Rac, Drac2, Rac1, Rac GTPase, DRacB
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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 5.45
Gene model reviewed during 6.02
2.9 (northern blot)
1.3 (longest cDNA)
192 (aa)
Interacts with Pkn (via N-terminus).
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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
Comment: anlage in statu nascendi
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm anlage in statu nascendi
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm anlage in statu nascendi
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm anlage in statu nascendi
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm anlage
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm anlage
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm anlage
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm anlage
Comment: reported as plasmatocytes anlage
Comment: reported as muscle system primordium
Comment: reported as muscle system primordium
Rac2 transcript is detected in all developmental stages.
Rac2 transcript is ubiquitous up to the blastoderm stage of embryogenesis. In late stage 5-early stage 6 embryos, there is a transient pair-rule-like expression of Rac2 in 7 stripes. Very little expression is detected between stages 6 and 10. At stage 11, Rac2 expression is detected in the cephalic mesoderm, and early in stage 12, in the visceral and somatic mesoderm. After stage 13, lower levels of transcript are detected ubiquitously.
Rac2 transcripts are detected throughout development with no significant fluctuations in transcript levels.
Rac2 is expressed throughout embryogenesis.
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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.
S2 cells treated with dsRNA generated against this gene show reduced phagocytosis of Candida albicans compared to untreated cells.
dsRNA made from templates generated with primers directed against this gene tested in RNAi screen for effects on Kc167 and S2R+ cell morphology.
Both Rac1 and Rac2 proteins are marginally more like human Rac1 and Rac2, respectively, but the DNA sequences encoding them are more homologous to human Rac2 cDNA than that of human Rac1. This data does not readily allow the relationship between Rac1 and Rac2 and the genes encoding human Rac1 and Rac2 to be determined. Because of this the authors decided to assign new genes names using letters instead of 1 and 2 designators.