The Roles of Intrinsic Disorder in Orchestrating The Wnt-pathway
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2012
Keywords
Intrinsically Disordered Protein, Wnt-pathway, β-catenin, Axin, Cki-α, Gsk-3β, APC, Signaling, Protein-protein Interaction, Development
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1080/073911012010525024
Abstract
The canonical Wnt-pathway plays a number of crucial roles in the development of organism. Malfunctions of this pathway lead to various diseases including cancer. In the inactivated state, this pathway involves five proteins, Axin, CKI-α, GSK-3β, APC, and β-catenin. We analyzed these proteins by a number of computational tools, such as PONDR®VLXT, PONDR®VSL2, MoRF-II predictor and Hydrophobic Cluster Analysis (HCA) to show that each of the Wnt-pathway proteins contains several intrinsically disordered regions. Based on a comprehensive analysis of published data we conclude that these disordered regions facilitate protein-protein interactions, post-translational modifications, and signaling. The scaffold protein Axin and another large protein, APC, act as flexible concentrators in gathering together all other proteins involved in the Wnt-pathway, emphasizing the role of intrinsically disordered regions in orchestrating the complex protein-protein interactions. We further explore the intricate roles of highly disordered APC in regulation of β-catenin function. Intrinsically disordered APC helps the collection of β-catenin from cytoplasm, facilitates the β-catenin delivery to the binding sites on Axin, and controls the final detachment of β-catenin from Axin.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, v. 29, issue 5, p. 843-861
Scholar Commons Citation
Xue, Bin; Dunker, A. Keith; and Uversky, Vladimir N., "The Roles of Intrinsic Disorder in Orchestrating The Wnt-pathway" (2012). Molecular Medicine Faculty Publications. 497.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/mme_facpub/497
