Gene
- Public Gene Name
- ape-1
- Sequence Name
- F46F3.4
- WB ID
- WBGene00000146
- Description
- ape-1 encodes an ortholog of inhibitory p53-interacting protein (iASPP); APE-1 binds CEP-1 in vitro, and shares 38% amino-acid identity in its ankyrin repeats and SH3 domain to iASPP, with many iASPP residues contacting p53 being conserved; RNAi of ape-1 induces CEP-1- and HUS-1-dependent apoptosis in the germline, consistent with inhibition of the CEP-1/HUS-1 DNA damage checkpoint by APE-1 in the germline; excess ape-1(RNAi) apoptosis also requires CED-3.
