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SUBMITTER: Marek LR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3354765 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Marek Lorri R LR Kagan Jonathan C JC
Immunity 20120329 4
The cell biological principles that govern innate immune responses in Drosophila are unknown. Here, we report that Toll signaling in flies was dictated by the subcellular localization of the adaptor protein dMyD88. dMyD88 was located at the plasma membrane by a process dependent on a C-terminal phosphoinositide-binding domain. In vivo analysis revealed that lipid binding by dMyD88 was necessary for its antimicrobial and developmental functions as well as for the recruitment of the downstream cyt ...[more]