WormMine: Gene WBGene00007581

• WormBase Gene ID: WBGene00007581
• Gene Name: alkb-8
• Sequence Name: C14B1.10
• Organism: Caenorhabditis elegans
• Automated Description: Predicted to enable tRNA (5-carboxymethyluridine(34)-5-O)-methyltransferase activity and tRNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in tRNA methylation and tRNA wobble uridine modification. Located in cytoplasm. Expressed in several structures, including body wall musculature; egg-laying apparatus; intestinal cell; pharyngeal muscle cell; and somatic gonad. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive intellectual developmental disorder 71. Is an ortholog of human ALKBH8 (alkB homolog 8, tRNA methyltransferase).
• Biotype: SO:0001217
• Genetic Position: III :-4.40669±
• Length (nt): 4019

1 Organism

• Name: Caenorhabditis elegans
• Taxon Id: 6239

1 Synonyms

• Value: WBGene00007581

Genomics

1 Transcripts

WormMine ID	Sequence Name	Length (nt)	Chromosome Location
Transcript:C14B1.10.1	C14B1.10.1	2276	III: 3709330-3713348

Other

1 CDSs

WormMine ID	Sequence Name	Length (nt)	Chromosome Location
CDS:C14B1.10	C14B1.10	1776	III: 3709363-3709366

5 RNAi Result

• WBRNAi00067816
• WBRNAi00007470
• WBRNAi00040489
• WBRNAi00010720
• WBRNAi00005991

76 Allele

• gk962532
• gk963881
• gk963882
• WBVar01692334
• WBVar01262296
• WBVar01262297
• WBVar01262298
• WBVar01262294
• gk961129
• WBVar01643974
• WBVar01643975
• gk963255
• gk171352
• gk171351
• gk171353
• gk171348
• WBVar01445058
• gk171350
• WBVar01445061
• WBVar01643972
• WBVar00602617
• gk171349
• WBVar01445060
• WBVar01643973
• WBVar01994947
• WBVar01994946
• WBVar02034095
• WBVar02034096
• WBVar01785342
• WBVar01785343

1 Chromosome

• WormBase ID: III
• Organism: Caenorhabditis elegans
• Length (nt): 13783801

1 Chromosome Location

• Feature . Primary Identifier: WBGene00007581
• Start: 3709330
• End: 3713348
• Strand: 1

4 Data Sets

• WormBaseAcedbConverter
• GO Annotation data set
• C. elegans genomic annotations (GFF3 Gene)
• Panther orthologue and paralogue predictions

1 Downstream Intergenic Region

• WormBase ID: intergenic_region_chrIII_3713349..3713462
• Length (nt): 114
• Chromosome Location: III: 3713349-3713462
• Organism: Caenorhabditis elegans

77 Expression Clusters

Regulated By Treatment	Description	Algorithm	Primary Identifier
	Transcripts expressed in neuronal cells, by analyzingfluorescence-activated cell sorted (FACS) neurons.	DESeq. False discovry rate (FDR) < 0.1.	WBPaper00048988:neuron_expressed
adult vs dauer larva	Transcripts that showed differential expression in adult vs dauer lava in N2 animals at 20C.	N.A.	WBPaper00050488:adult_vs_dauer_regulated_N2_20C
	Genes that showed expression levels higher than the corresponding reference sample (embryonic 24hr reference).	A Mann-Whitney U test with an empirical background model and FDR correction for multiple testing was used to detect expressed transcripts (Benjamini and Hochberg 1995). Genes and TARs with an FDR <= 0.05 were reported as expressed above background. Authors detected differentially expressed transcripts using a method based on linear models. Genes and TARs were called differentially expressed if the FDR was <= 0.05 and the fold change (FC) >= 2.0. To more strictly correct for potential false-positives resulting from multiple sample comparisons, authors divided individual FDR estimates by the number of samplesor sample comparisons, respectively. This resulted in an adjusted FDR of 1.3 * 0.0001 for expression above background and of 7.4 * 0.0001 for differential expression. Authors called genes selectively enriched in a given tissue if they met the following requirements: (1) enriched expression in a given tissue (FDR <= 0.05 and FC >= 2.0), (2) fold change versus reference among the upper 40% of the positive FC range observed for this gene across all tissues, and (3) fold-change entropy among the lower 40% of the distribution observed for all genes.	WBPaper00037950:bodywall-muscle_L1-larva_expressed
Bacteria: E.faecalis strain OG1RF	Transcripts that showed significantly increased expression after infection by E. faecalis OG1RF.	Ballgown was used to calculate differential expression of genes using FPKM data and to generate tables with fold change and P values. Genes were shortlisted with a cutoff of 2-fold change and P values of less than 0.05.	WBPaper00059754:E.faecalis_OG1RF_upregulated
	Transcripts that showed significantly increased expression after animals were treated with 50uM Rifampicin and 250uM Allantoin from day 1 to day 3 adult hermaphradite.	DESeq2(v1.14.1), fold change > 2, p-value < 0.05	WBPaper00055354:Rifampicin-Allantoin_upregulated
	Transcripts that showed significantly increased expression after animals were treated with 100uM Psora and 250uM Allantoin from day 1 to day 3 adult hermaphradite.	DESeq2(v1.14.1), fold change > 2, p-value < 0.05	WBPaper00055354:Psora-Allantoin_upregulated
	Transcripts that showed significantly increased expression after animals were treated with 100uM Rapamycin and 50mM Metformin from day 1 to day 3 adult hermaphradite.	DESeq2(v1.14.1), fold change > 2, p-value < 0.05	WBPaper00055354:Rapamycin-Metformin_upregulated
	Genes significantly enriched in NSM neurons (isolated by FACS) versus the reference, according to RNAseq analysis towards total RNA.	Gene expression quantification and differential expression was analyzed using cufflinks v2.2.1. Enriched contains only genes significantly enriched (differentially expressed >= 2.4 fold in total RNA or >= 3.2 fold in DSN treated total RNA) in the NSM neurons versus the reference.	WBPaper00045974:NSM_enriched_totalRNA_RNAseq
	Transcripts expressed in intestine, according to PAT-Seq analysis using Pges-1-GFP-3XFLAG mRNA tagging.	Cufflinks FPKM value >=1.	WBPaper00050990:intestine_expressed
Bacteria infection: Staphylococcus aureus MW2. 4 hours of exposure.	Transcripts that showed significantly increased expression after N2 animals had 4 hours of infection by Staphylococcus aureus (MW2).	DEseq 1.18.0, adjusted p-value < 0.05.	WBPaper00056471:S.aureus-4h_upregulated_N2
	Transcripts that showed significantly altered expression after 24 hour exposure to stavudine (d4T) starting at L1 lava stage.	DESeq	WBPaper00053302:stavudine_24h_regulated
	Transcripts that showed significantly increased expression in oocyte germline cells comparing to in mitosis germline cells.	Log2 Fold change > 2 or <-1, p-value < 0.05.	WBPaper00053599:oocyte_vs_mitosis_upregulated
	Genes that showed expression levels higher than the corresponding reference sample (L2 all cell reference).	A Mann-Whitney U test with an empirical background model and FDR correction for multiple testing was used to detect expressed transcripts (Benjamini and Hochberg 1995). Genes and TARs with an FDR <= 0.05 were reported as expressed above background. Authors detected differentially expressed transcripts using a method based on linear models. Genes and TARs were called differentially expressed if the FDR was <= 0.05 and the fold change (FC) >= 2.0. To more strictly correct for potential false-positives resulting from multiple sample comparisons, authors divided individual FDR estimates by the number of samplesor sample comparisons, respectively. This resulted in an adjusted FDR of 1.3 * 0.0001 for expression above background and of 7.4 * 0.0001 for differential expression. Authors called genes selectively enriched in a given tissue if they met the following requirements: (1) enriched expression in a given tissue (FDR <= 0.05 and FC >= 2.0), (2) fold change versus reference among the upper 40% of the positive FC range observed for this gene across all tissues, and (3) fold-change entropy among the lower 40% of the distribution observed for all genes.	WBPaper00037950:coelomocytes_L2-larva_expressed
	Genes that showed expression levels higher than the corresponding reference sample (L2 all cell reference).	A Mann-Whitney U test with an empirical background model and FDR correction for multiple testing was used to detect expressed transcripts (Benjamini and Hochberg 1995). Genes and TARs with an FDR <= 0.05 were reported as expressed above background. Authors detected differentially expressed transcripts using a method based on linear models. Genes and TARs were called differentially expressed if the FDR was <= 0.05 and the fold change (FC) >= 2.0. To more strictly correct for potential false-positives resulting from multiple sample comparisons, authors divided individual FDR estimates by the number of samplesor sample comparisons, respectively. This resulted in an adjusted FDR of 1.3 * 0.0001 for expression above background and of 7.4 * 0.0001 for differential expression. Authors called genes selectively enriched in a given tissue if they met the following requirements: (1) enriched expression in a given tissue (FDR <= 0.05 and FC >= 2.0), (2) fold change versus reference among the upper 40% of the positive FC range observed for this gene across all tissues, and (3) fold-change entropy among the lower 40% of the distribution observed for all genes.	WBPaper00037950:intestine_L2-larva_expressed
	Genes that were not enriched in either spermatogenic fem-3(q96gf) nor oogenic fog-2(q71) gonads, according to RNAseq analysis.	To identify differentially expressed transcripts, authors used R/Bioconductor package DESeq.	WBPaper00045521:Gender_Neutral
	Transcripts that showed altered expression from P0 to F2 generation animals after N2 parental generation were treated with antimycin, but not in damt-1(gk961032) P0 to F2 animals after the parenal generaton were treated with antimycin.	N.A.	WBPaper00055862:antimycin_damt-1(gk961032)_regulated
	Transcripts that showed decreased expression in hlh-11(ko1) knockout strain comparing to in wild type background.	DESeq2, FDR < 0.05	WBPaper00060683:hlh-11(ko1)_downregulated
Starvation 48 hours at L1 arrest	Transcripts that showed significantly increased expression in starved N2 animals (48 hours at L1 arrest)	Fold change > 2.	WBPaper00064005:starvation_upregulated_N2_mRNA
Bacteria infection: Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF. Exposure for 16 hours.	Transcripts that showed significantly decreased expression in hpx-2(dg047) after animals were exposed to E. faecalis OG1RF for 16 hours comparing to exposure to E. Coli OP50.	Cuffcompare and Cuffdiff	WBPaper00056090:E.faecalis_downregulated_hpx-2(dg047)
	Genes found to be regulated by low-copy overexpression of sir-2.1 with p < 0.014.	N.A.	WBPaper00026929:sir-2.1_overexpression_regulated
	TGF- Dauer pathway adult transcriptional targets. Results obtained by comparing the microarray results of the dauer-constitutive mutants daf-7(e1372), daf-7(m62), and daf-1(m40) with dauer-defective mutants daf-3(mgDf90), daf-5(e1386), and daf-7(e1372);daf-3(mgDf90) double mutants at the permissive temperature, 20C, on the first day of adulthood.	SAM	WBPaper00031040:TGF-beta_adult_downregulated
	Genes expressed in N2.	Expressed transcripts were identified on the basis of a Present call in 3 out of 4 N2 experiments as determined by Affymetrix MAS 5.0.	WBPaper00025141:N2_Expressed_Genes
	Transcripts unqiuely expressed in intestine, according to PAT-Seq analysis using Pges-1-GFP-3XFLAG mRNA tagging.	Cufflinks FPKM value >=1.	WBPaper00050990:intestine_enriched
	Transcripts that showed significantly altered expression after 24 hour exposure to stavudine (FLT) starting at L1 lava stage.	DESeq	WBPaper00053302:alovudine_24h_regulated
	Genes that showed expression levels higher than the corresponding reference sample (embryonic 24hr reference).	A Mann-Whitney U test with an empirical background model and FDR correction for multiple testing was used to detect expressed transcripts (Benjamini and Hochberg 1995). Genes and TARs with an FDR <= 0.05 were reported as expressed above background. Authors detected differentially expressed transcripts using a method based on linear models. Genes and TARs were called differentially expressed if the FDR was <= 0.05 and the fold change (FC) >= 2.0. To more strictly correct for potential false-positives resulting from multiple sample comparisons, authors divided individual FDR estimates by the number of samplesor sample comparisons, respectively. This resulted in an adjusted FDR of 1.3 * 0.0001 for expression above background and of 7.4 * 0.0001 for differential expression. Authors called genes selectively enriched in a given tissue if they met the following requirements: (1) enriched expression in a given tissue (FDR <= 0.05 and FC >= 2.0), (2) fold change versus reference among the upper 40% of the positive FC range observed for this gene across all tissues, and (3) fold-change entropy among the lower 40% of the distribution observed for all genes.	WBPaper00037950:A-class-motor-neurons_L1-larva_expressed
	Genes that showed expression levels higher than the corresponding reference sample (L2 all cell reference).	A Mann-Whitney U test with an empirical background model and FDR correction for multiple testing was used to detect expressed transcripts (Benjamini and Hochberg 1995). Genes and TARs with an FDR <= 0.05 were reported as expressed above background. Authors detected differentially expressed transcripts using a method based on linear models. Genes and TARs were called differentially expressed if the FDR was <= 0.05 and the fold change (FC) >= 2.0. To more strictly correct for potential false-positives resulting from multiple sample comparisons, authors divided individual FDR estimates by the number of samplesor sample comparisons, respectively. This resulted in an adjusted FDR of 1.3 * 0.0001 for expression above background and of 7.4 * 0.0001 for differential expression. Authors called genes selectively enriched in a given tissue if they met the following requirements: (1) enriched expression in a given tissue (FDR <= 0.05 and FC >= 2.0), (2) fold change versus reference among the upper 40% of the positive FC range observed for this gene across all tissues, and (3) fold-change entropy among the lower 40% of the distribution observed for all genes.	WBPaper00037950:bodywall-muscle_L2-larva_expressed
	Transcripts enriched in germline by comparing dissected germline tissue with dissected intestine tissue, both injected with empty RNAi vector.	Genes were determined germline-enriched if the lowest expression value (log2(FPKM+1)) observed in the germline empty vector samples was at least 2-fold higher than the highest expression value observed in the intestine empty vector samples.	WBPaper00051039:germline_enriched
	Transcripts that showed significantly decreased expression in sek-1(km4) animals comparing to in N2 animals under both dietary (DR, OP50 OD = 0.1) and ad libtum (AL, OP50 OD = 3) conditions from 3-day post L4 till 6-day post L4 adult hermaphrodite stage.	Bioconductor package edgeR, p < 0.05.	WBPaper00056443:sek-1(km4)_downregulated
	Genes identified as down-regulated at a 5% false discovery rate through RNAseq experiments with three tatn-1(qd182) and three N2 RNA samples.	ANOVA with FDR <= 0.05.	WBPaper00044656:tatn-1(qd182)_downregulated
	Genes expressed in embryonic motor neurons (identified by unc-4::GFP expressing cells).	Genes called Present by MAS 5.0 in 2 out of 3 unc-4::GFP hybridizations.	WBPaper00025141:unc-4::GFP_Expressed_Genes

9 Expression Patterns

• Primary Identifier: Expr2009312
• Pattern: Single cell embryonic expression. Only cell types with an expression fraction of greater 0.2 of the maximum expressed fraction are labeled (Full data can be downloaded from http://caltech.wormbase.org/pub/wormbase/datasets-published/packer2019/). The colors represent the broad cell class to which the cell type has been assigned. The size of the point is proportional to the log2 of the numbers of cells in the dataset of that cell type. Interactive visualizations are available as a web app (https://cello.shinyapps.io/celegans/) and can also be installed as an R package (https://github.com/qinzhu/VisCello.celegans).

• Primary Identifier: Expr1019598
• Pattern: Developmental gene expression time-course. Raw data can be downloaded from ftp://caltech.wormbase.org/pub/wormbase/datasets-published/levin2012

• Primary Identifier: Expr9724
• Reporter Gene: [PC14B1.10::gfp] transcriptional fusion. For plasmid TU#1001 (PC14B1.10gfp), a DNA fragment starting 533 bp upstream of the start codon of the C14B1.10 gene and extending to the end of its first intron was amplified by PCR and cloned into the PstI and BamHI sites in vector pPD95.75 (ftp://www.ciwemb.edu/pub/FireLabInfo/FireLabVectors). --precise ends.
• Pattern: The PC14B1.10 gfp fusion is expressed broadly in early-stage C. elegans larvae but only in a small number of cells, primarily neurons, in adults.

• Primary Identifier: Expr9725
• Reporter Gene: [C14B1.10::GFP] translational fusion. For plasmid TU#1002 (C14B1.10::GFP), a DNA fragment with the same start site but extending to the last codon of the C14B1.10 gene was amplified by PCR and cloned into the PstI and BamHI sites in vector pPD95.75 (ftp://www.ciwemb.edu/pub/FireLabInfo/FireLabVectors).
• Subcellular Localization: The C14B1.10::GFP protein fusion is localized to the cytoplasm of the neurons in which it is expressed in adult worms.

• Primary Identifier: Expr13965
• Pattern: alkb-8 is expressed ubiquitously in embryos from approximately the 40-cell stage throughout the embryonic development. The expression continued in L1 larvae, although it was necessary to use longer exposure time for its visualization in accordance with the decreased expression observed in L1 larvae in the RT-qPCR experiment. The cytoplasmic expression of the transgene was strong in neurons, pharyngeal and body wall muscles, and other tissues such as somatic gonad and the egg-laying apparatus. We also observed diffuse expression in intestinal cells.

• Primary Identifier: Expr1033264
• Pattern: Tiling arrays expression graphs

• Primary Identifier: Expr2027548
• Pattern: Single cell embryonic expression. Only cell types with an expression fraction of greater 0.2 of the maximum expressed fraction are labeled (Full data can be downloaded from http://caltech.wormbase.org/pub/wormbase/datasets-published/packer2019/). The colors represent the broad cell class to which the cell type has been assigned. The size of the point is proportional to the log2 of the numbers of cells in the dataset of that cell type. Interactive visualizations are available as a web app (https://cello.shinyapps.io/celegans/) and can also be installed as an R package (https://github.com/qinzhu/VisCello.celegans).

• Primary Identifier: Expr1144556
• Pattern: Developmental gene expression time-course. Raw data can be downloaded from ftp://caltech.wormbase.org/pub/wormbase/datasets-published/hashimshony2015

• Primary Identifier: Expr13964
• Pattern: The rela- tively high expression of alkb-8 in the embryos de- creased in synchronized L1 larvae and steadily increased from the L2 stage to young adults

17 GO Annotation

5 Homologues

1 Locations

• Feature . Primary Identifier: WBGene00007581
• Start: 3709330
• End: 3713348
• Strand: 1

17 Ontology Annotations

0 Regulates Expr Cluster

1 Sequence

• Length: 4019

1 Sequence Ontology Term