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WormBase Tree Display for Gene: WBGene00000240

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Name Class

WBGene00000240SMapS_parentSequenceK08F8
IdentityVersion2
NameCGC_namepah-1Person_evidenceWBPerson384
Sequence_nameK08F8.4
Molecular_nameK08F8.4a
K08F8.4a.1
CE21050
K08F8.4b
CE47563
K08F8.4b.1
Other_nameAAH/1
bas-2Person_evidenceWBPerson384
CELE_K08F8.4Accession_evidenceNDBBX284602
Public_namepah-1
DB_infoDatabase (12)
SpeciesCaenorhabditis elegans
HistoryVersion_change107 Apr 2004 11:29:20WBPerson1971EventImportedInitial conversion from geneace
206 May 2005 10:44:15WBPerson2970Name_changeCGC_namepah-1
StatusLive
Gene_infoBiotypeSO:0001217
Gene_classpah
Allele (59)
Legacy_information[C.elegansII] NMK. Encodes predicted biogenic amine synthesis enzyme. [LC]
[Loer CM] Encodes a biopterin-dependent aromatic amino acid hydroxylase believed to be phenylalanine hydroxylase (phenylalanine 4-monooxygenase, EC 1.14.16.1, PheH, PAH). Loer et al., 1999, Journal of Neurogenetics, 13(3): 157-180
StrainWBStrain00024113
WBStrain00024114
WBStrain00031570
WBStrain00055119
WBStrain00055118
WBStrain00055120
WBStrain00055121
RNASeq_FPKM (74)
GO_annotation (36)
Ortholog (34)
ParalogWBGene00000296Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisTreeFam
Panther
WormBase-Compara
WBGene00006600Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisTreeFam
Panther
WormBase-Compara
Structured_descriptionConcise_descriptionpah-1 encodes a biochemically active phenylalanine-4-hydroxylase orthologous to human PAH; recombinant PAH-1 has hydroxylase activity on phenylalanine and tryptophan substrates in vitro; pah-1 is expressed in seam cells, tail hypodermal cells, and ventral hypodermis, with stronger posterior than anterior expression; PAH-1 might help provide tyrosine for cross-linking in the cuticle, and is partially required for the tyrosinemic phenotype of K10C2.4(RNAi) animals; pah-1 is also required for melanin biosynthesis, the loss of which is associated with increased superoxide dismutase activity; animals doubly mutant for pah-1 and bli-3 exhibit severe cuticle defects.Paper_evidenceWBPaper00003783
WBPaper00003903
WBPaper00004637
WBPaper00031468
WBPaper00031861
Curator_confirmedWBPerson1843
WBPerson1823
WBPerson567
Date_last_updated06 Feb 2009 00:00:00
Automated_descriptionEnables phenylalanine 4-monooxygenase activity and tryptophan 5-monooxygenase activity. Involved in several processes, including aromatic amino acid metabolic process; determination of adult lifespan; and melanin biosynthetic process. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Expressed in hypodermis; seam cell; and tail. Used to study phenylketonuria. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in intellectual disability and phenylketonuria. Is an ortholog of human PAH (phenylalanine hydroxylase).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:9281Homo sapiensPaper_evidenceWBPaper00031861
Accession_evidenceOMIM261600
Curator_confirmedWBPerson324
Date_last_updated30 Oct 2018 00:00:00
Potential_modelDOID:9281Homo sapiensInferred_automaticallyInferred by orthology to human genes with DO annotation (HGNC:8582)
DOID:1059Homo sapiensInferred_automaticallyInferred by orthology to human genes with DO annotation (HGNC:8582)
Disease_relevanceIn humans, mutations in the phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) gene causes the autosomal recessive disease, Phenylketonuria (PKU), characterized by increased levels of the amino acid, phenylalanine (L-Phe)in the blood; if untreated, phenylalanine can build up to harmful levels in the body, causing intellectual disability, neurological damage and other problems; PAH catalyses the hydroxylation of phenylalanine to tyrosine, the rate-limiting step in phenylalanine catabolism; C. elegans PAH, pah-1 has similar molecular and kinetic properties, and though pah-1 mutants do not seem to exhibit obvious neurological defects, pah-1 is required for the synthesis of a melanin-like compound in the elegans cuticle, and pah-1 mutants show stimulation of superoxide dismutase activity, suggesting that cuticle melanin functions as an oxygen radical scavenger; oxidative stress may be involved in the neuropathology of PKU, since elevated concentrations of L-Phe have an inhibiting effect on components of the mammalian antioxidant system; studies in the elegans model will help elucidate links between oxidative stress and PKU, and the role of melanin in PKU.Homo sapiensPaper_evidenceWBPaper00031861
Accession_evidenceOMIM261600
612349
Curator_confirmedWBPerson324
Date_last_updated01 May 2014 00:00:00
Models_disease_assertedWBDOannot00000239
WBDOannot00000626
Molecular_infoCorresponding_CDSK08F8.4a
K08F8.4b
Corresponding_transcriptK08F8.4a.1
K08F8.4b.1
Other_sequence (82)
Associated_featureWBsf650364
WBsf665852
WBsf717020
WBsf988817
WBsf988818
WBsf1012743
WBsf223545
Experimental_infoRNAi_resultWBRNAi00027881Inferred_automaticallyRNAi_primary
WBRNAi00050330Inferred_automaticallyRNAi_primary
Expr_patternExpr1234
Expr1235
Expr1025851
Expr1030154
Expr1154032
Expr2014685
Expr2032918
Drives_constructWBCnstr00010168
WBCnstr00020334
WBCnstr00037637
Construct_productWBCnstr00010168
WBCnstr00037637
AntibodyWBAntibody00000253
Microarray_results (19)
Expression_cluster (189)
Interaction (52)
Map_infoMapIIPosition0.883822Error0.001623
PositivePositive_cloneCK#CLS12Person_evidenceWBPerson384
K08F8Inferred_automaticallyFrom sequence, transcript, pseudogene data
Mapping_dataMulti_point4168
4328
Pseudo_map_position
ReferenceWBPaper00003783
WBPaper00003903
WBPaper00004458
WBPaper00031861
WBPaper00034518
WBPaper00036275
WBPaper00038491
WBPaper00046585
WBPaper00049828
WBPaper00055090
RemarkMap position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.CGC_data_submission
MethodGene