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诺图姆 deacylates Wnt 蛋白质以抑制信号活动
Satoshi Kakugawa1, Paul F Langton1, Matthias Zebisch2
1MRC's National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK.
Nature
|March 4, 2015
概括
诺图姆,一个Wnt信号抗剂,不会脱落glypicans. 相反,这种酶作为脱酶,从Wnt蛋白中去除棕酸盐,以调节信号传递.
科学领域:
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 发育生物学 发展生物学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- Wnt蛋白信号传递对发育和恒温至关重要,其失调与癌症有关.
- 诺图姆是一种分泌的反对手,调节Wnt信号传输,以前认为作为脂酶.
- 脂酶模型未能解释Notum对甘氨酸和Wnt蛋白的作用的特异性.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究Notum对抗Wnt信号的精确机制.
- 为了确定Notum是否可以切割glycophosphatidylinositol的glypicans.
- 为了阐明Notum的酶活性和基质特异性.
主要方法:
- 在Drosophila中进行基因分析,以研究Notum-glypican相互作用.
- 人类和Drosophila Notum. 的结构分析.
- 人类诺图姆活动的动力和质谱分析.
主要成果:
- 诺图姆需要glypicans来抑制Wnt信号传输,但不会分裂它们的.
- 结构研究揭示了甘氨酸氨基甘氨酸的结合部位和一个可容纳棕酸盐的疏水口袋.
- 诺图姆作为一个碳氧化酶起作用,从Wnt蛋白中去除棕酸盐.
结论:
- 诺图姆是第一个已识别的细胞外蛋白脱酶,专门针对Wnt蛋白质.
- 这种脱化机制解释了诺图姆在调节Wnt信号传输方面的特异性.
- 这些发现修订了对Notum在Wnt通路调节和组织平衡中的作用的理解.
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