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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-10-19
pubmed:abstractText
The BTB/POZ (broad complex Tramtrack bric-a-brac/Pox virus and zinc finger) domain is an evolutionarily conserved protein-protein interaction motif. Many BTB-containing proteins are transcriptional regulators involved in a wide range of developmental processes. However, the significance of the BTB domain in development has not been evaluated. Here we present evidence that overexpression of the Tramtrack69 (Ttk69) protein not only blocks neuronal photoreceptor differentiation but also promotes nonneuronal cone cell specification in early Drosophila eye development. We show that the BTB domain is essential for Ttk69 function and single amino acid changes in highly conserved residues in this domain abolish Ttk69 activity. Interestingly, the Ttk69 BTB can be substituted by the BTB of the human Bcl-6 protein, suggesting that BTB function has been conserved between Drosophila and humans. We found that the Ttk69 BTB domain is critical for mediating interaction with the Drosophila homolog of C-terminal-binding protein (dCtBP) in vitro, and dCtBP(-) mutations genetically interact with ttk69. Furthermore, the C-terminal region downstream of the DNA-binding zinc fingers is shown to be essential for Ttk69 function. A dCtBP consensus binding motif in the C terminus appears to contribute to Ttk69 activity, but it cannot be fully responsible for the function of the C terminus.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0016-6731
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
156
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
195-203
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
The N-terminal BTB/POZ domain and C-terminal sequences are essential for Tramtrack69 to specify cell fate in the developing Drosophila eye.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.