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The G5 subunit has been shown to reduce cell viability, inhibit folate chemotaxis and accelerate tip morphogenesis and gene expression during multicellular development. Alteration of the D-motif (mitogen-activated protein kinase docking site) at the amino terminus of the G5 subunit or the loss of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)1 diminished the lethality associated with the overexpression or constitutive activation of the G5 subunit. The amino-terminal D-motif of the G5 subunit was also found to be necessary for the reduced cell size, small aggregate formation and precocious developmental gene expression associated with G5 subunit overexpression. This D-motif also contributed to the aggregation delay in cells expressing a constitutively active G5 subunit, but the D-motif was not necessary for the inhibition of folate chemotaxis. These results suggest that the amino-terminal D-motif is required for some but not all phenotypes associated with elevated G5 subunit functions during growth and development and that ERK1 can function in G5 subunit-mediated signal transduction.

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