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SG ID
SG00000120 
UniProt Accession
Theoretical PI
6.42  
Molecular Weight
80657 Da  
Genbank Nucleotide ID
Genbank Protein ID
Gene Name
eya 
Gene Synonyms/Alias
cli 
Protein Name
Developmental protein eyes absent 
Protein Synonyms/Alias
EC=3.1.3.48 Protein Clift; 
Organism
Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly) 
NCBI Taxonomy ID
7227 
Chromosome Location
chr:2L;6527447-6546972;-1
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Function in Stage
Function in Cell Type
Description
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The information of related literatures
1. J. J. Fabrizio, M. Boyle and S. DiNardo (2003) A somatic role for eyes absent (eya) and sine oculis (so) in Drosophila spermatocyte development. Dev Biol 258(1): 117-28. 

Abstract
Interactions between the soma and the germline are a conserved feature of spermatogenesis throughout the animal kingdom. In this report, we find that the transcription factors eyes absent (eya) and sine oculis (so), previously shown to play major roles during eye development [Cell 91 (1997), 881] are each required in the somatic cyst cells of the testis for proper Drosophila spermatocyte development. eya mutant testes exhibit degenerating young spermatocytes. Mosaic analysis reveals a somatic requirement for both eya and so, in that neither gene is required in the germline for spermatocyte development. Immunolocalization analysis supports this somatic role, since both proteins are localized within cyst cell nuclei as spermatocytes differentiate from amplifying spermatogonia. Using antibodies against known cyst cell markers, we demonstrate that cysts of degenerating spermatocytes in eya mutant testes are encysted, ruling out a role for eya in cyst cell viability. Finally, we have uncovered a genetic interaction between eya and so in the testis, suggesting that, as in the eye, eya and so may form a transcription complex responsible for the activation of target genes involved in cyst cell differentiation and spermatocyte development. PMID: [12781687] 

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Ref: J. J. Fabrizio, M. Boyle and S. DiNardo (2003) A somatic role for eyes absent (eya) and sine oculis (so) in Drosophila spermatocyte development. Dev Biol 258(1): 117-28. PMID: [12781687]
Function
Thought to play a role in transcription regulationduring organogenesis through its intrinsic protein phosphataseactivity. The phosphatase activity was shown in vitro. Appears tofunction together with So and Dac in eye development. Required forthe survival of eye progenitor cells at a critical stage inmorphogenesis. 
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Subcellular Location
Nucleus. 
Tissue Specificity
 
Gene Ontology
GO IDGO termEvidence
GO:0005634 C:nucleus IDA:UniProtKB.
GO:0046872 F:metal ion binding IEA:UniProtKB-KW.
GO:0004725 F:protein tyrosine phosphatase activity IDA:FlyBase.
GO:0001746 P:Bolwig's organ morphogenesis IMP:FlyBase.
GO:0042051 P:compound eye photoreceptor development IMP:FlyBase.
GO:0007455 P:eye-antennal disc morphogenesis IMP:UniProtKB.
GO:0008584 P:male gonad development IMP:FlyBase.
GO:0007498 P:mesoderm development IMP:FlyBase.
GO:0009996 P:negative regulation of cell fate specification IMP:FlyBase.
GO:0001744 P:optic lobe placode formation IMP:FlyBase.
GO:0030707 P:ovarian follicle cell development IMP:FlyBase.
GO:0007280 P:pole cell migration TAS:FlyBase.
GO:0045944 P:positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter IPI:FlyBase.
GO:0009416 P:response to light stimulus IMP:FlyBase.
GO:0007435 P:salivary gland morphogenesis IMP:FlyBase.
GO:0007283 P:spermatogenesis IMP:FlyBase.
GO:0006351 P:transcription, DNA-dependent TAS:FlyBase.
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Interpro
Pfam
SMART
PROSITE
PRINTS
Created Date
18-Oct-2012 
Record Type
Experiment identified 
Protein sequence Annotation
CHAIN         1    766       Developmental protein eyes absent.
                             /FTId=PRO_0000218655.
COMPBIAS     46     57       Poly-Gln.
COMPBIAS     60     68       Poly-Gln.
COMPBIAS     92    108       Poly-Gly.
COMPBIAS    253    260       Poly-Ala.
COMPBIAS    268    271       Poly-Tyr.
COMPBIAS    305    311       Poly-Ala.
COMPBIAS    428    434       Poly-Ala.
ACT_SITE    499    499       Nucleophile (By similarity).
ACT_SITE    501    501       Proton donor (By similarity).
METAL       499    499       Magnesium (By similarity).
METAL       501    501       Magnesium (By similarity).
METAL       730    730       Magnesium (By similarity).
VAR_SEQ       1     23       MVTLMPYNYAAPRCGLIDKMIEP -> MLYNVPCYQNFSTL
                             DYY (in isoform 2).
                             /FTId=VSP_001500.
MUTAGEN     499    499       D->N: Highly reduced ectopic eye
                             induction and diminishes degree of
                             ommatidial restoration in eyeless
                             phenotype rescue assay.
MUTAGEN     676    676       S->A: Highly reduced ectopic eye
                             induction and diminishes degree of
                             ommatidial restoration in eyeless
                             phenotype rescue assay.
MUTAGEN     705    705       K->Q: Highly reduced ectopic eye
                             induction and diminishes degree of
                             ommatidial restoration in eyeless
                             phenotype rescue assay.
MUTAGEN     730    730       D->N: Highly reduced ectopic eye
                             induction.
MUTAGEN     734    734       E->Q: Highly reduced ectopic eye
                             induction.
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Nucleotide Sequence
Length: 3231 bp   Go to nucleotide: FASTA
Protein Sequence
Length: 766 bp   Go to amino acid: FASTA
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