突变改变了Drosophila Notch位上的表皮生长因子类编码序列的结构
M R Kelley1, S Kidd, W A Deutsch
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021.
Cell
|November 20, 1987
概括
这项研究揭示了Drosophila Notch蛋白内特定的外皮生长因子类 (EGF类) 重复具有不同的功能. 这些重复的变化及其总数对于Notch蛋白质至关重要.
科学领域:
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
- 分子遗传学 分子遗传学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
背景情况:
- 德洛索菲拉的蛋白质是神经发生的关键调节者.
- 它包括许多连续重复的表皮生长因子类 (EGF类) 域.
- 众所周知,这些类似EGF的重复对于Notch信号传输至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究Notch蛋白中的36个EGF类重复体之间的功能差异化.
- 为了确定重复数和序列变化的重复数对Notch蛋白功能的重要性.
- 阐明特定的EGF类似重复区域在蛋白质相互作用中的作用.
主要方法:
- 对八种导致EGF同源元素单氨基酸替代的特定突变的分析.
- 对Drosophila这些突变的遗传分析.
- 来自突变和野生类型的DNA序列的比较.
主要成果:
- 证据表明,在配对重复的EGF类序列之间存在功能差异化.
- 证明总重复数和小序列变化对野生类型的Notch函数至关重要.
- 确定涉及二元化/多元化和与分裂增强剂相互作用的EGF类重复的不同区域.
结论:
- 在Notch蛋白中类似EGF的重复并不是功能冗余的.
- 特定的重复序列及其总计数对于适当的Notch蛋白活性至关重要.
- 不同的EGF类重复组调解了神经发生过程中必不可少的不同蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用.
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