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WormBase Tree Display for Gene: WBGene00003178

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Name Class

WBGene00003178EvidencePaper_evidenceWBPaper00005356
SMapS_parentSequenceF57H12
IdentityVersion2
NameCGC_namemec-17Person_evidenceWBPerson95
Sequence_nameF57H12.7
Molecular_nameF57H12.7a
F57H12.7a.1
CE17128
F57H12.7b
CE49511
F57H12.7b.1
Other_nameatat-1Paper_evidenceWBPaper00037771
CELE_F57H12.7Accession_evidenceNDBBX284604
Public_namemec-17
DB_infoDatabase (12)
SpeciesCaenorhabditis elegans
HistoryVersion_change107 Apr 2004 11:29:31WBPerson1971EventImportedInitial conversion from geneace
230 Nov 2010 15:52:03WBPerson2970Name_changeOther_nameatat-1
StatusLive
Gene_infoBiotypeSO:0001217
Gene_classmec
Allele (42)
Legacy_information[C.elegansII] u265 : larvae touch sensitive, older animals touch insensitive; mec-3:lacZ expression not maintained in touch cells. NA1. [Chalfie and Au 1989; Way and Chalfie 1989; TU]
StrainWBStrain00035052
WBStrain00032389
WBStrain00035038
RNASeq_FPKM (74)
GO_annotation (20)
Ortholog (34)
ParalogWBGene00021059Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisTreeFam
Panther
WormBase-Compara
Structured_descriptionConcise_descriptionmec-17 encodes an alpha-tubulin acetyltransferase; MEC-17 activity is required for maintaining the differentiated state of the touch receptor neurons, and hence the animal's touch sensitivity, during later stages of larval development; MEC-17 and W06B11.1 function redundantly for acetylation of K40 on MEC-12 alpha-tubulin; mec-17 is expressed solely in the touch receptor cells from late embryogenesis through adulthood, and this expression is dependent upon the MEC-3 LIM homeodomain transcription factor; in turn, as MEC-17 is necessary for maintaining differentiated touch receptors, its activity is required for continued expression of MEC-3 and the MEC-7 beta-tubulin.Paper_evidenceWBPaper00001125
WBPaper00001237
WBPaper00001829
WBPaper00005356
WBPaper00037127
Curator_confirmedWBPerson1843
Date_last_updated20 Sep 2010 00:00:00
Automated_descriptionEnables tubulin N-acetyltransferase activity. Involved in mechanoreceptor differentiation and thigmotaxis. Predicted to be located in microtubule. Expressed in touch receptor neurons. Used to study neurodegenerative disease. Is an ortholog of human ATAT1 (alpha tubulin acetyltransferase 1).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
Disease_infoExperimental_modelDOID:1289Homo sapiensPaper_evidenceWBPaper00044649
Curator_confirmedWBPerson324
Date_last_updated21 Sep 2018 00:00:00
Disease_relevanceAxonal degeneration arises as a consequence of neuronal injury and is a characteristic of a number of neurodegenerative diseases; in C. elegans the loss of the mec-17 alpha-tubulin acetyltransferase causes adult-onset and progressive axonal degeneration via microtubule instability, reduced mitochondrial number and disrupted axonal transport.Homo sapiensPaper_evidenceWBPaper00044649
Curator_confirmedWBPerson324
Date_last_updated23 Jan 2015 00:00:00
Models_disease_assertedWBDOannot00000611
WBDOannot00000612
Molecular_infoCorresponding_CDSF57H12.7a
F57H12.7b
Corresponding_transcriptF57H12.7a.1
F57H12.7b.1
Other_sequence (26)
Associated_featureWBsf651972
WBsf668065
WBsf997092
WBsf230363
Experimental_infoRNAi_resultWBRNAi00015926Inferred_automaticallyRNAi_primary
WBRNAi00048918Inferred_automaticallyRNAi_primary
WBRNAi00033055Inferred_automaticallyRNAi_primary
Expr_patternExpr10032
Expr11573
Expr11641
Expr13823
Expr1023300
Expr1031508
Expr1152657
Expr2013492
Expr2031726
Drives_construct (18)
Construct_productWBCnstr00009235
WBCnstr00036193
Microarray_results (18)
Expression_cluster (180)
Interaction (24)
Map_infoMapIVPosition3.57029Error0.005124
Well_ordered
PositivePositive_cloneF57H12Inferred_automaticallyFrom CDS info
From sequence, transcript, pseudogene data
Mapping_dataMulti_point1114
1115
1116
1117
2067
2068
3628
4932
Pos_neg_data2727
Reference (42)
MethodGene