Extracellular domain of the boss transmembrane ligand acts as an antagonist of the sev receptor
- 1 February 1993
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 361 (6414), 732-736
- https://doi.org/10.1038/361732a0
Abstract
The fate of the R7 photoreceptor cell in the Drosophila compound eye is established by a specific inductive interaction between the R8 photoreceptor neuron and the R7 precursor cell. This induction is mediated by two cell-surface proteins: the ligand, bride of sevenless (boss), and sevenless (sev), a tyrosine-kinase receptor. The structure of boss is unique for a ligand of a tyrosine-kinase receptor. It contains a large extracellular domain, seven transmembrane segments, and a carboxy-terminal cytoplasmic tail. Here we report that: (1) boss activates tyrosine phosphorylation of the sev receptor; (2) the seven transmembrane domain of boss is necessary for its function; and (3) a soluble form of boss acts as an antagonist of the sev receptor both in vivo and in vitro.Keywords
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