Die folgenden Gennamen und Gensymbole werden für Antigen B-Catenin über verschiedene Spezies hinweg verwendet:

armadillo (arm)

Zu den weiteren Synonymen zählen:

ARM, Beta-cat, Beta-catenin, EG:86E4.6, beta-cat-arm, l(1)2Bv, l(1)G0192, l(1)G0234, l(1)G0410, l(1)arm, t12687 ALR Dm, DmelCG11579, CG11579

Auf Proteinebene tauchen folgende Bezeichner für Antigen B-Catenin auf:

armadillo, isoform D – CG11579-PD – arm-PD – Armadillo/beta-catenin – beta-Catenin – armadillo – catenin – b-catenin – Armadillo(Arm)/beta-catenin – armadillo, isoform A – CG11579-PA – arm-PA – armadillo, isoform C – CG11579-PC – arm-PC – armadillo, isoform B – CG11579-PB – arm-PB – armadillo, isoform E – CG11579-PE – arm-PE

B-Catenin erfüllt eine Reihe von Funktionen:

alpha-catenin binding – cytoskeletal protein binding – protein binding – transcription activator activity

B-Catenin spielt in den folgenden Prozessen eine Rolle:

Wnt receptor signaling pathway – branch fusion, open tracheal system – cell adhesion – cell morphogenesis – cell-cell adhesion – compound eye morphogenesis – compound eye retinal cell programmed cell death – cuticle pattern formation – cytoskeletal anchoring at plasma membrane – delamination – dorsal closure – establishment or maintenance of cell polarity – germ-line stem cell division – heart development – imaginal disc-derived wing expansion – nervous system development – neuroblast development – neuroblast fate determination – oocyte localization during germarium-derived egg chamber formation – oogenesis – ovarian follicle cell development – photoreceptor cell differentiation – positive regulation of JNK cascade – positive regulation of gene-specific transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – protein localization – regulation of cell shape – somatic stem cell maintenance – ventral furrow formation – wing disc morphogenesis – zonula adherens assembly

B-Catenin ist wie folgt lokalisiert:

adherens junction – apical plasma membrane – apicolateral plasma membrane – catenin complex – cytoplasm – membrane – spot adherens junction – zonula adherens

Quelle: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology