Biology:Daf-5

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Caenorhabditis elegans
Dauer Formation abnormality gene 5
Identifiers
OrganismCaenorhabditis elegans
SymbolDaf-5
Entrez175054
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_064540.5
RefSeq (Prot)NP_496941.1
UniProtG5EDM7
Other data
ChromosomeII: 14.03 - 14.04 Mb

Daf-5 is an ortholog of the mammalian protein Sno/Ski,which present in the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans on the downstream of TGFβ signaling pathway.[1] Without daf-7 signal, daf-5 combined with daf-3, co-SMAD for C. elegans, to form a heterodimer and started dauer development.[2]

References

  1. "DAF-5 is a Ski oncoprotein homolog that functions in a neuronal TGF beta pathway to regulate C. elegans dauer development". Development 131 (2): 435–46. January 2004. doi:10.1242/dev.00922. PMID 14681186. 
  2. "TGF-β signaling in C. elegans". WormBook: 1–34. July 2013. doi:10.1895/wormbook.1.22.2. PMID 23908056.