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Regulation of protein stability by GSK3 mediated phosphorylation

Chong Xu et al. Cell Cycle. 2009.

Abstract

Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK3) plays important roles in numerous signaling pathways that regulate a variety of cellular processes including cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis and embryonic development. In the canonical Wnt signaling pathway, GSK3 phosphorylation mediates proteasomal targeting and degradation of beta-catenin via the destruction complex. We recently reported a biochemical screen that discovered multiple additional protein substrates whose stability is regulated by Wnt signaling and/or GSK3 and these have important implications for Wnt/GSK3 regulation of different cellular processes.(1) In this article, we also present a bio-informatics based screen for proteins whose stability may be controlled by GSK3 and beta-Trcp, the SCF E3 ubiquitin ligase that is responsible for beta-catenin degradation in the Wnt signaling pathway. Furthermore, we review various GSK3 regulated proteolysis substrates described in the literature. We propose that GSK3 phosphorylation dependent proteolysis is a widespread mechanism that the cell employs to regulate a variety of cell processes in response to signals.

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Potential GSK3 phosphorylation dependent protein degradation substrates identified in biochemical screen (modified from Fig. 3 in ref. 1). 35 novel proteolytic targets of Wnt and/or GSK3 identified in the screen are grouped according to their cellular functions. Proteins that are known to play roles in the canonical wnt signaling pathway are separated into one group.

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