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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2015

The Dictyostelium prestalk inducer differentiation-inducing factor-1 (DIF-1) triggers unexpectedly complex global phosphorylation changes.

Chris Sugden, Michael D Urbaniak, Tsuyoshi Araki, Jeffrey G Williams

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chris SugdenCollege of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, United Kingdom.
Michael D UrbaniakDivision of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YG, United Kingdom.
Tsuyoshi ArakiCollege of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, United Kingdom.
Jeffrey G WilliamsCollege of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, United Kingdom J.G.Williams@dundee.ac.uk.
University of Dundee · GBLancaster University · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Differentiation-inducing factor-1 (DIF-1) is a polyketide that induces Dictyostelium amoebae to differentiate as prestalk cells. We performed a global quantitative screen for phosphorylation changes that occur within the first minutes after addition of DIF-1, using a triple-label SILAC approach. This revealed a new world of DIF-1-controlled signaling, with changes in components of the MAPK and protein kinase B signaling pathways, components of the actinomyosin cytoskeletal signaling networks, and a broad range of small GTPases and their regulators. The results also provide evidence that the Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent phosphatase calcineurin plays a role in DIF-1 signaling to the DimB prestalk transcription factor. At the global level, DIF-1 causes a major shift in the phosphorylation/dephosphorylation equilibrium toward net dephosphorylation. Of interest, many of the sites that are dephosphorylated in response to DIF-1 are phosphorylated in response to extracellular cAMP signaling. This accords with studies that suggest an antagonism between the two inducers and also with the rapid dephosphorylation of the cAMP receptor that we observe in response to DIF-1 and with the known inhibitory effect of DIF-1 on chemotaxis to cAMP. All MS data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD001555.

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Amino Acid SequenceCalcineurinChemotaxisCyclic AMPDictyosteliumHexanonesHydrocarbons, ChlorinatedModels, BiologicalMolecular Sequence DataPhosphorylationPolyketidesProtozoan ProteinsSignal TransductionCalcineurinCyclic AMPDifferentiation-inducing factor-1, DictyosteliumHexanonesHydrocarbons, ChlorinatedPolyketidesProtozoan Proteins

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PMID25518940
PMCPMC4325849
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