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Table 4 Predicted function and biological processes of uORF-mORF pairs in Drosophila

From: Comparative genomic analysis of novel conserved peptide upstream open reading frames in Drosophila melanogaster and other dipteran species

CG identifier

Gene name synonymsa

Inferred functiona

Inferred biological processa

Supporting evidence

CG18624

 

Putative NADH dehydrogenase

Mitochondrial electron transport

Pfam domain; GO term designation

CG12664

ld14, fend b

Unknown

Neuromuscular development

[61, 62]

CG12788/CG17767c

Tim9bb (uORF)

Mitochondrial inner membrane translocase subunit (uORF)

Transport across mitochondrial inner membrane (uORF)

Interpro domain

CG33713/CG33714c

 

Acyl-CoA binding (mORF) RNA binding (uORF)

Unknown

Interpro domain

CG3240

Rad1 b

Putative 3'->5' exonuclease activity

DNA repair

[63, 64]

CG9960/CG9958c

snapin (uORF)

Putative methyltransferase (mORF) Putative Biogenesis of Lysosome-related Organelles Complex-1-like (BLOC-1-like) subunit (uORF)

Biogenesis of lysosome-related organelles (eg. melanosomes and platelet dense granules; uORF)

[65] (uORF) Interpro domain (mORF)

CG31917

TFB5 (uORF)

Putative TFIIH subunit (uORF)

Transcription and DNA repair (uORF)

[66, 67]; Interpro domain

CG31919/CG33995c

 

Ankyrin repeat, protein-protein interactions

Target of transcription factor Glial cells missing (Gcm), involved in neuronal development and function

Interpro domain; [68]

CG18042

lmg b

Putative component of Anaphase Promoting Complex (uORF)

Mitosis; Neural development (unclear whether it is the uORF, mORF or both)

[69, 70]; Flybase personal communication FBrf0125046; [71]; NCBI Conserved Domain Search

CG7400

Fatp b

Putative very-long-chain fatty acyl-CoA synthetase

Fatty acid metabolism

[72]

CG16974

Member of LIG superfamilyb

Leucine-rich repeat and Immunoglobulin domain-containing protein

Unknown

[73, 74]

CG4824

BicC b

RNA binding protein

Anterior-Posterior patterning

[75–77]

CG17325

 

Unknown

Unknown

 

CG10570

 

Unknown

Unknown

 

CG11508

DmSNAP50, DmPBP49 b

Subunit of an snRNA transcriptional activator protein

Transcription of splicing factors

[78]

CG8026

 

Mitochondrial carrier protein

Mitochondrial folate transport

[37, 38]

CG17759b (uORF2)

Galpha49B, Gqα b

G-protein subunit

Photoreceptor signal transduction; Axonal guidance

[79–81]

CG33671/CG33672c

 

Mevalonate kinase (mORF); BolA-like protein, putative nucleic acid binding protein (uORF)

Isoprenoid production (mORF)

[82, 83]

CG6191

 

Unknown

Unknown

 

CG30100

 

Translation release factor

Translation termination

GO term designation

CG17725

Pepck b

Putative phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase

Gluconeogenesis; Starvation; Glyceroneogenesis

[84–86]

CG5469

Gint3 b

Ubiquitin regulatory X domain (UBX), putative RNA binding

Unknown

[87]; FBrf0189302

CG33786/CG33785c

 

Unknown

Translation (mORF) Transcription (uORF)

Interpro domain

CG9865b (uORF1)

 

Putative mannosyl transferase

Unknown

Interpro domain

CG9865b (uORF2)

 

Putative mannosyl transferase

Unknown

Interpro domain

CG9865b (uORF3)

 

Putative mannosyl transferase

Unknown

Interpro domain

CG9878

Tim10 b

Putative inner mitochondrial membrane translocase

Protein transport across mitochondrial membrane

[88]

CG30290

 

Putative flavoprotein enzyme

Unknown

Interpro domain

CG12016

 

Unknown

Unknown

 

CG32573

 

Unknown

Unkown

 

CG11989

Ard1 b

Putative N-Acetyltransferase catalytic subunit

Unknown

[89]; Interpro domain

CG7869

SuUR b

DNA binding

Endoreplication

[90, 91]

CG7628

 

Phosphate transporter

Phosphate transport

Interpro domain

CG9666

 

Putative methyltransferase

Unknown

Interpro domain

CG2128

Hdac3 b

Histone deacetylase

Wing development; Chromatin remodeling

[92, 93]

CG9288

 

Pyruvate kinase

Unknown

Interpro domain

CG9924

Rdx b

Unknown

Regulator of Hedgehog response (growth and development)

[94, 95]

CG31241

DTL b

Putative RNA methylase

Late larval development

[24]; Interpro domain

CG31178

 

Unknown

Unknown

 

CG7071/CG34131c

 

Unknown

Unknown

 

CG10238

MOCS2 b

Molybdopterin synthase large subunit (mORF) and small subunit (uORF)

Production of molybdopterin; Implicated in mammalian neurological damage

[23, 96]

CG5116

 

Putative GTP-binding protein

Unknown

Interpro domain

CG14550

 

Putative phosphatidylinositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase subunit P (mORF); Pcc1-like transcription factor (uORF)

Unknown

Interpro domains

CG7950

 

Putative tRNA processing enzyme subunit (uORF)

tRNA processing (uORF)

Interpro domain

  1. a refers to mORF unless otherwise noted
  2. bfend, Forked end; Tim9b, Translocase of inner membrane 9b; Rad1, Radiation insensitive 1; lmg, Lemming;Fatp, Fatty acid transport protein; LIG, Leucine-Rich Repeat and Immunoglobulin-containing protein (MacLaren et al, 2004); BicC, Bicaudal C; DmSNAP50/DmPBP49, snRNA activator protein 50/Proximal Sequence Element-Binding Protein 49;Galpha49B, G-protein alpha49B; Pepck, Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase; Gint3, GDI interacting protein 3; Tim10, Translocase of inner membrane; SuUR, Suppressor of underreplication; Ard1, Arrest defective 1; Hdac3, Histone deacetylase 3; Rdx, Roadkill (Kent et al, 2006); DTL, Drosophila Tat-like; MOCS2, molybdopterin synthase 2