daf-16;unc-64

Forkhead box protein O;hypothetical protein

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Locus: CELE_R13H8.1

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Wormbase description: daf-16 encodes the sole C. elegans forkhead box O (FOXO) homologue; DAF-16 functions as a transcription factor that acts in the insulin/IGF-1-mediated signaling (IIS) pathway that regulates dauer formation, longevity, fat metabolism, stress response, and innate immunity; DAF-16 regulates these various processes through isoform-specific expression, isoform-specific regulation by different AKT kinases, and differential regulation of target genes; DAF-16 can interact with the CBP-1 transcription cofactor in vitro, and interacts genetically with other genes in the insulin signaling and with daf-12, which encodes a nuclear hormone receptor; DAF-16 is activated in response to DNA damage during development and co-regulated by EGL-27, alleviates DNA-damage-induced developmental arrest by inducing DAF-16-associated element (DAE)-regulated genes; DAF-16 is broadly expressed but displays isoform-specific tissue enrichment; DAF-16 localizes to both the cytoplasm and the nucleus, with the ratio between the two an important regulator of function.

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Syntaxin-1A homolog

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Locus: CELE_F56A8.7

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Wormbase description: unc-64 encodes syntaxin, a plasma membrane receptor for intracellular vesicles that is orthologous to vertebrate syntaxin 1A (OMIM:186590) and Drosophila Syx1A; UNC-64 is required for normal locomotion and possibly also for insulin secretion; as an essential component of the core synaptic vesicle fusion machinery, UNC-64 interacts with UNC-13, a diacylglycerol-binding protein, and SNB-1/synaptobrevin; UNC-64 trafficking from the endoplasmic reticulum to the plasma membrane is mediated by UNC-18, an SM (Sec1, Munc18) family member; unc-64 mutations can be suppressed by mutations in slo-1, a calcium-activated potassium channel; UNC-64 is expressed ubiquitously in the nervous system and in secretory cells such as the vulval uv1 cell and the excretory gland cells.

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