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- Title
Fates-shifted is an F-box protein that targets Bicoid for degradation and regulates developmental fate determination in Drosophila embryos.
- Authors
Junbo Liu; Jun Ma
- Abstract
Bicoid (Bcd) is a morphogenetic protein that instructs patterning along the anterior-posterior (A-P) axis in Drosophila melanogaster embryos. Despite extensive studies, what controls the formation of a normal concentration gradient of Bcd remains an unresolved and controversial question. Here, we show that Bcd protein degradation is mediated by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. We have identified an F-box protein, encoded by fates-shifted (fsd), that has an important role in Bcd protein degradation by targeting it for ubiquitylation. Embryos from females lacking fsd have an altered Bcd gradient profile, resulting in a shift of the fatemap along the A-P axis. Our study is an experimental demonstration that, contrary to an alternative hypothesis, Bcd protein degradation is required for normal gradient formation and developmental fate determination.
- Subjects
PROTEIN research; DROSOPHILA melanogaster; EMBRYOS; EMBRYOLOGY; UBIQUITIN; CELL proliferation
- Publication
Nature Cell Biology, 2011, Vol 13, Issue 1, p22
- ISSN
1465-7392
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ncb2141