| Literature DB >> 12408804 |
Leung Kim1, Adrian Harwood, Alan R Kimmel.
Abstract
Asymmetric body axis formation is central to metazoan development. Dictyostelium establishes an anterior/posterior axis utilizing seven-transmembrane cAMP morphogen receptors (CARs) and GSK3-mediated signal transductions that has a parallel with metazoan Wnt/Frizzled-GSK3 pathways. In Dictyostelium, GSK3 promotes posterior cell patterning but inhibits anterior cell differentiation. Tyrosine kinase ZAK1 mediates GSK3 activation. We now show that CAR4 regulates a tyrosine phosphatase that inhibits GSK3 activity. We have also identified essential phosphotyrosines in GSK3, confirmed their role in activated/deactivated regulation and cell fate decisions, and relate them to the predicted 3D structure of GSK3beta. CARs differentially regulate GSK3 activity by selectively activating a tyrosine phosphatase or kinase for pattern formation. The findings may provide a comparative understanding of CAR-GSK3 and Wnt/Frizzled-GSK3 pathways.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID： 12408804 DOI： 10.1016/s1534-5807(02)00269-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Dev Cell ISSN： 1534-5807 Impact factor: 12.270