| Dauer Formation abnormality gene 5 | |
| Organism: | Caenorhabditis elegans |
| Taxid: | 6239 |
| Symbol: | Daf-5 |
| Entrezgene: | 175054 |
| Refseqmrna: | NM_064540.5 |
| Refseqprotein: | NP_496941.1 |
| Uniprot: | G5EDM7 |
| Chromosome: | II |
| Entrezchromosome: | NC_003280.10 |
| Genloc Start: | 14033233 |
| Genloc End: | 14037721 |
Daf-5 is an ortholog of the mammalian protein Sno/Ski，which present in the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans on the downstream of TGFβ signaling pathway.[1] Without daf-7 signal, daf-5 combined with daf-3, co-SMAD for C. elegans, to form a heterodimer and started dauer development.[2]