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Four-jointed is a Golgi kinase that phosphorylates a subset of cadherin domains.


ABSTRACT: The atypical cadherin Fat acts as a receptor for a signaling pathway that regulates growth, gene expression, and planar cell polarity. Genetic studies in Drosophila identified the four-jointed gene as a regulator of Fat signaling. We show that four-jointed encodes a protein kinase that phosphorylates serine or threonine residues within extracellular cadherin domains of Fat and its transmembrane ligand, Dachsous. Four-jointed functions in the Golgi and is the first molecularly defined kinase that phosphorylates protein domains destined to be extracellular. An acidic sequence motif (Asp-Asn-Glu) within Four-jointed was essential for its kinase activity in vitro and for its biological activity in vivo. Our results indicate that Four-jointed regulates Fat signaling by phosphorylating cadherin domains of Fat and Dachsous as they transit through the Golgi.

SUBMITTER: Ishikawa HO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2562711 | biostudies-other | 2008 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Four-jointed is a Golgi kinase that phosphorylates a subset of cadherin domains.

Ishikawa Hiroyuki O HO   Takeuchi Hideyuki H   Haltiwanger Robert S RS   Irvine Kenneth D KD  

Science (New York, N.Y.) 20080701 5887


The atypical cadherin Fat acts as a receptor for a signaling pathway that regulates growth, gene expression, and planar cell polarity. Genetic studies in Drosophila identified the four-jointed gene as a regulator of Fat signaling. We show that four-jointed encodes a protein kinase that phosphorylates serine or threonine residues within extracellular cadherin domains of Fat and its transmembrane ligand, Dachsous. Four-jointed functions in the Golgi and is the first molecularly defined kinase that  ...[more]

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