A somatic proteoglycan controls Notch-directed germ cell fate

Notch receptor GLP-1 is required for maintaining germ cells in the C. elegans germline. Here the authors show that syndecan-1, a somatic transmembrane proteoglycan regulates expression of glp-1 and germ cell mitosis in C. elegans, by promoting calcium-dependent binding of APTF-2 to the glp-1 promote...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sandeep Gopal, Aqilah Amran, Andre Elton, Leelee Ng, Roger Pocock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27039-4
Description
Summary:Notch receptor GLP-1 is required for maintaining germ cells in the C. elegans germline. Here the authors show that syndecan-1, a somatic transmembrane proteoglycan regulates expression of glp-1 and germ cell mitosis in C. elegans, by promoting calcium-dependent binding of APTF-2 to the glp-1 promoter.
ISSN:2041-1723