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Rabbit Anti-SUFU/Suppressor of Fused/FITC Conjugated antibody
background:
SUFU is a key negative regulator in the vertebrate Hedgehog signaling pathway. SUFU interacts with genes encoding proteins in this signal transduction pathway. In Drosophila, Intracellular transduction of the Hedgehog pathway involves the release of a large complex containing SUFU. SUFU inhibits the activity of the transcription factor Gli1 and interacts with Gli2, Gli3 and the serine/threonine kinase Fused. SUFU is widely expressed in adult and embryonic tissues with higher expression in tissues patterned by hegdehog signaling. The SUFU gene locus maps to a region that is deleted in glioblastomas, prostate cancer, malignant melanoma and endometrial cancer.
Function:
Negative regulator in the hedgehog signaling pathway. Down-regulates GLI1-mediated transactivation of target genes. Part of a corepressor complex that acts on DNA-bound GLI1. May also act by linking GLI1 to BTRC and thereby targeting GLI1 to degradation by the proteasome. Sequesters GLI1, GLI2 and GLI3 in the cytoplasm, this effect is overcome by binding of STK36 to both SUFU and a GLI protein. Negative regulator of beta-catenin signaling. Regulates the formation of either the repressor form (GLI3R) or the activator form (GLI3A) of the full length form of GLI3 (GLI3FL). GLI3FL is complexed with SUFU in the cytoplasm and is maintained in a neutral state. Without the Hh signal, the SUFU-GLI3 complex is recruited to cilia, leading to the efficient processing of GLI3FL into GLI3R. When Hh signaling is initiated, SUFU dissociates from GLI3FL and the latter translocates to the nucleus, where it is phosphorylated, destabilized, and converted to a transcriptional activator (GLI3A).
Subunit:
May form homodimers. Part of a DNA-bound corepressor complex containing SAP18, GLI1 and SIN3. Part of a complex containing CTNNB1. Binds BTRC, GLI2, GLI3, SAP18 and STK36. Binds both free and DNA-bound GLI1. Interacts with KIF7. Interacts with GLI3FL and this interaction regulates the formation of either repressor or activator forms of GLI3. Its association with GLI3FL is regulated by Hh signaling and dissociation of the SUFU-GLI3 interaction requires the presence of the ciliary motor KIF3A. Interacts with ULK3; inactivating the protein kinase activity of ULK3.
Subcellular Location:
Cytoplasm. Nucleus.
Tissue Specificity:
Ubiquitous in adult tissues. Detected in osteoblasts of the perichondrium in the developing limb of 12-week old embryos. Isoform 1 is detected in fetal brain, lung, kidney and testis. Isoform 2 is detected in fetal testis, and at much lower levels in fetal brain, lung and kidney.
DISEASE:
Defects in SUFU are a cause of medulloblastoma (MDB) [MIM:155255]. MDB is a malignant, invasive embryonal tumor of the cerebellum with a preferential manifestation in children. Defects in SUFU play a role in predisposition to desmoplastic MDB. These tumors make up about 20 to 30% of medulloblastomas, have a more nodular architecture than 'classical' medulloblastoma, and may have a better prognosis.
Similarity:
Belongs to the SUFU family.
Database links:
Entrez Gene: 51684 Human
Omim: 607035 Human
SwissProt: Q9UMX1 Human
Unigene: 404089 Human
Important Note:
This product as supplied is intended for research use only, not for use in human, therapeutic or diagnostic applications.
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