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NATURE CELL BIOLOGY
卷 2, 期 8, 页码 531-539出版社
MACMILLAN PUBLISHERS LTD
DOI: 10.1038/35019573
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- NCI NIH HHS [R01CA38888, P01CA40042] Funding Source: Medline
PAR (partitioning-defective) proteins, wh ich were first identified in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, are essential for asymmetric cell division and polarized growth, whereas Cdc42 mediates establishment of cell polarity. Here we describe an unexpected link between these two systems. We have identified a family of mammalian Pare proteins that are similar to the C. elegans PDZ-domain protein PAR-6. Par6 forms a complex with Cdc42-GTP, with a human homologue of the multi-PDZ protein PAR-3 and with the regulatory domains of atypical protein kinase C (PKC) proteins. This assembly is implicated in the formation of normal tight junctions at epithelial cell-cell contacts. Thus, Pare is a key adaptor that links Cdc42 and atypical PKCs to Par3.
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