Fig. 4. O-fut1 was required for the endocytic transportation of Notch in a
manner independent of its enzymatic activity. (A) Genomic
organization of the Gmd locus. Exons are shown as boxes, and the
predicted coding region is in black. The regions 3' to the Pelement
insertion site of GS13045 are deleted in GmdH43
(
0.4 kb) and GmdH78 (
0.8 kb). (B)
Concentration of GDP-fucose in Gmd mutants. GDP-fucose in wild-type
and heterozygous and homozygous Gmd mutant larvae was measured in
duplicate. ND, not detected. (C-F) Wild-type (C,E) and
GmdH78 homozygous (D,F) wing discs stained with anti-Wg
(C,D) and anti-En antibodies (E,F). (G) Uptake of fluorescent dextran
by live GmdH78 homozygous mutant wing discs after a 10
minute incubation and a 20 minute chase at 25°C. Dextran and Notch are
shown in green and magenta, respectively. Some dextran-positive vesicles are
indicated by arrowheads. (H,I) Notch staining in wild-type (H)
and GmdH78 (I) wing discs. (J)
O-fut1- clones generated in GmdH78
wing discs, then stained with anti-Notch (magenta) and anti-myc (clone marker,
green) antibodies. The clone boundary is indicated by a white dashed line. All
wing discs were isolated from late third-instar larvae.