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RanBP3 enhances nuclear export of active β-catenin independently of CRM1

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JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 171, Issue 5, Pages 785-797

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ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200502141

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beta-Catenin is the nuclear effector of the Wnt signaling cascade. The mechanism by which nuclear activity of beta-catenin is regulated is not well defined. Therefore, we used the nuclear marker RanGTP to screen for novel nuclear beta-catenin binding proteins. We identified a cofactor of chromosome region maintenance 1 (CRM1)-mediated nuclear export, Ran binding protein 3 (RanBP3), as a novel beta-catenin-interacting protein that binds directly to beta-catenin in a RanGTP-stimulated manner. RanBP3 inhibits beta-catenin-mediated transcriptional activation in both Wnt1- and beta-catenin-stimulated human cells. In Xenopus laevis embryos, RanBP3 interferes with beta-catenin-induced dorsoventral axis formation. Furthermore, RanBP3 depletion stimulates the Wnt pathway in both human cells and Drosophila melanogaster embryos. In human cells, this is accompanied by an increase of dephosphorylated beta-catenin in the nucleus. Conversely, overexpression of RanBP3 leads to a shift of active beta-catenin toward the cytoplasm. Modulation of beta-catenin activity and localization by RanBP3 is independent of adenomatous polyposis coli protein and CRM1. We conclude that RanBP3 is a direct export enhancer for beta-catenin, independent of its role as a CRM1-associated nuclear export cofactor.

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