FB2024_02 , released April 23, 2024
Gene: Dmel\Gr5a
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General Information
Symbol
Dmel\Gr5a
Species
D. melanogaster
Name
Gustatory receptor 5a
Annotation Symbol
CG15779
Feature Type
FlyBase ID
FBgn0003747
Gene Model Status
Stock Availability
Gene Summary
Gustatory receptor required for response to the sugar trehalose in taste neurons. Gr5a neurons selectively respond to sugars, in contrast to Gr66a cells which respond to bitter compounds. Flies are attracted to sugars and avoid bitter substances, suggesting that Gr5a neuron activity is sufficient to mediate acceptance behavior. Sugar signal transduction occurs through coupling with G-proteins such as Galpha49B and G-salpha60A. (UniProt, Q9W497)
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Also Known As

Tre, han, Gr5A1, trehalose receptor

Key Links
Genomic Location
Cytogenetic map
Sequence location
Recombination map
1-12
RefSeq locus
NC_004354 REGION:5680617..5682488
Sequence
Genomic Maps
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Function
Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations (12 terms)
Molecular Function (3 terms)
Terms Based on Experimental Evidence (2 terms)
CV Term
Evidence
References
inferred from mutant phenotype
inferred from mutant phenotype
inferred from mutant phenotype
Terms Based on Predictions or Assertions (3 terms)
CV Term
Evidence
References
inferred from sequence or structural similarity with UniProtKB:Q9V4K2
inferred from biological aspect of ancestor with PANTHER:PTN000484226
inferred from electronic annotation with InterPro:IPR009318
traceable author statement
non-traceable author statement
Biological Process (7 terms)
Terms Based on Experimental Evidence (6 terms)
CV Term
Evidence
References
inferred from direct assay
inferred from mutant phenotype
inferred from mutant phenotype
inferred from mutant phenotype
inferred from direct assay
Terms Based on Predictions or Assertions (3 terms)
CV Term
Evidence
References
Cellular Component (2 terms)
Terms Based on Experimental Evidence (0 terms)
Terms Based on Predictions or Assertions (2 terms)
CV Term
Evidence
References
located_in membrane
inferred from electronic annotation with InterPro:IPR009318
is_active_in plasma membrane
inferred from sequence or structural similarity with UniProtKB:Q9V4K2
Gene Group (FlyBase)
Protein Family (UniProt)
Belongs to the insect chemoreceptor superfamily. Gustatory receptor (GR) family. Gr5a subfamily. (Q9W497)
Protein Signatures (InterPro)
Summaries
Gene Group (FlyBase)
GUSTATORY RECEPTORS -
The Gustatory receptors are a divergent group of (non-GPCR) seven-transmembrane chemoreceptors that are expressed in gustatory sensilla receptor neurons. They detect tastants (non-volatile compounds) via contact chemosensation. (Adapted from FBrf0208984).
Protein Function (UniProtKB)
Gustatory receptor required for response to the sugar trehalose in taste neurons. Gr5a neurons selectively respond to sugars, in contrast to Gr66a cells which respond to bitter compounds. Flies are attracted to sugars and avoid bitter substances, suggesting that Gr5a neuron activity is sufficient to mediate acceptance behavior. Sugar signal transduction occurs through coupling with G-proteins such as Galpha49B and G-salpha60A.
(UniProt, Q9W497)
Phenotypic Description (Red Book; Lindsley and Zimm 1992)
Tre: Trehalose sensitivity (J.C. Hall)
Locus determining differences in sensitivity to the taste of the disaccharide trehalose in behaviorly-based (fluid intake) tests (no differences in sensitivity to glucose, fructose, or sucrose). The Tre+ allele results in high trehalose sensitivity, the Tre allele in low trehalose sensitivity. Females with half the normal dose of a given Tre+ allele are half as sensitive to trehalose, but flies (male or female) with twice the normal dose of Tre+ show only a slight increase in sensitivity as compared to normal flies. Tre is thought to be a structural gene for the trehalose specific receptor in D. melanogaster (Tanimura et al., 1988).
Summary (Interactive Fly)

G-protein coupled receptor - Taste receptor

Gene Model and Products
Number of Transcripts
1
Number of Unique Polypeptides
1

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Protein Domains (via Pfam)
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Protein Domains (via SMART)
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Structure
Protein 3D structure   (Predicted by AlphaFold)   (AlphaFold entry Q9W497)

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Model Confidence:
  • Very high (pLDDT > 90)
  • Confident (90 > pLDDT > 70)
  • Low (70 > pLDDT > 50)
  • Very low (pLDDT < 50)

AlphaFold produces a per-residue confidence score (pLDDT) between 0 and 100. Some regions with low pLDDT may be unstructured in isolation.

Experimentally Determined Structures
Crossreferences
Comments on Gene Model

Gene model reviewed during 5.42

Gene model reviewed during 5.50

Sequence Ontology: Class of Gene
Transcript Data
Annotated Transcripts
Name
FlyBase ID
RefSeq ID
Length (nt)
Assoc. CDS (aa)
FBtr0070802
1490
444
Additional Transcript Data and Comments
Reported size (kB)

1.179 (longest cDNA)

Comments
External Data
Crossreferences
Polypeptide Data
Annotated Polypeptides
Name
FlyBase ID
Predicted MW (kDa)
Length (aa)
Theoretical pI
UniProt
RefSeq ID
GenBank
FBpp0070768
51.2
444
9.94
Polypeptides with Identical Sequences

There is only one protein coding transcript and one polypeptide associated with this gene

Additional Polypeptide Data and Comments
Reported size (kDa)
Comments
External Data
Crossreferences
InterPro - A database of protein families, domains and functional sites
Linkouts
Sequences Consistent with the Gene Model
Nucleotide / Polypeptide Records
 
Mapped Features

Click to get a list of regulatory features (enhancers, TFBS, etc.) and gene disruptions (point mutations, indels, etc.) within or overlapping Dmel\Gr5a using the Feature Mapper tool.

External Data
Crossreferences
Eukaryotic Promoter Database - A collection of databases of experimentally validated promoters for selected model organisms.
Linkouts
Expression Data
Testis-specificity index

The testis specificity index was calculated from modENCODE tissue expression data by Vedelek et al., 2018 to indicate the degree of testis enrichment compared to other tissues. Scores range from -2.52 (underrepresented) to 5.2 (very high testis bias).

5.20

Transcript Expression
in situ
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Tissue/Position (including subcellular localization)
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Additional Descriptive Data

In-situ hybridization to labellum preparations show that Tre1 transcript is present in one of the taste sensory cells beneath a taste bristle.

Marker for
 
Subcellular Localization
CV Term
Polypeptide Expression
Additional Descriptive Data
Marker for
 
Subcellular Localization
CV Term
Evidence
References
Expression Deduced from Reporters
Reporter: P{Gr5a-GAL4.5.156}
Stage
Tissue/Position (including subcellular localization)
Reference
Reporter: P{Gr5a-GAL4.8.5}
Stage
Tissue/Position (including subcellular localization)
Reference
Reporter: P{Gr5a-GAL4.T}
Stage
Tissue/Position (including subcellular localization)
Reference
Reporter: P{Gr5a-GAL4.U}
Stage
Tissue/Position (including subcellular localization)
Reference
Reporter: P{Gr5a-GAL4.Un}
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Tissue/Position (including subcellular localization)
Reference
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Tissue/Position (including subcellular localization)
Reference
Reporter: P{Gr5a-LexA-VP16}
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Tissue/Position (including subcellular localization)
Reference
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Tissue/Position (including subcellular localization)
Reference
High-Throughput Expression Data
Associated Tools

JBrowse - Visual display of RNA-Seq signals

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RNA-Seq by Region - Search RNA-Seq expression levels by exon or genomic region
Reference
See Gelbart and Emmert, 2013 for analysis details and data files for all genes.
Developmental Proteome: Life Cycle
Developmental Proteome: Embryogenesis
External Data and Images
Linkouts
DRscDB - A single-cell RNA-seq resource for data mining and data comparison across species
EMBL-EBI Single Cell Expression Atlas - Single cell expression across species
FlyAtlas - Adult expression by tissue, using Affymetrix Dros2 array
FlyAtlas2 - A Drosophila melanogaster expression atlas with RNA-Seq, miRNA-Seq and sex-specific data
Flygut - An atlas of the Drosophila adult midgut
Images
Alleles, Insertions, Transgenic Constructs, and Aberrations
Classical and Insertion Alleles ( 67 )
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Other relevant insertions
Transgenic Constructs ( 9 )
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Transgenic constructs containing/affecting coding region of Gr5a
Transgenic constructs containing regulatory region of Gr5a
Aberrations (Deficiencies and Duplications) ( 7 )
Variants
Variant Molecular Consequences
Alleles Representing Disease-Implicated Variants
Phenotypes
Orthologs
Human Orthologs (via DIOPT v9.1)
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Alignment
Complementation?
Transgene?
Homo sapiens (Human) (0)
Model Organism Orthologs (via DIOPT v9.1)
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Transgene?
Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat) (0)
Mus musculus (laboratory mouse) (0)
Xenopus tropicalis (Western clawed frog) (0)
Danio rerio (Zebrafish) (0)
Caenorhabditis elegans (Nematode, roundworm) (2)
2 of 14
Yes
Yes
2 of 14
Yes
Yes
Anopheles gambiae (African malaria mosquito) (9)
11 of 12
Yes
No
4 of 12
No
No
3 of 12
No
No
3 of 12
No
No
3 of 12
No
No
2 of 12
No
No
2 of 12
No
No
Arabidopsis thaliana (thale-cress) (0)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Brewer's yeast) (0)
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (Fission yeast) (0)
Escherichia coli (enterobacterium) (0)
Other Organism Orthologs (via OrthoDB)
Data provided directly from OrthoDB:Gr5a. Refer to their site for version information.
Paralogs
Paralogs (via DIOPT v9.1)
Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly) (7)
11 of 13
9 of 13
7 of 13
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6 of 13
6 of 13
5 of 13
Human Disease Associations
FlyBase Human Disease Model Reports
    Disease Ontology (DO) Annotations
    Models Based on Experimental Evidence ( 0 )
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    Potential Models Based on Orthology ( 0 )
    Human Ortholog
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    Modifiers Based on Experimental Evidence ( 0 )
    Allele
    Disease
    Interaction
    References
    Disease Associations of Human Orthologs (via DIOPT v9.1 and OMIM)
    Note that ortholog calls supported by only 1 or 2 algorithms (DIOPT score < 3) are not shown.
    Homo sapiens (Human)
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    OMIM Phenotype
    DO term
    Complementation?
    Transgene?
    Functional Complementation Data
    Functional complementation data is computed by FlyBase using a combination of the orthology data obtained from DIOPT and OrthoDB and the allele-level genetic interaction data curated from the literature.
    Interactions
    Summary of Physical Interactions
    esyN Network Diagram
    Interactions Browser
    MIST Molecular Interaction Search Tool
    Summary of Genetic Interactions
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    Reference
    Starting gene(s)
    Interaction type
    Interacting gene(s)
    Reference
    External Data
    Linkouts
    BioGRID - A database of protein and genetic interactions.
    DroID - A comprehensive database of gene and protein interactions.
    Pathways
    Signaling Pathways (FlyBase)
    Metabolic Pathways
    External Data
    Linkouts
    Genomic Location and Detailed Mapping Data
    Chromosome (arm)
    X
    Recombination map
    1-12
    Cytogenetic map
    Sequence location
    FlyBase Computed Cytological Location
    Cytogenetic map
    Evidence for location
    5A12-5A12
    Limits computationally determined from genome sequence between P{EP}Tre1EP496 and P{EP}cvEP1349&P{EP}CG32758EP1368
    Experimentally Determined Cytological Location
    Cytogenetic map
    Notes
    References
    Experimentally Determined Recombination Data
    Location
    Left of (cM)
    Right of (cM)
    Notes

    Closely linked to cx.

    Stocks and Reagents
    Stocks (8)
    Genomic Clones (13)
     

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    cDNA Clones (5)
     

    Please Note This section lists cDNAs and ESTs that fall within the genomic extent of the gene model, which may include cDNAs and ESTs of genes within introns, or of overlapping genes. Please see JBrowse for alignment of the cDNAs and ESTs to the gene model.

    cDNA clones, fully sequenced
    BDGP DGC clones
    Other clones
      Drosophila Genomics Resource Center cDNA clones

      For each fully sequenced cDNA the DGRC maintains various forms of the cDNA (e.g tagged or untagged) in several different host vectors for subsequent cloning and expression in Drosophila and Drosophila cell lines.

      cDNA Clones, End Sequenced (ESTs)
      BDGP DGC clones
        Other clones
        RNAi and Array Information
        Linkouts
        DRSC - Results frm RNAi screens
        Antibody Information
        Laboratory Generated Antibodies
         
        Commercially Available Antibodies
         
        Cell Line Information
        Publicly Available Cell Lines
         
          Other Stable Cell Lines
           
            Other Comments

            Gr5a encodes a taste receptor required for response to the sugar trehalose, but not for response to sucrose, indicating a role for G protein-mediated signalling in the transduction of sweet taste.

            Encodes a gustatory sugar receptor involved in the response to trehalose.

            Genetic evidence suggests Gr5a is the structural gene for the trehalose receptor. Trehalose sensitivity decreases in females carrying half the normal dosage of Gr5a, but does not increase with an increase in Gr5a dosage. Changes in sensitivity of several aneuploid flies suggest there is an upper limit to the number of molecules that can be incorporated into the receptor membrane.

            Relationship to Other Genes
            Source for database merge of

            Source for merge of: Tre CG15779

            Source for merge of: Tre Gr5a

            Additional comments

            Although FBrf0128502 reported that Tre1, which maps extremely close to Gr5a, mediates the trehalose response, the balance of evidence suggests that Gr5a, rather than Tre1, encodes a trehalose receptor.

            The "CG15779"/"Gr5a" gene corresponds to the "Trehalose-sensitivity" complementation group as opposed to the "CG3171" gene, as was reported in FBrf0128502.

            Expression of mRNAs in mutant flies, expression analysis in wild-type flies and amino acid polymorphism data suggest that the "Gr5a" and not "CG3171" corresponds to the "Tre" (Trehalose-sensitivity) locus.

            Evidence from FBrf0138267 (expression of mRNAs in mutant flies, expression analysis in wild-type flies and amino acid polymorphism data) suggests that the CG15779 gene prediction (Gr5a) corresponds to the "Trehalose-sensitivity" locus, mutation of which results in low sensitivity to trehalose. The "Trehalose-sensitivity" locus does not correspond to "Tre1" from FBrf0128502 which corresponds to the CG3171 gene prediction (which is adjacent to and divergently transcribed from CG15779). Mutation of Tre1 may also affect the sensitivity of flies to trehalose since mutants affecting Tre1 also show low sensitivity to trehalose which can be rescued by overexpression of Tre1 (FBrf0128502).

            Nomenclature History
            Source for database identify of
            Nomenclature comments

            The symbol used in FlyBase for this gene has been changed from "Tre" (Trehalose-sensitivity) to "Gr5a" (Gustatory receptor 5a) to match the format used for other gustatory receptor genes, and to avoid confusion with the neighbouring "Tre1" (Trapped in endoderm 1) gene.

            Etymology
            Synonyms and Secondary IDs (19)
            Reported As
            Symbol Synonym
            GRLU.7
            Gr5a
            (Ali et al., 2022, Dweck et al., 2022, Kohatsu et al., 2022, Stanley et al., 2021, Chen and Dahanukar, 2020, Koyama et al., 2020, Miller et al., 2020, Zhao et al., 2020, Chen et al., 2019, Lin et al., 2019, Moreira et al., 2019, Abrat et al., 2018, Abu et al., 2018, Bohra et al., 2018, Kendroud et al., 2018, Kim et al., 2018, Landayan et al., 2018, Ryuda et al., 2018, Hasegawa et al., 2017, McGinnis et al., 2016, French et al., 2015, Fujii et al., 2015, Lau et al., 2015, Shim et al., 2015, Waterson et al., 2015, Yang et al., 2015, Freeman et al., 2014, Liman et al., 2014, Ro et al., 2014, Sun et al., 2014, Yavuz et al., 2014, Dus et al., 2013, Itskov and Ribeiro, 2013, Mishra et al., 2013, Sengupta, 2013, Herrero, 2012, Inagaki et al., 2012, Keene and Masek, 2012, Linford et al., 2012, Bredendiek et al., 2011, Dus et al., 2011, Weiss et al., 2011, Weiss et al., 2011, Wisotsky et al., 2011, Cameron et al., 2010, Chatterjee et al., 2010, Kain et al., 2010, Gardiner et al., 2009, Robertson, 2009, Takahashi et al., 2009, Zhou et al., 2009, Bharucha et al., 2008, Hiroi et al., 2008, Jiao et al., 2008, Moon and Montell, 2008, Thorne and Amrein, 2008, Ueno and Kidokoro, 2008, Colomb and Stocker, 2007, Colomb et al., 2007, Dahanukar et al., 2007, Ebbs and Amrein, 2007, Fischler et al., 2007, Jiao et al., 2007, McBride et al., 2007, Ueno and Kidokoro, 2007, de Bruyne and Warr, 2006, Rollmann et al., 2006, Ueno et al., 2006, van der Goes van Naters and Carlson, 2006, Amrein and Thorne, 2005, Isono et al., 2005, Koseki et al., 2005, Morita et al., 2005, Scott, 2005, Thorne et al., 2005, Usui-Aoki et al., 2005, Dahanukar et al., 2004, Inomata et al., 2004, Stocker, 2004, Thorne et al., 2004, Wang et al., 2004, Chyb et al., 2003, Giarratani and Vosshall, 2003, Kunwar et al., 2003, Matsunami and Amrein, 2003, Robertson et al., 2003, Kim and Carlson, 2002, Dahanukar et al., 2001, Dunipace et al., 2001, Robertson, 2001.11.11, Ueno et al., 2001)
            Name Synonyms
            Gustatory receptor 5a
            Gustatory receptor LU.7
            Trehalose sensitivity
            Trehalose-sensitivity
            gustatory receptor 5a
            Secondary FlyBase IDs
            • FBgn0029787
            • FBgn0041213
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            External Crossreferences and Linkouts ( 385 )
            Sequence Crossreferences
            NCBI Gene - Gene integrates information from a wide range of species. A record may include nomenclature, Reference Sequences (RefSeqs), maps, pathways, variations, phenotypes, and links to genome-, phenotype-, and locus-specific resources worldwide.
            GenBank Nucleotide - A collection of sequences from several sources, including GenBank, RefSeq, TPA, and PDB.
            GenBank Protein - A collection of sequences from several sources, including translations from annotated coding regions in GenBank, RefSeq and TPA, as well as records from SwissProt, PIR, PRF, and PDB.
            RefSeq - A comprehensive, integrated, non-redundant, well-annotated set of reference sequences including genomic, transcript, and protein.
            UniProt/GCRP - The gene-centric reference proteome (GCRP) provides a 1:1 mapping between genes and UniProt accessions in which a single 'canonical' isoform represents the product(s) of each protein-coding gene.
            UniProt/Swiss-Prot - Manually annotated and reviewed records of protein sequence and functional information
            Other crossreferences
            AlphaFold DB - AlphaFold provides open access to protein structure predictions for the human proteome and other key proteins of interest, to accelerate scientific research.
            DRscDB - A single-cell RNA-seq resource for data mining and data comparison across species
            EMBL-EBI Single Cell Expression Atlas - Single cell expression across species
            FlyAtlas2 - A Drosophila melanogaster expression atlas with RNA-Seq, miRNA-Seq and sex-specific data
            FlyMine - An integrated database for Drosophila genomics
            InterPro - A database of protein families, domains and functional sites
            KEGG Genes - Molecular building blocks of life in the genomic space.
            MARRVEL_MODEL - MARRVEL (model organism gene)
            Linkouts
            BioGRID - A database of protein and genetic interactions.
            Drosophila Genomics Resource Center - Drosophila Genomics Resource Center (DGRC) cDNA clones
            DroID - A comprehensive database of gene and protein interactions.
            DRSC - Results frm RNAi screens
            Eukaryotic Promoter Database - A collection of databases of experimentally validated promoters for selected model organisms.
            FlyAtlas - Adult expression by tissue, using Affymetrix Dros2 array
            FlyCyc Genes - Genes from a BioCyc PGDB for Dmel
            Flygut - An atlas of the Drosophila adult midgut
            iBeetle-Base - RNAi phenotypes in the red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum)
            Interactive Fly - A cyberspace guide to Drosophila development and metazoan evolution
            References (180)