Voila, DROPROSA, pro, DMPROSPER, l(3)10419
transcription factor - novel homeodomain - represses neuroblast cell fate and cell cycle proliferation genes - initiates development of gangleon mother cell fate - asymmetrically localized to the basal cortex during neuroblast asymmetric cell division, resulting in its partioning into GMC daughter cells, where it translocates into the nucleus
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Gene model reviewed during 5.41
Gene model reviewed during 5.47
Tissue-specific extension of 3' UTRs observed during later stages (FBrf0218523, FBrf0219848); all variants may not be annotated
6.0 (northern blot)
6.5 (northern blot)
None of the polypeptides share 100% sequence identity.
1403 (aa)
1407 (aa)
The Prospero-type homeodomain and the adjacent Prospero domain act as a single structural unit, the Homeo-Prospero domain.
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Comment: asymetrically distributed
Comment: reference states 12-15 hr AEL
Comment: anlage in statu nascendi
Comment: anlage in statu nascendi
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm anlage in statu nascendi
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm anlage in statu nascendi
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm anlage in statu nascendi
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm anlage
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm anlage
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm anlage
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm anlage
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm primordium
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm primordium
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm primordium
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm primordium
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm primordium
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm primordium
Comment: reported as larval eye primordium
pros RNA is asymmetrically distributed in neuroblasts. During interphase, most is apically localized where it is either associated with the cortex or is in the cytoplasm. During mitosis, it is found in a basal cortical crescent. At cytokinesis, it is specifically segregated into the ganglion mother cell (GMC). Asymmetric cortical crescents of pros RNA are also observed in mitotic sensory organ precursor cells and in adult midgut precursors. pros RNA localization is not microtubule-dependent.
pros transcripts are expressed in neuroblasts and in ganglion mother cells in the CNS.
In stages 6 and 7, pros expression is confined to the neurectoderm of the abdominal segments as well as the procephalic neurectoderm of the head region. As neuroblasts delaminate, expression is restricted to them. Following division of the neuroblasts, the progeny GMCs also show strong pros expression. Midline cells express pros starting in stage 9. CNS expression becomes progressively restricted to cells in the lateral and dorsal portions of the ventral cord. In the PNS, pros expression is detected in sensory organ precursors at stage 10. Later, pros expression was evident in the second order precursors and then became restricted to a subset of their progeny (the scolopidia of chordotonal organs and the thecogen of external sensory organs). Outside of the nervous system, pros expression is detected in cells lining the gut and in the garland cells that form a ring around the CNS.
plasma membrane | apical & adjacent to
cytoplasm | apical
plasma membrane | basal & adjacent to
plasma membrane | apical & proximal to
plasma membrane | basal & proximal to
Comment: at 48 hr APF; not in dorsal margin photoreceptor cell R8
pros protein is first detected in the cytoplasm during prophase. Shortly after, it translocates to the membrane where it colocalizes with numb protein through telophase. Both proteins segregate in to the same daughter cell after which pros protein is released from the membrane and is transported into the nucleus. pros protein localization is microtubule and actin independent.
pros protein is faintly detected in the cytoplasm of interphase neuroblasts. At prophase, it localizes cortically close to the cell membrane on the basal side of the cell where it forms a crescent. It moves into the bud during anaphase and segregates completely into the ganglion mother cell (GMC) when the cell divides. It translocates to the nucleus of the GMC. Asymmetric segregation also occurs in the embryonic endoderm. Large cells in the lumen of the midgut primordium express pros protein in a crescent pattern and transport it to he small daughter cells where it is transported to the nucleus.
pros protein is expressed in the 6 anterior longitudinal (interface) glial cells, where it is co-expressed with Scer\GAL4naz.PS. The majority of cells also co-express Scer\GAL4Eaat1.PR.
pros protein first starts to accumulate in the apical cortex in neuroblasts at interphase. During mitosis, it localizes to the basal cortex of the neuroblast. During anaphase, it is asymmetrically localized to the cortex of the budding ganglion mother cell (GMC). Immediately after cytokinesis, pros protein is cortically localized around the entire GMC and is excluded from the neuroblast. It is subsequently translocated into the GMC nucleus. In MP2 and in the GMCs, one division occurs to produce a pair of neurons. In these cells, pros protein does not become cortically localized but is found throughout the cell. After MP2 and GMC cytokinesis, pros protein is found transiently in the nuclei of the sibling neurons. pros protein is also asymmetrically localized to the cortex in mitotic sensillum precursor cells of the PNS and in midgut primordia.
pros protein localizes to the apical side of neuroblasts at interphase. During prophase it forms a crescent on the basal side of the cell and remains there through the rest of mitosis. It partitions to the GMC when the cell divides.
During embryonic stages 8 and 9, pros protein is observed in the nucleus but is partly colocalized with miranda protein at the cortex of interphase ectodermal cells. It is localized at the basolateral cortex of epithelial cells during mitosis. It is equally partitioned to the two daughter epithelial cells.
pros protein is expressed in photoreceptor R7 cells in rows7-8, and in cone cells in rows 11-14.
During mitosis at prepupal stage P5(ii), pros is asymmetrically localized in a cortical crescent in only one of the dividing cells, and is either nuclear or cytoplasmically localized in the sister cell. At 36hrs APF, the presence of pros in the sheath (thecogen) cell is possibly due to inheritance from the precursor cell IIb lineage, whilst expression in the socket (tormogen) cell, which is derived from the non-pros expressing precursor cell IIa, is due to de novo synthesis. Expression of pros in the eo glial cell is transient and is rapidly lost as the cell moves away to associate with the fasciculating sensory neuron.
In contrast to previous studies, pros protein is observed in neuroblasts where it is found in an apical or basal cortical crescent.
pros protein is first detected in the ganglion mother cells of the procephalic neurogenic region of stage 9 embryos. pros protein is later expressed in the emerging GMCs in the ventral region and eventually in most GMCs. Once GMCs divide into sibling neurons, expression soon disappears leaving persistant expression in a subset of glial cells.
In the CNS, pros expression is first observed in the GMCs and then transiently in neurons shortly after formation. It is later expressed in glial cells near the fiber tracts. In the PNS, pros protein is first evident in the second order precursor cells at stage 11. It is then found in a subset of their progeny, including the neuron, the scolopidia of chordotonal organs and the thecogen of external sensory organs. Neuron expression is transient while expression in the sister cell persists.
Comment: 8 hr APF
Comment: 16-24 hr APF
Comment: 16-24 hr APF
Comment: 24 hr APF
Comment: 24 hr APF
Comment: 24 hr APF
Comment: 24 hr APF
Comment: 24 hr APF
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Source for merge of: pros l(3)rK137
Source for merge of: pros Voila
Source for merge of: pros BcDNA:HL08040
Source for merge of: pros anon-WO0140519.15
"Voila" may correspond to "pros"; the P{GawB} element in "Voila1" is inserted 216bp upstream of the transcription start site of "pros".
Source for merge of pros BcDNA:HL08040 was a shared cDNA ( date:030728 ).
Source for merge of pros anon-WO0140519.15 was sequence comparison ( date:051113 ).
S2 cells treated with dsRNA generated against this gene show reduced phagocytosis of Candida albicans compared to untreated cells.
A combination of cortical tethering and regulated nuclear export controls pros subcellular distribution and function in higher eukaryotes.
Mutant larvae do not show gustatory responses to NaCl and sucrose.
pros is a critical regulator of the transition from mitotically active cells to terminal differentiated neurons during neurogenesis.
pros mutants show severe delays in axon outgrowth, and the post-synaptic myopodia are initially present but fail to show clustering behavior.
pros has a function in dendritic development.
Eight EMS induced alleles have been identified in a screen for mutations affecting commissure formation in the CNS of the embryo.
pros promotes IIb cell fate and inhibits IIa cell fate in the adult external sense organ lineage.
Candidate gene for quantitative trait (QTL) locus determining bristle number.
pros has a role in the determination of the fate of the PIIb cell in the development of the adult external sensory organs.
Males with a mutation in the pros locus show strong bisexual behaviour.
pros mRNA and the RNA-binding protein stau are asymmetrically localised in mitotic neuroblasts and are specifically partitioned into the GMC, as is pros protein. stau is required for localisation of pros RNA but not of pros protein. Loss of localisation of stau or of pros RNA alters GMC development, but only in embryos with reduced levels of pros protein, suggesting that pros RNA and pros protein act redundantly to specify GMC fate. GMCs do not transcribe the pros gene, showing that inheritance of pros RNA and/or pros proteins from the neuroblast is essential for GMC specification.
pros is a sequence-specific DNA-binding protein with novel sequence preferences that can act as a transcription factor. pros protein can interact with homeodomain proteins to differentially modulate the DNA-binding properties. The DNA-binding and homeodomain protein interacting activities are localised to the highly conserved C-terminal region, the two regulatory capacities are independent. pros protein modulates the DNA binding activity of Dfd by pros-mediated conformational changes.
pros gene becomes transcriptionally activated at a low level in all sev-competent cells prior to sev signaling and this requires the activities of Ras85D and two ETS transcription factors, aop and pnt. Restriction of high level pros expression to the R7 cell appears as a subsequent event, which requires sev activation of the Ras85D kinase pathway. phyl interacts with another nuclear factor, sina, to form a complex and both factors are involved in upregulating transcription of pros in the eye.
Four neuroblast molecular markers (svp, pros, en and ftz) have been used to demonstrate that some neuroblasts are homologous between insects (Drosophila and Schistocerca). They have similar position, time of formation and time of gene expression. Results suggest that evolution of the insect CNS has occurred in part through altering the neuroblast pattern and fate.
pros is asymmetrically segregated on neuroblast division. pros synthesised in neuroblasts in retained in the cytoplasm and at mitosis is exclusively partitioned to ganglion mother cells. Differential segregation of pros is also found in the endoderm. The region responsible for this event shares a common motif with numb, which also shows unequal segregation.
pros translocates to the membrane at the beginning of cell division and colocalises with numb throughout mitosis, suggesting a common mechanism for asymmetric segregation. numb and pros localisation is coupled to mitosis and tightly correlated with the position of one of the two centrosomes but independent of microtubules and actin.
The pros transcription factor is asymmetrically localized to the cell cortex during neuroblast mitosis, providing a mechanism for rapidly establishing distinct sibling cell fates in the CNS and possibly other tissues.
Mutation in pros affects neuronal connections, affecting pathway finding.
pros is required for PNS development in the embryo.
Mutations at pros were used to show that innervation plays no role in the patterning, morphogenesis, maintenance or physiological development of the somatic muscles of the embryo.
pros mutants, that remove or delay innervation in the embryo, have been used to determine role of presynaptic motor neuron in the development of the receptive field of the postsynaptic muscle: the muscle autonomously defines correct synaptic site whereas the motor neuron directs the development of the muscle's receptive field by stimulating the synthesis and localization of transmitter receptors.
Mutations in pros generate malformations of the longitudinal tracts.
pros has been isolated and its expression pattern in the developing CNS determined.
pros expression is required for the correct cell lineage of several neuroblasts including the neuroblast that produces the aCC and pCC neurons.
Mutant has defects in neuroblast cell lineages, axon pathfinding in CNS and PNS.
The locus is named "Voila" - a la voile et a la vapeur, French slang for a bisexual human.