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Pontin52, an interaction partner of beta-catenin, binds to the TATA box binding protein.


ABSTRACT: beta-catenin, the vertebrate homolog of the Drosophila Armadillo protein, has been shown to have dual cellular functions, as a component of both the cadherin-catenin cell adhesion complex and the Wnt signaling pathway. At Wnt signaling, beta-catenin becomes stabilized in the cytoplasm and subsequently available for interaction with transcription factors of the lymphocyte enhancer factor-1/T-cell factor family, resulting in a nuclear localization of beta-catenin. Although beta-catenin does not bind DNA directly, its carboxyl- and amino-terminal regions exhibit a transactivating activity still not well understood molecularly. Here we report the identification of an interaction partner of beta-catenin, a nuclear protein designated Pontin52. Pontin52 binds beta-catenin in the region of Armadillo repeats 2-5 and, more importantly, also binds the TATA box binding protein. We provide evidence for an in vivo multiprotein complex composed of Pontin52, beta-catenin, and lymphocyte enhancer factor-1/T-cell factor. Our results suggest involvement of Pontin52 in the nuclear function of beta-catenin.

SUBMITTER: Bauer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC24527 | biostudies-literature | 1998 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Pontin52, an interaction partner of beta-catenin, binds to the TATA box binding protein.

Bauer A A   Huber O O   Kemler R R  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 19981201 25


beta-catenin, the vertebrate homolog of the Drosophila Armadillo protein, has been shown to have dual cellular functions, as a component of both the cadherin-catenin cell adhesion complex and the Wnt signaling pathway. At Wnt signaling, beta-catenin becomes stabilized in the cytoplasm and subsequently available for interaction with transcription factors of the lymphocyte enhancer factor-1/T-cell factor family, resulting in a nuclear localization of beta-catenin. Although beta-catenin does not bi  ...[more]

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