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- Title
A role for Ebi in neuronal cell cycle control.
- Authors
Boulton, Simon J.; Brook, Adam; Staehling-Hampton, Karen; Heitzler, Pascal; Dyson, Nick
- Abstract
Mutations in ebi were isolated as enhancers of an over-proliferation phenotype generated by elevated E2F/DP activity in the Drosophila eye. ebi alleles also strongly suppress a phenotype caused by the cyclindependent kinase inhibitor p21, restoring S phases in the second mitotic wave of the developing eye disk. ebi mutant embryos display ectopic S phases within the peripheral nervous system and central nervous system at a time in development when neuronal precursor cells would normally begin to differentiate. Consistent with this, we find that ebi mutants have a reduced capacity to undergo neuronal differentiation, that Ebi physically interacts with Sina and phyllopod, and that Ebi promotes Ttk88 degradation in vitro and in S2 cells. Ectopic expression of Ttk88 inhibited differentiation in embryos and eye discs; however, this block to differentiation was insufficient to promote S phase entry in either of the situations where ebi mutations gave this effect. We conclude that Ebi has two distinct functions; it promotes the degradation of a repressor of neuronal differentiation (Ttk88), and has a second independent function that limits S phase entry.
- Subjects
DROSOPHILA; NEURAL physiology; CELL physiology; FRUIT flies; BIOMOLECULES; BIOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR biology
- Publication
EMBO Journal, 2000, Vol 19, Issue 20, p5376
- ISSN
0261-4189
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/emboj/19.20.5376