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Notch Signaling Pathway03:14

Notch Signaling Pathway

The Notch signaling pathway is a major intracellular signaling pathway that is highly conserved over a broad spectrum of metazoan species. It stands unique from other intracellular signaling mechanisms in animals because notch protein itself acts as the receptor as well as the primary signaling molecule.
The Notch gene came into the limelight in 1914 after the discovery that its mutation in Drosophila melanogaster leads to a serrated (or "notched") wing margin phenotype. It was not until 1985...
Notch Signaling Pathway03:14

Notch Signaling Pathway

The Notch signaling pathway is a major intracellular signaling pathway that is highly conserved over a broad spectrum of metazoan species. It stands unique from other intracellular signaling mechanisms in animals because notch protein itself acts as the receptor as well as the primary signaling molecule.
The Notch gene came into the limelight in 1914 after the discovery that its mutation in Drosophila melanogaster leads to a serrated (or "notched") wing margin phenotype. It was not until 1985...
Role Of Notch Signalling In Intestinal Stem Cell Renewal01:12

Role Of Notch Signalling In Intestinal Stem Cell Renewal

Notch signaling was first discovered in Drosophila melanogaster, where it is involved in cell lineage differentiation. Notch signaling regulates the maintenance and differentiation of intestinal stem cells or ISCs by controlling the expression of atonal homolog 1 or Atoh1. Atoh1 directs cells to differentiate into secretory cells.
Direct cell-to-cell contact is needed for the activation of Notch signaling. The signal is initiated when a notch ligand binds to a receptor on an adjacent cell, also...
Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathway02:54

Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathway

The gene encoding the main signaling molecules of the Wnt signaling pathways (the Wnt proteins) was discovered almost four decades ago by Nüsslein-Volhard and Wieschaus. They identified and originally named the gene "wingless" (wg) after a phenotype discovered during their landmark genetic screen in Drosophila for body pattern defects. At around the same time, another researcher named Harold Varmus found that a murine tumor virus activates the mammalian wg homolog, Int-1, which results in tumor...
Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathway02:54

Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathway

The gene encoding the main signaling molecules of the Wnt signaling pathways (the Wnt proteins) was discovered almost four decades ago by Nüsslein-Volhard and Wieschaus. They identified and originally named the gene "wingless" (wg) after a phenotype discovered during their landmark genetic screen in Drosophila for body pattern defects. At around the same time, another researcher named Harold Varmus found that a murine tumor virus activates the mammalian wg homolog, Int-1, which results in tumor...
Assembly of Signaling Complexes01:30

Assembly of Signaling Complexes

Multiprotein signaling complexes are formed in a dynamic process involving protein-protein interactions at the cytoplasmic domain of transmembrane receptors or enzymatic and non-enzymatic proteins associated with the receptor. These complexes ensure the activation and propagation of intracellular signals that regulate cell functions.
Interaction domains in cell signaling
Interaction domains recognize exposed features of their binding partners containing post-translationally modified sequences,...

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Notch signaling: genetics and structure.

Iva Greenwald1, Rhett Kovall

  • 1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. isg4@columbia.edu

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Notch signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans is crucial for animal development and human disease. Recent structural biology advances illuminate Notch

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Area of Science:

  • Developmental Biology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Structural Biology

Background:

  • Notch signaling is a fundamental cell-cell communication pathway essential for animal development.
  • Aberrations in Notch signaling are linked to various human diseases.
  • Caenorhabditis elegans serves as a powerful model organism for studying Notch pathway genetics and mechanisms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide a comprehensive overview of Notch signaling in C. elegans.
  • To integrate recent structural biology findings with genetic and molecular data.
  • To detail the molecular mechanisms of ligand binding and transcriptional control.

Main Methods:

  • Genetic analysis of conserved core components and modulators in C. elegans.
  • Structural biology techniques, including crystallography, to determine component structures.
  • Comparative analysis of C. elegans Notch components with orthologs in other species.

Main Results:

  • Detailed description of Notch pathway genetics in C. elegans.
  • Integration of structural data, including C. elegans components, to elucidate molecular mechanisms.
  • Identification of key events in ligand binding and downstream transcriptional regulation.

Conclusions:

  • C. elegans research has significantly advanced the understanding of Notch signaling structure and function.
  • Structural insights provide a deeper mechanistic understanding of Notch pathway regulation.
  • This review consolidates genetic, molecular, and structural information for future research.