德洛索菲拉的特定切断定义了受体的主导激活和主导负面形式
I Rebay1, R G Fehon, S Artavanis-Tsakonas
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Cell Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06536-0812.
Cell
|July 30, 1993
概括
研究Drosophila Notch蛋白质域揭示了细胞外区域结合联体,细胞内区域传输信号. 特定的删除导致了占主导地位的功能增益或功能丧失表型,突出的是Notch.
科学领域:
- 发育生物学是发展生物学.
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 在Drosophila发育过程中,Notch基因对于细胞命运规范至关重要.
- 了解特定的Notch蛋白域的功能作用是必不可少的.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究Drosophila Notch蛋白的特定结构域的体内功能.
- 阐明细胞外和细胞内域在诺奇信号传递中的作用.
主要方法:
- 在hsp70热冲击促进体下,Drosophila中Notch删除突变的异胎表达.
- 观察和分析主导的功能获取和功能丧失现象型.
主要成果:
- 缺少细胞外序列的Notch过度表达导致主导激活表型 (功能获取).
- 缺少细胞内序列的Notch过度表达导致了主导的负现型 (功能丧失).
- 细胞内域内的cdc10/ankyrin重复区域对于信号传导至关重要.
结论:
- 隙作为受体起作用,细胞外域调解着连接体结合,细胞内域传输信号.
- 细胞外域对于连接体相互作用至关重要,而细胞内域对于信号传导至关重要.
- cdc10/ankyrin重复区域在Notch信号传导途径中发挥着关键作用.
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