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. 2015 Oct 28;35(43):14571–14584. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1369-15.2015

Table 1.

Candidate mutants for suppression of FLP-13 and NLP-22 overexpression studied in Figures 3 and 4, their vertebrate homologs, and the reasons that these mutants were selected for study

Gene mutated Change in function Vertebrate homolog Reason chosen Reference
gsa-1 Gain Gαs Reduced lethargus quiescence; resistant to isoflurane (Saifee et al., 2011; Schwarz and Bringmann, 2013)
acy-1 Gain Adenylate cyclase Reduced lethargus quiescence (Iwanir et al., 2013)
pde-4 Loss PDE4 Reduced lethargus quiescence (Singh et al., 2014)
kin-2 Loss PKA regulatory subunit Reduced lethargus quiescence; resistant to isoflurane (Saifee et al., 2011; Belfer et al., 2013)
goa-1 DN Gαi/o Reduced lethargus quiescence (Singh et al., 2014)
goa-1 Loss Gαi/o Resistant to halothane (van Swinderen et al., 2001)
egl-30 Gain Gαq Reduced lethargus quiescence; resistant to halothane (Hawasli et al., 2004; Schwarz and Bringmann, 2013)
eat-16 Loss Gαq RGS Resistant to halothane and isoflurane (van Swinderen et al., 2001)
dgk-1 Loss DGK-θ Resistant to halothane (van Swinderen et al., 2002)
gpa-12 Loss Gα12 Activation inhibits feeding (van der Linden et al., 2003)
tpa-1 Loss PKCδ Suppresses effects of gpa-12 activation (van der Linden et al., 2003)
eat-6 Loss Na+/K+ ATPase Depolarized pharyngeal muscle (Davis et al., 1995)
egl-19 Gain L-type Ca2+ channel Prolonged pharyngeal action potential (Lee et al., 1997)
tom-1 Loss Tomosyn Increased neurotransmission (Dybbs et al., 2005)
slo-1 Loss BK channel Increased neurotransmission; resistant to halothane (Wang et al., 2001; Hawasli et al., 2004)
unc-77 Gain NALCN channel Resistant to halothane (Humphrey et al., 2007)
unc-64 Neomorph Syntaxin Resistant to halothane and isoflurane (van Swinderen et al., 1999)
unc-7 Loss Innexin Resistant to halothane (Morgan et al., 1990)
tbh-1 Loss Tyramine β-hydroxylase Opposes 5-HT response (Wragg et al., 2007)
egl-4 Loss PKG Reduced lethargus quiescence (Raizen et al., 2008)

DN, Dominant-negative.