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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-8-31
pubmed:abstractText
The Frizzled (Fz) protein in Drosophila is a bifunctional receptor that acts through a GTPase pathway in planar polarity signaling and as a receptor for Wingless (Wg) using the canonical Wnt pathway. We found that the ligand-binding domain (CRD) of Fz has an approximately 10-fold lower affinity for Wg than the CRD of DFz2, a Wg receptor without polarity activity. When the Fz CRD is replaced by the high-affinity CRD of DFz2, the resulting chimeric protein gains Wg signaling activity, yet also retains polarity signaling activity. In contrast, the reciprocal exchange of the Fz CRD onto DFz2 is not sufficient to confer polarity activity to DFz2. This suggests that Fz has an intrinsic capacity for polarity signaling and that high-affinity interaction with Wg couples it to the Wnt pathway.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Drosophila Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Frizzled Receptors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Insect Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ligands, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Cell Surface, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Fusion Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Wnt1 Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/fz protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/wg protein, Drosophila
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1097-2765
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
117-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10949033-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10949033-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:10949033-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10949033-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10949033-Frizzled Receptors, pubmed-meshheading:10949033-Genes, Insect, pubmed-meshheading:10949033-Insect Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10949033-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:10949033-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10949033-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10949033-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:10949033-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10949033-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:10949033-Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, pubmed-meshheading:10949033-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10949033-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:10949033-Wing, pubmed-meshheading:10949033-Wnt1 Protein
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Pathway specificity by the bifunctional receptor frizzled is determined by affinity for wingless.
pubmed:affiliation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University, California 94305, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't