| Literature DB >> 11533661 |
S Goto1, M Taniguchi, M Muraoka, H Toyoda, Y Sado, M Kawakita, S Hayashi.
Abstract
Glycosylation modifies protein activities in various biological processes. Here, we report the functions of a novel UDP-sugar transporter (UST74C, an alternative name for Fringe connection (Frc)) localized to the Golgi apparatus in cellular signalling of Drosophila. Mutants in the frc gene exhibit phenotypes resembling wingless and Notch mutants. Both Fringe-dependent and Fringe-independent Notch pathways are affected, and both glycosylation and proteolytic maturation of Notch are defective in mutant larvae. The results suggest that changes in nucleotide-sugar levels can differently affect Wingless and two distinct aspects of Notch signalling.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11533661 DOI: 10.1038/ncb0901-816
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Cell Biol ISSN: 1465-7392 Impact factor: 28.824