Notch Receptor Interaction Antibody Sampler Kit

Notch signaling is activated upon engagement of the Notch receptor with its ligands, the Delta, Serrate, Lag2 (DSL) single-pass type I membrane proteins. DSL proteins contain multiple EGF-like repeats and a DSL domain that is required for binding to Notch. Five DSL proteins have been identified in mammals: Jagged1, Jagged2, Delta-like (DLL) 1, 3, and 4. Ligand binding to the Notch receptor results in two sequential proteolytic cleavages of the receptor by the ADAM protease and the γ-secretase complex. The intracellular domain of Notch is released and then translocates to the nucleus where it activates transcription. Notch ligands may also be processed in a similiar manner, suggesting bi-directional signaling through receptor-ligand interactions. TNF-α converting enzyme (TACE), also known as ADAM17, is a transmembrane metalloprotease that plays a key role in the cleavage of a number cell surface molecules in a process known as “shedding". TACE is abundantly expressed in many adult tissues, but in fetal development, expression is differentially regulated. TACE activates Notch in a ligand-independent manner and has been shown to play a role in the development of the Drosophila nervous system. Recombining Binding Protein, SUppressor of Hairless (RBPSUH), also termed RBP-J or CSL, is the DNA-binding component of the transcription complex regulated by canonical Notch signaling. In the absence of Notch activation, RBPSUH suppresses target gene expression through interactions with a co-repressor complex containing histone deacetylase. Upon activation of Notch receptors, the Notch intracellular domain (NICD) translocates to the nucleus and binds to RBPSUH. This displaces the co-repressor complex and replaces it with a transcription activation complex that includes Mastermind-like (MAML) proteins and histone acetylase p300, leading to transcriptional activation of Notch target genes. Numb contains an amino-terminal phosphotyrosine-binding (PTB) domain and carboxy-terminal endocytic binding motifs for α-adaptin and EH (Eps1