Gene or accession: CG5981
Release: 1
Gene annotation error
Gene CG5981 should be split.
Comments: I believe CG5981 should be split into two genes. One gene is
represented by ESTs LD33989 and GM04023. This gene starts at nucleotide
144063 of AE003612; of particular importance there seems to be a large intron
from 145466 to 165435 of the same assembly. This gene encodes the fly homolog
of stathmin/p18. The second gene is contained within the large intron and is
represented by EST SD08412. It is transcribed in the same direction. The 5'
end of this EST is at approximately 162175 of AE003612, and the 3' end (i.e.,
the 3' end of SD08412) is at roughly 164145. Splitting of the two genes is
consistent with what I can make of the two different sets of cDNAs (each of
which has both a 5' and a 3' sequence). Also, as it currently stands (with
the genes connected), the fly stathmin protein is roughly 4 times larger than
it is in other organisms.
Please let me know if you agree with this suggested update.