APH-1 is a multipass membrane protein essential for the Notch signaling pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos

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Goutte, C [1 ]
Tsunozaki, M
Hale, VA
Priess, JR
机构
[1] Amherst Coll, Dept Biol, Amherst, MA 01002 USA
[2] Fred Hutchinson Canc Res Ctr, Div Basic Sci, Seattle, WA 98109 USA
[3] Fred Hutchinson Canc Res Ctr, Cellular Biol Program, Seattle, WA 98109 USA
[4] Univ Washington, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[5] Univ Washington, Dept Zool, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
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10.1073/pnas.022523499
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Early embryonic cells in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos interact through a signaling pathway closely related to the Notch signaling pathway in Drosophila and vertebrates. Components of this pathway include a ligand, receptor, the presenilin proteins, and a novel protein, APH-2, that is related to the Nicastrin protein in humans. Here we identify the aph-1 gene as a new component of the Notch pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans. aph-1 is predicted to encode a novel, highly conserved multipass membrane protein. We show that aph-1 and the presenilin genes share a similar function in that they are both required for proper cell-surface localization of APH-2/Nicastrin.
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