fs(1)1621, fs(1)A1621, liz, splicing necessary factor, U1A
splicing factor - a crucial component of the spliceosome - regulates alternative splicing - a protein component of U1 and U2 small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) - U1 and U2 snRNPs combine with other snRNPs on the pre-mRNA to assemble a spliceosome - involved in Sex-lethal splicing and consequently in sex determination
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AlphaFold produces a per-residue confidence score (pLDDT) between 0 and 100. Some regions with low pLDDT may be unstructured in isolation.
Gene model reviewed during 5.50
1.0 (northern blot)
0.806 (longest cDNA)
There is only one protein coding transcript and one polypeptide associated with this gene
216 (aa); 28 (kD)
216 (aa); 25 (kD)
Belongs to the spliceosome where it is associated with snRNP U1. Interacts with the SMN complex.
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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).
Comment: maternally deposited
snf transcripts are expressed in both males and females.
snf protein is detected in all tissues throughout most of development.
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The gene products of U2A and snf are co-immunoprecipitated by antibodies to either protein, demonstrating that like their yeast and human counterparts they heterodimerize in vivo. A mutation in the U2A binding motif of snf reduces the amount of heterodimer formation but does not abolish it completely. The U2A binding motif from snf is only essential for heterodimer formation in the absence of the C-terminal end of the protein. The RNA binding specificity domain of snf is essential for interaction with U2A. The U2A gene product incorporation into U2 snRNP does not depend on dimerization of the U2A and snf gene products.
SNF is a component of both U1 and U2 snRNPs. In vitro SNF binds U1 snRNA on its own and U2 snRNA in the presence of Drosophila nuclear extract or human U2A' protein.
Tumorous cells produced by snf mutants are capable of female-specific transcription and RNA processing indicating the ovarian cells retain some female identity. It is proposed that mutations do not cause male transformation of the female germ line but instead either cause an ambiguous sexual identity or block specific stages of oogenesis.
snf is an essential gene and an integral component of the machinery required for splice site recognition.
Mutants display germline hyperplastic phenotype.
Double homozygous snf- SxlK1274-1 females are semi-lethal and survivors have tumorous egg chambers.
D25 is the Drosophila homologue of U1-A human protein despite its sequence similarity to U2-B human protein.
The snf locus displays a lethal synergistic interaction with Sxl. snf is a positive regulator of Sxl in the germline and soma.
The interaction between snf and Sxl mutations reduces the viability of females heterozygous for Sxl. The mosaicism exhibited by flies heterozygous for snf and Sxl- suggests that the transformation of diplo-X tissues to male morphology is due to the interaction of snf and Sxl in the zygote.
Homozygous females have small ovaries filled with undifferentiated germ cells and very rare oocytes with nurse cells. Females of the genotype Df(1)HC244, SxlM1/snf are fully fertile with normal looking ovaries, snf must act upstream of Sxl. Maternal snf gene product is involved in the activation of zygotic snf+ genes.
Source for identity of: snf CG4528