RGD Reference Report - DIX domains of Dvl and axin are necessary for protein interactions and their ability to regulate beta-catenin stability. - Rat Genome Database

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DIX domains of Dvl and axin are necessary for protein interactions and their ability to regulate beta-catenin stability.

Authors: Kishida, S  Yamamoto, H  Hino, S  Ikeda, S  Kishida, M  Kikuchi, A 
Citation: Kishida S, etal., Mol Cell Biol. 1999 Jun;19(6):4414-22.
RGD ID: 4108508
Pubmed: PMID:10330181   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC104400   (View Article at PubMed Central)

The N-terminal region of Dvl-1 (a mammalian Dishevelled homolog) shares 37% identity with the C-terminal region of Axin, and this related region is named the DIX domain. The functions of the DIX domains of Dvl-1 and Axin were investigated. By yeast two-hybrid screening, the DIX domain of Dvl-1 was found to interact with Dvl-3, a second mammalian Dishevelled relative. The DIX domains of Dvl-1 and Dvl-3 directly bound one another. Furthermore, Dvl-1 formed a homo-oligomer. Axin also formed a homo-oligomer, and its DIX domain was necessary. The N-terminal region of Dvl-1, including its DIX domain, bound to Axin directly. Dvl-1 inhibited Axin-promoted glycogen synthase kinase 3beta-dependent phosphorylation of beta-catenin, and the DIX domain of Dvl-1 was required for this inhibitory activity. Expression of Dvl-1 in L cells induced the nuclear accumulation of beta-catenin, and deletion of the DIX domain abolished this activity. Although expression of Axin in SW480 cells caused the degradation of beta-catenin and reduced the cell growth rate, expression of an Axin mutant that lacks the DIX domain did not affect the level of beta-catenin or the growth rate. These results indicate that the DIX domains of Dvl-1 and Axin are important for protein-protein interactions and that they are necessary for the ability of Dvl-1 and Axin to regulate the stability of beta-catenin.

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Molecular Function

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Axin1  (axin 1)
Ctnnb1  (catenin beta 1)
Dvl3  (dishevelled segment polarity protein 3)


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