PUBLICATION
Ubr3, a Novel Modulator of Hh Signaling Affects the Degradation of Costal-2 and Kif7 through Poly-ubiquitination
- Authors
- Li, T., Fan, J., Blanco-Sánchez, B., Giagtzoglou, N., Lin, G., Yamamoto, S., Jaiswal, M., Chen, K., Zhang, J., Wei, W., Lewis, M.T., Groves, A.K., Westerfield, M., Jia, J., Bellen, H.J.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-160520-3
- Date
- 2016
- Source
- PLoS Genetics 12: e1006054 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Blanco, Bernardo, Westerfield, Monte
- Keywords
- Hedgehog signaling, Cloning, Ubiquitination, Zebrafish, Immunoprecipitation, Eyes, Drosophila melanogaster, Small interfering RNAs
- MeSH Terms
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- Mice
- Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/genetics*
- Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/metabolism
- Eye/growth & development
- Eye/metabolism*
- Drosophila melanogaster/genetics
- Drosophila melanogaster/growth & development
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Proteolysis
- RNA, Small Interfering
- Polyubiquitin
- Photoreceptor Cells/metabolism
- Ubiquitination
- Kinesins/genetics*
- Kinesins/metabolism
- Drosophila Proteins/genetics*
- Drosophila Proteins/metabolism
- Hedgehog Proteins/genetics
- Signal Transduction
- Animals
- PubMed
- 27195754 Full text @ PLoS Genet.
Citation
Li, T., Fan, J., Blanco-Sánchez, B., Giagtzoglou, N., Lin, G., Yamamoto, S., Jaiswal, M., Chen, K., Zhang, J., Wei, W., Lewis, M.T., Groves, A.K., Westerfield, M., Jia, J., Bellen, H.J. (2016) Ubr3, a Novel Modulator of Hh Signaling Affects the Degradation of Costal-2 and Kif7 through Poly-ubiquitination. PLoS Genetics. 12:e1006054.
Abstract
Hedgehog (Hh) signaling regulates multiple aspects of metazoan development and tissue homeostasis, and is constitutively active in numerous cancers. We identified Ubr3, an E3 ubiquitin ligase, as a novel, positive regulator of Hh signaling in Drosophila and vertebrates. Hh signaling regulates the Ubr3-mediated poly-ubiquitination and degradation of Cos2, a central component of Hh signaling. In developing Drosophila eye discs, loss of ubr3 leads to a delayed differentiation of photoreceptors and a reduction in Hh signaling. In zebrafish, loss of Ubr3 causes a decrease in Shh signaling in the developing eyes, somites, and sensory neurons. However, not all tissues that require Hh signaling are affected in zebrafish. Mouse UBR3 poly-ubiquitinates Kif7, the mammalian homologue of Cos2. Finally, loss of UBR3 up-regulates Kif7 protein levels and decreases Hh signaling in cultured cells. In summary, our work identifies Ubr3 as a novel, evolutionarily conserved modulator of Hh signaling that boosts Hh in some tissues.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping