FlyBase Gene Report: Dmel\hwt

General Information

Symbol

Dmel\hwt

Species

D. melanogaster

Name

heavyweight

Annotation Symbol

CG43921

Feature Type

protein_coding_gene

FlyBase ID

FBgn0264542

Gene Model Status

Current

Stock Availability

8 publicly available

Gene Snapshot

Contributions welcome

Other Summaries

Alliance
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Interactive Fly

Also Known As

lincRNA.981

Key Links

Genomic Location

Cytogenetic map

11B1-11B1

Sequence location

X:12,516,634..12,568,452 [-]

Recombination map

1-38

RefSeq locus

NC_004354 REGION:12516634..12568452

Sequence

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Function

GO Summary Ribbons

Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations (1 term)

Molecular Function (1 term)

Terms Based on Experimental Evidence (0 terms)

Terms Based on Predictions or Assertions (1 term)

CV Term

Evidence

References

enables phosphotyrosine residue binding

inferred from biological aspect of ancestor with PANTHER:PTN001031645

(assigned by GO_Central )

(Gaudet et al., 2011)

Biological Process (0 terms)

Terms Based on Experimental Evidence (0 terms)

Terms Based on Predictions or Assertions (0 terms)

Cellular Component (0 terms)

There is no information supporting a Cellular Component term for this gene. (Based on a review of available data before: 2006-08-03 )

Terms Based on Experimental Evidence (0 terms)

Terms Based on Predictions or Assertions (0 terms)

Gene Group (FlyBase)

Protein Family (UniProt)

Protein Signatures (InterPro)

Summaries

Gene Model and Products

Number of Transcripts

Number of Unique Polypeptides

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Protein Domains (via Pfam)

Isoform displayed:

Pfam protein domains

InterPro name

classification

start

end

Protein Domains (via SMART)

Isoform displayed:

SMART protein domains

InterPro name

classification

start

end

Comments on Gene Model

Tissue-specific extension of 3' UTRs observed during later stages (FBrf0218523, FBrf0219848); all variants may not be annotated

Gene model reviewed during 5.46

Unconventional translation start (AUC) postulated; FlyBase analysis.

Gene model reviewed during 5.56

Sequence Ontology: Class of Gene

gene_with_non_canonical_start_codon

nuclear_gene

protein_coding_gene

Transcript Data

Annotated Transcripts

Name

FlyBase ID

RefSeq ID

Length (nt)

Assoc. CDS (aa)

hwt-RA

FBtr0333154

NM_001272555

9201

1768

hwt-RB

FBtr0333155

NM_167324

6878

1510

hwt-RC

FBtr0333156

NM_132578

6986

880

hwt-RD

FBtr0346131

NM_001298227

6221

1449

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

hwt-PA

FBpp0305357

189.7

1768

8.41

NP_001259484

AGB95327

hwt-PB

FBpp0305358

163.8

1510

6.95

NP_727617

AAN09310

hwt-PC

FBpp0305359

93.8

880

6.87

NP_572806

AAF48171

hwt-PD

FBpp0311960

156.9

1449

6.86

NP_001285156

AHN59626

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

Nucleotide / Polypeptide Records

UniProt

Mapped Features

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

External Data

Crossreferences

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

Linkouts

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

Additional Descriptive Data

Marker for

Subcellular Localization

CV Term

Polypeptide Expression

Additional Descriptive Data

Marker for

Subcellular Localization

CV Term

Evidence

References

Expression Deduced from Reporters

High-Throughput Expression Data

Associated Tools

GBrowse - Visual display of RNA-Seq signals

View Dmel\hwt in GBrowse 2

RNA-Seq by Region - Search RNA-Seq expression levels by exon or genomic region

View exonic expression by developmental stage for Dmel\hwt

View exonic expression by tissue for Dmel\hwt

Bulk Downloads

RNA-Seq RPKM values for all genes

Reference

See Gelbart and Emmert, 2013 for analysis details and data files for all genes.

Developmental Proteome: Life Cycle

Developmental Proteome: Embryogenesis

External Data and Images

Linkouts

BDGP expression data - Patterns of gene expression in Drosophila embryogenesis

FBgn0264542

Fly-FISH - A database of Drosophila embryo and larvae mRNA localization patterns

CG32653

Images

FlyBase Wiki

Image Based Resources

Alleles, Insertions, Transgenic Constructs, and Aberrations

Classical and Insertion Alleles ( 1 )

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Other relevant insertions

Transgenic Constructs ( 5 )

For All Alleles Carried on Transgenic Constructs Show

Transgenic constructs containing/affecting coding region of hwt

Transgenic constructs containing regulatory region of hwt

Aberrations (Deficiencies and Duplications) ( 1 )

Inferred from experimentation

Gene disrupted in

Df(1)Exel6244

(Ryder, 2004.4.26)

Inferred from location

Phenotypes

For more details about a specific phenotype click on the relevant allele symbol.

Lethality

Allele

viable, with Dcr-2^UAS.cDa, Scer\GAL4^elav.PLu

viable, with Scer\GAL4^Mef2.PR

viable, with Scer\GAL4^pnr-MD237

viable, with Scer\GAL4^tin.CΔ4

hwt^GD15014

Other Phenotypes

Allele

abnormal planar polarity, with Scer\GAL4^hs.2sev

hwt^GD15014

abnormal starvation stress response | :RU486 conditional | nutrition conditional

hwt^GD15014

short lived | :RU486 conditional | nutrition conditional, with Scer\GAL4^{Act5C.Switch.PR}

hwt^GD15014

short lived | heat sensitive, with Scer\GAL4^tin.CΔ4

hwt^GD15014

Phenotype manifest in

Allele

ommatidium, with Scer\GAL4^hs.2sev

hwt^GD15014

wing hair | increased number, with Scer\GAL4^en-e16E

hwt^GD15014

wing vein, with Scer\GAL4^en-e16E

hwt^GD15014

Orthologs

Downloads

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Human Orthologs (via DIOPT v8.0)

Homo sapiens (Human) (4)

Species\Gene Symbol

Score

Best Score

Best Reverse Score

Source

Alignment

Complementation?

Transgene?

Hsap\SHF

6 of 15

Yes

Hsap\SHB

5 of 15

Yes

Hsap\SHD

5 of 15

Yes

Hsap\SHE

5 of 15

Yes

Model Organism Orthologs (via DIOPT v8.0)

Mus musculus (laboratory mouse) (4)

Species\Gene Symbol

Score

Best Score

Best Reverse Score

Source

Alignment

Complementation?

Transgene?

Mmus\Shf

6 of 15

Yes

Mmus\Shb

5 of 15

Yes

Mmus\Shd

5 of 15

Yes

Mmus\She

5 of 15

Yes

Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat) (4)

Rnor\Shb

5 of 13

Yes

Rnor\Shd

4 of 13

Yes

Rnor\She

4 of 13

Yes

Rnor\Shf

3 of 13

Yes

Xenopus tropicalis (Western clawed frog) (4)

Xtro\shb

5 of 12

Yes

Xtro\shd

4 of 12

Yes

Xtro\she

4 of 12

Yes

Xtro\shf

4 of 12

Yes

Danio rerio (Zebrafish) (6)

Drer\shda

6 of 15

Yes

Drer\shdb

5 of 15

Yes

Drer\she

4 of 15

Yes

Drer\zgc:158464

3 of 15

Yes

Drer\prrc2c

1 of 15

Drer\si:ch73-116f3.3

1 of 15

Yes

Caenorhabditis elegans (Nematode, roundworm) (1)

Cele\soem-1

1 of 15

Yes

Arabidopsis thaliana (thale-cress) (0)

No records found.

Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Brewer's yeast) (0)

No records found.

Schizosaccharomyces pombe (Fission yeast) (0)

No records found.

Ortholog(s) in Drosophila Species (via OrthoDB v9.1) ( EOG091901OI )

Organism

Common Name

Gene

AAA Syntenic Ortholog

Multiple Dmel Genes in this Orthologous Group

Drosophila suzukii

Spotted wing Drosophila

Drosophila simulans

Drosophila sechellia

Drosophila erecta

Drosophila yakuba

Drosophila ananassae

Drosophila pseudoobscura pseudoobscura

Dpse\GA22752

Drosophila persimilis

Dper\GL25360

Drosophila willistoni

Dwil\GK16127

Drosophila virilis

Dvir\GJ16659

Drosophila mojavensis

Dmoj\GI16166

Drosophila grimshawi

Dgri\GH24834

Orthologs in non-Drosophila Dipterans (via OrthoDB v9.1) ( EOG091503J3 )

Organism

Common Name

Gene

Multiple Dmel Genes in this Orthologous Group

Musca domestica

House fly

Mdoa\17020343

Glossina morsitans

Tsetse fly

Gmor\GMOY005906

Lucilia cuprina

Australian sheep blowfly

Lcup\FF38_14492

Mayetiola destructor

Hessian fly

Mdes\Mdes005614

Aedes aegypti

Yellow fever mosquito

Aaeg\AAEL004961

Anopheles darlingi

American malaria mosquito

Adar\ADAC003666

Anopheles gambiae

Malaria mosquito

Agam\AGAP010886

Culex quinquefasciatus

Southern house mosquito

Cqui\CPIJ005405

Orthologs in non-Dipteran Insects (via OrthoDB v9.1) ( EOG090W0GQB )

Organism

Common Name

Gene

Multiple Dmel Genes in this Orthologous Group

Apis mellifera

Western honey bee

Amel\GB52172

Bombus impatiens

Common eastern bumble bee

Bimp\BIMP22642

Linepithema humile

Argentine ant

Lhum\LH15536

Acyrthosiphon pisum

Pea aphid

Apim\ACYPI003558

Orthologs in non-Insect Arthropods (via OrthoDB v9.1) ( None identified )

No non-Insect Arthropod orthologies identified

Orthologs in non-Arthropod Metazoa (via OrthoDB v9.1) ( None identified )

No non-Arthropod Metazoa orthologies identified

Paralogs

Downloads

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Paralogs (via DIOPT v8.0)

Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly) (0)

No records found.

Human Disease Associations

FlyBase Human Disease Model Reports

Disease Model Summary Ribbon

Disease Ontology (DO) Annotations

Models Based on Experimental Evidence ( 0 )

Allele

Disease

Evidence

References

Potential Models Based on Orthology ( 0 )

Human Ortholog

Disease

Evidence

References

Modifiers Based on Experimental Evidence ( 0 )

Allele

Disease

Interaction

References

Disease Associations of Human Orthologs (via DIOPT v8.0 and OMIM)

Note that ortholog calls supported by only 1 or 2 algorithms (DIOPT score < 3) are not shown.

Homo sapiens (Human)

Gene name

Score

OMIM

OMIM Phenotype

DO term

Complementation?

Transgene?

SHF; Src homology 2 domain containing F

6 of 15

617313

SHB; SH2 domain containing adaptor protein B

5 of 15

600314

SHD; Src homology 2 domain containing transforming protein D

5 of 15

610481

SHE; Src homology 2 domain containing E

5 of 15

610482

Functional Complementation Data

Functional complementation data is computed by FlyBase using a combination of the orthology data obtained from DIOPT and OrthoDB and the allele-level genetic interaction data curated from the literature.

Interactions

Summary of Physical Interactions

esyN Network Diagram

Interactions Browser

Summary of Genetic Interactions

esyN Network Diagram

esyN Network Key:

Suppression

Enhancement

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Please look at the allele data for full details of the genetic interactions

Starting gene(s)

Interaction type

Interacting gene(s)

Reference

Starting gene(s)

Interaction type

Interacting gene(s)

Reference

enhanceable

hwt

(Weber et al., 2012)

External Data

Linkouts

DroID - A comprehensive database of gene and protein interactions.

FBgn0264542

Pathways

Signaling Pathways (FlyBase)

Metabolic Pathways

External Data

Linkouts

Reactome - An open-source, open access, manually curated and peer-reviewed pathway database.

VEGFA-VEGFR2 Pathway

Genomic Location and Detailed Mapping Data

Chromosome (arm)

Recombination map

1-38

Cytogenetic map

11B1-11B1

Sequence location

X:12,516,634..12,568,452 [-]

FlyBase Computed Cytological Location

Cytogenetic map

Evidence for location

11B1-11B1

Limits computationally determined from genome sequence between P{EP}EP1451&P{EP}EP1629 and P{EP}CG11138^EP1313

Experimentally Determined Cytological Location

Cytogenetic map

Notes

References

Experimentally Determined Recombination Data

Location

1-38

(FlyBase, 2016)

1-39.1

(Comeron et al., 2012)

Left of (cM)

Right of (cM)

Notes

Stocks and Reagents

Stocks (8)

Kyoto

103875

y^* w^* P{GawB}hwt^NP1073 / FM7c

VDRC

v101324

P{KK107565}VIE-260B

v109557

P{KK115679}VIE-260B

v38896

w¹¹¹⁸; P{GD9099}v38896

v48269

w¹¹¹⁸; P{GD15928}v48269

v48270

w¹¹¹⁸; P{GD15928}v48270

v50598

w¹¹¹⁸; P{GD15014}v50598

v47796

w¹¹¹⁸; P{GD15014}v47796/TM3

Genomic Clones (41)

Please Note FlyBase no longer curates genomic clone accessions so this list may not be complete

cDNA Clones (6)

Please Note This section lists cDNAs and ESTs that fall within the genomic extent of the gene model, which may include cDNAs and ESTs of genes within introns, or of overlapping genes. Please see GBrowse for alignment of the cDNAs and ESTs to the gene model.

cDNA clones, fully sequenced

BDGP DGC clones

GH02424

Other clones

Drosophila Genomics Resource Center cDNA clones

For each fully sequenced cDNA the DGRC maintains various forms of the cDNA (e.g tagged or untagged) in several different host vectors for subsequent cloning and expression in Drosophila and Drosophila cell lines.

cDNA Clones, End Sequenced (ESTs)

BDGP DGC clones

GH12564

Other clones

RNAi and Array Information

Linkouts

GenomeRNAi - A database for cell-based and in vivo RNAi phenotypes and reagents

32202

Antibody Information

Laboratory Generated Antibodies

Commercially Available Antibodies

Other Information

Relationship to Other Genes

Source for database identify of

Source for identity of: hwt CG43921

(Nelson et al., 2016)

Source for database merge of

Source for merge of: CG11146 CG32653

(FlyBase Genome Annotators, 2008)

Source for merge of: CG32653 BcDNA:GH02424

(FlyBase, 1996-)

Source for merge of:

(FlyBase Genome Annotators, 2012)

Source for merge of: CG15729 CG4225

(FlyBase Genome Annotators, 2012)

Additional comments

Annotations CG15729 and CG42251 merged as CG43921 in release 5.46 of the genome annotation. Merge supported by RNA-seq junction data.

(FlyBase Genome Annotators, 2012)

Annotations CG11146 and CG32653 merged as CG42251 in release 5.8 of the genome annotation.

(FlyBase Genome Annotators, 2008)

Source for merge of CG32653 BcDNA:GH02424 was a shared cDNA ( date:030728 ).

(FlyBase, 1996-)

Other Comments

New annotation (CG32653) in release 3 of the genome annotation.

(FlyBase Genome Annotators, 2002-2003)

Origin and Etymology

Discoverer

Etymology

The gene is named 'heavyweight' due to effects on control of body mass.

(Nelson et al., 2016)

Identification

External Crossreferences and Linkouts ( 38 )

Sequence Crossreferences

NCBI Gene - Gene integrates information from a wide range of species. A record may include nomenclature, Reference Sequences (RefSeqs), maps, pathways, variations, phenotypes, and links to genome-, phenotype-, and locus-specific resources worldwide.

32202

GenBank Nucleotide - A collection of sequences from several sources, including GenBank, RefSeq, TPA, and PDB.

GenBank Protein - A collection of sequences from several sources, including translations from annotated coding regions in GenBank, RefSeq and TPA, as well as records from SwissProt, PIR, PRF, and PDB.

RefSeq - A comprehensive, integrated, non-redundant, well-annotated set of reference sequences including genomic, transcript, and protein.

UniProt/TrEMBL - Automatically annotated and unreviewed records of protein sequence and functional information

Other crossreferences

BDGP expression data - Patterns of gene expression in Drosophila embryogenesis

FBgn0264542

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

Fly-FISH - A database of Drosophila embryo and larvae mRNA localization patterns

CG32653

GenomeRNAi - A database for cell-based and in vivo RNAi phenotypes and reagents

32202

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

KEGG Genes - Molecular building blocks of life in the genomic space.

Dmel_CG43921

SignaLink - A signaling pathway resource with multi-layered regulatory networks.

Q7KV33

Linkouts

DroID - A comprehensive database of gene and protein interactions.

FBgn0264542

Reactome - An open-source, open access, manually curated and peer-reviewed pathway database.

VEGFA-VEGFR2 Pathway

Synonyms and Secondary IDs (10)

Reported As

Symbol Synonym

43921

(Golovnin et al., 2015)

BcDNA:GH02424

CG11146

(Hoi et al., 2016, Weber et al., 2012, Keleman et al., 2009.8.5, Weake and Scott, 2007)

CG15729

CG32653

(Weber et al., 2012, Keleman et al., 2009.8.5)

CG42251

(Horan et al., 2015, Smibert et al., 2012, Weber et al., 2012, FlyBase Genome Annotators, 2008)

CG43921

(Olson et al., 2019, Nelson et al., 2016, FlyBase Genome Annotators, 2012, Weber et al., 2012)

hwt

(Nelson et al., 2016)

lincRNA.981

(FlyBase Genome Annotators, 2014, Young et al., 2012)

Name Synonyms

CG11146

CG32653

heavyweight

(Nelson et al., 2016)

Secondary FlyBase IDs

FBgn0030399
FBgn0259109
FBgn0030397
FBgn0052653
FBgn0046808

Datasets (0)

Study focus (0)

Experimental Role

Project

Project Type

Title

References (35)

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