Gasterosteus aculeatus      Balbiani body


※ Balbiani body introduction

    The Balbiani body is a structure conserved from insects to humans that appears as a large granule, similar to a mRNP granule composed of mRNA and proteins (1). It has amyloid-like properties and can connect cortical actin (1). In addition, Wilsch-Bräuninger et al. suggest that the sponge bodies, a subcellular structure in nurse cells and oocytes, are homologous to the mitochondrial cloud in Xenopus oocytes (2).

Reference
1. Escobar-Aguirre, M., Zhang, H., Jamieson-Lucy, A., & Mullins, M. C. (2017) Microtubule-actin crosslinking factor 1 (Macf1) domain function in Balbiani body dissociation and nuclear positioning. PLoS Genet, 13(9), e1006983. PMID:28880872
2. Wilsch-Bräuninger, M.,Wilsch-Bräuninger, M., Nüsslein-Volhard C. (1997) A sponge-like structure involved in the association and transport of maternal products during Drosophila oogenesis. J Cell Biol, 139(3), 817-29. PMID:9348297


There are 8 genes.  Reviewed (0 or Unreviewed (8

No.StatusDrLLPS IDEnsemble Gene IDUniProt AccessionGene Name
1
LLPS-Gaa-0061
ENSGACG00000012220.1
G3PF03
2
LLPS-Gaa-0609
ENSGACG00000008259.1
G3P044
3
LLPS-Gaa-1381
ENSGACG00000007897.1
G3NYQ9
4
LLPS-Gaa-1933
ENSGACG00000017472.2
G3PZP7
5
LLPS-Gaa-2041
ENSGACG00000004820.1
G3NM01
6
LLPS-Gaa-2760
ENSGACG00000019471.1
G3Q780
7
LLPS-Gaa-3692
ENSGACG00000014800.1
G3PPK6
8
LLPS-Gaa-0715
ENSGACG00000001993.1
G3NBA0
MACF1