Summary
[Wormbase] The ife-1 gene encodes one of five C. elegans homologs of the mRNA cap-binding protein eIF4E; it is specifically required for spermatogenesis, and is expressed in P granules.
Wormbase predicts one model, but Caenorhabditis elegans cDNA sequences in GenBank, dbEST, Trace and SRA, filtered against clone rearrangements, coaligned on the genome and clustered in a minimal non-redundant way by the manually supervised AceView program, support at least 2 spliced variants.
AceView synopsis, each blue text links to tables and details Expression: According to AceView, this gene is expressed at very high level, 11.2 times the average gene in this release, at all stages of development [Kohara cDNAs]. The expression profile for the gene, derived from the proportion of animals at each stage in each Kohara library is: embryos 36%, L1 or L2 larvae 14%, L3 to adult 50%. See the in situ hybridization pattern in Kohara NextDB. The sequence of this gene is defined by 95 cDNA clones and 53 elements defined by RNA-seq, some from embryo (seen 10 times), mixed (6), l2 (2), l1 (once). Alternative mRNA variants and regulation: The gene contains 3 distinct gt-ag introns. Transcription produces 4 different mRNAs, 2 alternatively spliced variants and 2 unspliced forms. Variant b is transpliced to SL3, SL1, SL2, SL4, SL5, SL7, c to SL2, SL3, SL4, SL5. There are 2 probable alternative promotors and 3 validated alternative polyadenylation sites (see the diagram). The mRNAs appear to differ by truncation of the 5' end. Function: There are 6 articles specifically referring to this gene in PubMed. In addition we point below to 5 abstracts. This essential gene is associated to a phenotype (required for male meiosis, required for spermatogenesis). Functionally, the gene has been proposed to participate in a process (translational initiation). Proteins are expected to have molecular functions (DNA binding activity, RNA binding activity, translation initiation factor activity) and to localize in various compartments (cytoplasm, intracellular). These proteins appear to interact with other proteins (1N443, PGL-1). Protein coding potential: 2 spliced and the unspliced mRNAs putatively encode good proteins, altogether 3 different isoforms (2 complete, 1 partial), some containing domains Transcription factor CBF/NF-Y/archaeal histone, histone core, Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF-4E) [Pfam]. The remaining mRNA variant (unspliced; partial) appears not to encode a good protein.
Please quote: AceView: a comprehensive cDNA-supported gene and transcripts annotation, Genome Biology 2006, 7(Suppl 1):S12. Map on chromosome III, links to other databases and other names Map: This essential gene ife-1 maps on chomosome III at position +20.82 (interpolated). In AceView, it covers 1.96 kb, from 13342565 to 13344519 (WS190), on the direct strand. Links to:WormBase, NextDB, RNAiDB. Other names: The gene is also known in Wormgenes/AceView by its positional name 3O433, in Wormbase by its cosmid.number name F53A2.6, in NextDB, the Nematode expression pattern database, as CEYK4844. Closest AceView homologs in other species ? The closest human gene, according to BlastP, is the AceView gene IF4E.0 (e=10-36). The closest mouse genes, according to BlastP, are the AceView genes EG668879andEif4e (e=2 10-37), Eif4e1b (e=3 10-35). The closest A.thaliana genes, according to BlastP, are the AceView genes EIF4E (e=2 10-29), AT1G29550 (e=2 10-27), LSP1 (e=10-26), AT1G29590 (e=2 10-26)
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This diagram shows in true scale the gene on the genome, the mRNAs and the cDNA clones.
Alternative mRNAs are shown aligned from 5' to 3' on a virtual genome where introns have been shrunk to a minimal length. Exon size is proportional to length, intron height reflects the number of cDNAs supporting each intron, the small numbers show the support of the introns in deep sequencing (with details in mouse-over) . Introns of the same color are identical, of different colors are different. 'Good proteins' are pink, partial or not-good proteins are yellow, uORFs are green. 5' cap or3' poly A flags show completeness of the transcript. Read more...
Mouse over the ending of each transcript gives tissues from which the supporting cDNAs were extracted. Details on tissue of origin for each intron and exon is available from the intron and exons table.
Click on any transcript to open the specific mRNA page, to see the exact cDNA clone support and eventual SNPs and to get details on tissues, sequences, mRNA and protein annotations. Proteins supported by a single continuous cDNA sequence lead to underlining the name/ending of the variant. Names not underlined result from cDNA concatenation in the coding region and should be experimentally checked.
Introns are depicted by broken lines; the height of the top of each intron reflects the relative number of clones supporting this intron. ]^[ A pink broken line denotes an intron with standard boundaries (gt-ag or gc-ag) that is exactly supported (i.e. a cDNA sequence exactly matches the genome over 16 bp, 8 on both sides of the intron). ] ^ ] A blue broken line denotes non-standard introns, exactly supported, but with non-standard at-ac or any other boundaries. ]-[ Pink and ] - ] blue straight lines represent 'fuzzy' introns of the standard and non-standard types respectively, those introns do not follow the 16 bp rule. Black straight lines ]-[denote gaps in the alignments.
Exons: Wide filled pink areas represent putative protein coding regions, narrow empty pink boxes represent the 5'UTR (on the left) and 3' UTR (on the right). Flags identify validated endings: cap site on the 5' side, polyadenylation site on the 3' side. Filled flags correspond to frequent events while empty flags have lesser supporting cDNAs (yet all are validated); at the 3' side, black flags are associated to the main AATAAA signal, blue flags to any single letter variant of the main . More explanations are given in the gene help file
The mRNAs diagrams with the aligned cDNA sequence accessions and their mismatches are available in the mRNA pages accessible from the tab at the top of the page, or here:
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[wm99p467] Two of the five isoforms of protein synthesis initiation factor eIF4E, which distinguish between mono- and trimethylated mRNA caps, are essential for viability in C. elegans
[mwwm2000p45] IFE-1, an isoform of eukaryotic initiation factor 4E, interacts with PGL-1 and is required for spermatogenesis in C. elegans.
[wm2001p1099] Characterization of translation initiation factor eIF4E in C. elegans development
[wm2001p251] IFE-1, an isoform of eukaryotic initiation factor 4E, interacts with PGL-1 and is required for spermatogenesis in C. elegans.
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