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WormBase Tree Display for Gene: WBGene00001953

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Name Class

WBGene00001953SMapS_parentSequenceC02B8
IdentityVersion1
NameCGC_namehlh-8Person_evidenceWBPerson346
Sequence_nameC02B8.4
Molecular_nameC02B8.4
C02B8.4.1
CE24777
C02B8.4.2
Other_nameCELE_C02B8.4Accession_evidenceNDBBX284606
Public_namehlh-8
DB_infoDatabaseAceViewgeneXI737
WormQTLgeneWBGene00001953
WormFluxgeneWBGene00001953
OMIMdisease101400
gene601622
607556
NDBlocus_tagCELE_C02B8.4
PanthergeneCAEEL|WormBase=WBGene00001953|UniProtKB=Q11094
familyPTHR23349
NCBIgene181069
RefSeqproteinNM_076966.3
SwissProtUniProtAccQ11094
UniProt_GCRPUniProtAccQ11094
SpeciesCaenorhabditis elegans
HistoryVersion_change107 Apr 2004 11:29:26WBPerson1971EventImportedInitial conversion from geneace
StatusLive
Gene_infoBiotypeSO:0001217
Gene_classhlh
Allele (88)
StrainWBStrain00027639
WBStrain00027640
WBStrain00030584
WBStrain00030587
WBStrain00030588
WBStrain00033322
WBStrain00037705
RNASeq_FPKM (74)
GO_annotation (19)
Ortholog (37)
ParalogWBGene00000561Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisTreeFam
WBGene00001954Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisPanther
WBGene00001957Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisTreeFam
Panther
WormBase-Compara
WBGene00003595Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisTreeFam
WBGene00001962Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisPanther
WBGene00001981Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisPanther
WormBase-Compara
WBGene00001956Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisPanther
WormBase-Compara
Structured_descriptionConcise_descriptionThe hlh-8 gene encodes a helix-loop-helix protein required for normal muscle development, and hence for normal defecation and egg-laying.Paper_evidenceWBPaper00003174
WBPaper00004154
WBPaper00004482
WBPaper00005080
Curator_confirmedWBPerson567
Date_last_updated17 Jun 2004 00:00:00
Automated_descriptionPredicted to enable DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific and RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Involved in mesodermal cell fate specification; positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; and vulval cell fate specification. Predicted to be located in nucleus. Expressed in several structures, including M.dla; M.dra; M.vla; body wall muscle cell from M lineage; and enteric muscle. Used to study Saethre-Chotzen syndrome. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including Barber-Say syndrome; Sweeney-Cox syndrome; and synostosis (multiple). Is an ortholog of human TWIST2 (twist family bHLH transcription factor 2).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:14768Homo sapiensPaper_evidenceWBPaper00005324
WBPaper00036744
Accession_evidenceOMIM101400
Curator_confirmedWBPerson324
Date_last_updated03 Apr 2013 00:00:00
Potential_modelDOID:0060549Homo sapiensInferred_automaticallyInferred by orthology to human genes with DO annotation (HGNC:20670)
DOID:3459Homo sapiensInferred_automaticallyInferred by orthology to human genes with DO annotation (HGNC:12428)
DOID:0080538Homo sapiensInferred_automaticallyInferred by orthology to human genes with DO annotation (HGNC:12428)
DOID:0060550Homo sapiensInferred_automaticallyInferred by orthology to human genes with DO annotation (HGNC:20670)
DOID:14768Homo sapiensInferred_automaticallyInferred by orthology to human genes with DO annotation (HGNC:12428)
DOID:12960Homo sapiensInferred_automaticallyInferred by orthology to human genes with DO annotation (HGNC:12428)
DOID:2340Homo sapiensInferred_automaticallyInferred by orthology to human genes with DO annotation (HGNC:12428)
EFO:MONDO:0018363Homo sapiensInferred_automaticallyInferred by orthology to human genes with DO annotation (HGNC:20670)
DOID:3770Homo sapiensInferred_automaticallyInferred by orthology to human genes with DO annotation (HGNC:12428)
DOID:1612Homo sapiensInferred_automaticallyInferred by orthology to human genes with DO annotation (HGNC:12428)
Disease_relevanceTwist1 is a well-conserved bHLH type transcriptional regulator protein present across species including humans, involved in the development of the mesoderm; mutations in Twist1 are implicated in the craniofacial disorder Saethre-Chotzen syndrome, characterized by the premature fusion of certain skull bones (craniosynostosis), preventing the skull from growing normally and affecting the shape of the head and face; studies with the C. elegans Twist ortholog indicate that the semi-dominant mutant (n2170) shares the muscle development defective phenotypes with the loss-of-function mutant (nr2061); further, when mutations similar to Saethre-Chotzen syndrome mutations were introduced into elegans Twist, similar muscle defective phenotypes were observed, suggesting that Saethre-Chotzen syndrome may be caused, in some cases, by dominant negative proteins, rather than by haploinsufficiency of the locus.Homo sapiensPaper_evidenceWBPaper00005324
Accession_evidenceOMIM101400
601622
Curator_confirmedWBPerson324
Date_last_updated12 May 2015 00:00:00
Models_disease_in_annotationWBDOannot00001006
Models_disease_assertedWBDOannot00000126
WBDOannot00001005
Molecular_infoCorresponding_CDSC02B8.4
Corresponding_transcriptC02B8.4.1
C02B8.4.2
Other_sequenceOden_isotig22148
ES413014.1
JI213846.1
Associated_feature (14)
Gene_product_binds (7249)
Transcription_factorWBTranscriptionFactor000066
WBTranscriptionFactor000083
Experimental_infoRNAi_result (14)
Expr_pattern (13)
Drives_construct (19)
Construct_product (11)
AntibodyWBAntibody00000188
WBAntibody00001852
Microarray_results (19)
Expression_cluster (88)
Interaction (121)
WBProcessWBbiopr:00000040
Map_infoMapXPosition-0.530654Error0.011006
PositivePositive_cloneC02B8Inferred_automaticallyFrom sequence, transcript, pseudogene data
Mapping_dataMulti_point4404
4750
4876
5663
Pseudo_map_position
Reference (71)
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