title: Evidence for physical and functional association between EMB-5 and LIN-12 in Caenorhabditis elegans.
abstract: The Caenorhabditis elegans LIN-12 and GLP-1 proteins are members of the LIN-12/Notch family of receptors for intercellular signals that specify cell fate. Evidence presented here suggests that the intracellular domains of LIN-12 and GLP-1 interact with the C. elegans EMB-5 protein and that the emb-5 gene functions in the same pathway as the lin-12 and glp-1 genes. EMB-5 is similar in sequence to a yeast protein that controls chromatin structure. Hence, a direct consequence of LIN-12 or GLP-1 activation may be an alteration of chromatin structure that produces changes in transcriptional activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Hubbard
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Greenwald
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000166:cytology* / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D019070:Cell Lineage; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D017238:Genes, Helminth; D015801:Helminth Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008540:Meiosis; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008938:Mitosis; D009154:Mutation; D051880:Receptors, Notch; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013696:Temperature; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D002843:Chromatin; D015801:Helminth Proteins; C082460:Lin-12 protein, C elegans; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051880:Receptors, Notch; D014157:Transcription Factors