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Title: | Echinoid is a component of adherens junctions that cooperates with DE-cadherin to mediate cell adhesion | Authors: | Wei, S.-Y. Escudero, L.M. Yu, F. Chang, L.H. Chen, L.-Y. Ho, Y.-H. Lin, C.-M. Chou, C.-S. Chia, W. Modolell, J. Hsu, J.-C. |
Issue Date: | Apr-2005 | Citation: | Wei, S.-Y., Escudero, L.M., Yu, F., Chang, L.H., Chen, L.-Y., Ho, Y.-H., Lin, C.-M., Chou, C.-S., Chia, W., Modolell, J., Hsu, J.-C. (2005-04). Echinoid is a component of adherens junctions that cooperates with DE-cadherin to mediate cell adhesion. Developmental Cell 8 (4) : 493-504. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2005.03.015 | Abstract: | Echinoid is an immunoglobulin domain-containing transmembrane protein that modulates cell-cell signaling by Notch and the EGF receptors. We show that, in the Drosophila wing disc epithelium, Echinoid is a component of adherens junctions that cooperates with DE-Cadherin in cell adhesion. Echinoid and β-catenin (a DE-Cadherin interacting protein) each possess a C-terminal PDZ domain binding motif that binds to Bazooka/PAR-3; these motifs redundantly position Bazooka to adherens junctions. Echinoid also links to actin filaments by binding to Canoe/AF-6/afadin. Moreover, interfaces between Echinoid- and Echinoid+ cells, like those between DE-Cadherin- and DE-Cadherin+ cells, are deficient in adherens junctions and form actin cables. These characteristics probably facilitate the strong sorting behavior of cells that lack either of these cell-adhesion molecules. Finally, cells lacking either Echinoid or DE-Cadherin accumulate a high density of the reciprocal protein, further suggesting that Echinoid and DE-Cadherin play similar and complementary roles in cell adhesion. Copyright © 2005 by Elsevier Inc. | Source Title: | Developmental Cell | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/113449 | ISSN: | 15345807 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.devcel.2005.03.015 |
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