Drosophila protein tyrosine phosphatases.
Seven protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTPase) genes have been identified in the fruit-fly Drosophila melanogaster. Four of these genes encode receptor-linked PTPases (R-PTPs) that are expressed on central nervous system axons in the embryo. Each axonal R-PTP has an extracellular domain that is homologous to vertebrate adhesion molecules and to identified mammalian R-PTPs. Two non-receptor PTPase genes have been isolated to date. One of these, corkscrew (csw), encodes an SH2 domain-containing PTPase that appears to be a homolog of mammalian PTP1D. Genetic evidence indicates that the csw PTPase is involved in the transduction of signals from receptor tyrosine kinases to their down-stream targets, which include Ras proteins.[1]References
- Drosophila protein tyrosine phosphatases. Zinn, K. Semin. Cell Biol. (1993) [Pubmed]
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