A screen for Twist-interacting proteins identifies Twinstar as a regulator of muscledevelopment during embryogenesis
Balakrishnan, M.; Howard, A.; Yu, S. F.; Sommer, K.; Nowak, S. J.; Baylies, M. K.
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Myogenesis in Drosophila relies on the activity of the transcription factor Twist during several key events of mesoderm differentiation. To identify the mechanism(s) by which Twist establishes a unique gene expression profile in specific spatial and temporal locales, we employed a yeast-based double interaction screen to discover new Twist-interacting proteins (TIPs) at the myocyte enhancer factor 2 (mef2) and tinman (tinB) myogenic enhancers. We identified a number of proteins that interacted with Twist at one or both enhancers, and whose interactions with Twist and roles in muscle development were previously unknown. Through genetic interaction studies, we find that Twinstar (Tsr), and its regulators are required for muscle formation. Loss of function and null mutations in tsr and its regulators result in missing and/or misattached muscles. Our data suggest that the yeast double interaction screen is a worthy approach to investigate spatial-temporal mechanisms of transcriptional regulation in muscle and in other tissues.
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