title: Thermodynamic binding analysis of Notch transcription complexes from Drosophila melanogaster.
abstract: Notch is an intercellular signaling pathway that is highly conserved in metazoans and is essential for proper cellular specification during development and in the adult organism. Misregulated Notch signaling underlies or contributes to the pathogenesis of many human diseases, most notably cancer. Signaling through the Notch pathway ultimately results in changes in gene expression, which is regulated by the transcription factor CSL. Upon pathway activation, CSL forms a ternary complex with the intracellular domain of the Notch receptor (NICD) and the transcriptional coactivator Mastermind (MAM) that activates transcription from Notch target genes. While detailed in vitro studies have been conducted with mammalian and worm orthologous proteins, less is known regarding the molecular details of the Notch ternary complex in Drosophila. Here we thermodynamically characterize the assembly of the fly ternary complex using isothermal titration calorimetry. Our data reveal striking differences in the way the RAM (RBP-J associated molecule) and ANK (ankyrin) domains of NICD interact with CSL that is specific to the fly. Additional analysis using cross-species experiments suggest that these differences are primarily due to fly CSL, while experiments using point mutants show that the interface between fly CSL and ANK is likely similar to the mammalian and worm interface. Finally, we show that the binding of the fly RAM domain to CSL does not affect interactions of the corepressor Hairless with CSL. Taken together, our data suggest species-specific differences in ternary complex assembly that may be significant in understanding how CSL regulates transcription in different organisms.
authors: Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45267.
authors: Ashley N
authors: AN
authors: Contreras
authors: Zhenyu
authors: Z
authors: Yuan
authors: Rhett A
authors: RA
authors: Kovall
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster; D006801:Humans; D051819:Immunoglobulin J Recombination Signal Sequence-Binding Protein / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D051880:Receptors, Notch / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013816:Thermodynamics; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D051819:Immunoglobulin J Recombination Signal Sequence-Binding Protein; C497759:N protein, Drosophila; D051880:Receptors, Notch
keywords: CSL; RBP-J; X-ray crystallography; isothermal titration calorimetry; notch signaling; protein−protein interactions; transcription
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