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Yanagawa, S., Lee, J.S., Matsuda, Y., Ishimoto, A. (2000). Biochemical characterization of the Drosophila axin protein.  FEBS Lett. 474(2-3): 189--194.
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FBrf0128689
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Research paper
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In the Wnt/Wingless pathway, accumulation of beta-catenin/Armadillo protein is a key regulatory step. Vertebrate Axin is a negative regulator of Wnt signaling, promoting glycogen synthase kinase-3beta-mediated phosphorylation of beta-catenin and thereby destabilizing beta-catenin. Using Drosophila cell culture systems, we demonstrated that a Drosophila homolog of Axin (Daxin) inhibits Wingless-induced Armadillo accumulation and Drosophila T-cell factor-dependent transcription induced by Wingless, Dishevelled, and Armadillo. The carboxy-terminal portion of Daxin is not essential for the inhibitory activity, but a mutant only consisting of this portion behaves as a dominant-negative protein. Moreover, interactions between Daxin and Zeste-white 3, Armadillo, Dishevelled, protein phosphatase 2A and Daxin itself were shown, providing direct evidence that Daxin is a scaffold protein in the Wingless pathway.
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    Language of Publication
    English
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    Abbreviation
    FEBS Lett.
    Title
    FEBS Letters
    Publication Year
    1968-
    ISBN/ISSN
    0014-5793
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