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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 279, Issue 19, Pages 19592-19599Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M314208200
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beta-Catenin functions as a downstream component of the Wnt/Wingless signal transduction pathway, and inappropriate control of cytosolic beta-catenin is a crucial step in the genesis of several human cancers. Here we demonstrate that cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) in association with cyclin A or cyclin E directly binds to beta-catenin. In vivo and in vitro kinase assays with cyclin-CDK2 demonstrate beta-catenin phosphorylation on residues Ser(33), Ser(37), Thr(41), and Ser(45). This phosphorylation promotes rapid degradation of cytosolic beta-catenin via the beta-TrCP-mediated proteasome pathway. Moreover, cyclin E-CDK2 contributes to rapid degradation of cytosolic beta-catenin levels during G(1) phase by regulating beta-catenin phosphorylation and subsequent degradation. In this way, CDK2 may finetune beta-catenin levels over the course of the cell cycle.
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