FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
Gene: Dmel\Fbp2
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General Information
Symbol
Dmel\Fbp2
Species
D. melanogaster
Name
Fat body protein 2
Annotation Symbol
CG3763
Feature Type
FlyBase ID
FBgn0000640
Gene Model Status
Stock Availability
Enzyme Name (EC)
alcohol dehydrogenase (1.1.1.1)
Gene Summary
Fat body protein 2 (Fbp2) encodes a 256 amino acid protein that accumulates in the larval fat-body at the third larval and pupal stages. The product of Fbp2 is related to the alcohol dehydrogenase encoded by Adh but has no known enzymatic function. The Fbp2-encoded polypeptide contains 20% methionine, whereas there are no methionines in mature polypeptide encoded by Adh, therefore it is thought to be a sulfur-storage protein at metamorphosis. [Date last reviewed: 2018-09-13] (FlyBase Gene Snapshot)
Also Known As

P6

Key Links
Genomic Location
Cytogenetic map
Sequence location
Recombination map
2-35
RefSeq locus
NT_033779 REGION:9426784..9427917
Sequence
Genomic Maps
Other Genome Views
The following external sites may use different assemblies or annotations than FlyBase.
Function
Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations (6 terms)
Molecular Function (3 terms)
Terms Based on Experimental Evidence (1 term)
CV Term
Evidence
References
inferred from mutant phenotype
Terms Based on Predictions or Assertions (3 terms)
CV Term
Evidence
References
Biological Process (1 term)
Terms Based on Experimental Evidence (1 term)
CV Term
Evidence
References
involved_in energy homeostasis
inferred from mutant phenotype
Terms Based on Predictions or Assertions (0 terms)
Cellular Component (2 terms)
Terms Based on Experimental Evidence (1 term)
CV Term
Evidence
References
inferred from direct assay
Terms Based on Predictions or Assertions (1 term)
CV Term
Evidence
References
is_active_in cytoplasm
inferred from biological aspect of ancestor with PANTHER:PTN002449290
Protein Family (UniProt)
Belongs to the short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR) family. (P54398)
Catalytic Activity (EC/Rhea)
oxidoreductase activity, acting on the CH-OH group of donors, NAD or NADP as acceptor
alcohol dehydrogenase (NAD+) activity
(1) a primary alcohol + NAD(+) = an aldehyde + NADH + H(+) (1.1.1.1)
(2) a secondary alcohol + NAD(+) = a ketone + NADH + H(+) (1.1.1.1)
Summaries
Gene Snapshot
Fat body protein 2 (Fbp2) encodes a 256 amino acid protein that accumulates in the larval fat-body at the third larval and pupal stages. The product of Fbp2 is related to the alcohol dehydrogenase encoded by Adh but has no known enzymatic function. The Fbp2-encoded polypeptide contains 20% methionine, whereas there are no methionines in mature polypeptide encoded by Adh, therefore it is thought to be a sulfur-storage protein at metamorphosis. [Date last reviewed: 2018-09-13]
Gene Group (FlyBase)
UNCLASSIFIED ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASES (NAD-DEPENDENT) -
This group comprises NAD-dependent alcohol dehydrogenases that do not classify under other groups in FlyBase.
Phenotypic Description (Red Book; Lindsley and Zimm 1992)
Fbp2: Fat body protein 2
Gene detected in the larval fat body of Drosophila melanogaster. Function of the protein product uncertain (Deutch et al., 1989).
Gene Model and Products
Number of Transcripts
3
Number of Unique Polypeptides
1

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Protein Domains (via Pfam)
Isoform displayed:
Pfam protein domains
InterPro name
classification
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Protein Domains (via SMART)
Isoform displayed:
SMART protein domains
InterPro name
classification
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Structure
Protein 3D structure   (Predicted by AlphaFold)   (AlphaFold entry P54398)

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Model Confidence:
  • Very high (pLDDT > 90)
  • Confident (90 > pLDDT > 70)
  • Low (70 > pLDDT > 50)
  • Very low (pLDDT < 50)

AlphaFold produces a per-residue confidence score (pLDDT) between 0 and 100. Some regions with low pLDDT may be unstructured in isolation.

Experimentally Determined Structures
Crossreferences
Comments on Gene Model

Gene model reviewed during 5.52

Gene model reviewed during 5.56

Transcript Data
Annotated Transcripts
Name
FlyBase ID
RefSeq ID
Length (nt)
Assoc. CDS (aa)
FBtr0079808
916
256
FBtr0343428
1074
256
FBtr0343429
871
256
Additional Transcript Data and Comments
Reported size (kB)

0.975 (sequence analysis)

0.9 (northern blot)

Comments
External Data
Crossreferences
Polypeptide Data
Annotated Polypeptides
Name
FlyBase ID
Predicted MW (kDa)
Length (aa)
Theoretical pI
UniProt
RefSeq ID
GenBank
FBpp0079408
29.0
256
7.23
FBpp0310073
29.0
256
7.23
FBpp0310074
29.0
256
7.23
Polypeptides with Identical Sequences

The group(s) of polypeptides indicated below share identical sequence to each other.

256 aa isoforms: Fbp2-PA, Fbp2-PB, Fbp2-PC
Additional Polypeptide Data and Comments
Reported size (kDa)

256 (aa); 29 (kD predicted)

Comments
External Data
Crossreferences
Linkouts
Sequences Consistent with the Gene Model
Nucleotide / Polypeptide Records
 
Mapped Features

Click to get a list of regulatory features (enhancers, TFBS, etc.) and gene disruptions (point mutations, indels, etc.) within or overlapping Dmel\Fbp2 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
Testis-specificity index

The testis specificity index was calculated from modENCODE tissue expression data by Vedelek et al., 2018 to indicate the degree of testis enrichment compared to other tissues. Scores range from -2.52 (underrepresented) to 5.2 (very high testis bias).

-0.31

Transcript Expression
microinjection
Stage
Tissue/Position (including subcellular localization)
Reference
Additional Descriptive Data

As deduced by in vitro translation experiments, Fbp2 is expressed at 18-30 hr after the second larval molt. Transcript levels remained high at the prepupal stage. The transcript levels did not increase in response to ecdysone.

Marker for
 
Subcellular Localization
CV Term
Polypeptide Expression
mass spectroscopy
Stage
Tissue/Position (including subcellular localization)
Reference
Additional Descriptive Data
Marker for
 
Subcellular Localization
CV Term
Evidence
References
inferred from direct assay
Expression Deduced from Reporters
High-Throughput Expression Data
Associated Tools

JBrowse - Visual display of RNA-Seq signals

View Dmel\Fbp2 in JBrowse
RNA-Seq by Region - Search RNA-Seq expression levels by exon or genomic region
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
DRscDB - A single-cell RNA-seq resource for data mining and data comparison across species
EMBL-EBI Single Cell Expression Atlas - Single cell expression across species
FlyAtlas - Adult expression by tissue, using Affymetrix Dros2 array
FlyAtlas2 - A Drosophila melanogaster expression atlas with RNA-Seq, miRNA-Seq and sex-specific data
Fly-FISH - A database of Drosophila embryo and larvae mRNA localization patterns
Flygut - An atlas of the Drosophila adult midgut
Images
Alleles, Insertions, Transgenic Constructs, and Aberrations
Classical and Insertion Alleles ( 0 )
For All Classical and Insertion Alleles Show
 
Other relevant insertions
Transgenic Constructs ( 5 )
For All Alleles Carried on Transgenic Constructs Show
Transgenic constructs containing/affecting coding region of Fbp2
Transgenic constructs containing regulatory region of Fbp2
Aberrations (Deficiencies and Duplications) ( 1 )
Inferred from experimentation ( 1 )
Inferred from location ( 6 )
Variants
Variant Molecular Consequences
Alleles Representing Disease-Implicated Variants
Phenotypes
For more details about a specific phenotype click on the relevant allele symbol.
Lethality
Allele
Other Phenotypes
Allele
Phenotype manifest in
Allele
Orthologs
Human Orthologs (via DIOPT v9.1)
Species\Gene Symbol
Score
Best Score
Best Reverse Score
Alignment
Complementation?
Transgene?
Homo sapiens (Human) (23)
8 of 14
Yes
No
2 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
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1 of 14
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1 of 14
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No
Model Organism Orthologs (via DIOPT v9.1)
Species\Gene Symbol
Score
Best Score
Best Reverse Score
Alignment
Complementation?
Transgene?
Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat) (17)
6 of 14
Yes
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
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No
Yes
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
Mus musculus (laboratory mouse) (14)
6 of 14
Yes
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
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No
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No
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
Xenopus tropicalis (Western clawed frog) (22)
2 of 13
Yes
No
2 of 13
Yes
No
1 of 13
No
No
1 of 13
No
No
1 of 13
No
No
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No
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No
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No
No
1 of 13
No
Yes
1 of 13
No
No
1 of 13
No
No
1 of 13
No
No
Danio rerio (Zebrafish) (22)
10 of 14
Yes
No
9 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
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No
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No
No
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No
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
Caenorhabditis elegans (Nematode, roundworm) (31)
2 of 14
Yes
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
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No
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1 of 14
No
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1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
Anopheles gambiae (African malaria mosquito) (29)
1 of 12
No
No
Arabidopsis thaliana (thale-cress) (42)
4 of 13
Yes
No
2 of 13
No
No
1 of 13
No
No
1 of 13
No
No
1 of 13
No
No
1 of 13
No
No
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1 of 13
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No
1 of 13
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1 of 13
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No
1 of 13
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No
1 of 13
No
No
1 of 13
No
No
1 of 13
No
No
1 of 13
No
No
1 of 13
No
No
1 of 13
No
No
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Brewer's yeast) (4)
1 of 13
Yes
No
1 of 13
Yes
No
1 of 13
Yes
No
1 of 13
Yes
No
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (Fission yeast) (2)
1 of 12
Yes
No
1 of 12
Yes
No
Escherichia coli (enterobacterium) (5)
1 of 11
Yes
No
1 of 11
Yes
No
1 of 11
Yes
No
1 of 11
Yes
No
1 of 11
Yes
No
Other Organism Orthologs (via OrthoDB)
Data provided directly from OrthoDB:Fbp2. Refer to their site for version information.
Paralogs
Paralogs (via DIOPT v9.1)
Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly) (24)
11 of 13
11 of 13
11 of 13
8 of 13
7 of 13
1 of 13
1 of 13
1 of 13
1 of 13
1 of 13
1 of 13
1 of 13
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1 of 13
Human Disease Associations
FlyBase Human Disease Model Reports
    Disease Ontology (DO) Annotations
    Models Based on Experimental Evidence ( 0 )
    Allele
    Disease
    Evidence
    References
    Potential Models Based on Orthology ( 1 )
    Modifiers Based on Experimental Evidence ( 0 )
    Allele
    Disease
    Interaction
    References
    Disease Associations of Human Orthologs (via DIOPT v9.1 and OMIM)
    Note that ortholog calls supported by only 1 or 2 algorithms (DIOPT score < 3) are not shown.
    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
    Summary of Genetic Interactions
    Interaction Browsers
    Starting gene(s)
    Interaction type
    Interacting gene(s)
    Reference
    Starting gene(s)
    Interaction type
    Interacting gene(s)
    Reference
    External Data
    Linkouts
    BioGRID - A database of protein and genetic interactions.
    DroID - A comprehensive database of gene and protein interactions.
    MIST (protein-protein) - An integrated Molecular Interaction Database
    Pathways
    Signaling Pathways (FlyBase)
    Metabolic Pathways
    FlyBase
    External Links
    External Data
    Linkouts
    Reactome - An open-source, open access, manually curated and peer-reviewed pathway database.
    Class of Gene
    Genomic Location and Detailed Mapping Data
    Chromosome (arm)
    2L
    Recombination map
    2-35
    Cytogenetic map
    Sequence location
    FlyBase Computed Cytological Location
    Cytogenetic map
    Evidence for location
    30B3-30B3
    Limits computationally determined from genome sequence between P{PZ}tai01351 and P{PZ}scat1&P{PZ}numb03235
    Experimentally Determined Cytological Location
    Cytogenetic map
    Notes
    References
    30B-30B
    (determined by in situ hybridisation)
    Experimentally Determined Recombination Data
    Location
    Left of (cM)
    Right of (cM)
    Notes
    Stocks and Reagents
    Stocks (6)
    Genomic Clones (20)
    cDNA Clones (181)
     

    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 JBrowse for alignment of the cDNAs and ESTs to the gene model.

    cDNA clones, fully sequenced
    BDGP DGC clones
    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)
    RNAi and Array Information
    Linkouts
    DRSC - Results frm RNAi screens
    Antibody Information
    Laboratory Generated Antibodies
     
    Commercially Available Antibodies
     
    Cell Line Information
    Publicly Available Cell Lines
     
      Other Stable Cell Lines
       
        Other Comments

        Gene expression is increased in response to the presence of either one or two copies of Scer\GAL4hs.PB.

        In a sample of 79 genes with multiple introns, 33 showed significant heterogeneity in G+C content among introns of the same gene and significant positive correspondence between the intron and the third codon position G+C content within genes. These results are consistent with selection adding against preferred codons at the start of genes.

        The Dpse\Fbp2 gene has been cloned and sequenced, and compared with the Fbp2 gene of D.melanogaster.

        Reduced Fbp2 RNA levels in br mutants can be restored to wild type by transgenes bearing the Z1, Z2, Z3 or Z4 isoforms of BRC products.

        Ecdysteroid-regulated gene.

        The steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone can regulate RNA levels of a single gene both positively and negatively depending on hormone concentration. br can modify the direction of the gene's response to a hormone signal.

        Fbp2 has been cloned and sequenced.

        Gene detected in the larval fat body of D.melanogaster. Function of the protein product uncertain (Deutch, Laval, Lepesant, Maschat, Pourrain and Rat, 1989).

        Relationship to Other Genes
        Source for database merge of
        Additional comments
        Nomenclature History
        Source for database identify of
        Nomenclature comments
        Etymology
        Synonyms and Secondary IDs (10)
        Datasets (0)
        Study focus (0)
        Experimental Role
        Project
        Project Type
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        Study result (0)
        Result
        Result Type
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        External Crossreferences and Linkouts ( 72 )
        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.
        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/GCRP - The gene-centric reference proteome (GCRP) provides a 1:1 mapping between genes and UniProt accessions in which a single 'canonical' isoform represents the product(s) of each protein-coding gene.
        UniProt/Swiss-Prot - Manually annotated and reviewed records of protein sequence and functional information
        UniProt/TrEMBL - Automatically annotated and unreviewed records of protein sequence and functional information
        Other crossreferences
        AlphaFold DB - AlphaFold provides open access to protein structure predictions for the human proteome and other key proteins of interest, to accelerate scientific research.
        BDGP expression data - Patterns of gene expression in Drosophila embryogenesis
        DRscDB - A single-cell RNA-seq resource for data mining and data comparison across species
        EMBL-EBI Single Cell Expression Atlas - Single cell expression across species
        FlyAtlas2 - A Drosophila melanogaster expression atlas with RNA-Seq, miRNA-Seq and sex-specific data
        FlyMine - An integrated database for Drosophila genomics
        KEGG Genes - Molecular building blocks of life in the genomic space.
        MARRVEL_MODEL - MARRVEL (model organism gene)
        Linkouts
        BioGRID - A database of protein and genetic interactions.
        Drosophila Genomics Resource Center - Drosophila Genomics Resource Center (DGRC) cDNA clones
        DroID - A comprehensive database of gene and protein interactions.
        DRSC - Results frm RNAi screens
        Eukaryotic Promoter Database - A collection of databases of experimentally validated promoters for selected model organisms.
        FlyAtlas - Adult expression by tissue, using Affymetrix Dros2 array
        FlyCyc Genes - Genes from a BioCyc PGDB for Dmel
        Fly-FISH - A database of Drosophila embryo and larvae mRNA localization patterns
        Flygut - An atlas of the Drosophila adult midgut
        MIST (protein-protein) - An integrated Molecular Interaction Database
        Reactome - An open-source, open access, manually curated and peer-reviewed pathway database.
        Reactome Metabolic Pathways - An open-source, open access, manually curated and peer-reviewed metabolic pathway database.
        References (94)