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Glycosyltransferase activity of Fringe modulates Notch–Delta interactions

Brückner, Katja, Perez, Lidia, Clausen, Henrik, Cohen, Stephen·2000·Nature

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Ligands that are capable of activating Notch family receptors are broadly expressed in animal development, but their activity is tightly regulated to allow formation of tissue boundaries. Members of the fringe gene family have been implicated in limiting Notch activation during boundary formation, but the mechanism of Fringe function has not been determined. Here we present evidence that Fringe acts in the Golgi as a glycosyltransferase enzyme that modifies the epidermal growth factor (EGF) modules of Notch and alters the ability of Notch to bind its ligand Delta. Fringe catalyses the addition of N-acetylglucosamine to fucose, which is consistent with a role in the elongation of O-linked fucose O-glycosylation that is associated with EGF repeats. We suggest that cell-type-specific modification of glycosylation may provide a general mechanism to regulate ligand-receptor interactions in vivo.

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  • Fringe is a glycosyltransferase that modifies Notch and thereby modulates Notch-Delta interactions.

    “An entirely new fi eld opened up with the discovery that the Fringe molecule is a glycosyltransferase that modi fi es the important signaling protein Notch and thus modulates Notch -Delta interactions (182, 184).”

    From Biological roles of glycans (2017) · cites this paper as [182]

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Authors
Brückner, K., Perez, L., Clausen, H., & Cohen, S.
Affiliations
  • European Molecular Biology Laboratory (DE)
  • University of Copenhagen (DK)
Corresponding author
Cohen, Stephen
Venue
Nature
Published
2000-07-27
Volume
406
Issue
6794
Pages
411-415
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W1990803574
Cited by
694
References
29
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21.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation
  • Northwestern University
  • National Cancer Institute
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
Keywords
fringe, Notch receptor, Delta ligand, glycosyltransferases, Golgi apparatus, EGF-like repeats, N-acetylglucosamine
MeSH terms
Alkaline Phosphatase, Animals, Binding Sites, Cells, Cultured, Cloning, Molecular, Drosophila, Epidermal Growth Factor, Fucose, Golgi Apparatus, Membrane Proteins, Protein Binding, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Glycosyltransferases, N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Insect Proteins, Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid, Drosophila Proteins, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Receptors, Notch

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