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Titolo: Identification and characterization of Drosophila homolog of Rho-kinase
Autore: Mizuno, T; Amano, M; Kaibuchi, K; Nishida, Y;
- Indirizzi:
- Nagoya Univ, Grad Sch Sci, Div Biol Sci, Chikusa Ku, Nagoya, Aichi 4648602, Japan Nagoya Univ Nagoya Aichi Japan 4648602 a Ku, Nagoya, Aichi 4648602, Japan Nara Inst Sci & Technol, Div Signal Transduct, Ikoma 6300101, Japan Nara Inst Sci & Technol Ikoma Japan 6300101 nsduct, Ikoma 6300101, Japan
- Titolo Testata:
- GENE
fascicolo: 2,
volume: 238,
anno: 1999,
pagine: 437 - 444
- SICI:
- 0378-1119(19991001)238:2<437:IACODH>2.0.ZU;2-A
- Fonte:
- ISI
- Lingua:
- ENG
- Soggetto:
- GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL-SHAPE CHANGES; MYOTONIC-DYSTROPHY KINASE; SERINE THREONINE KINASE; ACTIN STRESS FIBERS; SERINE/THREONINE KINASE; MYOSIN PHOSPHATASE; ROK-ALPHA; CDC42; FAMILY;
- Keywords:
- actin cytoskeleton; in-vitro kinase assay; low-stringency PCR; morphogenesis; Rho effector; two-hybrid analysis;
- Tipo documento:
- Article
- Natura:
- Periodico
- Settore Disciplinare:
- Life Sciences
- Citazioni:
- 29
- Recensione:
- Indirizzi per estratti:
- Indirizzo: Nishida, Y Nagoya Univ, Grad Sch Sci, Div Biol Sci, Chikusa Ku, Nagoya, Aichi 4648602, Japan Nagoya Univ Nagoya Aichi Japan 4648602 a, Aichi 4648602, Japan
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- Citazione:
- T. Mizuno et al., "Identification and characterization of Drosophila homolog of Rho-kinase", GENE, 238(2), 1999, pp. 437-444
Abstract
The Rho family of small GTPases and their associated regulators and targets are essential mediators of diverse morphogenetic events in development. Mammalian Rho-kinase/ROK alpha, one of the targets of Rho, has been shown tobind to Rho in GTP-bound form and to phosphorylate the myosin light chain (MLC) and the myosin-binding subunit (MBS) of myosin phosphatase, resultingin the activation of myosin. Thus, Rho-kinase/ROK alpha has been suggestedto play essential roles in the formation of stress fibers and focal adhesions. We have identified the Drosophila homolog of Rho-kinase/ROK alpha, DRho-kinase, which has conserved the basic structural feature of Rho-kinase/ROK alpha consisting of the N-terminal kinase, central coiled-coil and C-terminal pleckstrin homology (PH) domains. A two-hybrid analysis demonstrated that DRho-kinase interacts with the GTP-bound form of the Drosophila Rho, Drhol, at the conserved Rho-binding site. DRho-kinase can phosphorylate MLC and MBS, preferable substrates for bovine Rho-kinase, in vitro. DRho-kinase is ubiquitously expressed throughout development, in a pattern essentially identical to that of Drhol. These results suggest that DRho-kinase is an effector of Drhol. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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