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Table 1 Summary of 25 genes producing RNAi phenotypes

From: A functional genomics screen identifies an Importin-α homolog as a regulator of stem cell function and tissue patterning during planarian regeneration

Gene

E–value

KOG group

Functional category

Phenotype

Smed–slbp

1.00E–10

Histone mRNA stem–loop binding protein

[A] RNA processing and modification

Loss of stem cells

Smed–sart3

4.00E–102

RNA–binding protein SART3

[A] RNA processing and modification

Loss of stem cells

Smed–smarcc–1

2.00E–08

Chromatin remodeling factor subunit and related transcription factors

[B] Chromatin structure and dynamics

Loss of stem cells

Smed–cycD

2.00E–10

G1/S–specific cyclin D

[D] Cell cycle control, cell division, chromosome partitioning

Loss of stem cells

Smed–espl1

3.00E–32

Regulator of spindle pole body duplication

[D] Cell cycle control, cell division, chromosome partitioning

Loss of stem cells

Smed–rrm2b–1

6.00E–28

Ribonucleotide reductase, beta subunit

[F] Nucleotide transport and metabolism

Loss of stem cells

Smed–rrm2b–2

3.00E–143

Ribonucleotide reductase, beta subunit

[F] Nucleotide transport and metabolism

Loss of stem cells*

Smed–pdss2/dlp1

1.00E–28

Geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase/ Polyprenyl synthetase

[H] Coenzyme transport and metabolism

Loss of stem cells*

Smed–dkc1

5.00E–149

Pseudouridine synthase

[J] Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis

Loss of stem cells

Smed–emg1/nep1

1.00E–26

Protein required for 18S rRNA maturation and 40S ribosome biogenesis

[J] Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis

Loss of stem cells*

Smed–lig1

9.00E–125

ATP–dependent DNA ligase I

[L] Replication, recombination and repair

Loss of stem cells

Smed–prim2

1.00E–99

Eukaryotic–type DNA primase, large subunit

[L] Replication, recombination and repair

Loss of stem cells

Smed–mcm7

0

DNA replication licensing factor, MCM7 component

[L] Replication, recombination and repair

Loss of stem cells*

PL08006B2E08

––

No significant homology

none

Loss of stem cells

Smed–rbap46/48–2

3.00E–79

Nucleosome remodeling factor, subunit CAF1/NURF55/MSI1

[B] Chromatin structure and dynamics

Six feedings – reduced/delayed regeneration, reduced mitosis Three feedings – elongated photoreceptor pigment

Smed–mcm2

2.00E–148

DNA replication licensing factor, MCM2 component

[L] Replication, recombination and repair

Reduced/delayed regeneration, asymmetric photoreceptors, reduced mitosis

Smed–ptbp1

2.00E–54

Polypyrimidine tract–binding protein

[A] RNA processing and modification

Reduced/delayed regeneration, forked tail, inching movement, lysis

Smed–fen–1

1.00E–149

5′–3′ exonuclease

[L] Replication, recombination and repair

Reduced/delayed regeneration

Smed–morf4l1/mrg–1

5E–26

Dosage compensation regulatory complex/ histone acetyltransferase complex, subunit MSL–3/MRG15/EAF3

[BK] Chromatin structure and dynamics, transcription

Reduced/delayed regeneration, lysis

Smed–ddc

2.00E–57

Aromatic–L–amino–acid/L–histidine decarboxylase

[E] Amino acid transport and metabolism

Faint photoreceptor pigment

Smed–tph

0

Aromatic amino acid hydroxylase

[E] Amino acid transport and metabolism

No photoreceptor pigment, elongated, inching movement

Smed–gas8

9.00E–87

No significant homology

None

Edema

Smed–pgbd4

1.00E–05

No significant homology

None

Lesion at posterior of pharynx, dorsal hump, bulged sides, loss of pharynx, impaired photoreceptor development

Smed–b9d2

9.00E–75

Uncharacterized conserved protein

[S] Function unknown

Inching movement

Smed–ima–1

1.00E–104

Karyopherin (importin) alpha

[U] Intracellular trafficking, secretion, and vesicular transport

Collapse toward midline, cyclops/asymmetric photoreceptors, reduced mitosis

  1. Only genes producing a phenotype are shown; see Additional file 4 for a full list of genes tested. Gene names were assigned based on homology from BLASTx searches against the NCBI database. E–values are the lower value between BLASTx of the cloned EST or a longer sequence from published transcriptomes [13, 14] against the corresponding human protein. KOG group and functional category assignments were made using the eukaryotic Clusters of Orthologous Groups database [49]. An asterisk (*) indicates that loss of stem cells was verified by staining with anti–phospho–Histone H3