daf-2;gld-1

Insulin-like receptor subunit beta;Receptor protein-tyrosine kinase;hypothetical protein

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Locus: CELE_Y55D5A.5

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Wormbase description: daf-2 encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase that is the C. elegans insulin/IGF receptor ortholog; DAF-2 activity is required for a number of processes in C. elegans, including embryonic and larval development, formation of the developmentally arrested dauer larval stage (diapause), larval developmental timing, adult longevity, reproduction, fat storage, salt chemotaxis learning, and stress resistance, including response to high temperature, oxidative stress, and bacterial infection; DAF-2 signals through a conserved PI 3-kinase pathway to negatively regulate the activity of DAF-16, a Forkhead-related transcription factor, by inducing its phosphorylation and nuclear exclusion; in addition, DAF-2 negatively regulates the nuclear localization, and hence transcriptional activity, of SKN-1 in intestinal nuclei; amongst the 38 predicted insulin-like molecules in C. elegans, genetic and microarray analyses suggest that at least DAF-28, INS-1, and INS-7 are likely DAF-2 ligands; genetic mosaic and tissue-specific promoter studies indicate that daf-2 can function cell nonautonomously and within multiple cell types to influence dauer formation and adult lifespan, likely by regulating the production of secondary endocrine signals that coordinate growth and longevity throughout the animal; temporal analysis of daf-2 function indicates that daf-2 regulates lifespan, reproduction, and diapause independently, at distinct times during the animal's life cycle.

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Female germline-specific tumor suppressor gld-1

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Locus: CELE_T23G11.3

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Wormbase description: gld-1 encodes a protein containing a K homology (KH) RNA binding domain; GLD-1 is required for regulation of the mitosis/meiosis decision during germline development (promotion of meiotic entry) in parallel with gld-2, gld-3, and nos-3 and also affects spermatogenesis; GLD-1 physically interacts with the 3'- and 5'UTR of its putative mRNA targets in vitro to negatively regulate their translation; GLD-1 also physically interacts with FOG-2, an F-box protein that promotes spermatogenesis; GLD-1 is expressed in the germ cell cytoplasm at high levels during meiotic prophase; GLD-1 phosphorylation and levels in the distal, mitotic germline are negatively regulated by CYE-1/cyclin E, CDK-2, and the RNA-binding protein FBF-1.

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