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yellow-b yellow-b [ Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) ]

Gene ID: 35005, updated on 4-Jan-2025

Summary

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Official Symbol
yellow-bprovided by FlyBase
Official Full Name
yellow-bprovided by FlyBase
Primary source
FLYBASE:FBgn0032601
Locus tag
Dmel_CG17914
See related
AllianceGenome:FB:FBgn0032601
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Drosophila melanogaster
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota; Neoptera; Endopterygota; Diptera; Brachycera; Muscomorpha; Ephydroidea; Drosophilidae; Drosophila; Sophophora
Also known as
CG17914; Dmel\CG17914; yell-b; Yellow-b
Summary
Predicted to be active in extracellular region. Is expressed in several structures, including Bolwig organ; adult head; embryonic epipharynx; embryonic foregut; and epidermis. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jan 2025]
Orthologs
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Genomic context

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See yellow-b in Genome Data Viewer
Location:
36A14-36A14; 2-52 cM
Exon count:
3
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
Release 6.54 current Release 6 plus ISO1 MT (GCF_000001215.4) 2L NT_033779.5 (16754336..16758283)
Release 5.57 previous assembly Release 5 (GCF_000001215.2) 2L NT_033779.4 (16754336..16758283)

Chromosome 2L - NT_033779.5Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene Chitin and LDLR binding deacetylase 3 Neighboring gene Like Sm 7 Neighboring gene Bub3 interacting GLEBS and Zinc finger domain protein Neighboring gene pickpocket 17 Neighboring gene Myosin heavy chain Neighboring gene Cytochrome b5-related

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Bibliography

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Related articles in PubMed

  1. Identification of Drosophila melanogaster yellow-f and yellow-f2 proteins as dopachrome-conversion enzymes. Han Q, et al. Biochem J, 2002 Nov 15. PMID 12164780, Free PMC Article
  2. Analysis of Drosophila yellow-B cDNA reveals a new family of proteins related to the royal jelly proteins in the honeybee and to an orphan protein in an unusual bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans. Maleszka R, et al. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 2000 Apr 21. PMID 10772900
  3. The Family of Yellow-Related Drosophila melanogaster Proteins. Drapeau MD. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 2001 Mar 2. PMID 11237700
  4. Evolution of the insect yellow gene family. Ferguson LC, et al. Mol Biol Evol, 2011 Jan. PMID 20656794
  5. The transcription factor Ets21C drives tumor growth by cooperating with AP-1. Toggweiler J, et al. Sci Rep, 2016 Oct 7. PMID 27713480, Free PMC Article

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

Interactions

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Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

General gene information

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Homology

Gene Ontology Provided by FlyBase

Function Evidence Code Pubs
NOT enables dopachrome isomerase activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
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Component Evidence Code Pubs
is_active_in extracellular region IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
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General protein information

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Preferred Names
yellow-b
Names
CG17914-PA
CG17914-PB
Yellow-b
yellow-b-PA
yellow-b-PB

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

  1. NT_033779.5 Reference assembly

    Range
    16754336..16758283
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_001299058.1 → NP_001285987.1  yellow-b, isoform B [Drosophila melanogaster]

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_001285987.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    Q9VJI5
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    pfam03022
    Location:116 → 402
    MRJP; Major royal jelly protein

  2. NM_078862.2 → NP_523586.1  yellow-b, isoform A [Drosophila melanogaster]

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_523586.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    Q9VJI5
    Related
    FBpp0080451, FBtr0080894
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    pfam03022
    Location:116 → 402
    MRJP; Major royal jelly protein
Nucleotide Protein
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Protein Accession Links
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Q9VJI5 Q9VJI5

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