FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
Gene: Dmel\noc
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General Information
Symbol
Dmel\noc
Species
D. melanogaster
Name
no ocelli
Annotation Symbol
CG4491
Feature Type
FlyBase ID
FBgn0005771
Gene Model Status
Stock Availability
Gene Summary
May negatively regulate Notch-induced cell proliferation in the eye-head primordium. Required for development of the supraesophageal ganglion and ocelli. May act in leg and wing primordia to negatively regulate body-wall specifying genes and thereby promote appendage formation. Plays a role in tracheal development. (UniProt, Q24423)
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Also Known As

l(2)35Ba, l(2)br22, nocA, br22, BG:DS04641.1

Key Links
Genomic Location
Cytogenetic map
Sequence location
Recombination map
2-50
RefSeq locus
NT_033779 REGION:14490859..14494019
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 (1 term)
CV Term
Evidence
References
inferred from physical interaction with FLYBASE:elB; FB:FBgn0004858
Terms Based on Predictions or Assertions (0 terms)
Biological Process (10 terms)
Terms Based on Experimental Evidence (9 terms)
CV Term
Evidence
References
involved_in brain development
inferred from mutant phenotype
inferred from genetic interaction with FLYBASE:elB; FB:FBgn0004858
inferred from mutant phenotype
inferred from mutant phenotype
inferred from mutant phenotype
inferred from mutant phenotype
inferred from mutant phenotype
inferred from mutant phenotype
Terms Based on Predictions or Assertions (1 term)
CV Term
Evidence
References
Cellular Component (1 term)
Terms Based on Experimental Evidence (0 terms)
Terms Based on Predictions or Assertions (1 term)
CV Term
Evidence
References
is_active_in nucleus
inferred from biological aspect of ancestor with PANTHER:PTN000968869
Protein Family (UniProt)
Belongs to the Elbow/Noc family. (Q24423)
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).
Protein Function (UniProtKB)
May negatively regulate Notch-induced cell proliferation in the eye-head primordium. Required for development of the supraesophageal ganglion and ocelli. May act in leg and wing primordia to negatively regulate body-wall specifying genes and thereby promote appendage formation. Plays a role in tracheal development.
(UniProt, Q24423)
Phenotypic Description (Red Book; Lindsley and Zimm 1992)
l(2)35Ba
l(2)35Ba1 may escape in combination with deficiency for the locus; escapers are weak elbow in phenotype if deficiency includes el, but not if it does not. All alleles express weak elbow in combination with el1; heteroallelic escapers [i.e., l(2)35Ba4 in combination with other alleles] are weak elbow. Semilethal with In(2LR)Scorv1 and Scorv27; also show weak noc phenotype in combination with strong noc alleles.
noc: no ocelli
The genetic complexity of noc is indicated by phenotypic as well as molecular data (McGill et al., 1988). Mutants are characterized by partial or complete absence of ocelli and their associated bristles. Strong noc alleles lack all three ocelli and have fewer interocellar microchaetae; ocellar and interocellar bristles are absent; anterior postalar and notopleural bristles may not be present; postvertical bristles are crooked, an adventitious pair often occurring between a normal pair. Weak alleles may overlap wild type in phenotype, the flies having smaller ocelli and an aberrant pattern of interocellar microchaetae. Male and female homozygotes are viable and fertile. Penetrance and expressivity is stronger in males and in flies that emerge later. While a homozygous deletion of the entire noc region is lethal, distal or proximal regions can be homozygously deleted without causing lethality. Some noc alleles and deficiences are lethal with In(2L)Scorv1, whose 2L breakpoint lies within noc, while other alleles are viable with the Sco inversion.
Sco: Scutoid
Sco/+ flies exhibit the loss of 10-15 bristles, scutellars, notopleurals, upper humerals and anterior postalars being most frequently affected; removes both trichogen and tormogen cell derivatives. Homozygotes nearly lethal; rare homozygous or hemizygous escapers have only eight or so bristles per fly; eyes small and very rough. Escapers short lived and sterile. RK1A.
Gene Model and Products
Number of Transcripts
2
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 Q24423)

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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 5.51

Transcript Data
Annotated Transcripts
Name
FlyBase ID
RefSeq ID
Length (nt)
Assoc. CDS (aa)
FBtr0080643
2859
537
FBtr0342913
2673
537
Additional Transcript Data and Comments
Reported size (kB)

~3 (northern blot)

Comments
External Data
Crossreferences
Polypeptide Data
Annotated Polypeptides
Name
FlyBase ID
Predicted MW (kDa)
Length (aa)
Theoretical pI
UniProt
RefSeq ID
GenBank
FBpp0080215
54.0
537
9.13
FBpp0309705
54.0
537
9.13
Polypeptides with Identical Sequences

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

537 aa isoforms: noc-PA, noc-PB
Additional Polypeptide Data and Comments
Reported size (kDa)
Comments
External Data
Subunit Structure (UniProtKB)

Interacts with elB.

(UniProt, Q24423)
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\noc 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).

-1.15

Transcript Expression
in situ
Stage
Tissue/Position (including subcellular localization)
Reference
antennal anlage

Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm anlage

central brain anlage

Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm anlage

dorsal head epidermis anlage

Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm anlage

visual anlage

Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm anlage

antennal primordium

Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm primordium

central brain primordium

Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm primordium

visual primordium

Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm primordium

dorsal head epidermis primordium

Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm primordium

lateral head epidermis primordium

Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm primordium

ventral head epidermis primordium

Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm primordium

northern blot
Stage
Tissue/Position (including subcellular localization)
Reference
Additional Descriptive Data

noc is first expressed in the blastoderm embryo in the procephalic ectoderm and in one anterior stripe. After this, seven stripes emerge with expression strongest in stripe 2 and in the ventral region of the stripes. Expression in stripe 8 and stripes 3-7 becomes stronger as development proceeds. Later in germ band extension, as segment polarity pattern emerges with doubled stripes.

noc transcripts are detected in all stages on northern blots with maximal levels occuring in embryonic and pupal stages as well as in adult heads. The two transcripts are present in nearly equal amounts and appear to be coordinately regulated. Transcripts are first detected by in situ hybridization in cellular blastoderm embryos in a rapidly evolving pattern. The initial hybridization at 95-100% egg length retracts to a stripe at 90-95% egg length. This is followed by an additional 2 stripes just posterior to the initial stripe and a stripe near the posterior terminus. 6 more stripes appear along the trunk giving a total of 10. During gastrulation, the 2nd and 3rd anterior-most stripes border the cephalic furrow. Striped expression disappears after gastrulation. By stage 8, expression is seen in the procephalic lobe and along the ventral ectoderm from 50-90% egg length, spanning the cephalic furrow. 12 stripes of expression are seen in the neuroectoderm in stage 9. In stages 10-12, ectodermal expression abd expression around tracheal placodes decreases. Cephlaic expression occurs as two groups of dorsal ectodermal cells in the procephalic lobe as well as the labral segment and stomodeum. After stage 13, no clear pattern is seen and expression is thought to be ubiquitous.

Marker for
 
Subcellular Localization
CV Term
Polypeptide Expression
immunolocalization
Stage
Tissue/Position (including subcellular localization)
Reference
Additional Descriptive Data

In second instar eye-antenna discs, elB and noc expression is restricted to the eye primordium. In early third instar discs, expression in the distal part of the antenna primordium is observed. In the eye-head primordium, elB and noc are expressed in the hth domain that indicates the proliferative region. In late third instar larval discs, expression levels remain high in the region anterior to the morphogenetic furrow, at more elevated levels in cells that co-express hth and tsh and at lower levels in the pre-proneural region. Thus elB and noc are expressed at higher levels in the proliferative region of the eye-head primordium.

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\noc 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
FlyExpress - Embryonic expression images (BDGP data)
  • Stages(s) 4-6
  • Stages(s) 7-8
  • Stages(s) 9-10
  • Stages(s) 11-12
  • Stages(s) 13-16
Alleles, Insertions, Transgenic Constructs, and Aberrations
Classical and Insertion Alleles ( 35 )
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Other relevant insertions
Transgenic Constructs ( 20 )
For All Alleles Carried on Transgenic Constructs Show
Transgenic constructs containing/affecting coding region of noc
Transgenic constructs containing regulatory region of noc
Aberrations (Deficiencies and Duplications) ( 311 )
Inferred from experimentation ( 311 )
Gene disrupted in
Gene not disrupted in
Inferred from location ( 7 )
Variants
Variant Molecular Consequences
Alleles Representing Disease-Implicated Variants
Phenotypes
Orthologs
Human Orthologs (via DIOPT v9.1)
Species\Gene Symbol
Score
Best Score
Best Reverse Score
Alignment
Complementation?
Transgene?
Homo sapiens (Human) (2)
12 of 14
Yes
Yes
2  
12 of 14
Yes
Yes
1  
Model Organism Orthologs (via DIOPT v9.1)
Species\Gene Symbol
Score
Best Score
Best Reverse Score
Alignment
Complementation?
Transgene?
Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat) (2)
11 of 14
Yes
Yes
11 of 14
Yes
Yes
Mus musculus (laboratory mouse) (2)
11 of 14
Yes
Yes
10 of 14
No
Yes
Xenopus tropicalis (Western clawed frog) (4)
9 of 13
Yes
Yes
9 of 13
Yes
Yes
1 of 13
No
Yes
1 of 13
No
No
Danio rerio (Zebrafish) (3)
11 of 14
Yes
Yes
11 of 14
Yes
Yes
1 of 14
No
Yes
Caenorhabditis elegans (Nematode, roundworm) (1)
5 of 14
Yes
Yes
Anopheles gambiae (African malaria mosquito) (1)
12 of 12
Yes
Yes
Arabidopsis thaliana (thale-cress) (0)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Brewer's yeast) (0)
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (Fission yeast) (0)
Escherichia coli (enterobacterium) (0)
Other Organism Orthologs (via OrthoDB)
Data provided directly from OrthoDB:noc. Refer to their site for version information.
Paralogs
Paralogs (via DIOPT v9.1)
Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly) (2)
10 of 13
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 ( 0 )
    Human Ortholog
    Disease
    Evidence
    References
    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.
    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
    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
    Subunit Structure (UniProtKB)
    Interacts with elB.
    (UniProt, Q24423 )
    Linkouts
    BioGRID - A database of protein and genetic interactions.
    DroID - A comprehensive database of gene and protein interactions.
    MIST (genetic) - An integrated Molecular Interaction Database
    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
    2-50
    Cytogenetic map
    Sequence location
    FlyBase Computed Cytological Location
    Cytogenetic map
    Evidence for location
    35B2-35B2
    Limits computationally determined from genome sequence between P{EP}elBEP2039&P{PZ}osprJ571 and P{lacW}Su(H)k07904
    Experimentally Determined Cytological Location
    Cytogenetic map
    Notes
    References
    35A4-35A4
    (determined by in situ hybridisation)
    35B1-35B2
    (determined by in situ hybridisation)
    Experimentally Determined Recombination Data
    Left of (cM)
    Right of (cM)
    Notes
    Stocks and Reagents
    Stocks (88)
    Genomic Clones (24)
    cDNA Clones (146)
     

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    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

          The noc and elB paralogs interact with hth to correctly specify the photoreceptors which detect polarised light at the dorsal rim of the retina, being involved in specifying both morphological and molecular fate. noc and elB also antagonise the transcriptional activator and repressor functions of oc in the retina through distinct protein domains.

          Loss of elB and noc activities induce extensive outgrowths, in a N-dependent way. These overgrowths are not linked to ectopic production of os.

          noc appears, with elB, to regulate the growth of the highly proliferative tissue of the eye-head primordium.

          Relationship to Other Genes
          Source for database merge of
          Additional comments

          The "Sco" (Scutoid) mutant allele was previously listed as an allele of noc in FlyBase, as genetic analysis showed that a high dose of the wild-type noc gene suppresses the expressivity of the Sco phenotype, suggesting that Sco was an antimorphic allele of noc (FBrf0038047). However, FBrf0111871 shows that Sco is in fact an antimorphic allele of sna, and the mutant phenotype is caused by ectopic expression of sna in the eye-antennal and wing imaginal discs. The Sco allele is therefore now listed as an allele of sna in FlyBase. FBrf0111871 suggests that the reason that noc in trans affects the expressivity of Sco may be due to transvection effects, as they show that mutations in z, a mediator of transvection, also affect the Sco mutant phenotype.

          Nomenclature History
          Source for database identify of

          Source for identity of: noc CG4491

          Nomenclature comments
          Etymology
          Synonyms and Secondary IDs (15)
          Reported As
          Symbol Synonym
          l(2)35Ba/nocA
          Secondary FlyBase IDs
          • FBgn0001971
          • FBgn0002947
          Datasets (0)
          Study focus (0)
          Experimental Role
          Project
          Project Type
          Title
          Study result (0)
          Result
          Result Type
          Title
          External Crossreferences and Linkouts ( 46 )
          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
          InterPro - A database of protein families, domains and functional sites
          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
          iBeetle-Base - RNAi phenotypes in the red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum)
          MIST (genetic) - An integrated Molecular Interaction Database
          MIST (protein-protein) - An integrated Molecular Interaction Database
          Reactome - An open-source, open access, manually curated and peer-reviewed pathway database.
          References (154)