title: Isolation and characterization of mouse dishevelled-3.
abstract: The Drosophila dishevelled (dsh) segment polarity gene is required to establish cell fates specified by wingless/Wnt signal transduction during development. We have previously reported the cloning and characterization of a mouse homolog of dishevelled, Dvl1. Utilizing RT-PCR with degenerate primers, we isolated another member of the mouse Dishevelled (Dvl) gene family, Dvl3. The Dvl3 gene maps to mouse chromosome 16. The predicted amino acid sequence shares 64 and 62% identity to Dvl1 and Dvl2, respectively. The region of highest conservation between all three Dvl coding regions, at 97% identity, is noted at the PDZ domain (also termed the DHR domain or GLGF motif), a motif of 60 amino acids present in all dishevelled encoded proteins and first described in the Drosophila discs large (dlg) tumor suppressor gene. In adult mice, Dvl3 expression is widespread with highest levels exhibited in brain, ovary, and heart. In embryos, Dvl3 is expressed in every tissue between 7.5 and 9.5 days postcoitum, and by 10.5 days postcoitum highest expression was seen in the dorsal root ganglia, somites, limb buds, branchial arches, heart, gut and throughout the developing central nervous system.
authors.affiliation: Division of Human Genetics, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21201-1559, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsang
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lijam
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Beier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wynshaw-Boris
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Sussman
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D000072261:Dishevelled Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006163:Ribonuclease T1 / Q000378:metabolism; D012259:Ribonuclease, Pancreatic / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C000606578:DVL1 protein, human; C000606581:DVL2 protein, human; C000606584:DVL3 protein, human; D000072261:Dishevelled Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; C000606579:Dvl1 protein, mouse; C000606582:Dvl2 protein, mouse; C000606585:Dvl3 protein, mouse; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011506:Proteins; C000606588:dsh protein, Drosophila; D006163:Ribonuclease T1; D012259:Ribonuclease, Pancreatic