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β-Trcp couples β-catenin phosphorylation-degradation and regulates Xenopus axis formation

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Liu, Chunming, Kato, Yoichi, Zhang, Zhuohua, Do, Viet Minh, Yankner, Bruce A., He, Xi·1999·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Regulation of β-catenin stability is essential for Wnt signal transduction during development and tumorigenesis. It is well known that serine-phosphorylation of β-catenin by the Axin–glycogen synthase kinase (GSK)–3β complex targets β-catenin for ubiquitination–degradation, and mutations at critical phosphoserine residues stabilize β-catenin and cause human cancers. How β-catenin phosphorylation results in its degradation is undefined. Here we show that phosphorylated β-catenin is specifically recognized by β-Trcp, an F-box/WD40-repeat protein that also associates with Skp1, an essential component of the ubiquitination apparatus. β-catenin harboring mutations at the critical phosphoserine residues escapes recognition by β-Trcp, thus providing a molecular explanation for why these mutations cause β-catenin accumulation that leads to cancer. Inhibition of endogenous β-Trcp function by a dominant negative mutant stabilizes β-catenin, activates Wnt/β-catenin signaling, and induces axis formation in Xenopus embryos. Therefore, β-Trcp plays a central role in recruiting phosphorylated β-catenin for degradation and in dorsoventral patterning of the Xenopus embryo.

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Authors
Liu, C., Kato, Y., Zhang, Z., Do, V. M., Yankner, B. A., & He, X.
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
1999-05-25
Volume
96
Issue
11
Pages
6273-6278
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
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398
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6.42
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Language
en
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Liu, C., Kato, Y., Zhang, Z., Do, V. M., Yankner, B. A., & He, X. (1999). β-Trcp couples β-catenin phosphorylation-degradation and regulates Xenopus axis formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.96.11.6273

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