GenAge entry for gig (Drosophila melanogaster)
Gene information (ID: 304)
- Symbol
- gig
- Aliases
- 6975; C1; CG6975; Dmel\CG6975; dTsc2; dTSC2; gig|Tsc2; l(
- Name
- gigas
- Organism
- Drosophila melanogaster (AnAge)
- Known functions and activities
- Insulin/phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway
Potential relevance to longevity and/or ageing
- Observations
- Overexpression of gig, also known as dTsc2, results in lifespan extension.
- Lifespan Effect
- Increase
- Genetic Manipulation
- Overexpression
- Longevity Category
- Pro-Longevity
- Primary reference
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In other databases
- GenDR gene manipulations
- This gene is present as gig
- LongevityMap
- A homolog of this gene for Homo sapiens is present as TSC2
Homologs in other organisms
External links
- FlyBase
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- Ensembl
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- Entrez Gene
- View on Entrez Gene database (40201)
- Homologues
- Search HomoloGene
- UniProt
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- Internet
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