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Ras target protein canoe is a substrate for Cdc2 and Cdk5 kinases
Author(s) -
Takahashi Kuniaki,
Hamada Noriko,
Yamamoto Daisuke
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
archives of insect biochemistry and physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.576
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1520-6327
pISSN - 0739-4462
DOI - 10.1002/arch.10012
Subject(s) - biology , kinase , imaginal disc , cyclin dependent kinase 1 , phosphorylation , microbiology and biotechnology , gsk 3 , armadillo , locus (genetics) , mutant , protein serine threonine kinases , biochemistry , protein kinase a , gene , cell cycle
Mutations in the canoe locus of Drosophila lead to failure in the dorsal closure of the embryonic epidermis and pattern formation defects in imaginal eyes and wings. In the wing, the canoe mutants develop extra veins when they are heterozygous for shaggy , a mutation in the locus encoding the glycogen synthase kinase 3β (Gsk3β), which has been known to phosphorylate the Armadillo protein. Although Canoe has a putative target sequence for phosphorylation by Gsk3β similar to that found in Armadillo, in vitro experiments indicate that Canoe is not phosphorylated by Gsk3β. Instead, Canoe is demonstrated to be a good substrate of Cdc2 and Cdk5 kinases. Thus, Cdc2 and Cdk5 kinases are the potential regulators of the function of Canoe in morphogenesis. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 49:102–107, 2002. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.