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Name Class

WBGene00002246SMapS_parentSequenceY73C8B
IdentityVersion1
NameCGC_namelag-2Person_evidenceWBPerson320
Sequence_nameY73C8B.4
Molecular_name (3)
Other_namesel-3
let-461
CELE_Y73C8B.4Accession_evidenceNDBBX284605
Public_namelag-2
DB_infoDatabase (11)
SpeciesCaenorhabditis elegans
HistoryVersion_change107 Apr 2004 11:29:27WBPerson1971EventImportedInitial conversion from geneace
StatusLive
Gene_infoBiotypeSO:0001217
Gene_classlag
Reference_alleleWBVar00242081
Allele (62)
Possibly_affected_byWBVar02157826
WBVar02157827
WBVar02158823
Legacy_informationlarval arrest at L1, characteristic Lag (Lin-12 and Glp-1) phenotype: rectum/anus absent, excretory cell absent, often twisted nose (76%). Similar phenotype in q387/Df. NA >6 (some alleles weaker, such as q420, s1486 (pka let-461))
Early@20;Mid@15C
See also s1486
[C.elegansII] q387 : larval arrest at L1, characteristic Lag (Lin-12 and Glp-1) phenotype: rectum/anus absent, excretory cell absent, often twisted nose (76%). Similar phenotype in q387/Df. NA >6: q420 (weaker allele), s1486 (pka let-461), ut103 and ut105 (both Clr). Also gf alleles: n1255, sa37 (pka sel-3,partly suppresses lin-12(gf) mutations.) Cloned: encodes 400 aa membrane protein with similarity to Drosophila Delta and Serrate;transcript present in DTC. [Johnsen and Baillie 1991; Tax et al. 1994; Henderson et al. 1994; MT; JC]
Strain (12)
RNASeq_FPKM (74)
GO_annotation (29)
Ortholog (20)
ParalogWBGene00001103Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisPanther
WormBase-Compara
WBGene00001104Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisPanther
WormBase-Compara
WBGene00001105Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisPanther
WormBase-Compara
WBGene00001107Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisPanther
WormBase-Compara
WBGene00001108Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisPanther
WormBase-Compara
WBGene00001109Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisPanther
WormBase-Compara
WBGene00021525Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisPanther
WormBase-Compara
WBGene00021513Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisPanther
WormBase-Compara
Structured_descriptionConcise_descriptionlag-2 encodes a transmembrane protein of the Delta/Serrate/Lag-2 (DSL) family that functions as a signaling ligand for the GLP-1 and LIN-12 Notch-like receptors; LAG-2 is required for larval viability and for cell fate decisions involving the germline (meiosis vs mitosis), the somatic gonad, and the early embryo; in addition, LAG-2 functions redundantly with the transmembrane APX-1 and secreted DSL-1 ligands to regulate lateral signaling during vulval development; LAG-2 is expressed in the distal tip cell of the somatic gonad, the ventral nerve cord, the descendants of ABalap and MSap in the developing embryo, and in all six vulval precursor cells (VPCs) during the early L3 stage, with later expression in the VPCs generally restricted to P6.p; lag-2 expression in the vulval cells is regulated by the LET-23/EGF receptor signaling pathway and the SUR-2 component of the Mediator transcription complex.Paper_evidenceWBPaper00001423
WBPaper00002046
WBPaper00002635
WBPaper00006450
Curator_confirmedWBPerson1843
Date_last_updated24 Jan 2005 00:00:00
Automated_descriptionEnables Notch binding activity. Involved in several processes, including maintenance of dauer; regulation of basement membrane organization; and regulation of cell population proliferation. Located in cell projection membrane and neuronal cell body membrane. Expressed in several structures, including distal tip cell; germ line; hypodermal cell; neurons; and vulval cell.Paper_evidenceWBPaper00065943
Curator_confirmedWBPerson324
WBPerson37462
Inferred_automaticallyThis description was generated automatically by a script based on data from the WS291 version of WormBase
Date_last_updated29 Nov 2023 00:00:00
Molecular_infoCorresponding_CDSY73C8B.4
Corresponding_transcriptY73C8B.4.1
Associated_feature (22)
Experimental_infoRNAi_result (22)
Expr_pattern (23)
Drives_construct (50)
Construct_productWBCnstr00007161
WBCnstr00011838
WBCnstr00036363
Microarray_results (21)
Expression_cluster (121)
Interaction (105)
WBProcessWBbiopr:00000072
Map_infoMapVPosition-12.7112Error0.036939
Well_ordered
PositivePositive_cloneT27C3
Y73C8BInferred_automaticallyFrom sequence, transcript, pseudogene data
Mapping_data2_point6125
6126
Multi_point2296
2297
2821
2822
2826
3957
5604
Pos_neg_data (16)
Landmark_gene
Reference (255)
Remarkdata extracted from Lambie & Kimble 1991
[BC Lab] Essential gene. Phenotype of homozygous s1486 at 20C is an early larval lethal.
[BC Lab] aka sel-3 or lag-2.
MethodGene