Immunogen | KLH-conjugatedsyntheticlinearpeptidecorrespondingtobetacatenin. |
Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. |
Host | Rabbit |
Specificity | Thisantibodydetectsbetacateninregardlessofphosphorylationstate. |
SpeciesReactivity | - Human
- Mouse
- Xenopus
- Chicken
- Rat
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SpeciesReactivityNote | Testedonhuman.Predictedtocross-reactwithmouse,rat,xenopusandchickenbasedonsequencehomology. |
AntibodyType | PolyclonalAntibody |
EntrezGeneNumber | |
EntrezGeneSummary | Beta-cateninisanadherensjunctionprotein.Adherensjunctions(AJs;alsocalledthezonulaadherens)arecriticalfortheestablishmentandmaintenanceofepitheliallayers,suchasthoseliningorgansurfaces.AJsmediateadhesionbetweencells,communicateasignalthatneighboringcellsarepresent,andanchortheactinCytoskeleton.Inservingtheseroles,AJsregulatenormalcellgrowthandbehavior.Atseveralstagesofembryogenesis,woundhealing,andtumorcellmetastasis,cellsformandleaveepithelia.Thisprocess,whichinvolvesthedisruptionandreestablishmentofepithelialcell-cellcontacts,mayberegulatedbythedisassemblyandassemblyofAJs.AJsmayalsofunctioninthetransmissionofthe"contactinhibition"signal,whichinstructscellstostopdividingonceanepithelialsheetiscomplete.[suppliedbyOMIM] |
GeneSymbol | |
PurificationMethod | AffinityPurfied |
UniProtNumber | |
UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:InvolvedintheregulationofcelladhesionandinsignaltransductionthroughtheWntpathway. SUBUNITSTRUCTURE:Twoseparatepoolsarefoundinthecytoplasm:oneisPSEN1/cadherin/catenincomplexwhichanchorstotheactincytoskeleton.TheotherpoolispartofalargecomplexcontainingAXIN1,AXIN2,APC,CSNK1A1andGSK3BthatpromotesphosphorylationonN-terminalSerandThrresiduesandubiquitinationofCTNNB1viaBTRCanditssubsequentdegradationbytheproteasome.Wnt-dependentactivationofDVLantagonizestheactionofGSK3B.WhenGSK3Bactivityisinhibitedthecomplexdissociates,CTNNB1isdephosphorylatedandisnolongertargetedfordestruction.ThestABIlizedproteintranslocatestothenucleus,whereitbindsTCF/LEF-1familymembers,TBP,BCL9andpossIBLyalsoRUVBL1andCHD8.BindsCTNNBIPandEP300.CTNNB1formsaternarycomplexwithLEF1andEP300thatisdisruptedbyCTNNBIP1bindingBysimilarity.InteractswithTAX1BP3(viathePDZdomain);thisinteractioninhibitsthetranscriptionalactivityofCTNNB1Bysimilarity.InteractswithAJAP1,BAIAP1,CARM1,CTNNA3,CXADRandPCDH11Y.BindsSLC9A3R1.InteractswithGLIS2andMUC1.InteractswithSLC30A9.InteractswithXIRP1Bysimilarity.InteractswithPTPRU(viathecytoplasmicjuxtamembranedomain). SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Cytoplasm.Nucleus.Cytoplasm?cytoskeleton.Note=Cytoplasmicwhenitisunstabilized(highlevelofphosphorylation)orboundtoCDH1.Translocatestothenucleuswhenitisstabilized(lowlevelofphosphorylation).InteractionwithGLIS2andMUC1promotesnucleartranslocation. TISSUESPECIFICTY:Expressedinseveralhairfolliclecelltypes:basalandperipheralmatrixcells,andcellsoftheouterandinnerrootsheats.Expressedincolon. PTM:PhosphorylationbyGSK3BrequirespriorphosphorylationofSer-45byanotherkinase.PhosphorylationproceedsthenfromThr-41toSer-37andSer-33. EGFstimulatestyrosinephosphorylation.PhosphorylationonTyr-654decreasesCDH1bindingandenhancesTBPbinding. UbiquitinatedbyaE3ubiquitinligasecomplexcontainingUBE2D1,SIAH1,CACYBP/SIP,SKP1A,APCandTBL1XProbable.Itsubiquitinationleadstoitssubsequentproteasomaldegradation. INVOLVEMENTINDISEASE:ActivatingmutationsinCTNNB1haveoncogenicactivityresultingintumordevelopment.Somaticmutationsarefoundinvarioustumortypes,includingcoloncancers,ovarianandprostatecarcinomas,hepatoblastoma(HB),hepatocellularcarcinoma(HCC).HBsaremalignantembryonaltumorsmainlyaffectingyoungchildreninthefirstthreeyearsoflife. DefectsinCTNNB1areacauseofpilomatrixoma(PTR)[MIM:132600];acommonbenignskintumor. DefectsinCTNNB1areacauseofmedulloblastoma(MDB)[MIM:155255].MDBisamalignant,invasiveembryonaltumorofthecerebellumwithapreferentialmanifestationinchildren. AchromosomalrearrangementinvolvingCTNNB1maybeacauseofsalivaryglandpleiomorphicadenomas(PA)[181030].Pleiomorphicadenomasarethemostcommonbenignepithelialtumorsofthesalivarygland.Translocationt(3;8)(p21;q12)withPLAG1. SEQUENCESIMILARITIES:Belongstothebeta-cateninfamily. Contains12ARMrepeats. |
MolecularWeight | ~92kDa |