| Literature DB >> 23562475 |
Yoshito Tomimaru1, Hironori Koga, Tai Ho Shin, Chelsea Q Xu, Jack R Wands, Miran Kim.
Abstract
T-cell factor (TCF) proteins represent key transcription factors in Wnt signaling. We show that the SxxSS motif in TCF-4 regulates transcriptional activity in HCC cells. TCF-4K mutants increased transcriptional activity compared to TCF-4K (bearing the SxxSS); the binding pattern of co-factors in TCF-4K mutants was similar to that in TCF-4J (lacking the SxxSS). TCF activity in TCF-4K cells was suppressed by homeodomain-interacting protein kinase 2 (HIPK2), but not in TCF-4J cells. Together, our data indicates that the SxxSS motif in TCF-4K regulates transcriptional activity by modifying co-factors in the β-catenin/TCF-4 transcriptional complex and these events may be mediated through HIPK2.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23562475 PMCID: PMC3700609 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2013.03.031
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Lett ISSN: 0304-3835 Impact factor: 8.679