Protein Phosphorylation Plays an Essential Role in the Regulation of Alternative Splicing and Sex Determination in Drosophila
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Alternative mRNA splicing directed by SR proteins and the splicing regulators TRA and TRA2 is an essential feature of Drosophila sex determination. These factors are highly phosphorylated, but the role of their phosphorylation in vivo is unclear. We show that mutations in the Drosophila LAMMER kinase, Doa, alter sexual differentiation and interact synergistically with tra and tra2 mutations. Doa mutations disrupt sex-specific splicing of doublesex pre-mRNA, a key regulator of sex determination, by affecting the phosphorylation of one or more proteins in the female-specific splicing enhancer complex. Examination of pre-mRNAs regulated similarly to dsx shows that the requirement for Doa is substrate specific. These results demonstrate that a SR protein kinase plays a specific role in developmentally regulated alternative splicing.
- University of Nebraska Medical Center United States
- The University of Texas System United States
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center United States
Cell Nucleus, Male, Serine-Arginine Splicing Factors, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Nuclear Proteins, RNA-Binding Proteins, Cell Biology, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Phosphoproteins, DNA-Binding Proteins, Alternative Splicing, Ribonucleoproteins, Mutation, RNA Precursors, Animals, Drosophila Proteins, Insect Proteins, Drosophila, Female, RNA Splicing Factors, Phosphorylation, Molecular Biology
Cell Nucleus, Male, Serine-Arginine Splicing Factors, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Nuclear Proteins, RNA-Binding Proteins, Cell Biology, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Phosphoproteins, DNA-Binding Proteins, Alternative Splicing, Ribonucleoproteins, Mutation, RNA Precursors, Animals, Drosophila Proteins, Insect Proteins, Drosophila, Female, RNA Splicing Factors, Phosphorylation, Molecular Biology
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