Gene Dmel\sc
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| Symbol | Dmel\sc | Species | D. melanogaster | |
| Name | scute | Annotation symbol | CG3827 | |
| Feature type | protein_coding_gene | FlyBase ID | FBgn0004170 | |
| Created / Updated | 2003-12-01/2003-12-01 | |||
| Genomic Location | ||||
| Chromosome (arm) | X | Recombination map | 1-0.0 | |
| Cytogenetic map | 1A8-1A8 | Sequence location | X:290,093..291,514 [+] | |
| Map ( GBrowse ) |
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Summary Information
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Automatically generated summary
See sections below for more information | 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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Phenotypic Description from the Red Book (Lindsley & Zimm 1992)
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| Gene/Allele symbols may differ from current usage | Hw: Hairy wing
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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Detailed Mapping Data
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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
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| Experimentally Determined Cytological Location | ||||
Cytogenetic map Notes References | ||||
| Experimentally Determined Recombination Data | ||||
| Location | 1-0.0 | |||
| Left of (cM) | ||||
| Right of (cM) | ||||
| Notes | ||||
| Molecular Map Data | ||||
Gene Order (in direction of increasing cytology)
References Gene Order (overall orientation not stated) References | ||||
Gene Model & Products
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Please see the
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Dmel\sc
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| Comments on Gene Model | ||||
Transcript Data
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| Annotated Transcripts | ||||
Name FlyBase ID RefSeq ID Length (nt) Associated CDS (aa) | ||||
| Additional Transcript Data & Comments | ||||
| Reported size (kB) | 1.6, 1.3 (northern blot) 1.4 (northern blot) | |||
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Polypeptide Data
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| Annotated Polypeptides | ||||
Name FlyBase ID
Predicted MW (kD)
Length (aa)
Theoretical pI
RefSeq ID
GenBank protein
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| Additional Polypeptide Data & Comments | ||||
| Reported size (kD) | 42 (kD observed); 39 (kD predicted) | |||
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| External Data | ||||
| Linkouts | PANTHER
- Protein classification by function, families, and pathways
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| Crossreferences | InterPro
domains - A database of protein families, domains, and functional sites
• Basic helix-loop-helix dimerisation region bHLH (IPR001092)
Helix-loop-helix DNA-binding (IPR011598)
Achaete-scute transcription factor related (IPR015660)
TRANSFAC
- Eukaryotic transcription factors, their genomic binding sites, and DNA-binding profiles
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Sequences Consistent with the Gene Model
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Mapped Features & Mutations
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Type Symbol & Location Additional Notes References complex substitution sc[sisB-3] X:290,723..290,728 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 sc[sisB-2] X:293,614..296,308 comment=Approximate location of sc[sisB-2], a deletion of 2594bp starting 2.15kb downstream of the sc transcription unit. evidence=experimental point mutation sc[M6] X:290,549..290,549 evidence=experimental na_change=C290549T pr_change=Q114@|sc-PA reported_na_change=C1000T reported_pr_change=Q114@ point mutation sc[sisB-1] X:290,615..290,615 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 sc[10-1] X:290,696..290,696 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 sc[+t.XSE] X:287,763..296,879 comment=Position of restriction fragment on reference sequence inferred by FlyBase curator. evidence=experimental linked_to=PstI-SalI_rfrag | ||||
External Data
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| Linkouts | DEDB
- Drosophila exon database: splicing graphs
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| Crossreferences | EPD
- Eukarytoic Promoter Database, an annotated collection of POL II promoters
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Expression Data
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| FlyBase-Curated Data | ||||
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Transcript and Protein data | Please see the FlyBase Gene Expression Report for details of gene expression from the literature. | |||
Summary of Transcript Expression
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Stage Tissue/Position
Reference
embryonic stage
labral segment
embryonic stage
neuroblast
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 | ||||
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Summary of Polypeptide Expression
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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
ectoderm
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
P cell
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 | ||||
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| Subcellular Localization | ||||
| CV Term | nucleus cytoplasm
nucleus | |||
External Data & Images
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| Linkouts | FLIGHT
- Cell culture data for RNAi and other high-throughput technologies
FlyAtlas
- Adult expression by tissue, using Affymetrix Dros2 array
GEO (NCBI)
- Gene expression data: microarray and other high-throughput technologies
FlyExpress
- Embryonic expression images (BDGP data)
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Alleles & Phenotypes
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Summary of Allele Phenotypes
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Lethality Allele Other Phenotypes Allele visible (with In(1)sc8Lsc4R) Sterility Allele Phenotype manifest in Allele | ||||

Stage(s)
7-8
Stage(s)
9-10
Stage(s)
13-16