The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Shaker across different species:

Shaker (Sh)

Other aliases include:

BcDNA:GH03046, CG17860, CG7640, EKO, F-c, SH, Sha, Shw, V-I, minisleep, DmelCG12348, CG12348

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Shaker:

shaker, isoform B – CG12348-PB – Sh-PB – Shaker-downheld – F-c transcription unit – shaker, isoform D – CG12348-PD – Sh-PD – shaker, isoform G – CG12348-PG – Sh-PG – shaker, isoform C – CG12348-PC – Sh-PC – shaker, isoform E – CG12348-PE – Sh-PE – shaker, isoform A – CG12348-PA – Sh-PA – shaker, isoform F – CG12348-PF – Sh-PF

Shaker fulfills a number of functions:

protein binding – voltage-gated cation channel activity – voltage-gated potassium channel activity

Shaker is relevant to the following processes:

axon extension – behavioral response to ether – courtship behavior – detection of visible light – flight behavior – larval locomotory behavior – learning or memory – potassium ion transport – proboscis extension reflex – regulation of action potential – regulation of circadian sleep/wake cycle, sleep – regulation of synaptic activity – sensory perception of taste – sleep

Locations for Shaker:

integral to membrane – voltage-gated potassium channel complex

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology