title: Functional interaction of an axin homolog, conductin, with beta-catenin, APC, and GSK3beta.
abstract: Control of stability of beta-catenin is central in the wnt signaling pathway. Here, the protein conductin was found to form a complex with both beta-catenin and the tumor suppressor gene product adenomatous polyposis coli (APC). Conductin induced beta-catenin degradation, whereas mutants of conductin that were deficient in complex formation stabilized beta-catenin. Fragments of APC that contained a conductin-binding domain also blocked beta-catenin degradation. Thus, conductin is a component of the multiprotein complex that directs beta-catenin to degradation and is located downstream of APC. In Xenopus embryos, conductin interfered with wnt-induced axis formation.
authors.affiliation: Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle-Strasse 10, 13122 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Behrens
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Jerchow
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Würtele
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grimm
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Asbrand
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wirtz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kühl
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wedlich
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Birchmeier
mesh_terms: D025601:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D060466:Axin Protein; D001665:Binding Sites; D019521:Body Patterning; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D015398:Signal Transduction; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014981:Xenopus / Q000196:embryology; D029867:Xenopus Proteins; D051176:beta Catenin
chemical_list: C491761:AXIN2 protein, human; D025601:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein; D060466:Axin Protein; C111729:Axin2 protein, mouse; C495266:CTNNB1 protein, Xenopus; C495270:CTNNB1 protein, human; C495267:CTNNB1 protein, mouse; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D029867:Xenopus Proteins; C555454:axin1 protein, Xenopus; D051176:beta Catenin; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3