FlyBase Gene Report: Dmel\pita

General Information

Symbol

Dmel\pita

Species

D. melanogaster

Name

pita

Annotation Symbol

CG3941

Feature Type

protein_coding_gene

FlyBase ID

FBgn0034878

Gene Model Status

Current

Stock Availability

17 publicly available

Gene Snapshot

pita (pita) encodes an architectural chromatin protein essential for embryonic development that organizes open chromatin in the regulatory regions (predominantly promoters). pita product functions include enhancer blocking, support of distant interactions, protection from spreading of repressed chromatin and recruitment of transcription factors. [Date last reviewed: 2018-09-13]

Other Summaries

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Gene Group
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Also Known As

spdk

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Genomic Location

Cytogenetic map

59E3-59E3

Sequence location

2R:23,548,967..23,554,712 [-]

Recombination map

2-103

Sequence

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Genomic Maps

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Function

GO Summary Ribbons

[Detailed GO annotations]

Gene Group (FlyBase)

C2H2 ZINC FINGER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS

Protein Family (UniProt)

Protein Signatures (InterPro)

Molecular Function (GO)
[Detailed GO annotations]

Experimental Evidence

chromatin binding; chromatin insulator sequence binding; DNA binding; protein binding; sequence-specific DNA binding

Predictions / Assertions

zinc ion binding

Summaries

Gene Group (FlyBase)

C2H2 ZINC FINGER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS -: Zinc finger C2H2 transcription factors are sequence-specific DNA binding proteins that regulate transcription. They possess DNA-binding domains that are formed from repeated Cys₂His₂ zinc finger motifs. (Adapted from PMID:1835093, FBrf0220103 and FBrf0155739).

Summary (Interactive Fly)

zinc finger transcription factor that serves as an activator of expression of a set of genes required for initiation of DNA replication

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Gene Model and Products

Number of Transcripts

Number of Unique Polypeptides

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Protein Domains (via Pfam)

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Pfam protein domains

InterPro name

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Protein Domains (via SMART)

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SMART protein domains

InterPro name

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Comments on Gene Model

Low-frequency RNA-Seq exon junction(s) not annotated.

Gene model reviewed during 5.52

Sequence Ontology: Class of Gene

nuclear_gene

protein_coding_gene

Transcript Data

Annotated Transcripts

Name

FlyBase ID

RefSeq ID

Length (nt)

Assoc. CDS (aa)

pita-RA

FBtr0072112

NM_137962

2472

683

pita-RB

FBtr0072113

NM_166607

2529

623

Additional Transcript Data and Comments

Reported size (kB)

Comments

External Data

Crossreferences

Polypeptide Data

Annotated Polypeptides

Name

FlyBase ID

Predicted MW (kDa)

Length (aa)

Theoretical pI

RefSeq ID

GenBank

pita-PA

FBpp0072021

78.3

683

7.30

NP_611806

AAF47026

pita-PB

FBpp0072022

71.6

623

7.31

NP_726339

AAF47025

Polypeptides with Identical Sequences

None of the polypeptides share 100% sequence identity.

Additional Polypeptide Data and Comments

Reported size (kDa)

Comments

External Data

Crossreferences

InterPro - A database of protein families, domains and functional sites

Linkouts

Sequences Consistent with the Gene Model

Mapped Features

Click to get a list of regulatory features (enhancers, TFBS, etc.) and gene disruptions (point mutations, indels, etc.) within or overlapping Dmel\pita using the Feature Mapper tool.

External Data

Crossreferences

Eukaryotic Promoter Database - A collection of databases of experimentally validated promoters for selected model organisms.

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Gene Ontology (12 terms)

Molecular Function (6 terms)

Terms Based on Experimental Evidence (5 terms)

CV Term

Evidence

References

chromatin binding

inferred from direct assay

(Maksimenko et al., 2015)

chromatin insulator sequence binding

inferred from direct assay

(Maksimenko et al., 2015)

DNA binding

inferred from direct assay

(Page et al., 2005)

protein binding

inferred from physical interaction with FLYBASE:Cp190; FB:FBgn0000283

(Maksimenko et al., 2015)

sequence-specific DNA binding

inferred from direct assay

(Maksimenko et al., 2015)

Terms Based on Predictions or Assertions (1 term)

CV Term

Evidence

References

zinc ion binding

inferred from electronic annotation with InterPro:IPR012934

(assigned by InterPro )

(FlyBase Curators et al., 2004-)

Biological Process (4 terms)

Terms Based on Experimental Evidence (4 terms)

CV Term

Evidence

References

DNA endoreduplication

inferred from mutant phenotype

(Page et al., 2005)

DNA replication

inferred from mutant phenotype

(Page et al., 2005)

regulation of gene silencing

inferred from mutant phenotype

(Schneiderman et al., 2010)

regulation of transcription, DNA-templated

inferred from direct assay

(Maksimenko et al., 2015)

Terms Based on Predictions or Assertions (0 terms)

Cellular Component (2 terms)

Terms Based on Experimental Evidence (2 terms)

CV Term

Evidence

References

nucleus

inferred from direct assay

(Page et al., 2005)

polytene chromosome

inferred from direct assay

(Maksimenko et al., 2015)

Terms Based on Predictions or Assertions (0 terms)

Expression Data

Expression Summary Ribbons

Colored tiles in ribbon indicate that expression data has been curated by FlyBase for that anatomical location. Colorless tiles indicate that there is no curated data for that location.

For complete stage-specific expression data, view the modENCODE Development RNA-Seq section under High-Throughput Expression below.

Transcript Expression

in situ

Stage

Tissue/Position (including subcellular localization)

Reference

embryonic stage 1 -- 3

organism

Comment: maternally deposited

(Fisher et al., 2012)

embryonic stage 4 -- 6

organism | intense | ubiquitous

(Fisher et al., 2012)

embryonic stage 7 -- 8

organism | ubiquitous

(Fisher et al., 2012)

embryonic stage 9 -- 10

antennal primordium