DEP

Domain found in Dishevelled, Egl-10, and Pleckstrin
DEP
SMART accession number:SM00049
Description: Domain of unknown function present in signalling proteins that contain PH, rasGEF, rhoGEF, rhoGAP, RGS, PDZ domains. DEP domain in Drosophila dishevelled is essential to rescue planar polarity defects and induce JNK signalling (Cell 94, 109-118).
Interpro abstract (IPR000591):

This entry represents the DEP (Dishevelled, Egl-10 and Pleckstrin) domain, a globular domain of about 80 residues that is found in over 50 proteins involved in G-protein signalling pathways. It was named after the three proteins it was initially found in:

  • Dishevelled (Dsh and Dvl), which play a key role in the transduction of the Wg/Wnt signal from the cell surface to the nucleus; it is a segment polarity protein required to establish coherent arrays of polarized cells and segments in embryos, and plays a role in wingless signalling.
  • Egl-10, which regulates G-protein signalling in the central nervous system.
  • Pleckstrin, the major substrate of protein kinase C in platelets; Pleckstrin contains two PH domains flanking the DEP domain.

Mammalian regulators of G-protein signalling also contain these domains, and regulate signal transduction by increasing the GTPase activity of G-protein alpha subunits, thereby driving them into their inactive GDP-bound form. It has been proposed that the DEP domain could play a selective role in targeting DEP domain-containing proteins to specific subcellular membranous sites, perhaps even to specific G protein-coupled signaling pathways [ (PUBMED:10987813) (PUBMED:11101902) ]. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy has revealed that the DEP domain comprises a three-helix bundle, a beta-hairpin 'arm' composed of two beta-strands and two short beta-strands in the C-terminal region [ (PUBMED:11101902) ].

GO process:intracellular signal transduction (GO:0035556)
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There are 13900 DEP domains in 12135 proteins in SMART's nrdb database.

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