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SUBMITTER: Crotty T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1622849 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Crotty Tracy T Cai Jinjin J Sakane Fumio F Taketomi Akinobu A Prescott Stephen M SM Topham Matthew K MK
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20061004 42
Diacylglycerol kinases (DGKs) phosphorylate diacylglycerol (DAG) to terminate its signaling. To study DGKdelta, we disrupted its gene in mice and found that DGKdelta deficiency reduced EGF receptor (EGFR) protein expression and activity. Similar to EGFR knockout mice, DGKdelta-deficient pups were born with open eyelids and died shortly after birth. PKCs are activated by DAG and phosphorylate EGFR to reduce its expression and activity. We found DAG accumulation, increased threonine phosphorylatio ...[more]