Subject: TAK-1 mapping I am a bit puzzled as to the mapping of a protein kinase, TAK-1. I the general information a genbe encoding this kinase is mapped at 71B5, however a personal communication from M. O'Connon puts (in the TAK-1 file) places it at 19E1-4. It would be good if this was sorted out and corrected. In GADFly and at 19E there is a protein kinase with homology to TAK-1. I hope that this is helpful Alfonso Martinez Arias Subject: Re: TAK-1 mapping Dear Alfonso, Nice to hear from you. Hope all is well. The sequence accession in the Tak-1 file indeed comes from 19E. There is a gene at 71, CG6890, which has been annotated as Tak1 as well. However, the translated product of CG6890 (GenBank protein accession AAF06815) has no significant similarity to the 19E Tak1 protein in pairwise BLAST. Hence, I don't know if it is an annotation glitch from the jamboree or some other problem. Here are the proteins from the two genes. Tak1 19E MATASLDALQAAYVDFSEITLREKVGHGSYGVVCKAVWRDKLVAVKEFFASAEQKDIEKEVKQLSRVKHP NIIALHGISSYQQATYLIMEFAEGGSLHNFLHGKVKPAYSLAHAMSWARQCAEGLAYLHAMTPKPLIHRD VKPLNLLLTNKGRNLKICDFGTVADKSTMMTNNRGSAAWMAPEVFEGSKYTEKCDIFSWAIVLWEVLSRK QPFKGIDNAYTIQWKIYKGERPPLLTTCPKRIEDLMTACWKTVPEDRPSMQYIVGVMHEIVKDYTGADKA LEYTFVNQQIVTKESDGTVAAQPDSLSSQEGELSPSSTQLTPTTAANANVNAIAISKTTTSSMTENTSST SSDITPTNSGQLDNNPLFYMVTNRWDAIPEEESNESRNDSFNLTSSAEATQRLETIRNGMILMACKPMEQ LTLDVEANGFDLSPSESSSSSTNAKSDGRERLTVTDTKPVMMTTDLSNNNGGIHAHSNGLLSHANGWQAR DEELQEQEHEQEIVNSLDVDVDPDEDENDGTEQSLAEILDPELQPEPPIPNDAESQLIYRDHRHMAKEYL SVDTNLYYAQDFKDKLIVQMDRTEREQKQELLRKMKDKEGLQSLYNNLQQQYASRQLAAGHHPQPHPHPH PNQLQHPHSHPPMHFLQDEGCGLLPGSVCGGSESVEEGWVVIPPHHNA CG6890 'Tak1' 71B MLATTHMLYVLIATCVIPIFGAALSKTVLYQAPDECRWSGGGEHDITLVCHLRTINSELENTNFSVIQPQ NTVRLRLECNDALFFQSSLSPDSFRSLVELRDLTIEYCKLGNLTDGSFRGLQELRNLTIRTHNGDWSTMS LEMASNSFVEFRQLERLDLSLNNIWLIPDGMVCPLKSLQHLNASYNKIQDISNFYFSASLSSRKARVCGS TLQSLDLSANKMVSLPTAMLSALGRLTHLNMAKNSMSFLADRAFEGLLSLRVVDLSANRLTSLPPELFAE TKQLQEIYLRNNSINVLAPGIFGELAELLVLDLASNELNSQWINAATFVGLKRLMMLDLSANKISRLEAH IFRPLASLQILKLEDNYIDQLPGGIFADLTNLHTLILSRNRISVIEQRTLQGLKNLLVLSLDFNRISRMD QRSLVNCSQLQDLHLNDNKLQAVPEALAHVQLLKTLDVGENMISQIENTSITQLESLYGLRMTENSLTHI RRGVFDRMSSLQILNLSQNKLKSIEAGSLQRNSQLQAIRLDGNQLKSIAGLFTELPNLVWLNISGNRLEK FDYSHIPIGLQWLDVRANRITQLGNYFEIESELSLSTFDASYNLLTEITASSIPNSVEVLYLNDNQISKI QPYTFFKKPNLTRVDLVRNRLTTLEPNALRLSPIAEDREIPEFYIGHNAYECDCNLDWLQKVNRESRTQP QLMDLDQIHCRLAYARGSSHVSLIEAKSDDFLCKYASHCFALCHCCDFQACDCKMECPDRCSCYHDQSWT SNVVDCSRASYEQTLPSHIPMDSTQLYLDGNNFRELQSHAFIGRKRLKVLHLNHSRIEVLHNRTFYGLLE LEVLQLQSNQLKALNGNEFQGLDNLQELYLQHNAIATIDTLTFTHLYHLKILRLDHNAITSFAVWNFLPS YLNELRLASNPWTCSCEFIDKLRDYINRHEYVVDKLKMKCDVISGNSTQQMVIYPGSGEPASLPVVQCSQ TLPLGLDNNFNYAEQAGGENASNATSTKMILNQPPKLDYIPILVAILTAFIFVMICISLVFIFRQEMRVW CHSRFGVRLFYNAQKDVDKNEREKLFDAFVSYSSKDELFVNEELAPMLEMGEHRYKLCLHQRDFPVGGYL PETIVQAIDSSRRTIMVVSENFIKSEWCRFEFKSAHQSVLRDRRRRLIVIVLGEVPQKELDPDLRLYLKT NTYLQWGDKLFWQKLRFALPDVSSSQRSNVAGQSCHVPINHASYHHHHHVHQQAMPLPHSVHHHQQQFML PPPPQQPGSFRRQPSLHQQQQQQQQIRGNNNTTQQQQQQQAALLMGGGSVGGPAPQMIPLAGGIQQQSLP LPPNQQPTPASRNLHM This message is being cc'd to the rest of the flybase-help group in case they can help resolve this. Best wishes, Bill Subject: Re: TAK-1 mapping Dear Bill Thank you for your reply. Yes, I agree, that is why I was surprised that the location given for tak1 is 71B5 rather than 19E2. I take this opportunity to tell you and your colleagues over there what a great thing FlyBase is and how useful and interesting we find it in my lab. The genome, of course, has added a new (or maybe many a) dimension to it. With best wishes Alfonso Subject: Re: TAK-1 mapping Hi Alfonso, . As Bill said, the basic problem is that the wrong predicted gene (CG6890) has been attached to the 'Tak1' gene (FBgn0026323) which we already had in FlyBase (from the literature before the genome sequence came out). I'd like to record your e-mail as a personal communication from you to FlyBase so that people can see how we knew there was a problem with the data for these genes. I did a BLAST using the sequence for the Tak1 gene at 19E (AF199466) and from the results its clear that the Tak1 gene at 19E corresponds to the predicted gene CG1388. I will fix all this in the database (although it will probably take a few weeks for this to filter through to the public view). . Gillian