UniProt functional annotation for Q08180

UniProt code: Q08180.

Organism: Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota; Neoptera; Endopterygota; Diptera; Brachycera; Muscomorpha; Ephydroidea; Drosophilidae; Drosophila; Sophophora.
 
Function: Required for correct axonal pathway formation in the optic lobe and for programmed cell death in the developing retina. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7503814}.
 
Subcellular location: Membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7503814}; Single- pass type I membrane protein {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7503814}.
Tissue specificity: Postembryonic expression is strong in the developing optic lobe and in the eye imaginal disk. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7503814}.
Developmental stage: Strongly expressed in embryos. Also found in late larval and pupal stages. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7503814}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.