ceb, central brain deranged, Nrg180, CT4318, fs(1)M72
IG superfamily - NgCAM related - a cell aggregaton and signaling molecule that transmits the positional value of cell adhesion to the cytoplasmic assembly of ankyrin and spectrin
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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.
Low-frequency RNA-Seq exon junction(s) not annotated.
Tissue-specific extension of 3' UTRs observed during later stages (FBrf0218523, FBrf0219848); all variants may not be annotated
Stage-specific extension of 3' UTRs observed during embryogenesis (FBrf0215804); all variants may not be annotated.
Gene model reviewed during 5.46
Gene model reviewed during 5.55
7.6, 5.7, 5.5 (northern blot)
5.1 (northern blot)
1302, 1239 (aa)
180 (kD observed)
1216 (aa); 145-155 (kD predicted)
Forms a complex with Nrx-IV/Nrx and Cont (PubMed:15459097). Forms a complex composed of septate junction proteins Nrx-IV/Nrx, Tsf2/MTf, Cont and Nrg during late embryogenesis (PubMed:20935638).
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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: extended 3' UTR isoform
Comment: reported as dorsal/lateral sensory complexes
Comment: reference states >=11-12 hr AEL
Comment: reference states >=9 hr AEL
Isoforms of nmo with extended 3' UTRs appear later in embryogenesis. Sequential, phased, 3' UTR lengthening is seen (3' UTR lengthening ocurring in multiple steps during later stages of embryogenesis).
Comment: reference states >=7 hr AEL
Comment: reference states >=8 hr AEL
Comment: reference states >=11-12 hr AEL
Comment: reference states >=11-12 hr AEL
Comment: reference states >=11-12 hr AEL
Comment: reference states >=11-12 hr AEL
Comment: applies to longer protein isoform
Comment: applies to longer protein isoform
Comment: applies to longer protein isoform
Comment: applies to longer protein isoform
Comment: applies to longer protein isoform
Comment: applies to longer protein isoform
Comment: applies to longer protein isoform
Nrg-XP is excluded from the calyx of the larval mushroom body, but not from the lobes.
The long Nrg protein isoform (designated NRG-180) is expressed throughout the third instar larval and adult brain. It is prominent in axons but is also present in cell bodies. In larval, pupal, and adult mushroom bodies, staining is observed in all lobes. High expression levels are observed in the adult gamma and alpha beta lobes. Expression is lower in axons of the alpha'beta' neurons.
Nrg protein is detected in the glial cell membranes in the peripheral nerves, ensheathing the axons and in the axons themselves. In the chordotonal organs, it is detected in the scolopale and cap cells, and in the scolopidial neuron.
Nrg protein expression is enriched in border follicle cells relative to other cells in the egg chamber in early stage 9.
In the early prepupal stages before head eversion, tThe neural-specific Nrg180 isoform is expressed by both ocellar pioneer and bristle mechanosensory neurons, but not by the external bristle cells.
Nrg is expressed at the lateral cell contacts of follicle cells in the ovary.
The shorter form of the Nrg protein is expressed in the epidermal cells of the imaginal discs. Since the antibody which detects the short form of Nrg also detects the long form, it is not clear how much of the signal detected is attributable to the short form. Developmental western blots show that the shorter Nrg polypeptide is first unambiguously detected in 8 hour embryos, and is most strongly expressed in 8-12 hour embryos.
The long form of Nrg protein is expressed on the surface of central and peripheral nervous system neurons, and on some PNS support cells. The long form is detected starting at 6 hours of embryogenesis, in one neuron per CNS hemisegment. At 7 hours, CNS expression extends to a 4-5 cell wide longitudinal stripe which prefigures the location of the longitudinal axon tracts. PNS expression is detected by 7 hours. Expression observed in larval imaginal discs is also restricted to neurons. Developmental western blots indicate that the peak of expression for the longer Nrg polypeptide is reached shortly after the peak for the shorter form.
Nrg protein is expressed on neurons and glia in the developing nervous system, and in some non-neuronal tissues including the trachea, hindgut, salivary gland and muscle.
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monoclonal
New stable cell line derived from S2-unspecified : Stable cell lines were created containing Nrg constructs. They are designated S2:pRmHa3-nrg [167] (short isoform), S2:pRmHa3-nrg [180] (long isoform), and S2:pRmHa3-nrg [GPI] (containing the first 1121 amino acids of Nrg fused to the 53 C-terminal amino acids of Fas1 containing the GPI attachment signal.
One of 42 Drosophila genes identified as being most likely to reveal molecular and cellular mechanisms of nervous system development or plasticity relevant to human Mental Retardation disorders.
The probability of mating is reduced in ibx mutant females and the frequency of rejection behaviour towards courting males is increased.
Nrg is required for central complex formation.
Mutations causing structural defects in the adult central complex also alter larval behavioural phenotypes.
Three polypeptides of 155, 167 and 180kD are detected on Western blots; deglycosylation experiments reduce these to a single 155kD band; removal of N-linked high-mannose oligosaccharides causes a shift to about 162kD.
Encodes a protein that is likely to play a role in neural and glial cell adhesion in the developing Drosophila embryo.
Recessive alleles are embryonic lethals and show little or no evidence of Neuroglian expression; the overall structure of the CNS and PNS and in particular the peripheral nerve roots and CNS axon pathways develop in a relatively normal way in lethal embryos.
Source for merge of: Nrg l(1)G0099 l(1)G0413
Source for merge of: Nrg ceb
Source for merge of: ibx fs(1)M72
Source for merge of: Nrg ibx
Source for identity of: Nrg CG1634
The gene is named "icebox" after the primary phenotype of mutants (the sexual receptivity of mutant females is lowered).