[HTML][HTML] Crystal structure of a full-length β-catenin

Y Xing, KI Takemaru, J Liu, JD Berndt, JJ Zheng… - Structure, 2008 - cell.com
Summary β-catenin plays essential roles in cell adhesion and Wnt signaling, while
deregulation of β-catenin is associated with multiple diseases including cancers. Here, we …

Mechanistic insights from structural studies of β-catenin and its binding partners

W Xu, D Kimelman - Journal of cell science, 2007 - journals.biologists.com
β-catenin is both a crucial regulator of cell adhesion and the central effector of the canonical
Wnt signaling pathway. It functions as a protein organizer by interacting with numerous …

Crystal structure of a β-catenin/BCL9/Tcf4 complex

J Sampietro, CL Dahlberg, US Cho, TR Hinds… - Molecular cell, 2006 - cell.com
The canonical Wnt pathway plays critical roles in embryonic development, stem cell growth,
and tumorigenesis. Stimulation of the Wnt pathway leads to the association of β-catenin with …

Crystal structure of a β-catenin/Tcf complex

TA Graham, C Weaver, F Mao, D Kimelman, W Xu - Cell, 2000 - cell.com
The Wnt signaling pathway plays critical roles in embryonic development and
tumorigenesis. Stimulation of the Wnt pathway results in the accumulation of a nuclear β …

Tcf4 can specifically recognize β-catenin using alternative conformations

TA Graham, DM Ferkey, F Mao, D Kimelman… - Nature structural …, 2001 - nature.com
Accumulation of the Wnt pathway effector β-catenin is a hallmark of a number of cancers,
including colon cancer. As β-catenin accumulates in the cell, it forms a complex with Tcf …

Dimer asymmetry defines α-catenin interactions

ES Rangarajan, T Izard - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2013 - nature.com
The F-actin–binding cytoskeletal protein α-catenin interacts with β-catenin–cadherin
complexes and stabilizes cell-cell junctions. The β-catenin–α-catenin complex cannot bind F …

Protein evolution: structure‐function relationships of the oncogene beta‐catenin in the evolution of multicellular animals

SQ Schneider, JR Finnerty… - Journal of Experimental …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Beta‐catenin functions as a cytoskeletal linker protein in cadherin‐mediated adhesion and
as a signal mediator in wnt‐signal transduction pathways. We use a novel integrative …

Distinct molecular forms of β-catenin are targeted to adhesive or transcriptional complexes

CJ Gottardi, BM Gumbiner - The Journal of cell biology, 2004 - rupress.org
β-Catenin plays essential roles in both cell–cell adhesion and Wnt signal transduction, but
what precisely controls β-catenin targeting to cadherin adhesive complexes, or T-cell factor …

Three-dimensional structure of the armadillo repeat region of β-catenin

AH Huber, WJ Nelson, WI Weis - Cell, 1997 - cell.com
Abstract β-catenin is essential for cadherin-based cell adhesion and Wnt/Wingless growth
factor signaling. In these roles, it binds to cadherins, Tcf-family transcription factors, and the …

The crystal structure of the β-catenin/ICAT complex reveals the inhibitory mechanism of ICAT

TA Graham, WK Clements, D Kimelman, W Xu - Molecular cell, 2002 - cell.com
Abstract β-catenin is a multifunctional protein involved in both cell adhesion and
transcriptional activation. Transcription mediated by the β-catenin/Tcf complex is involved in …