期刊
DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION
卷 218, 期 6, 页码 321-332出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-008-0224-1
关键词
ultrabithorax; evolution; phosphorylation; casein kinase 2; homeotic; transcription factor; Hox function; Hox modification
资金
- NICHD NIH HHS [R37 HD028315-17, R37 HD028315] Funding Source: Medline
- EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT [R37HD028315] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Variations in Hox protein sequences and functions have been proposed to contribute to evolutionary changes in appendage shape and number in crustaceans and insects. One model is that insect Hox proteins of the Ultrabithorax (UBX) ortholog class evolved increased abilities to repress Distal-less (Dll) transcription and appendage development in part through the loss of serine and threonine residues in casein kinase 2 (CK2) phosphorylation sites. To explore this possibility, we constructed and tested the appendage repression function of chimeric proteins with insertions of different CK2 consensus sites or phosphomimetics of CK2 sites in C-terminal regions of Drosophila melanogaster UBX. Our results indicate that CK2 sites C-terminal to the homeodomain can inhibit the appendage repression functions of UBX proteins, but only in the context of specific amino acid sequences. Our results, combined with previous findings on evolutionary changes in Hox protein, suggest how intra-protein regulatory changes can diversify Hox protein function, and thus animal morphology.
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