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FB2026_01
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released March 12, 2026
D-gsc, 60Mun2, l(2)05341, Muenster 72
transcription factor - homeodomain - paired-like - regulates cell fate in the brain and stomatogastric nervous system
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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.
Unconventional translation start (AUU) postulated; FlyBase analysis.
Gene model reviewed during 5.52
Low-frequency RNA-Seq exon junction(s) not annotated.
Gene model reviewed during 6.03
2.4 (longest cDNA)
None of the polypeptides share 100% sequence identity.
419 (aa)
Click to get a list of regulatory features (enhancers, TFBS, etc.) and gene disruptions (point mutations, indels, etc.) within or overlapping Dmel\Gsc using the Feature Mapper tool.
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).
Gsc transcript is expressed in two domains during embryogenesis. At stage 4, Gsc transcript is expressed as a narrow dorsoanterior stripe, which assumes a horseshoe shape by stage 6. The horseshoe splits dorsally at stage 8, and by stage 14, cells expressing Gsc transcript are located in the brain hemispheres. The second domain of expression begins at stage 9 at the anterior tip of the embryo, in cells which invaginate into the stomodeum. These cells abut the anterior midgut region at the end of germband retraction, and might contribute to the anterior foregut, the ring gland, and the stomodeal nervous system.
Gsc transcripts are first detected in a horseshoe pattern in the procephalic neurogenic region of blastoderm embryos. Later these cells delaminate in two groups and form a ventro-lateral sector of each brain hemisphere. At stage 10, a new expression domain appears in the foregut anlage and shortly after marks the stomodeum. This expression domain gives rise to a specific region of the foregut at the junction of the pharynx and esophagus, a part of the stomatogastric nervous system, and a part of the ring gland.
JBrowse - Visual display of RNA-Seq signals
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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.
Gsc protein behaves as a transcriptional repressor, acting through specific palindromic homeodomain sites (P3K sites). Gsc protein is a "passive repressor" of activator homeoproteins binding to the same sites and an "active repressor" of activators binding to distinct sites. Gsc protein is also able to strongly repress transcription activated by Paired-class homeoproteins through P3K sites, via specific protein-protein interactions. This "interactive repression" requires the conserved GEH/eh-1 domain.
The sequence used to clone Gsc as reported in FBrf0087230 was '60Mun2', not Pph13 (60Mun1).
'60Mun1' as stated in FBrf0087230 should actually have read '60Mun2' (see FBrf0100819).
Gsc is required for the birth, survival or invagination (detachment from the foregut anlage) of EG1 precursor cells.
Mutant analysis suggests that Gsc protein regulates regional development of specific tissues.
Source for identity of: Gsc CG2851
