The Ser/Thr phosphatase PP2A regulatory subunit widerborst inhibits notch signaling.
Drosophila Enhancer of split M8, an effector of Notch signaling, is regulated by protein kinase CK2. The phosphatase PP2A is thought to play an opposing (inhibitory) role, but the identity of the regulatory subunit was unknown. The studies described here reveal a role for the PP2A regulatory subunit...
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| description | Drosophila Enhancer of split M8, an effector of Notch signaling, is regulated by protein kinase CK2. The phosphatase PP2A is thought to play an opposing (inhibitory) role, but the identity of the regulatory subunit was unknown. The studies described here reveal a role for the PP2A regulatory subunit widerborst (wdb) in three developmental contexts; the bristle, wing and the R8 photoreceptors of the eye. wdb overexpression elicits bristle and wing defects akin to reduced Notch signaling, whereas hypomorphic mutations in this PP2A subunit elicit opposite effects. We have also evaluated wdb functions using mutations in Notch and E(spl) that affect the eye. We find that the eye and R8 defects of the well-known Nspl mutation are enhanced by a hypomorphic allele of wdb, whereas they are strongly rescued by wdb overexpression. Similarly, ectopic wdb rescues the eye and R8 defects of the E(spl)D mutation, which affects the m8 gene. In addition, wdb overexpression also rescues the bristle defects of ectopically expressed M8, or the eye and R8 defects of its CK2 phosphomimetic variant M8-S159D. The latter finding suggests that PP2A may target M8 at highly conserved residues in the vicinity of the CK2 site, whose phosphorylation controls repression of Atonal and the R8 fate. Together, the studies identify PP2A-Wdb as a participant in Notch signaling, and suggest that M8 activity is controlled by phosphorylation and dephosphorylation. The conservation of the phosphorylation sites between Drosophila E(spl) and the HES/HER proteins from mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and fish raises the prospect that this mode of regulation is widespread. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-62e1dfe44f504bc4b14087407bbf4ed72022-12-21T19:29:21ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0197e10188410.1371/journal.pone.0101884The Ser/Thr phosphatase PP2A regulatory subunit widerborst inhibits notch signaling.Anasua BoseAdam T MajotAshok P BidwaiDrosophila Enhancer of split M8, an effector of Notch signaling, is regulated by protein kinase CK2. The phosphatase PP2A is thought to play an opposing (inhibitory) role, but the identity of the regulatory subunit was unknown. The studies described here reveal a role for the PP2A regulatory subunit widerborst (wdb) in three developmental contexts; the bristle, wing and the R8 photoreceptors of the eye. wdb overexpression elicits bristle and wing defects akin to reduced Notch signaling, whereas hypomorphic mutations in this PP2A subunit elicit opposite effects. We have also evaluated wdb functions using mutations in Notch and E(spl) that affect the eye. We find that the eye and R8 defects of the well-known Nspl mutation are enhanced by a hypomorphic allele of wdb, whereas they are strongly rescued by wdb overexpression. Similarly, ectopic wdb rescues the eye and R8 defects of the E(spl)D mutation, which affects the m8 gene. In addition, wdb overexpression also rescues the bristle defects of ectopically expressed M8, or the eye and R8 defects of its CK2 phosphomimetic variant M8-S159D. The latter finding suggests that PP2A may target M8 at highly conserved residues in the vicinity of the CK2 site, whose phosphorylation controls repression of Atonal and the R8 fate. Together, the studies identify PP2A-Wdb as a participant in Notch signaling, and suggest that M8 activity is controlled by phosphorylation and dephosphorylation. The conservation of the phosphorylation sites between Drosophila E(spl) and the HES/HER proteins from mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and fish raises the prospect that this mode of regulation is widespread.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4090204?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Anasua Bose Adam T Majot Ashok P Bidwai The Ser/Thr phosphatase PP2A regulatory subunit widerborst inhibits notch signaling. PLoS ONE |
| title | The Ser/Thr phosphatase PP2A regulatory subunit widerborst inhibits notch signaling. |
| title_full | The Ser/Thr phosphatase PP2A regulatory subunit widerborst inhibits notch signaling. |
| title_fullStr | The Ser/Thr phosphatase PP2A regulatory subunit widerborst inhibits notch signaling. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Ser/Thr phosphatase PP2A regulatory subunit widerborst inhibits notch signaling. |
| title_short | The Ser/Thr phosphatase PP2A regulatory subunit widerborst inhibits notch signaling. |
| title_sort | ser thr phosphatase pp2a regulatory subunit widerborst inhibits notch signaling |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4090204?pdf=render |
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