The depalmitoylase APT1 directs the asymmetric partitioning of Notch and Wnt signaling during cell division.

ABSTRACT: Asymmetric cell division results in two distinctly fated daughter cells. A molecular hallmark of asymmetric division is the unequal partitioning of cell fate determinants. We have previously established that growth factor signaling promotes protein depalmitoylation to foster polarized protein localization, which, in turn, drives migration and metastasis. We report protein palmitoylation as a key mechanism for the asymmetric partitioning of the cell fate determinants Numb and β-catenin through the activity of the depalmitoylating enzyme APT1. Using point mutations, we showed that specific palmitoylated residues on Numb were required for its asymmetric localization. By live-cell imaging, we showed that reciprocal interactions between APT1 and the Rho family GTPase CDC42 promoted the asymmetr

SUBMITTER: Stypulkowski E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5914505 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature