dbPAF Protein Information


Tag Content
dbPAF ID dbPAF-0004872
Uniprot Accession P09085; CAD_DROME; A4V0Y1; D4G7D2; Q9VIJ6;
Genbank Protein ID NP_476954.1; NP_599128.1;
Genbank Nucleotide ID NM_057606.6; NM_134301.4;
Protein Name Homeotic protein caudal
Protein Synonyms/Alias
Gene Name cad
Gene Synonyms/Alias CG1759;
Organism Drosophila melanogaster(Fruit fly)
NCBI Taxa ID 7227
Functional Description
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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 proliferation, genital disk development and pattern formation. Acts as a key regulator of the Hox gene network and activates transcription via the downstream core promoter element (DPE) relative to the TATA box. Plays a role in the establishment of the hindgut and in the invagination of the hindgut primordium during gastrulation. These effects on the gut are achieved by acting combinatorially at the posterior of the embryo to activate transcription of different targets including fog, fkh and wg. Caudal is involved in regulation of proliferation through transactivation of the E2F gene. Postembryonically its function is mostly restricted to the intestine where it regulates antimicrobial peptide (AMP) levels preserving the normal gut flora.
Phosphorylation Sites
dbPAF PTMs: 1
PositionPeptidesSourceReferences ( PMIDs )
245SVSNNNRTSPSKPPYdbPTM 3.0;Phospho.ELM 9.0;UniProt18327897; 16381945; 23193290
Sequence
(Fasta)
MVSHYYNTLP YTQKHSAANL AYASAAGQPW NWTPNYHHTP PNHQFLGDVD SSHAAHHAAA 60
AHQMYYNSHH MFHSAAAASA GEWHSPASST ADNFVQNVPT SAHQLMQQHH HHHAHASSSS 120
ASSGSSSSGG APGAPQLNET NSSIGVGGAG GGGGVGGATD GGPGSAPPNH QQHIAEGLPS 180
PPITVSGSEI SSPGAPTSAS SPHHHLAHHL SAVANNNNNN NNNNNSPSTH NNNNNNNSVS 240
NNNRTSPSKP PYFDWMKKPA YPAQPQPGKT RTKDKYRVVY TDFQRLELEK EYCTSRYITI 300
RRKSELAQTL SLSERQVKIW FQNRRAKERK QNKKGSDPNV MGVGVQHADY SQLLDAKAKL 360
EPGLHLSHSL AHSMNPMAAM NIPAMRLHPH LAAHSHSLAA VAAHSHQLQQ QHSAQMSAAA 420
AVGTLSM 428
Keyword

KW-0025--Alternative splicing
KW-0181--Complete proteome
KW-0217--Developmental protein
KW-0238--DNA-binding
KW-0306--Gastrulation
KW-0371--Homeobox
KW-0539--Nucleus
KW-0597--Phosphoprotein
KW-1185--Reference proteome
KW-0804--Transcription
KW-0805--Transcription regulation

Interpro

IPR017970--Homeobox_CS
IPR001356--Homeobox_dom
IPR020479--Homeobox_metazoa
IPR009057--Homeodomain-like
IPR000047--HTH_motif

PROSITE

PS00027--HOMEOBOX_1
PS50071--HOMEOBOX_2

Pfam

PF00046--Homeobox

Gene Ontology

GO:0005737--C:cytoplasm
GO:0005634--C:nucleus
GO:0000977--F:RNA polymerase II regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding
GO:0003700--F:transcription factor activity, sequence-specific DNA binding
GO:0007487--P:analia development
GO:0009948--P:anterior/posterior axis specification
GO:0007350--P:blastoderm segmentation
GO:0030154--P:cell differentiation
GO:0010004--P:gastrulation involving germ band extension
GO:0035224--P:genital disc anterior/posterior pattern formation
GO:0035215--P:genital disc development
GO:0007377--P:germ-band extension
GO:0007442--P:hindgut morphogenesis
GO:0007443--P:Malpighian tubule morphogenesis
GO:0009887--P:organ morphogenesis
GO:0002807--P:positive regulation of antimicrobial peptide biosynthetic process
GO:0008284--P:positive regulation of cell proliferation
GO:0045944--P:positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter
GO:0045893--P:positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
GO:0007379--P:segment specification
GO:0006351--P:transcription, DNA-templated