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WormBase Tree Display for Gene: WBGene00003474

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Name Class

WBGene00003474SMapS_parentSequenceT08G5
IdentityVersion1
NameCGC_namemtl-2Person_evidenceWBPerson1414
Sequence_nameT08G5.10
Molecular_nameT08G5.10
T08G5.10.1
CE25109
Other_namemet-IIAccession_evidenceEMBLX53245
D17365
CELE_T08G5.10Accession_evidenceNDBBX284605
Public_namemtl-2
DB_infoDatabaseAceViewgene5O498
WormQTLgeneWBGene00003474
WormFluxgeneWBGene00003474
NDBlocus_tagCELE_T08G5.10
NCBIgene179899
RefSeqproteinNM_074081.9
SwissProtUniProtAccP17512
UniProt_GCRPUniProtAccP17512
SpeciesCaenorhabditis elegans
HistoryVersion_change107 Apr 2004 11:29:32WBPerson1971EventImportedInitial conversion from geneace
StatusLive
Gene_infoBiotypeSO:0001217
Gene_classmtl
Allele (15)
Legacy_information[C.elegansII] NMK. Encodes 63 aa metallothionein; accumulates after exposure to CdCl2. mtl-1:lacZ expressed in intestine after cadmium treatment or heat shock. [Freedman et al. 1993]
StrainWBStrain00005079
WBStrain00005080
WBStrain00005081
WBStrain00005101
WBStrain00040877
WBStrain00035525
RNASeq_FPKM (74)
GO_annotation00039557
00039558
00106045
00106046
00106267
00106268
OrthologWBGene00027389Caenorhabditis briggsaeFrom_analysisOrthoMCL
OMA
WBGene00027390Caenorhabditis briggsaeFrom_analysisOrthoMCL
Inparanoid_8
WormBase-Compara
WBGene00151369Caenorhabditis brenneriFrom_analysisOMA
Inparanoid_8
WormBase-Compara
WBGene00271681Caenorhabditis briggsaeFrom_analysisWormBase-Compara
FL83_06429Caenorhabditis latensFrom_analysisWormBase-Compara
GCK72_020394Caenorhabditis remaneiFrom_analysisWormBase-Compara
chrV_pilon.g16404Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisWormBase-Compara
WBGene00057046Caenorhabditis remaneiFrom_analysisWormBase-Compara
Structured_descriptionConcise_descriptionmtl-2 encodes one of two C. elegans metallothioneins, small, cysteine-rich, metal-binding proteins; MTL-2 functions in metal detoxification and homeostasis and stress adaptation; in addition, mtl-2 plays a role in regulating growth and fertility; mtl-2 expression is induced in larval and adult intestinal cells following exposure to cadmium or heat shock; MTL-2 intestinal expression is dependent upon ELT-2, an intestine-specific GATA-type transcription factor; mtl-2 is downregulated by DAF-16 in daf-2 mutants.Paper_evidenceWBPaper00001688
WBPaper00003700
WBPaper00004299
WBPaper00004381
WBPaper00005295
WBPaper00005976
WBPaper00028866
Curator_confirmedWBPerson1843
Date_last_updated07 May 2007 00:00:00
Automated_descriptionEnables cadmium ion binding activity and zinc ion binding activity. Involved in response to cadmium ion and response to heat. Expressed in intestinal cell and intestine.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_CDST08G5.10
Corresponding_transcriptT08G5.10.1
Other_sequenceCBC00932_1
CBC01514_2
FD517649.1
CBC01514_1
CJC01860_1
CSC00487_1
FD517704.1
Associated_featureWBsf653359
WBsf919637
WBsf919638
WBsf982357
WBsf982358
WBsf234895
Experimental_infoRNAi_result (11)
Expr_patternExpr1380
Expr1509
Expr3079
Expr1020789
Expr1156496
Expr2013808
Expr2032048
Drives_construct (15)
Construct_productWBCnstr00007972
WBCnstr00007973
WBCnstr00011119
WBCnstr00036093
Microarray_results (19)
Expression_cluster (257)
Interaction (39)
WBProcessWBbiopr:00000039
WBbiopr:00000050
WBbiopr:00000053
WBbiopr:00000096
Map_infoMapVPosition6.07164Error0.009738
PositivePositive_cloneCR#MT2
T08G5Inferred_automaticallyFrom sequence, transcript, pseudogene data
Mapping_dataMulti_point4288
4500
Pseudo_map_position
Reference (74)
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