Tailor

Drosophila melanogaster

Tailor (Tailor) encodes a cytoplasmic RNA-specific terminal uridylyltransferase. It acts as part of the terminal RNA uridylation-mediated processing (TRUMP) complex, marking RNA species for 3'-to-5' exoribonucleolytic decay by the product of Dis3l2. The product of Tailor regulates microRNA biogenesis by targeting precursor-microRNAs (predominantly mirtron hairpins) and targets unprocessed RNA polymerase III transcripts for degradation in a cytoplasmic RNA surveillance pathway.

Bfsp2

Homo sapiens

More than 99% of the vertebrate ocular lens is comprised of terminally differentiated lens fiber cells. Two lens-specific intermediate filament-like proteins, the protein product of this gene (phakinin), and filensin, are expressed only after fiber cell differentiation has begun. Both proteins are found in a structurally unique cytoskeletal element that is referred to as the beaded filament (BF). Mutations in this gene have been associated with juvenile-onset, progressive cataracts and Dowling-Meara epidermolysis bullosa simplex. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2009]

fkh-2

Caenorhabditis elegans

Enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity. Involved in several processes, including neuron differentiation; non-motile cilium assembly; and positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Located in nucleus. Expressed in several structures, including AWB; Daaa; body wall muscle cell from D lineage; head muscle; and somatic nervous system. Is an ortholog of human FOXG1 (forkhead box G1).

Acp1

Homo sapiens

The product of this gene belongs to the phosphotyrosine protein phosphatase family of proteins. It functions as an acid phosphatase and a protein tyrosine phosphatase by hydrolyzing protein tyrosine phosphate to protein tyrosine and orthophosphate. This enzyme also hydrolyzes orthophosphoric monoesters to alcohol and orthophosphate. This gene is genetically polymorphic, and three common alleles segregating at the corresponding locus give rise to six phenotypes. Each allele appears to encode at least two electrophoretically different isozymes, Bf and Bs, which are produced in allele-specific ratios. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been identified for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2008]