Table 4

Examples of genes encoding modulators of signaling pathways that show changes in splice junctions upon wingless pathway activation

Gene name

Type of AS

Effect of AS

Expression

Function


rotound

Exon skipping

Alternative coding sequence

No change

wingless expression regulation

syndecan

Alternative 3' splice site

Alternative 5' UTR

Upregulated

Heparan sulfate proteoglycan

IP3k2

Alternative 5' splice site

Alternative 5' UTR

Upregulated

Inositol 3P 3-ki-nase activity

sprint

Alternative promoter; Alternative polyadenyl.

Alternative VPS9 and Ras-association

Potentially upregulated

Ras GTPase binding

cdep

Exon skipping

Alternative Ferm_3 domain

No change

Regulation of Rho signaling

pink1

Alternative 3' splice site

Alternative 5' UTR

No change

Serine/threonine kinase

CG15611

Exon skipping

Alternative coding sequence

Downregulated

Regulation of Rho signaling

smi35A

Complex exon skipping

Alternative 5' UTR

Upregulated

Tyr-phosphorylation regulated kinase

eip63E

Alternative promoter

Alternative 5' UTR and coding sequence

Upregulated

Cyclin-dependent protein kinase


Modulators of signaling activities are described, together with the type of alternative splicing event, predicted consequences for the transcript/protein and function in the pathway (as retrieved from Flybase and literature). AS, alternative splicing.

Hartmann et al. Genome Biology 2009 10:R11   doi:10.1186/gb-2009-10-1-r11

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