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- Title
A novel zinc-carboxypeptidase SURO-1 regulates cuticle formation and body morphogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans
- Authors
Kim, Tai Hoon; Kim, Yeon Jung; Cho, Jin Won; Shim, Jaegal
- Abstract
Abstract: Cuticle formation and molting are critical for the development of Caenorhabditis elegans. To understand cuticle formation more clearly, we screened for suppressors in transgenic worms that expressed dominant ROL-6 collagen proteins. The suro-1 mutant, which is mild dumpy, exhibited a different ROL-6::GFP localization pattern compared to other Dpy mutants. We identified mutations in three suro-1 mutants, and found that suro-1 (ORF R11A5.7) encodes a putative zinc-carboxypeptidase homologue. The expression of this enzyme in the hypodermis and the genetic interactions between this enzyme and other collagen-modifying enzyme mutants suggest a regulatory role in collagen processing and cuticle organization for this novel carboxypeptidase. These findings aid our understanding of cuticle formation during worm development.
- Subjects
CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; ZINC; CUTICLE; MORPHOGENESIS; CAENORHABDITIS elegans; COLLAGEN; GENE expression
- Publication
FEBS Letters, 2011, Vol 585, Issue 1, p121
- ISSN
0014-5793
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.febslet.2010.11.020