Gene
- Public Gene Name
- mom-1
- Sequence Name
- T07H6.2
- WB ID
- WBGene00003394
- Description
- mom-1 encodes a predicted O-acyltransferase that is orthologous to Porcupine proteins conserved across a wide range of species; MOM-1 functions as part of a Wnt/MAPK signaling pathway that is required maternally for endoderm induction in the early embryo; by homology, MOM-1 is predicted to be a membrane-spanning endoplasmic reticulum protein that stimulates post-translational processing of Wnt signaling molecules such as MOM-2; embryonic mosaic analysis indicates that MOM-1 activity is required in the signaling cell, P2, for proper specification of endoderm, consistent with its predicted role in processing MOM-2/Wnt.