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WormBase Tree Display for Gene: WBGene00001543

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Name Class

WBGene00001543SMapS_parentSequenceZK896
IdentityVersion1
NameCGC_namegcy-18Person_evidenceWBPerson655
Sequence_nameZK896.8
Molecular_nameZK896.8
ZK896.8.1
CE42602
Other_namegcy-26
CELE_ZK896.8Accession_evidenceNDBBX284604
Public_namegcy-18
DB_infoDatabase (13)
SpeciesCaenorhabditis elegans
HistoryVersion_change107 Apr 2004 11:29:24WBPerson1971EventImportedInitial conversion from geneace
StatusLive
Gene_infoBiotypeSO:0001217
Gene_classgcy
Allele (291)
StrainWBStrain00029460
WBStrain00037252
WBStrain00022003
WBStrain00021997
RNASeq_FPKM (74)
GO_annotation (33)
Ortholog (37)
Paralog (37)
Structured_descriptionConcise_descriptiongcy-18 encodes a receptor-type guanylyl cyclase that, along with gcy-8 and gcy-23, constitutes a subfamily of guanylyl cyclase genes in C. elegans; gcy-18 functions redundantly with gcy-8 and gcy-23, and upstream of tax-4, to regulate thermotaxis via the AFD thermosensory neurons, although of the three guanylyl cyclases required, genetic analyses suggest that GCY-18 is the primary guanylyl cyclase required; in addition, microarray experiments indicate that gcy-18 expression is induced in daf-16(RNAi); daf-2(RNAi) double mutants and repressed in daf-2(RNAi) mutants, suggesting that GCY-18 activity may contribute to a shortened lifespan; consistent with this, loss of gcy-18 activity via RNAi does result in lifespan extension; GCY-18 is expressed exclusively in the AFD thermosensory neurons, where it localizes to sensory endings.Paper_evidenceWBPaper00002839
WBPaper00005976
WBPaper00026643
WBPaper00027040
Curator_confirmedWBPerson48
WBPerson1843
Date_last_updated07 Aug 2006 00:00:00
Automated_descriptionPredicted to enable adenylate cyclase activity; guanylate cyclase activity; and peptide receptor activity. Involved in detection of temperature stimulus; thermosensory behavior; and thermotaxis. Located in microvillus membrane and neuron projection terminus. Expressed in intestine and nervous system.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_CDSZK896.8
Corresponding_CDS_historyZK896.8:wp190
Corresponding_transcriptZK896.8.1
Other_sequence (26)
Associated_featureWBsf646493
WBsf980904
WBsf980905
WBsf980906
WBsf998262
WBsf998263
WBsf998264
WBsf229340
Experimental_infoRNAi_resultWBRNAi00059812Inferred_automaticallyRNAi_primary
WBRNAi00022221Inferred_automaticallyRNAi_primary
WBRNAi00063228Inferred_automaticallyRNAi_primary
WBRNAi00063229Inferred_automaticallyRNAi_primary
Expr_patternChronogram346
Expr3852
Expr3855
Expr4535
Expr7267
Expr15356
Expr1027877
Expr1163242
Expr2011982
Expr2030219
Drives_constructWBCnstr00001522
WBCnstr00003912
WBCnstr00011694
WBCnstr00011697
WBCnstr00018574
WBCnstr00020283
WBCnstr00036874
Construct_productWBCnstr00011697
WBCnstr00036874
Microarray_results (19)
Expression_cluster (99)
InteractionWBInteraction000005543
WBInteraction000500833
WBInteraction000500834
WBInteraction000524550
WBInteraction000524660
WBInteraction000525001
Map_infoMapIVPosition6.39518Error0.005633
PositivePositive_cloneZK896Inferred_automaticallyFrom sequence, transcript, pseudogene data
Pseudo_map_position
Reference (35)
Remarkgcy-26 added as an other name following email from J. Hodgkin. gcy-26 gene object removed. 02/06/12 krb.
Map 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