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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 108, 期 27, 页码 11127-11132出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1104128108
关键词
myristoylation; TKV interaction
资金
- National Institutes of Health [R01CA108509, DK83450]
- Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [20590311]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [20590311] Funding Source: KAKEN
The level of TGF-beta/bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling through Smad is tightly regulated to ensure proper embryonic patterning and homeostasis. Here we show that Smad activation by TGF-beta/BMP is blocked by a highly conserved phosphorylation event in the a-helix 1 region of Smad [T312 in Drosophila Smad1 (MAD)]. a-helix 1 phosphorylation reduces Smad interactionwith TGF-beta/BMP receptor kinase and affects all receptor-activated Smads except Smad3. Tissue culture and transgenic studies in Drosophila further demonstrate that the biological activity of MAD is repressed by T312 phosphorylation in vivo. Through RNAi screening of the kinome, we have identified Misshapen (Msn) and the mammalian orthologs TNIK, MINK1, and MAP4K4 as the kinases responsible for a-helix 1 phosphorylation. Targeted expression of an active form of Msn in the wing imaginal disk disrupted activation of endogenous MAD by Dpp and expression of the Dpp/MAD target gene. Msn kinases belong to the Ste20 kinase family that has been shown to act as MAP kinase kinase kinase kinase (MAP4K). Our findings thus reveal a function of Msn independent of its impact on MAP kinase cascades. This Smad inhibition mechanism by Msn likely has important implications for development and disease.
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