Wingless pathway

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R-DME-209412
DOI
10.3180/REACT_16156.1
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Pathway
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Drosophila melanogaster
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5/5
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Wingless pathway
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The canonical Wingless signalling pathway consists of two main branches. One of these is active when Wingless (WG) ligand is bound to Frizzled (FZ/FZ2) receptors and the other is active when there is no binding. The default pathway is with no WG ligand bound to the FZ/FZ2 receptor. Armadillo (ARM) is sequestered to the 'destruction complex', is phosphorylated and ubiquitinated, and then degraded by the proteasome. The ARM concentration in the cytoplasm is depleted so there is no complex formed with Pangolin (PAN) in the nucleus and gene transcription is inactivated. However, when WG binds with FZ/FZ2, a plasma membrane receptor complex with Arrow (ARR) is formed. ARR is in turn phosphorylated by the membrane-anchored kinase Gish (GISH) and membrane localised Shaggy (SGG). The molecules Dishevelled (DSH) and Axin (AXN) are recruited to ARR and FZ/FZ2 respectively, the former along with its interaction partners in the 'destruction complex'. The binding of DSH to AXN, deactivates SGG and leads to the degradation of AXN. This, along with dephosphorylation of the 'destruction complex' leads to the release of ARM and the disassembly of the 'destruction complex'. The levels of cytoplasmic AXN drop and ARM increase with the result that sufficient ARM transports from the cytoplasm to the nucleus to form a complex with PAN which leads to transcriptional activation.
Literature References
PubMed ID Title Journal Year
16713950 Transcription under the control of nuclear Arm/beta-catenin

Stadeli, R, Hoffmans, R, Basler, K

Curr Biol 2006
15641015 Wnt signalling and the mechanistic basis of tumour development

Ilyas, M

J Pathol 2005
15041171 Rethinking WNT signaling

Tolwinski, NS, Wieschaus, E

Trends Genet 2004
14551908 The roles of APC and Axin derived from experimental and theoretical analysis of the Wnt pathway

Lee, E, Salic, A, Kruger, R, Heinrich, R, Kirschner, MW

PLoS Biol 2003
16520547 Regulation of Wnt signaling by protein-protein interaction and post-translational modifications

Kikuchi, A, Kishida, S, Yamamoto, H

Exp Mol Med 2006
15473860 The Wnt signaling pathway in development and disease

Logan, CY, Nusse, R

Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 2004
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Wnt signaling pathway (0016055)
Authored
Williams, MG  (2006-07-26)
Reviewed
Nusse, R  (2008-01-19)
Created
Williams, MG  (2006-06-28)
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