FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
Gene: Dmel\tko
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General Information
Symbol
Dmel\tko
Species
D. melanogaster
Name
technical knockout
Annotation Symbol
CG7925
Feature Type
FlyBase ID
FBgn0003714
Gene Model Status
Stock Availability
Gene Summary
technical knockout (tko) encodes the mitochondrial ribosomal protein S12. It is involved in the response to hypoxia and mechanosensory and courtship behaviors. [Date last reviewed: 2018-09-20] (FlyBase Gene Snapshot)
Also Known As

EG:BACH59J11.1 , mitoribosomal protein S12, mRpS12, l(1)tko

Key Links
Genomic Location
Cytogenetic map
Sequence location
Recombination map
1-1
RefSeq locus
NC_004354 REGION:2442313..2443976
Sequence
Genomic Maps
Other Genome Views
The following external sites may use different assemblies or annotations than FlyBase.
Function
Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations (12 terms)
Molecular Function (1 term)
Terms Based on Experimental Evidence (0 terms)
Terms Based on Predictions or Assertions (1 term)
CV Term
Evidence
References
inferred from biological aspect of ancestor with PANTHER:PTN000182999
inferred from electronic annotation with InterPro:IPR005679, InterPro:IPR006032
inferred from sequence or structural similarity with UniProtKB:Q29RU1
traceable author statement
Biological Process (8 terms)
Terms Based on Experimental Evidence (5 terms)
CV Term
Evidence
References
inferred from mutant phenotype
inferred from mutant phenotype
inferred from direct assay
inferred from mutant phenotype
inferred from mutant phenotype
Terms Based on Predictions or Assertions (3 terms)
CV Term
Evidence
References
involved_in courtship behavior
traceable author statement
inferred from sequence or structural similarity with UniProtKB:Q29RU1
traceable author statement
involved_in translation
inferred from electronic annotation with InterPro:IPR005679, InterPro:IPR006032
inferred from biological aspect of ancestor with PANTHER:PTN000182999
Cellular Component (3 terms)
Terms Based on Experimental Evidence (0 terms)
Terms Based on Predictions or Assertions (3 terms)
CV Term
Evidence
References
inferred from sequence or structural similarity with UniProtKB:O15235
traceable author statement
inferred from sequence or structural similarity with UniProtKB:Q29RU1
is_active_in ribosome
inferred from biological aspect of ancestor with PANTHER:PTN000182999
located_in ribosome
inferred from electronic annotation with InterPro:IPR006032
inferred from electronic annotation with InterPro:IPR005679
Protein Family (UniProt)
Belongs to the universal ribosomal protein uS12 family. (P10735)
Summaries
Gene Snapshot
technical knockout (tko) encodes the mitochondrial ribosomal protein S12. It is involved in the response to hypoxia and mechanosensory and courtship behaviors. [Date last reviewed: 2018-09-20]
Gene Group (FlyBase)
MITOCHONDRIAL SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT -
Mitochondrial ribosomes are found in the mitochondrial matrix and translate genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation encoded by the mitochondrial genome. Ribosomes are formed by two ribonucleoprotein subunits, large and small. The principle function of the small subunit is to bind mRNA. (Adapted from FBrf0205398).
Phenotypic Description (Red Book; Lindsley and Zimm 1992)
tko: technical knockout (J.C. Hall)
Most tko alleles are lethal in all genetic combinations. In homo- and hemizygotes of the viable allele tko25t, however, mechanically shocked adults fall over and are briefly immobilized; after recovery, there is a refractory period during which sensitivity to further such shocks is reduced. tko25t is considered a semi-lethal by Judd, 1972, who finds that survivors exhibit a fine bristle phenotype. This allele is also a heat-sensitive paralytic (Burg and Wu, 1987). Its aberrent behavior is suppressed by napts when the latter is kept at its permissive temperature (Ganetzky and Wu, 1982). When heterozygous with deficiencies for the locus, most tko alleles are lethal.
Gene Model and Products
Number of Transcripts
2
Number of Unique Polypeptides
2

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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 P10735)

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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 5.40

Gene model reviewed during 5.47

RNA-seq evidence may support possibility of neuronal-specific extended 3' UTR.

Transcript Data
Annotated Transcripts
Name
FlyBase ID
RefSeq ID
Length (nt)
Assoc. CDS (aa)
FBtr0070459
663
140
FBtr0308831
1596
154
Additional Transcript Data and Comments
Reported size (kB)

0.68 (northern blot)

Comments
External Data
Crossreferences
Polypeptide Data
Annotated Polypeptides
Name
FlyBase ID
Predicted MW (kDa)
Length (aa)
Theoretical pI
UniProt
RefSeq ID
GenBank
FBpp0070443
15.5
140
11.33
FBpp0300988
17.1
154
10.85
Polypeptides with Identical Sequences

None of the polypeptides share 100% sequence identity.

Additional Polypeptide Data and Comments
Reported size (kDa)
Comments
External Data
Crossreferences
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\tko 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).

2.25

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

JBrowse - Visual display of RNA-Seq signals

View Dmel\tko 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 ( 15 )
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Other relevant insertions
Transgenic Constructs ( 10 )
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Transgenic constructs containing/affecting coding region of tko
Transgenic constructs containing regulatory region of tko
Aberrations (Deficiencies and Duplications) ( 60 )
Inferred from experimentation ( 60 )
Inferred from location ( 15 )
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
Sterility
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) (2)
13 of 14
Yes
Yes
2  
2 of 14
No
No
Model Organism Orthologs (via DIOPT v9.1)
Species\Gene Symbol
Score
Best Score
Best Reverse Score
Alignment
Complementation?
Transgene?
Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat) (4)
14 of 14
Yes
Yes
2 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
Mus musculus (laboratory mouse) (2)
13 of 14
Yes
Yes
2 of 14
No
No
Xenopus tropicalis (Western clawed frog) (3)
11 of 13
Yes
Yes
1 of 13
No
No
1 of 13
No
No
Danio rerio (Zebrafish) (2)
14 of 14
Yes
Yes
2 of 14
No
No
Caenorhabditis elegans (Nematode, roundworm) (2)
13 of 14
Yes
Yes
2 of 14
No
No
Anopheles gambiae (African malaria mosquito) (2)
12 of 12
Yes
Yes
Arabidopsis thaliana (thale-cress) (6)
9 of 13
Yes
Yes
9 of 13
Yes
Yes
9 of 13
Yes
Yes
8 of 13
No
Yes
2 of 13
No
No
2 of 13
No
No
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Brewer's yeast) (3)
10 of 13
Yes
Yes
2 of 13
No
No
2 of 13
No
No
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (Fission yeast) (3)
10 of 12
Yes
Yes
2 of 12
No
No
2 of 12
No
No
Escherichia coli (enterobacterium) (1)
10 of 11
Yes
Yes
Other Organism Orthologs (via OrthoDB)
Data provided directly from OrthoDB:tko. Refer to their site for version information.
Paralogs
Paralogs (via DIOPT v9.1)
Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly) (1)
4 of 13
Human Disease Associations
FlyBase Human Disease Model Reports
Disease Ontology (DO) Annotations
Models Based on Experimental Evidence ( 1 )
Potential Models Based on Orthology ( 0 )
Human Ortholog
Disease
Evidence
References
Modifiers Based on Experimental Evidence ( 2 )
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.
Homo sapiens (Human)
Gene name
Score
OMIM
OMIM Phenotype
DO term
Complementation?
Transgene?
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
Interaction Browsers
Summary of Genetic Interactions
Interaction Browsers

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
External Data
Linkouts
BioGRID - A database of protein and genetic interactions.
DroID - A comprehensive database of gene and protein interactions.
Pathways
Signaling Pathways (FlyBase)
Metabolic Pathways
FlyBase
External Links
External Data
Linkouts
KEGG Pathways - A collection of manually drawn pathway maps representing knowledge of molecular interaction, reaction and relation networks.
Reactome - An open-source, open access, manually curated and peer-reviewed pathway database.
Class of Gene
Genomic Location and Detailed Mapping Data
Chromosome (arm)
X
Recombination map
1-1
Cytogenetic map
Sequence location
FlyBase Computed Cytological Location
Cytogenetic map
Evidence for location
3A3-3A3
Limits computationally determined from genome sequence between P{EP}EP1605 and P{EP}CG32796EP1385&P{EP}EP1160
Experimentally Determined Cytological Location
Cytogenetic map
Notes
References
Experimentally Determined Recombination Data
Location
Left of (cM)
Right of (cM)
Notes
Stocks and Reagents
Stocks (12)
Genomic Clones (8)
 

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cDNA Clones (18)
 

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)
BDGP DGC clones
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

      The nuclear gene for mitoribosomal protein S12 (a major component of the ribosomal accuracy centre), tko, is characterised.

      Most tko alleles are lethal in all genetic combinations. In homo- and hemizygotes of the viable allele tko25t, however, mechanically shocked adults fall over and are briefly immobilized; after recovery, there is a refractory period during which sensitivity to further such shocks is reduced. tko25t is considered a semi-lethal by Judd (1972), who finds that survivors exhibit a fine bristle phenotype. This allele is also a temperature-sensitive paralytic (Burg and Wu, 1987). Its aberrant behavior is suppressed by mlenap-ts1 when the latter is kept at its permissive temperature (Ganetzky and Wu, 1982). When heterozygous with deficiencies for the locus, most tko alleles are lethal.

      Relationship to Other Genes
      Source for database merge of
      Additional comments
      Nomenclature History
      Source for database identify of

      Source for identity of: tko CG7925

      Nomenclature comments
      Etymology
      Synonyms and Secondary IDs (16)
      Reported As
      Symbol Synonym
      l(1)3Ab
      Secondary FlyBase IDs
        Datasets (0)
        Study focus (0)
        Experimental Role
        Project
        Project Type
        Title
        Study result (0)
        Result
        Result Type
        Title
        External Crossreferences and Linkouts ( 44 )
        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
        FlyMet - A comprehensive tissue-specific metabolomics resource for Drosophila.
        iBeetle-Base - RNAi phenotypes in the red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum)
        KEGG Pathways - A collection of manually drawn pathway maps representing knowledge of molecular interaction, reaction and relation networks.
        Reactome - An open-source, open access, manually curated and peer-reviewed pathway database.
        References (143)