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Gene Dmel\sc

General Information
SymbolDmel\scSpeciesD. melanogaster
NamescuteAnnotation symbolCG3827
Feature typeprotein_coding_geneFlyBase IDFBgn0004170
Created / Updated2003-12-01/2003-12-01
Genomic Location
Chromosome (arm)XRecombination map1-0.0
Cytogenetic map 1A8-1A8 Sequence locationX:290,093..291,514 [+]
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The gene scute is referred to in FlyBase by the symbol sc (CG3827, FBgn0004170). It has the cytological map location 1A8. Its sequence location is X:290093..291514. Its molecular function is described as: DNA binding; specific RNA polymerase II transcription factor activity; transcription activator activity. It is involved in the biological processes described with 14 unique terms, many of which group under: anatomical structure development; system development; regulation of biological process; regulation of metabolic process; reproductive developmental process; sensory organ development; transcription, DNA-dependent; organ development; central nervous system development; nervous system development. 177 alleles are reported. The phenotypes of these alleles are annotated with 68 unique terms, many of which group under: adult segment; peripheral nervous system; adult mesothoracic segment; nervous system; adult external prothorax; postalar bristle; humeral trabecule; tormogen cell; anterior vertical bristle; embryonic nervous system; anterior orbital bristle; dorsal thoracic disc; antennal segment. It has one annotated transcript and one annotated polypeptide.

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Gene/Allele symbols may differ from current usage
Hw: Hairy wing
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Hw: Hairy wing
Edith M. Wallace, unpublished.
Gain of function alleles of ASC, which lead to the development of supernumerary bristles and hairs in all segments of the fly: in the prefrons, postfrons, postgena, and occipital regions of the head; in the preepisternum, episternum, anepisternum, scutum, scutellum, postnotum, wingblade, legs, humerus, and halteres of the thorax; and in the tergites, pleura, and sternites of the abdomen. Phenotype suppressed by three doses of h+ (Botas, Moscoso del Prado, and Garcia-Bellido, 1982, EMBO J. 1: 307-10) and enhanced by h, emc, and pyd (Neel, 1941, Genetics 26: 52-58; Moscoso del Prado and Garcia-Bellido, 1984, Wilhelm Roux's Arch Dev. Biol. 193: 242-45). Numbers of super numerary bristles reduced in da+ hemizygotes (Dambly-Chaudiere, Ghysen, Jan and Jan, 1988, Roux's Arch Dev. Biol. 97: 419-23).
sc: scute
Specifies the differentiation of numerous macrochaetae on the head and thorax as well as microchaetae on the tergites: anterior, medial, and posterior orbital, posterior vertical, ocellar, and postvertical bristles on the head plus humeral, presutural, anterior and posterior notopleural, anterior supra-alar, sternopleural, anterior and posterior postalar, and anterior and posterior scutellar bristles on the mesothorax; also participates with ac in specifying the anterior vertical, posterior supra-alar, and anterior dorsocentral bristles; specifies the majority of the campaniform sensilla on the wing blade (Leyns, Dambly-Chaudiere and Ghysen, 1989, Wilhelm Roux's Arch. Dev. Biol. 198: 227-32). Males deficient for sc, i.e., In(1)sc8Lsc4R, are poorly viable and catatonic; homozygous deficient females lethal; males deficient for both ac and sc, i.e., In(1)y3PLsc4R, are lethal (Garcia-Bellido, 1979, Genetics 91: 491-520). sc deficiencies suppress the phenotype of emc; extra doses of ASC enhance the emc phenotype (Moscoso del Prado and Garcia-Bellido, 1984, Wilhelm Roux's Arch. Dev. Biol. 193: 242-51).
sc260-25
Variegates for y, ac, and probably l(1)1Ac but not for svr; more extreme than scV1. Homozygous lethal. RK2A.
scB57
Embryo displays reduced numbers of CNS and PNS neurons.
Hw59g
Extra vertical, dorsocentral, and scutellar bristles. Suppression of sc with su(Hw)2 does not suppress Hw59g.
HwUa
Weak Hw phenotype in heterozygous females. Phenotype only slightly enhanced by suppressing the pre-existing sc1 allele with su(Hw)2 (Garcia-Alonzo and Garcia-Bellido).
sc1
Causes loss or marked reduction in number of scutellar, coxal, ocellar, first and second orbital, anterior notopleural, postvertical, tergital, and sternal bristles. Bristle sockets missing; bristle cells absent 19 hr after pupation, when normally present [Lees and Waddington, 1942, DIS 16: 70-70a; 1943, Proc. Roy. Soc. (London), Ser. B 131: 87-110]. Suppressed by su(Hw) and su(Hw)2. RK1.
*sc3
Most bristles affected, principally ventrals, orbitals, verticals, postverticals, ocellars, humerals, presuturals, notopleurals, supra-alars, postalars, sternopleurals, abdominals, and anterior dorsocentrals; scutellars and postdorsocentrals usually present. Viability of male low; female virtually lethal. RK2.
sc3-1
Partial reversion from sc3. Homozygous females show reduced viability; hemizygous females lethal (Garcia-Bellido, 1979, Genetics 91: 491-520). RK2.
*sc3B: scute-3 of Bridges
Like sc but does not affect anterior notopleurals. Suppressed by su(Hw)2 (Lee, 1973, Aust. J. Biol. Sci. 26: 903-09). RK1.
sc4
Extreme scute. Bristles of head, except anterior verticals, absent. Only posterior notopleurals and alars remain on sides of mesothorax; abdominals, ventrals, coxals, and scutellars also missing. Slight variegation for Hw. RK1A.
sc5
Sternital and scutellar bristles reduced in number; others rarely affected. sc5/sc6 is practically wild type. RK1.
sc6
Slight sc; removes coxals, ocellars, first and second orbitals, postverticals, and anterior notopleurals. Scutellars and sternitals not affected. RK1.
sc7
Like sc but anterior notopleurals not affected. sc7 tends to suppress expression of h (Steinberg, 1942, DIS 16: 68). RK1A.
sc8
Slight sc; supra-alars, sternopleurals, or other bristles sometimes affected. Extra bristles may be present. Shows Hw effect and may be recognized in heterozygote, homozygote, or male by presence of one or more hairs on anterior mesopleural region. The Hw effect interacts strongly with h to produce extremely hairy wings (Steinberg, 1942, DIS 16: 68). sc8/0 male nearly lethal; survivors show variegation for y and ac; lethality suppressed by a Y chromosome, partially suppressed by parts of the Y (Hess, 1962, DIS 36: 74-75; 1963, Verhandl. Deut. Zool. Ges., Zool. Anz. Suppl. 26: 87-92). RK2A.
sc9
Like sc but scutellars always absent. Abdomen swollen and wings poorly expanded, like sc2. RK2A.
sc10-1
Like sc3 but more extreme; most extreme viable sc allele. Viability low. RK2A.
*sc12
First and second orbitals reduced or absent; other head bristles, posterior scutellars, and coxals also affected. Also shows achaete effect. Viability of homozygous female low. RK2.
*sc13
Like sc but scutellars invariably absent and ocellars, postverticals, and first and second orbitals less frequent. Anterior and posterior dorsocentrals also absent, as are thoracic hairs, because of ac4. Viability low. RK2.
*sc15
Originally allelic to sc and semilethal in male. Subsequently, allelic to y, ac, and sc, and male lethal. Lethal form exaggerates other ac and sc alleles in heterozygote. RK2A.
sc19
Scutellar bristles absent and sternitals reduced. RK1A.
sc28
Strong scute; not suppressed by su(Hw)2.
sc29
Similar to sc7. Viable and fertile. RK2A.
sc49c
sc52c
sc67b5
Strong scute; not suppressed by su(Hw)2.
sc260-14
Both sexes viable and fertile. RK2A.
sc260-15
Male sterile. Viability reduced. RK2A.
*sc260-16
sc260-16/sc overlaps wild type. Lethal homozygous and hemizygous. RK2.
*sc260-17
Male and homozygous female viable and fertile. RK2A.
*sc260-18
Male sterile. RK2A.
*sc260-20
Male and homozygous female viable and fertile. RK2A.
sc260-22
Both sexes viable and fertile. RK2A.
*sc260-23
Both sexes viable. RK3A.
*sc260-26
Viability reduced in male. Male fertile. RK2A.
*sc260-27
Male viable but sterile. RK2A.
*sc260-29
Male viable but sterile. RK2A.
*scA: scute of Agol
Similar to sc. Viability low. RK2A.
*scB1: scute of Brande
Similar to sc. Viability good. RK2A.
scD1: scute of Dobzhansky
Weak sc. RK2.
scD2
Slight sc. RK2.
scFah: scute of Fahmy
Bristles (principally orbitals, verticals, postverticals, and ocellars) missing. Scutellars and postdorsocentrals left nearly intact. Male viable and fertile; female homozygous lethal. scFah/sc has only occasional absence of postvertical or ocellar bristles. RK2A.
scH: scute of Hackett
Similar to sc but more extreme. RK2A.
scJ4
Scute and achaete effects. RK3A.
*scK: scute of Krivshenko
Similar to sc but semilethal in male and lethal in homozygous female. RK2A.
scL3: scute of Levy
In addition to scute, it has a spoon-like wing caused by a mutation to the right of sc. Viable. Suppressed by su(Hw)2 (Lee, 1973, Aust. J. Biol. Sci. 26: 903-09). RK2.
scL6
Moderate scute; suppressed by su(Hw)2 (Lee, 1973, Aust. J. Biol. Sci. 26: 903-09)
scL8
Similar to sc4 but more extreme. Homozygous female sterile. RK2A.
scS1: scute of Sinitskaya
Rather extreme sc allele; slight Hw effect; hairs often removed from abdomen and wings. Homozygous female sterile and low in viability. Male fertile and fairly viable. RK2A.
scS2
Similar to sc7. RK1A.
*scSo: scute of Sytko
Like sc; viability of homozygous female low. RK2.
scV1: scute of Valencia
Extreme scute and achaete. Viability low. RK2A.
scV2
Both achaete and scute variably affected. Some tendency for extra or twin bristles. Abdominal bristles markedly fewer both dorsally and ventrally. Male and homozygous female viable and fertile. RK2A.
sis-b: sisterless b (T. W. Cline)
Original hypomorphic allele recovered as a reversion of sc3 to nearly wild-type ac and sc phenotype in hemizygote and homozygote; originally designated sc3-1 by Sturtevant, renamed sis-b by Cline. Locus also characterized by dominant effects of deficiencies and duplications of the ASC region, and later by mutant alleles sc10-1 and Hw49c that affect ASC functions more than sis-b functions. sis-b reduces viability of homozygous females and hemizygous females are lethal; yet hemizygous males fully viable. Dominant synergistic female-specific lethal interactions with loss-of-function alleles of Sxl, sis-a, and/or maternal da; magnitude of viability effects depends on genetic background and inversely correlates with background effects on male-lethal effects; interactions temperature dependent, generally more extreme at higher temperatures. Female viability effects suppressed by gain-of-function SxlM1 allele, and by duplications of Sxl+ or sis-a+. Duplication of sis-b+ male-lethal in combination with duplication of Sxl+ and/or sis-a+, more so at lower temperatures. Male lethality of duplication combinations suppressed by Sxl-. Phenotype of 2X;3A intersexes strongly dependent on dose of sis-b+. The dose-dependent interactions of this gene identify it as a positive regulator of Sxl+ and part of the numerator of what is referred to as the X/A balance, the primary sex-determination signal. This is a character it shares with sis-a.
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FlyBase Computed Cytological Location
Cytogenetic map
Evidence for location
1A8-1A8  
Limits computationally determined from genome sequence between P{EP}CG17896EP1320&P{EP}EP1398 and P{EP}svrEP356&P{EP}argEP452  
Experimentally Determined Cytological Location
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Experimentally Determined Recombination Data
Location
Left of (cM)
Right of (cM)
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Molecular Map Data
Gene Order (in direction of increasing cytology)
References
Gene Order (overall orientation not stated)
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Please see the GBrowse view of Dmel\sc for information on other features
detailed view FBtr0070073 FBtr0273443 FBtr0273442 FBpp0070072
Comments on Gene Model
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Annotated Transcripts
Name
FlyBase ID
RefSeq ID
Length (nt)
Associated CDS (aa)
FBtr0070073
  1422
  345
Additional Transcript Data & Comments
Reported size (kB)
1.6, 1.3 (northern blot)
1.4 (northern blot)
Comments
The pattern of sc transcript accumulation closely resembles the distribution of sc protein.
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Annotated Polypeptides
Name
FlyBase ID
Predicted MW (kD)
Length (aa)
Theoretical pI
RefSeq ID
GenBank protein
sc-PA  
FBpp0070072  
38.2  
345  
7.13  
Additional Polypeptide Data & Comments
Reported size (kD)
42 (kD observed); 39 (kD predicted)
Comments
External Data
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TRANSFAC - Eukaryotic transcription factors, their genomic binding sites, and DNA-binding profiles
  • T00004
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    complex substitution
    comment=Approximate location of sc[sisB-3] mutation. Five foreign base pairs are substituted for six endogenous residues beginning at Gly172. The mutation introduces an immediate translation termination codon and a frameshift.
    evidence=experimental
    pr_change=G172@|sc-PA
    reported_pr_change=G172@
    deletion
    sc[Hw-49crv5]
    X:290,548..290,555
    comment=8bp deletion that causes a frameshift and a shortened polypeptide.
    evidence=experimental
    deletion
    comment=Approximate location of sc[sisB-2], a deletion of 2594bp starting 2.15kb downstream of the sc transcription unit.
    evidence=experimental
    point mutation
    evidence=experimental
    na_change=C290549T
    pr_change=Q114@|sc-PA
    reported_na_change=C1000T
    reported_pr_change=Q114@
    point mutation
    comment=sc[[sisB-1] contains a point mutation and a 12kb tandem duplication containing the sc[sisB-1] allele and the adjacent wild type l(sc) transcription unit. Site of nucleotide substitution in mutant inferred by FlyBase based on reported amino acid change.
    evidence=experimental
    na_change=A290615T
    pr_change=K136@|sc-PA
    reported_pr_change=K136@
    point mutation
    evidence=experimental
    na_change=C290696T
    pr_change=Q163@|sc-PA
    reported_na_change=C1147T
    reported_pr_change=?163@
    protein binding site
    sc-protein_bind-1
    X:289,758..289,762
    bound_moiety=ara-XP
    evidence=experimental
    protein binding site
    sc-protein_bind-2
    X:287,138..287,178
    bound_moiety=E(spl)-XP
    evidence=experimental
    protein binding site
    sc-protein_bind-3
    X:289,746..289,753
    bound_moiety=ara-XP
    evidence=experimental
    regulatory region
    sc-reg_element-1
    X:286,997..287,352
    comment=SMC enhancer, directs expression in sensory organ mother cells (SMCs)
    evidence=experimental
    rescue fragment
    comment=Position of restriction fragment on reference sequence inferred by FlyBase curator.
    evidence=experimental
    linked_to=PstI-SalI_rfrag
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    Stage
    Tissue/Position
    Reference
     embryonic stage
     labral segment
     embryonic stage
     embryonic stage
     stomodeum
     
     proneural cluster
     larval stage | third instar
     dorsal mesothoracic disc | restricted
     embryonic stage
     neurogenic region
     embryonic stage
     ectoderm
     larval stage | third instar stage 2
     dorsal mesothoracic disc
     
     dorsal mesothoracic disc
     pupal stage
     embryonic stage
     embryonic peripheral nervous system
     embryonic stage
     sensory organ mother cell
     embryonic stage
     posterior embryonic/larval midgut
     embryonic stage
     central nervous system
     larval stage | third instar
     adult trachea | precursor
     embryonic stage | embryonic cycle 9-13
     cleavage nuclei
     embryonic stage
     neuroblast
     larval stage | third instar
     dorsal mesothoracic disc | restricted
     embryonic stage | 0-12hr
     larval stage | third instar
     sensillum precursor
     embryonic stage
     ventral midline
     embryonic stage
     cephalic furrow
     embryonic stage
     neurogenic region
     embryonic stage
     posterior embryonic/larval midgut
     embryonic stage
     sensory organ cell
     larval stage | third instar
     sensillum precursor
     embryonic stage
     procephalic neuroblasts
     larval stage | third instar
     embryonic stage
     procephalic segment
    Marker for
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      Stage
      Tissue/Position
      Reference
       embryonic stage
       embryonic/larval hindgut | restricted
       embryonic stage
       embryonic peripheral nervous system | restricted
       larval stage
       proneural cluster
       embryonic stage
       proneural cluster
       larval stage | third instar
       dorsal mesothoracic disc | restricted
       larval stage | third instar
       sensory organ mother cell
       embryonic stage
       embryonic central nervous system
       larval stage | third instar
       embryonic stage | stage 10-11
       procephalic neuroblast | subset
       embryonic stage | stage 9-11
       protocerebral neuroblast | subset
       embryonic stage | stage 12-14
       embryonic stomatogastric nervous system
       embryonic stage
       neurectoderm
       larval stage | third instar
       wing vein L1
       embryonic stage
       neuroblast
       embryonic stage
       larval stage | third instar
       sensillum precursor
       larval stage
       dorsal mesothoracic disc
       embryonic stage
       embryonic stage | stage 10-11
       procephalic neurectoderm | restricted
       embryonic stage | stage 9-11
       deuterocerebral neuroblast | subset
       embryonic stage
       sensillum precursor
       embryonic stage-adult stage
       larval stage | third instar
       proneural cluster
       larval stage | third instar
       dorsal mesothoracic disc
      Marker for
        Subcellular Localization
        CV Term
        cytoplasm nucleus
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