The F-box protein Bard (CG14317) targets the Smaug RNA-binding protein for destruction during the Drosophila maternal-to-zygotic transition
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ABSTRACT: During the maternal-to-zygotic transition (MZT), which encompasses the earliest stages of animal embryogenesis, a subset of maternally supplied gene products is cleared, thus permitting activation of zygotic gene expression. In the Drosophila melanogaster embryo, the RNA-binding protein Smaug plays an essential role in progression through the MZT by regulating the translational repression and degradation of a large number of maternal mRNA species. The Smaug protein itself is rapidly cleared at the end of the MZT by the Skp/Cullin/F-box (SCF) E3-ligase complex; clearance of Smaug requires zygotic transcription. Here, we show that an F-box protein, which we name Bard (encoded by CG14317), is required for degradation of Smaug. Bard is expressed zygotically and physically interacts with Smaug at the end of the MZT, coincident with binding of the maternal SCF proteins, SkpA and Cullin1, and with degradation of Smaug. We show that shRNA-mediated knock-down of Bard or deletion of the bard gene in the early embryo results in stabilization of Smaug protein, a phenotype that is rescued by transgenes expressing Bard .
INSTRUMENT(S): QE-HF
ORGANISM(S): Drosophila Melanogaster (ncbitaxon:7227)
SUBMITTER: Howard Lipshitz
PROVIDER: MSV000088199 | MassIVE | Wed Oct 06 20:11:00 BST 2021
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PXD028973
REPOSITORIES: MassIVE
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