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Name Class

WBGene00002297SMapS_parentSequenceT19E10
IdentityVersion2
NameCGC_nameect-2Paper_evidenceWBPaper00026774
Person_evidenceWBPerson237
Sequence_nameT19E10.1
Molecular_nameT19E10.1a
T19E10.1a.1
CE18264
T19E10.1b
CE01671
T19E10.1a.2
T19E10.1b.1
Other_namelet-21Person_evidenceWBPerson533
CELE_T19E10.1Accession_evidenceNDBBX284602
Public_nameect-2
DB_infoDatabaseAceViewgene2L70
WormQTLgeneWBGene00002297
WormFluxgeneWBGene00002297
NDBlocus_tagCELE_T19E10.1
PanthergeneCAEEL|WormBase=WBGene00002297|UniProtKB=Q9U364
familyPTHR16777
NCBIgene174658
RefSeqproteinNM_063918.4
NM_063917.6
TREEFAMTREEFAM_IDTF101161
TrEMBLUniProtAccQ9U364
Q22590
UniProt_GCRPUniProtAccQ9U364
SpeciesCaenorhabditis elegans
HistoryVersion_change107 Apr 2004 11:29:27WBPerson1971EventImportedInitial conversion from geneace
228 Sep 2005 14:32:53WBPerson2970EventAcquires_mergeWBGene00011845
Name_changeCGC_nameect-2
Other_namelet-21
Acquires_mergeWBGene00011845
StatusLive
Gene_infoBiotypeSO:0001217
Gene_classect
Allele (104)
Legacy_informatione1778 : sterile uncoordinated polynucleate oocytes. NA1.
[C.elegansII] e1778 : sterile uncoordinated polynucleate oocytes, abnormal positioning of germ linenuclei. NA1. [NJ]
StrainWBStrain00026531
WBStrain00000145
WBStrain00004473
WBStrain00004792
WBStrain00007536
WBStrain00022358
WBStrain00022359
WBStrain00022369
WBStrain00022370
RNASeq_FPKM (74)
GO_annotation (20)
Ortholog (43)
Structured_descriptionConcise_descriptionect-2 encodes, by alternative splicing, two isoforms of a putative RHO guanine nucleotide exchange factor (RhoGEF) required for cytokinesis of early embryos and epidermal P cells, as well as cell polarity of early embryos and migration of epidermal P cells; ECT-2 is thus required for normal vulval differentiation and locomotion, along with fertility and embryonic viability; ECT-2 also activates LET-60/RAS signalling during vulval development, requiring RHO-1 to do so; ECT-2 is orthologous to the proto-oncogene ECT2 (OMIM:600586) and Drosophila PEBBLE; ECT-2 has two BRCT domains and a RhoGEF domain; ect-2 is expressed ubiquitously during embryogenesis, but restricted to Q cells in early L1 larvae; ect-2's expression then broadens to P-cell derivatives and distal tip cells, vulval precursor cells and their derivatives, and some adult neurons; ECT-2 is symmetrically distributed in unfertilized oocytes, but then temporarily becomes asymmetrically depleted around the centrosomal protein SPD-5, and is required for initial anteroposterior polarization of the newly fertilized embryo; anterior localization of PAR-6 in newly fertilized embryos requires ECT-2, which colocalizes with the nonmuscle myosin NMY-2 in the early embryonic cell cortex; the boundary of anterior versus posterior domains in the early embryo depends on the antagonistic activities of ECT-2 versus RGA-3/4; a hypomorphic ect-2 mutation suppresses the multivulva phenotype of lin-32, whereas a gain-of-function ect-2 mutation hyperinduces vulval development; ECT-2 is expressed in embryonic and P cells.Paper_evidenceWBPaper00005764
WBPaper00026774
WBPaper00026937
WBPaper00028358
WBPaper00028395
WBPaper00028408
WBPaper00031005
Curator_confirmedWBPerson567
Date_last_updated29 Dec 2007 00:00:00
Automated_descriptionEnables guanyl-nucleotide exchange factor activity. Involved in several processes, including asymmetric protein localization involved in cell fate determination; mitotic cytokinesis; and regulation of actin filament-based process. Located in cell cortex. Expressed in several structures, including P1.p; germ line; hermaphrodite gonad; neuroblasts; and somatic gonad precursor. Is an ortholog of human ECT2 (epithelial cell transforming 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
Molecular_infoCorresponding_CDST19E10.1a
T19E10.1b
Corresponding_transcriptT19E10.1a.1
T19E10.1a.2
T19E10.1b.1
Other_sequenceJI166080.1
JI165204.1
CBC02373_1
CR09386
CRC10546_1
JO469734.1
Associated_featureWBsf650517
WBsf666061
WBsf666062
WBsf989481
WBsf1013093
WBsf223831
WBsf223832
WBsf223833
Experimental_infoRNAi_result (27)
Expr_pattern (12)
Drives_constructWBCnstr00005769
WBCnstr00012959
WBCnstr00017410
WBCnstr00018634
WBCnstr00036335
Construct_productWBCnstr00004729
WBCnstr00009313
WBCnstr00012397
WBCnstr00017410
WBCnstr00018634
WBCnstr00036335
Microarray_results (32)
Expression_cluster (154)
Interaction (54)
Map_infoMapIIPosition3.12567Error0.000108
PositivePositive_cloneT19E10Inferred_automaticallyFrom sequence, transcript, pseudogene data
Mapping_data2_point706
Multi_point591
Pos_neg_data7149
Reference (64)
MethodGene