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40 Cards in this Set
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receptor tyrosine kinases |
directly phosphorylate tyrosines on themselves and intracellular signaling proteins |
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activation of RTKs |
dimerization |
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PI 3-Kinase signalling |
1. promotes cell survial 2. inhibition of apoptosis (activates apoptosis-inhibitory protein) |
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activation of notch |
proteolytic cleavage |
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proteolytic cleavage |
activates Notch signaling 1. critical mechanism of contact-dependent cell-cell communication 2. plays a role in: neuronal dev., angiogenesis, hematopoietic stem cells expansion, cell-fate determination in mammary glands |
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BMP/TGF b signalling |
smad pathway |
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Wnt signalling |
1. dorsal patterning of the neural tube 2. planar cell polarity 3. axon guidance 4. maintenance and proliferation of hematopoetic stem cells 5. establishment of cancer stem cells |
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hedgehog signaling |
1. development of vertebrate limbs 2. insulin production 3. angiogenesis 4. proliferation of blood progenitor cells 5. separation of trachea, esophagus, gut tube 6. induction of specific ventral neural cell populations |
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FGF signalling |
1. maintance of mesoderm and neuroectoderm 2. morphogenic movements 3. anteroposterior patterning 4. somitogenesis 5. dev. of various organs |
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signaling pathways we will study |
1. TGFb/BMP 2. Wnt 3. Hedgehog 4. FGF |
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tyrosine-kinase-associated receptors |
1. recruit tyrosine kinases to relay signal 2. no intrinsic enzyme activity |
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receptor serine/threonine kinase |
1. directly phosphorylate specific serines or threonines 2. on themselves and latent gene regulatory proteins |
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histidine-kinase-associated-receptors |
1. kinase phosphorylates itself 2. transfers phosphoryl groups to a second intracellular signaling protein |
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receptor guanylyl cylcases |
catalyze production of cGMP in cytosol |
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cGMP |
acts as a intracellular mediator |
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receptor-like tyrosine phosphatases |
remove phosphate groups from tyrosines of specific intracelluar signaling proteins |
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dimerization |
activation of RTKs 1. inactive RTKs 2. signal molecule binds to RTKs 3. cross-phosphorylation by activated kinase domains |
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docking of intracellular signaling proteins |
1. occurs on phosphotyrosines on activated RTK 2. activated signaling proteins relay signal downstream |
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phosphoinositide docking sites |
catalyzed by PI 3-kinase |
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notch-delta lateral inhibition |
1. nerve cell develops from epithelial cell 2. nerve cells has Notch receptor 3. Notch binds to Delta 4. inhibits epithelial cells 5. does not become neural cell |
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Delta protein |
1. membrane bound 2. inhibitory signal protein 3. prevents unspecified cells from specializing (into neuronal cells) |
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proteolytic cleavage pathway |
1. cleavage at site 1 in Golgi 2. transport to plasma membrane 3. binding to Delta 4. endocytosis of Delta-Notch fragment complex 5. cleavage at site 2 6. cleavage at site 3 7. Notch tail migrates to nucleus 8. Notch tail in protein complex activates gene transcription 9. transcription of Notch target genes |
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TGFb superfamily |
1. TGFbs, Activins, BMPs, GDFs, Nodal 2. cell growth, differentiation, apoptosis, homeostasis
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TGFbs |
involved in bone development, hematopoesis |
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BMPs |
involved in mesoderm and endoderm formation, cardiac/kidney/liver/GI development |
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Nodal |
involved in primitive streak formation, mesoderm/endoderm formation |
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Activins |
involved in ovulation, wound healing, morphogenesis of branching organs, neural development |
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TGFb signaling pathway |
via Smad activation 1. TGFb binds 2. T2 receptor phosphorylates T1 receptor 3. phosphorylated T1 receptor recruits and phosphorylates Smad2 or Smad3 4. p-Smad2/3 dissociates from receptor 5. p-Smad2/3 oligomerizes with Smad4 6. Smad2/3-Smad4 oligomer translocates to nucleus 7. oligomer recruits other gene regulatory preins 8. oligomer activates transcription of specific target genes 9. target gene transcription |
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Wnt proteins |
1. tetra-amelia 2. LRP 3. Frizzled 4. Axin 5. APC |
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Tetra-amelia |
absence of limbs |
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LRP |
1. bone density defects 2. vascular defects in eye |
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Frizzled |
retinal angiogenesis defects |
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Axin |
1, tooth agenesis 2. predisposition ot colorectal cancer |
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APC |
1. polyposis coli 2. colon cancer |
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Wnt/B-Catenin Signaling pathway: Without Wnt |
1. phosphorylated B-catenin is ubiquitylated and degraded in proteasomes 2. unstable B-catenin 3. Wnt Target genes off |
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Wnt/B-Catenin Signaling pathway: with Wnt |
1. activated Frizzled and LRP 2. unphospyrlated B-catenin accumulates 3. B-catenin (stable) migrates to nucleus 4. displaces Groucho and assocaites with coactivator 5. transcription of Wnt target genes |
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Hedgehog isoforms |
sonic indian desert |
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SHH concentrations |
Hedgehog signalling 1. digits 1-5 2. SHH independent (pinky) - extended expression (thumb) |
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no hedgehog signaling: inactive smoothened |
1. phosphorylation of Ci by PKA, GSK3, CK1 2. ubiquitylation and proteolytic processing of phosphorylated Ci protein in proteasomes 3. translocation of cleaved Ci protein into nucleus 4. hedgehog target off |
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hedgehog signaling: active smoothened |
1. hedgehog signal binds to Patched and iHog 2. leads to degradation (lysosomes) of Patch 3. transport of Smoothened to plasma membrane 4. Smoothened is phosphorylated (by PKA and CK1) and recruited to (vesicle fusion) plasma membrane 5. Smoothened recruits Ci protein complex 6. inhibits Ci proteolysis 7. Ci is released from complex 8. Ci transported to nucleus 9. activate transcription 10. transcription of hedgehog target genes |