that acts during spermiogenesis by exerting post-fertilization control to ensure faithful chromosome segregation in the embryo
Hexamethylene bisacetamide inducible negative regulator of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoters - ensures the integrity of Hedgehog signaling in the wing disc - component of a macromolecular complex that keeps TEFb in a catalytically inactive state
High mobility group protein - d HMG domain protein
Hira (alternative name Sesame)
histone chaperone - required for nucleosome assembly during sperm nucleus decondensation - GAGA factor and FACT-dependent replacement of methylated histone H3 by H3.3 occurs through association with Hira
Histone deacetylase 3 chromatin component -
deacetylates histone H4 - counteracts the overgrowth induced by InR, PI3K or S6K over-expression - a target of the PI3K pathway - helps retain chromatin compaction and gene silencing in nuclear lamina-interacting multigenic chromatin domains
Histone gene-specific Epigenetic Repressor in late S phase chromatin component - a molecular switch linking epigenetic gene silencing to cell cycle-dependent histone production
Histone H1
Chromatin component - linker histone
Histone H1 variant BigH1
germline linker histone that enhances transcriptional silencing - replaced by somatic dH1 in somatic cells - oogenesis and spermatogenesis - along with the translational regulator Bam forms a repressor loop essential for male germ stem cell differentiation
Histone H2A
Chromatin component - a core histone that can be modified by ubiquitination - a target of polycomb gene silencing - involved in trans-histone regulation through histone H3
Histone H2A variant
replacement histone participates in an ordered cascade of events leading to the establishment of heterochromatin
Histone H2B
Nucleosome core histone component, chromatin assembly, target of ubiquitination by the dosage compensation and SWI/SNF complexes, regulates of neuronal connectivity in the visual system, regulates Notch target genes and repression of key differentiation genes
Histone H3
Nucleosome component - core histone
Histone H3.3A
H3 histone subtype - deposition is coupled to transcription and continues while a gene is active - histone replacement suggests a mechanism to
maintain both the structure of chromatin and access to DNA at active genes
Histone H4 Nucleosome component - core histone
Holes in muscle WRPW motif protein that binds Groucho to inhibit both muscle differentiation and Mef2 activity during development
HP1c
HP1 family member - mchromatin interactor and organizer - physically interacts with DNA-binding zinc-finger transcription factors Without children and Relative-of-WOC to act as a transcriptional activator
Hybrid male rescue
transcription factor and chromatin factor - boundary element protein - along with Lethal hybrid rescue interacts with HP1 to
repress transcripts
from satellite DNAs and many families of transposable elements - gain-of-function phenotype causing lethality in F1 male hybrids between D. melanogaster and D. simulans
hyrax
the Cdc73 component of the Polymerase-Associated Factor 1 (PAF1) complex - required for nuclear transduction of the Wnt/Wg signal - manifests its effects on transcription through modulating chromatin structure
Imitation SWI (common alternative name: ISWI) ATPase domain - chromatin remodeler
insensitive a nuclear factor that physically interacts with Suppressor of Hairless and inhibits Notch signalling during peripheral nervous system development
Inverse regulator a (common alternative name: Pre-mRNA cleavage complex 2 protein Pcf11)
forms a bridge between the RNA polymerase C-terminal domain and RNA- dismantles elongation complexes by a C-terminal domain-dependent but nucleotide-independent mechanism
Inverted repeat binding protein 18 kDa
bZIP transcription factor - Minute cell competition, arising from mutation of ribosomal proteins, requires the transcription factors Irbp18 and Xrp1 - Xrp1 forms heterodimers with Irbp18, and removal of Irbp18 also strongly suppresses the competitive elimination of Rp/+ cells in mosaic tissues - IRBP18/Xrp1 heterodimer binds sequence-specifically to its dsDNA-binding site within P-element terminal inverted repeats - both proteins are critical for repair of DNA breaks following transposase cleavage in vivo
jing-interacting gene regulatory 1
a putative DNA-binding protein containing a MADF domain - hosts miR-92a in the intron and miR-92b in the 3'UTR - miRNA limits expression in neuroblasts and is essential for maintenance of a neuroblast pool
Jumonji, AT rich interactive domain 2 (alternative name: Jarid2)
component of Polycomb repressive complex 2, which is involved in methylation of histone 3 at K27, required for transcriptional repression
Jun related antigen (common alternative name:: DJun) basic leucine zipper transcription factor - activated through RAS/MAPK-mediated phosphorylation - interacts with Fos - serves to activate genes involved in neural function and the immune response - cooperates with the ETS domain protein Pointed to induce R7 fate in the developing eye
kayak (common alternative name: Fos-related antigen)
transcription factor - basic leucine zipper
kismet
member of the SWI2/SNF2 family of ATP-dependent chromatin-remodeling factors - facilitates an early step in transcriptional elongation by Pol II
knot
EBF/Olf-1 homolog, HLH protein
Lamin
an intermediate filament protein - chromatin associated protein
Lethal hybrid rescue
chromatin factor - contains BESS motif found in boundary element proteins - along with Hybrid male rescue interacts with HP1 to
repress transcripts from satellite
DNAs and many families of transposable elements - gain-of-function phenotype causing lethality in F1 male hybrids between D. melanogaster and D. simulans
lethal (3) malignant brain tumor
a chromatin compactor - tumor suppressor - targets Salvador-Warts-Hippo pathway - inactivator of germline genes - mutation result in the formation of brain tumors
lilliputian transcription factor - Fragile X mental retardation 2 (Fmr2) family
Lipin
phosphatidate phosphatase activity - transcriptional co-activator - downstream effector mediating effects of insulin and TORC1 signaling on lipid metabolism - influences fat body
development and function - affects cellular growth
little imaginal discs
trimethyl H3K4 demethylase - physically interacts with Myc to regulator Myc-induced cell growth
lola like BTB/POZ domain protein - partner of Trithorax-like in maintaining gene repression
Lost PHDs of trr (alternative name: Cara mitad) PHD zinc finger protein - cofactor for Trithorax-related - associates with EcR-USP receptor and is required for hormone-dependent transcription - required for proper global trimethylation of H3K4
lozenge AML-1 homolog
maleless DEAH-box subfamily ATP-dependent helicase
male-specific lethal-1 chromatin component - dosage compensation - basic motif, leucine zipper-like motif, glycine-rich motif protein that directly binds DNA
male-specific lethal-2 chromatin component - dosage compensation - ring finger - metallothionein motif
male-specific lethal 3 chromatin component - dosage compensation - MRG family, chromo-barrel domain
males absent on the first histone acetyltransferase involved in dosage compensation
marelle (preferred name: STAT) stat homolog
mastermind novel - neurogenic
maternal gene required for meiosis (common alternative name: Mamo)
BTB transcription factor - essential for the temporally defined, terminal identity of alpha'/beta' mushroom body neuronsand identity maintenance - required for the production of functional oocytes - necessary for vasa expression
MBD-like methyl-DNA binding protein involved in methylation dependent
transcriptional repression
Medea Smad family member
Mediator complex subunit 1
a specific cofactor for GATA TFs - coactivator for the GATA factor Pannier during thoracic development - required for cell proliferation and hematopoietic differentiation dependent on the GATA TF Serpent development
Mediator complex subunit 19
a subunit of the Mediator complex - directly binds Hox homeodomains, modulating Hox-directed developmental outcomes
Menin 1
conserved chromatin factor that modulates Jun activity in a manner dependent on the cellular context - tumor suppressor that functions in maintenance of genomic integrity - controls stress responses
Mi-2 ATP dependent DNA helicase - Zinc finger, C4HC3 type (PHD finger)
Microcephalin
a conserved regulator of cell cycle, co-ordination of centrosome and nuclear division cycles, and maintenance of chromosome condensation
modifier of mdg4 GAGA-like, BTB domain - interacts with suppressor of Hairy wing on gypsy insulator element
modulo
RRM-containing domain - modifier of PEV promoting chromatin compaction and inactivation - controls cellular growth rate downstream of dMYC
moira Trithorax-complex protein - SWI3 homolog - chromatin remodeling protein
Mothers against dpp presumptive novel transcription factor - downstream of DPP
Motif 1 Binding Protein
a transcriptional activator that associates with a core promoter element known as Motif 1 - a member of the Enhancers of trithorax and polycomb (ETP) family - boundary element binding protein - participates in co-regulation of ribosomal protein genes
multi sex combs chromatin factor involved in assembly of histone locus body, an essential histone mRNA processing factor, hemocyte proliferation and differentiation
mushroom body miniature PHD finger superfamily protein - a nucleolar protein required for small ribosomal subunit biogenesis - transcriptionally regulated by Myc which relays information from nutrient dependent signaling pathways to ribosomal gene expression - part of the Myc and CK2 regulatory networks for coordination of neuroblast growth and proliferation
Myocardin-related transcription factor
conserved cofactor for serum response factor - required for border cell migration during oogenesis - activation induced by cell stretching - regulates tracheal branching
multiprotein bridging factor 1
Helix-turn-helix transcription factor - coactivator that translocates from the cytoplasm into the nucleus to induce stress-response genes - protects Enhancer of zeste mRNA from Pacman activity thereby ensuring Polycomb silencing - AP-1-dependent epithelial closure becomes sensitive to H2O2 in flies lacking MBF1 - co-activator for Tracheae Defective contributing to the formation of tracheal and nervous systems
myocyte enhancer factor 2 mads box
Myb oncogene-like Myb DNA-binding domain
Myelodysplasia/myeloid leukemia factor interacts with various factors involved in transcriptional regulation, regulates cell proliferation during eye morphogenesis, Lozenge activity during hematopoetic development and assembly of the COP9 signalosome complex
nab transcriptional cofactor - co-activator of Squeeze in CNS neurons - co-repressor of Rotund in wing
Negative elongation factor E
RNA-binding protein - along with other factors, NELF causes polymerase to pause in the promoter proximal region of heat shock genes
nejire CREB-binding protein, a transcriptional co-activator
nervy
probable transcriptional co-repressor- described as an AKAP binding protein, zinc finger protein expressed in the CNS and involved in axon guidance
Nipped-A
Homologue of the yeast Tra1 and human TRRAP proteins - a key component of both the SAGA and Tip60 (NuA4) chromatin-modifying complexes - required for Mastermind function during wing development
Nipped-B
a DNA-binding transcription factor regulates gene expression by controlling cohesin dynamics - regulates of sister chromatid cohesion
Nucleoporin 98-96kD transcriptional regulator - viral-induced primary response gene - lymph gland hematopoietic development
Nucleosome assembly protein Histone chaperone - chromatin assembly
NURF301 (preferred name:
Enhancer of bithorax Major subunit of Nucleosome remodeling factor
orientation disrupter rapidly evolving gene - involved in meiotic cohesion, chromosome core maintenance and homologous recombination
Origin recognition complex 2 A subunit of the Origin recognition complex, involved in initiation of DNA replication
Origin recognition complex subunit 6 A DNA-binding protein that functions as subunit of the Origin recognition complex - involved in initiation of DNA replication - facilitates GTPase activity and filament formation of the septin complex
osa (common alternative name: eyelid) Bright family
p53 DNA repair pathway and apoptosis transcription factor
Paired box neuro paired domain - no homeodomain is present
Paf1
Part of a protein complex that directs the histone methyltransferase activity and links active transcription and modifications of chromatin structure.
pangolin transcription factor - HMG domain - segment polarity
PAR-domain protein 1 PAR-domain bZIP transcription factor
PAX transcription activation domain interacting protein
BRCT (BRCA1 carboxy terminal) domain protein that can bind to
phosphorylated serine residues - chromatin-binding protein implicated in epigenetic control of development and differentiation - potential trithorax gene cofactor - potential interactor with transcription factors that also serves as a modifier of histones
Pcaf (common alternative name: Gcn5) a major histone H3 acetylase in Drosophila that plays a key role in the control of specific morphogenetic cascades during developmental transitions
P-element somatic inhibitor
splice factor that regulates the thermosensitive alternative splicing of timeless (tim) - AGO1 interacts with Psi to repress Myc transcription and inhibit developmental cell and tissue growth - Psi interacts with the mediator complex to modulate MYC transcription - Psi interaction with the U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein complex (snRNP) controls male courtship behavior by regulation splicing for fruitless - regulates splicing of the P-element transposase pre-mRNA by binding a pseudo-splice site upstream of the authentic splice site
period transcription factor - pas domain - photoperiod response
PHD finger protein 7 ortholog chromatin component - conserved epigenetic 'reader' that activates the male germline sexual program - binds histone H3 N-terminal tails with a preference for dimethyl lysine 4
pipsqueak
BTB domain & Psq motif transcription factor that targets a Polycomb group protein complex to Polycomb response elements
pointed ets family
pokkuri (preferred name: anterior open, common alternative name: yan) ets domain
Polycomb transcription factor - chromo domain - Polycomb group - chromatin binding
Polycomblike a member of a distinct chromatin complex - functions downstream of Pleiohomeotic in the assembly of a repressive complex that generates high levels of H3-K27 trimethylation in Polycomb target genes
Pox meso
Pax family transcription factor - demarcates the 'Poxm competence domain', a domain of
competence for ventral and lateral muscle development and for the
determination of at least some adult muscle precursor cells
Pre-mRNA cleavage complex 2 protein Pcf11 (preferred name: Inverse regulator a)
forms a bridge between the RNA polymerase C-terminal domain and RNA- dismantles elongation complexes by a C-terminal domain-dependent but nucleotide-independent mechanism
PR/SET domain containing protein 7
Set domain protein - methyltransferase that targets Histone H4 - helps maintain silent chromatin by a histone modification
that precludes neighboring acetylation of the H4 tail
P32
multifunctional signaling protein involved in neurotransmitter release, a mitochondrial protein and a chromatin protein functioning as a protamine chaperone in nucleosome assembly during sperm chromatin remodeling
pygopus
nuclear PHD-finger protein - a core component of the Wingless signaling pathway that acts downstream of or at the level of Pangolin
Relish
Ankyrin-repeat and NFkappaB domain protein - a key factor in the induction of the humoral immune response in Drosophila, including antibacterial as well as antifungal factors - Relish acts in the IMD pathway
Repressed by TOR (common alternative name: REPTOR)
Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) domain transcription factor - together with its binding partner encoded by REPTOR-BP, mediates much of the transcriptional response observed upon Tor complex 1 inhibition - plays critical roles in maintaining energy homeostasis and promoting animal survival upon nutrient restriction
retina aberrant in pattern (common alternative names: retained and dead ringer) transcription factor - ARID domain protein
Retinoblastoma-family protein cell cycle regulator
Retinoblastoma-family protein 2 cell cycle and developmental regulator - functions in concert with E2F2 to repress the expression of differentiation markers in ovaries and embryos where RBF2 is highly expressed
Rfx
transcription factor - RFX DNA-binding domain - essential regulator of ciliated sensory neuron differentiation
rhino
HP1 homolog - required for nuage organization,
transposon silencing, and ping-pong amplification of Piwi-interacting RNAs
ribbon BTB/POZ domain transcription factor - a regulator of epithelial morphogenesis that promotes cell migration
RNA on the X-1 X chomosome associated RNA
RNA polymerase II 215kD subunit large subunit of the enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of a complementary strand of RNA from a DNA template
Rpd3 histone deacetylase
Rtf1 functions as part of a protein complex in the monoubiquitination of histone H2B and the consequent methylation of histone H3 - functions in Notch signaling
runt Runt domain protein - pair rule gene
SAGA factor-like TAF6
histone fold domain protein - component of histone acetyltransferase (SAGA) complex - required for SAGA coactivator function
SAYP (Preferred name: Enhancer of yellow 3)
constituent PBAP chromatin remodeling complex, a coactivator supercomplex consisting of Brahma and TFIID; participates in ecdysone-dependent transcriptional regulation
Smrter SMRT-related ecdysone receptor-interacting protein
scalloped human TEF-1 homolog
Scm-related gene containing four mbt domains PcG protein - Pleiohomeotic interactor that binds mono- and di-methylated H3-K9 and H4-K20 and acts to maintain a Polycomb-repressed chromatin state
Serum response factor (preferred name: blistered) MADS-box motif
Set2
Histone 3 methyltransferase involved in dosage compensation, puparium formation and adult development
Sex combs extra (common alternative name: Ring) Polycomb group - protein ubiquitination - a member of a protein complex, termed PRC1 (Polycomb repressive complex 1)
Sex combs on midleg Polycomb group
shortsighted (preferred name: bunched) transcription factor - leucine zipper - dpp pathway
shuttle craft zinc finger, C4HC3 type (PHD finger), and RD-domain protein
Sin3A
transcriptional corepressor; component of histone deacetylase complex that affects cell cycle progression
Sir2
histone deacetylase required for euchromatic and heterochromatic silencing - interacts genetically and physically with members of the Hairy/Deadpan/E(Spl) family of bHLH euchromatic repressors
sloppy paired 1 and 2 forkhead domain
slow border cells basic leucine zipper - CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein homolog
snf5-related (common alternative name: snr1) SWI/SNF family
Sox box protein 15 HMG-domain protein - SOX-domain protein - under the
control of the canonical wingless pathway such that wg and
Sox15 regulate each other's transcription through a feedback loop that results in proliferation of wing hinge cells
Sox box protein 70D (common alternative name: Dichaete or fish-hook) HMG-domain protein - SOX-domain protein
Sox21a
essential for enterocyte differentiation from enteroblast in the midgut - involved in feedback amplification loop that leads to rapid production from intestinal stem cells of differentiation-defective enteroblasts and subsequent tumorigenesis - Sox100B directly regulates Sox21a to promote differentiation - Sox21a and GATAe form a functional relay to orchestrate EB differentiation - genetic interaction between peroxisomes and the JAK and STAT signaling restores the expression defect of Sox21a in peroxisome defective cells
Sox100b
a critical regulator of adult intestinal stem cell differentiation - required for differentiation of enteroblast progenitors into absorptive enterocytes - depletion inhibits ISC proliferation via cell cycle arrest, while overexpression inhibits ISC proliferation by directly suppressing EGFR expression - testes differentiation
Sox102F (common alternative name: SoxD)
HMG-domain protein - SOX-domain transcription factor - optic lobe - olfactory perception - neuromuscular
junction - axon guidance, adult courtship behavior - wing - heart
SoxNeuroHMG1/2 (high mobility group) box transcription factor - essential for the formation of neural progenitor cells in the central nervous system
Spargel
transcriptional coactivator - required for the expression of multiple genes encoding mitochondrial proteins - mediates mitochondrial activity, cell growth and transcription of target genes in response to insulin signalling
Spt6transcription elongation factor implicated in RNA processing and degradation of improperly processed pre-mRNA
STAT (common alternative name: marelle) STAT homolog
Structure specific recognition protein transcription factor -
along with Dre4 forms a protein complex, FACT, that facilates GAGA factor directed chromatin remodeling
Suppressor of hairless integrase domain - Notch pathway
suppressor of Hairy wing zinc fingers and leucine zipper - binds gypsy insulator element
Suppressor of Under-Replication
SNF2-domain protein - inhibits replication fork progression to promote DNA underreplication< - binds to H1 which is required for SuUR binding to chromatin in vivo - interacts with Rif1 which has a direct role in copy number control
Suppressor of variegation 3-3
homolog of the human LSD1 amine oxidase - demethylates H3K4me2 and H3K4me1 and facilitates subsequent H3K9 methylation by SU(VAR)3-9 - dictates the distinction between euchromatic and heterochromatic domains during early embryogenesis
Suppressor of variegation 3-7
chromatin constituent - C2H2 zinc finger protein - required for X-restricted dosage compensation complex targeting
Suppressor of variegation 3-9 involved in gene silencing - a modifier of position effect variegation - methylates histone H3 thus providing a mark for the association of HP1 to heterochromatin
Suppressor of variegation 205 (common alternative name: heterochromatin protein 1) chromodomain - Polycomb group - chromatin binding protein
Su(z)12Polycomb group - histone methyltransferase activity- constituent of polycomb PRC2 complex - functions in nucleosome binding of Drosophila PRC2 - essential for tri-methylation of the lysine 27 residue of histone H3
taimansteroid hormone receptor coactivator
taranis
a novel trithorax group member potentially linked to the cell cycle regulatory apparatus, required for normal sleep patterns, protects regenerating tissue from fate changes induced by the wound response, determinant of larval type I lineage-specific neural progenitor proliferation patterns,
apparatus
TATA binding protein
general transcription factor - component of TFIID - activates TATA-dependent transcription and represses DPE-dependent transcription
TATA box binding protein-related factor 2 differentially recognizes and regulates a subset of TATA-less promoters
TBP-associated factor 1general transcription factor - kinase and histone transacetylase activities
Tbp-related factorgeneral transcription factor - cell type specific TATA-binding protein
TfIIS (RNA polymerase II elongation factor)critical for efficient release of stalled RNA Pol II from intrinsic stop sites in promoter regions - promotes transcriptional elongation and decreases pausing
timeless novel with pas domain - photoperiod
toutatis PHD zinc finger and bromodomain chromatin component - acts positively to activate proneural gene expression
in the PNS - associates with Iswi, Pnr and Chip - required during Pnr-driven neural development
traffic jam
orthologue of a large Maf transcription factor in mammals - gonad development - somatic gonadal cells - follicle cells - germline-soma interactions - a transcriptional target of Hh signaling controlling cell-cell adhesion by negative regulation of E-cadherin expression
trithorax related
constituent of the Trr H3K4 methyltransferase, nuclear receptor co-activator complex, acts as a coactivator of Ecdysone receptor by altering the chromatin structure at ecdysone-responsive promoters
vestigial presumptive transcription factor - novel
vrille basic leucine zipper transcription factor
X-box-binding protein 1
basic leucine zipper - unfolded protein response (UPR) - enhances the expression of genes encoding ER chaperones, enzymes, and the ER protein degradation machinery
XNP DEAD-like helicases superfamily - complements HIRA in recognizing exposed DNA and serving as a binding platform for the efficient recruitment of H3.3 predeposition complexes to chromatin gaps
Xrp1
bZip-domain transcription factor - transcriptionally upregulated by an autoregulatory loop - triggers apoptosis in competitively looser cells - regulates translation and growth, delays development and is responsible for gene expression changes in mutant ribosomal proteins - induced by p53 following X-irradiation - partner of Inverted Repeat Binding Protein 18 - critical for repair of DNA breaks following transposase cleavage of DNA
yan (preferred name: anterior open) ets domain - antagonist of ras
yorkie ortholog of the mammalian transcriptional coactivator yes-associated protein - transcriptional coactivator that negatively regulates cell-cycle and cell-death regulators
zeste transcription factor - hlh domain and leucine zipper domain - trithorax group
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Drosophila genes listed by biochemical function
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