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. 2016 Feb 29;9(4):165–172. doi: 10.1080/19336934.2016.1153776

Table 1.

Genes involved in sleep regulation in Drosophila.

Protein function Gene Reference
Neurotransmission Dopamine transporter Kume et al., 200553
  Dopamine 1-like receptor 1 Ueno et al., 201254
  5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) receptor 1A Yuan et al., 200655
  Tyramine β hydroxylase Crocker and Sehgal, 200856
  Tyrosine decarboxylase 2 Crocker and Sehgal, 200856
  Octopamine receptor in mushroom bodies Crocker et al., 201057
  Resistant to dieldrin (GABAAreceptor) Agosto et al., 2008; Chung et al., 201431,58
  Wide awake Liu et al., 201459
  GABA transaminase Maguire et al., 201560
  nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor α4 Shi et al., 201429
  nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor α2 Wu et al., 201461
  NMDA receptor 1 Tomita et al., 201562
  Pigment-dispersing factor Parisky et al., 200830
  Ecdysone receptor Ishimoto and Kitamoto, 201063
  Sex Peptide Isaac et al., 200964
  Myoinhibiting peptide precursor Oh et al., 201465
  Sex peptide receptor Oh et al., 201465
  short neuropeptide F precursor Shang et al., 201366
  Diuretic hormone 31 Kunst et al., 201467
  SIFamide Park et al., 201468
  SIFamide receptor Park et al., 201468
Ion channel signaling Shaker Cirelli et al., 200526
  Hyperkinetic Bushey et al., 200769
  quiver (sleepless) Koh et al., 200815
  Ca2+-channel protein α1 subunit T Jeong et al., 201570
  Calcineurin B Nakai et al., 2011; Tomita et al., 201171,72
  Calcineurin A1 Nakai et al., 2011; Tomita et al., 201171,72
  sarah Nakai et al., 201172
  Sulfonylurea receptor (ATP-sensitive potassium channel subunit) Allebrandt et al., 201373
  Transient receptor potential cation channel A1 ortholog Roessingh et al., 201574
Cell cycle regulation Cyclin A Rogulja and Young, 201216
  Regulator of cyclin A1 Rogulja and Young, 201216
  taranis Afonso et al., 20159
  Cyclin-dependent kinase 1 Afonso et al., 20159
Synaptic development Fmr1 Bushey et al., 200975
  homer Naidoo et al., 201276
  Neuroligin 4 Li et al., 201377
  Neurexin 1 Larkin et al., 201578
Cellular signaling Rolled (ERK) Foltenyi et al., 2007; Vanderheyden et al., 2013)79,80
  Epidermal growth factor receptor Foltenyi et al., 200780
  spitz Foltenyi et al., 200780
  Star Foltenyi et al., 200780
  rhomboid Foltenyi et al., 200780
  Gold tip Guo et al., 201181
  Notch Seugnet et al., 201182
  Delta Seugnet et al., 201182
  bunched Seugnet et al., 201182
  basket Takahama et al., 201283
  foraging Donlea et al., 201284
  crossveinless c Donlea et al., 201485
Metabolism Insulin-like receptor Metaxakis et al., 201486
  Ribosomal protein S6 kinase Metaxakis et al., 201486
  forkhead box, sub-group O Metaxakis et al., 201486
  Lipid storage droplet-2 Thimgan et al., 201087
  brummer Thimgan et al., 201087
  fatty acid binding protein Gerstner et al., 201188
Circadian period Hendricks et al., 200089
  cycle Hendricks et al., 2000; Shaw et al., 200212,90
Immune/stress response Heat shock protein 83 Shaw et al., 200212
  Relish Williams et al., 200791
  bipolar oocyte (bip) Naidoo et al., 201276
  Anaplastic lymphoma kinase Bai and Sehgal, 201592
Protein degradation Ubiquitin protein ligase E3A Wu et al., 200893
  insomniac Pfeiffenberger and Allada, 2012; Stavropoulos and Young, 201114,94
Learning and memory Cyclic-AMP response element binding protein B Hendricks et al., 200195
  dunce Hendricks et al., 200195
  rutabaga Hendricks et al., 200195
  Protein kinase, cAMP-dependent, regulatory subunit type 1 Crocker and Sehgal, 200856
  amnesiac Liu et al., 200896
Other Catecholamines up Harbison et al., 200997
  Tat interactive protein 60kDa Pirooznia et al., 201298
  yellow-achaete intergenic RNA Soshnev et al., 201199
  Activating transcription factor-2 Shimizu et al., 2008100
  Adar Robinson et al., 2016101