ced-9 Apoptosis regulator ced-9 [Caenorhabditis elegans] - Gene

Summary

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Official Symbol: ced-9
Official Full Name: Apoptosis regulator ced-9
Primary source: WormBase:WBGene00000423
Locus tag: CELE_T07C4.8
See related: AllianceGenome:WB:WBGene00000423
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: REVIEWED
Organism: Caenorhabditis elegans (strain: Bristol N2)
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Nematoda; Chromadorea; Rhabditida; Rhabditina; Rhabditomorpha; Rhabditoidea; Rhabditidae; Peloderinae; Caenorhabditis
Summary: Enables GTPase activator activity and protein sequestering activity. Involved in several processes, including positive regulation of brood size; positive regulation of cellular component organization; and positive regulation of egg-laying behavior. Located in several cellular components, including mitochondrial outer membrane; neuronal cell body; and perinuclear region of cytoplasm. Is expressed in several structures, including gonad. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in transient cerebral ischemia. Orthologous to human BCL2L2 (BCL2 like 2) and BCL2L2-PABPN1 (BCL2L2-PABPN1 readthrough). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Dec 2024]
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Genomic context

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Location:: chromosome: III

Exon count:: 4

Sequence:: Chromosome: III; NC_003281.10 (10335172..10337522)

Chromosome III - NC_003281.10 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:: NC_003281.10

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Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

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The pro-apoptotic function of the C. elegans BCL-2 homolog CED-9 requires interaction with the APAF-1 homolog CED-4.
Title: The pro-apoptotic function of the C. elegans BCL-2 homolog CED-9 requires interaction with the APAF-1 homolog CED-4.
Molecular dynamics studies of CED-4/CED-9/EGL-1 ternary complex reveal CED-4 release mechanism in the linear apoptotic pathway of Caenorhabditis elegans.
Title: Molecular dynamics studies of CED-4/CED-9/EGL-1 ternary complex reveal CED-4 release mechanism in the linear apoptotic pathway of Caenorhabditis elegans.
A protein interaction cascade involving EGL-1, CED-9, CED-4, and CED-3 results in the activation of the key cell death protease CED-3, which is tightly controlled by multiple positive and negative regulators.
Title: Programmed Cell Death During Caenorhabditis elegans Development.
CED-9/Bcl-2 downregulation via LIN-35/Rb triggers germ cell apoptosis in C. elegans in response to starvation.
Title: LIN-35/Rb causes starvation-induced germ cell apoptosis via CED-9/Bcl2 downregulation in Caenorhabditis elegans.
HBx interacts directly with the B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) homolog CED-9 (cell death abnormal) through a Bcl-2 homology 3 (BH3)-like motif to trigger both cytosolic Ca(2+) increase and cell death.
Title: Hepatitis B virus X protein targets the Bcl-2 protein CED-9 to induce intracellular Ca2+ increase and cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans.
CED-9 associates with the outer mitochondrial membrane within distinct foci that do not overlap with CED-4
Title: Evidence that CED-9/Bcl2 and CED-4/Apaf-1 localization is not consistent with the current model for C. elegans apoptosis induction.
propose that EGL-1 converts CED-9 into a mitochondrial receptor for DRP-1, thereby shifting its activity from profusion to profission.
Title: A molecular switch that governs mitochondrial fusion and fission mediated by the BCL2-like protein CED-9 of Caenorhabditis elegans.
CED-9 retains the amphitropic ability of mammalian Bcl-2 proteins to associate with cellular membranes.
Title: The C. elegans B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) homolog cell death abnormal 9 (CED-9) associates with and remodels LIPID membranes.
Results suggest that the BCL-2-like CED-9 acts through FZO-1 and EAT-3 to promote mitochondrial fusion in response to specific cellular signals.
Title: The BCL-2-like protein CED-9 of C. elegans promotes FZO-1/Mfn1,2- and EAT-3/Opa1-dependent mitochondrial fusion.
Bcl-2 proteins EGL-1 and CED-9 do not regulate mitochondrial fission or fusion in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Title: Bcl-2 proteins EGL-1 and CED-9 do not regulate mitochondrial fission or fusion in Caenorhabditis elegans.

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Pathways from PubChem

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Interactions

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Products	Interactant	Other Gene	Complex	Source	Pubs	Description

General gene information

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Markers

T07C4.7 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:321049

T07C4.8 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:319617

Homology

Orthologs from OrthoDB

Gene Ontology Provided by WormBase

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables GTPase activator activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables channel activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables protein binding	IPI Inferred from Physical Interaction more info	PubMed
enables protein sequestering activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in actin filament depolymerization	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in apoptotic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in apoptotic process	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed
involved_in apoptotic process	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in apoptotic process involved in development	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in defense response to Gram-negative bacterium	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway in absence of ligand	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in intrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway in response to DNA damage	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in mitophagy	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in negative regulation of apoptotic process	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed
involved_in negative regulation of apoptotic process	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in negative regulation of programmed cell death	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in negative regulation of protein-containing complex assembly	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in positive regulation of apoptotic process	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in positive regulation of brood size	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in positive regulation of egg-laying behavior	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed
involved_in positive regulation of egg-laying behavior	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in positive regulation of embryonic development	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed
involved_in positive regulation of embryonic development	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in positive regulation of fertilization	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed
involved_in positive regulation of mitochondrial fusion	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in positive regulation of synapse pruning	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed
involved_in positive regulation of synapse pruning	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in protein processing	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in regulation of apoptotic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in regulation of synapse organization	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed
involved_in release of cytochrome c from mitochondria	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in cytoplasm	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in cytoplasm	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in endomembrane system	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in membrane	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in mitochondrial membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
is_active_in mitochondrial outer membrane	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in mitochondrial outer membrane	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in mitochondrion	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in mitochondrion	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in neuronal cell body	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in organelle membrane	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in perikaryon	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in perinuclear region of cytoplasm	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in presynapse	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in synapse	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: Apoptosis regulator ced-9

NP_499284.1

Confirmed by transcript evidence

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

NC_003281.10 Reference assembly

Range

10335172..10337522

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mRNA and Protein(s)

NM_066883.7 → NP_499284.1 Apoptosis regulator ced-9 [Caenorhabditis elegans]

See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_499284.1

Status: REVIEWED

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

P41958

Conserved Domains (1) summary

cd06845
Location:86 → 227

Bcl-2_like; Apoptosis regulator proteins of the Bcl-2 family, named after B-cell lymphoma 2. This alignment model spans what have been described as Bcl-2 homology regions BH1, BH2, BH3, and BH4. Many members of this family have an additional C-terminal transmembrane ...