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- Title
Tay Bridge Is a Negative Regulator of EGFR Signalling and Interacts with Erk and Mkp3 in the<i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> Wing.
- Authors
Molnar, Cristina; de Celis, Jose F.
- Abstract
The regulation of Extracellular regulated kinase (Erk) activity is a key aspect of signalling by pathways activated by extracellular ligands acting through tyrosine kinase transmembrane receptors. In this process, participate proteins with kinase activity that phosphorylate and activate Erk, as well as different phosphatases that inactivate Erk by de-phosphorylation. The state of Erk phosphorylation affects not only its activity, but also its subcellular localization, defining the repertoire of Erk target proteins, and consequently, the cellular response to Erk. In this work, we characterise Tay bridge as a novel component of the EGFR/Erk signalling pathway. Tay bridge is a large nuclear protein with a domain of homology with human AUTS2, and was previously identified due to the neuronal phenotypes displayed by loss-of-function mutations. We show that Tay bridge antagonizes EGFR signalling in the Drosophila melanogaster wing disc and other tissues, and that the protein interacts with both Erk and Mkp3. We suggest that Tay bridge constitutes a novel element involved in the regulation of Erk activity, acting as a nuclear docking for Erk that retains this protein in an inactive form in the nucleus.
- Publication
PLoS Genetics, 2013, Vol 9, Issue 12, p1
- ISSN
1553-7390
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pgen.1003982