Gene Review:
por - porcupine
Drosophila melanogaster
Synonyms:
15175, CG6205, Dmel\CG6205, Porc, Protein-cysteine N-palmitoyltransferase porcupine, ...
- The segment polarity gene porcupine encodes a putative multitransmembrane protein involved in Wingless processing. Kadowaki, T., Wilder, E., Klingensmith, J., Zachary, K., Perrimon, N. Genes Dev. (1996)
- The porcupine gene is required for wingless autoregulation in Drosophila. Manoukian, A.S., Yoffe, K.B., Wilder, E.L., Perrimon, N. Development (1995)
- Drosophila wnt-1 undergoes a hydrophobic modification and is targeted to lipid rafts, a process that requires porcupine. Zhai, L., Chaturvedi, D., Cumberledge, S. J. Biol. Chem. (2004)
- Drosophila segment polarity gene product porcupine stimulates the posttranslational N-glycosylation of wingless in the endoplasmic reticulum. Tanaka, K., Kitagawa, Y., Kadowaki, T. J. Biol. Chem. (2002)
- Molecular cloning and initial characterization of the MG61/PORC gene, the human homologue of the Drosophila segment polarity gene Porcupine. Caricasole, A., Ferraro, T., Rimland, J.M., Terstappen, G.C. Gene (2002)