dCREB-A, CREB, BBF-2, dCREBA, Creb-A
basic leucine zipper transcription factor - regulates secretory pathways and tissue-specific genes in the salivary gland and epidermis
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AlphaFold produces a per-residue confidence score (pLDDT) between 0 and 100. Some regions with low pLDDT may be unstructured in isolation.
Low-frequency RNA-Seq exon junction(s) not annotated.
Gene model reviewed during 5.50
4.3 (northern blot)
4.4 (northern blot)
515 (aa); 56 (kD)
516 (aa); 56.3 (kD)
May bind DNA as heterodimers with other bZIP proteins.
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The testis specificity index was calculated from modENCODE tissue expression data by Vedelek et al., 2018 to indicate the degree of testis enrichment compared to other tissues. Scores range from -2.52 (underrepresented) to 5.2 (very high testis bias).
Comment: anlage in statu nascendi
Comment: reported as salivary gland body specific anlage
Comment: reported as plasmatocytes anlage
In embryos, CrebA transcripts are expressed in the developing salivary gland. In the adult, transcripts are found in the brain and optic lobe cell bodies, in salivary gland, and in midgut epithelial cells of the cardia. In females CrebA transcripts are expressed in columnar follicle cells. In males, they are expressed in the seminal vesicle, ejaculatory duct, and ejaculatory bulb.
CrebA protein is present in extracts from ovaries.
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3-43
3-37.2
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polyclonal
In the epidermis CrebA is required for patterning cuticular structures on both the dorsal and ventral surfaces of larvae, mutant larvae have only lateral structures around the entire circumference of each segment. Epistasis tests with known dorsal/ventral patterning genes suggests that CrebA encodes a transcription factor near the end of both the dpp and spi signalling cascades to translate the corresponding extracellular signals into changes in gene expression. Double mutants with segment polarity genes confirm that CrebA is not involved in segment polarity.
The genomic organisation of the CrebA locus has been characterised, and its expression pattern has been analysed.
CrebA mutants display lateralisation of the larval cuticle and the cuticle is significantly weaker than wild type larval cuticle. The salivary gland and tracheae display a 'crooked' phenotype.
Isolation and characterization of Creb reveals that the protein binds to the CRE sequence and belongs to the leucine zipper family of transcription factors.
Source for merge of: CrebA Bbbf2
Source for merge of: CrebA BcDNA:SD05937
Source for merge of CrebA Bbbf2 was sequence comparison ( date:000202 ).
Source for merge of CrebA BcDNA:SD05937 was a shared cDNA ( date:030728 ).
