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ArticleeLife2020

Limited dishevelled/Axin oligomerization determines efficiency of Wnt/β-catenin signal transduction.

Wei Kan, Michael D Enos, Elgin Korkmazhan, Stefan Muennich, Dong-Hua Chen, Melissa V Gammons, Mansi Vasishtha, Mariann Bienz, Alexander R Dunn, Georgios Skiniotis and 1 more

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Article in eLife, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Wei Kan *Department of Structural Biology and Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6830-6714
Michael D Enos *Department of Structural Biology and Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States.
Elgin Korkmazhan *Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6872-9952
Stefan MuennichDepartment of Structural Biology and Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1355-737X
Dong-Hua ChenDepartment of Structural Biology and Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States.
Melissa V GammonsMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Mansi VasishthaDepartment of Structural Biology and Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States.
Mariann BienzMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-7170-8706
Alexander R DunnDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6096-4600
Georgios SkiniotisDepartment of Structural Biology and Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States.
William I WeisDepartment of Structural Biology and Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5583-6150
Stanford University · USMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology · GB

Funding

Supplement to Enhance Wellness and Resiliency in the Graduate EnvironmentT32GM007276 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI MORRISON, ASHBY J. · 1985 to 2023
$32.9M
Molecular mechanisms underlying force transduction at cellular adhesion complexesR35GM130332 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Alexander R Dunn · 2019 to 2026
$4.9M
Molecular mechanisms of Wnt and mechanical signaling through β-cateninR35GM131747 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI POKUTTA, SABINE · 2019 to 2023
$3.1M
Molecular Mechanisms of Wnt Signal TransductionR01GM119156 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI WEIS, WILLIAM I · 2016 to 2019
$1.3M
Cancer Research UK 24639Cancer Research UK C7379/A15291Medical Research Council MC_U105192713NIGMS NIH HHS GM119156NIGMS NIH HHS GM130332NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM119156NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM130332NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM131747NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007276
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Wnt/β-catenin signaling, the transcriptional coactivator β-catenin is regulated by its phosphorylation in a complex that includes the scaffold protein Axin and associated kinases. Wnt binding to its coreceptors activates the cytosolic effector Dishevelled (Dvl), leading to the recruitment of Axin and the inhibition of β-catenin phosphorylation. This process requires interaction of homologous DIX domains present in Dvl and Axin, but is mechanistically undefined. We show that Dvl DIX forms antiparallel, double-stranded oligomers in vitro, and that Dvl in cells forms oligomers typically <10 molecules at endogenous expression levels. Axin DIX (DAX) forms small single-stranded oligomers, but its self-association is stronger than that of DIX. DAX caps the ends of DIX oligomers, such that a DIX oligomer has at most four DAX binding sites. The relative affinities and stoichiometry of the DIX-DAX interaction provide a mechanism for efficient inhibition of β-catenin phosphorylation upon Axin recruitment to the Wnt receptor complex.

Indexed as

AnimalsAxin ProteinCell DifferentiationDishevelled ProteinsHumansMiceWnt Signaling PathwayAxin ProteinDishevelled ProteinsAxindishevelledDIX domainmolecular biophysicsnonestructural biologyWnt signaling

Identifiers

PMID32297861
PMCPMC7200158
OpenAlexW3016524302

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