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Differential ubiquitination defines the functional status of the tumor suppressor Smad4.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 29 Aug 2003
Morén Anita, Hellman Ulf, Inada Yuri, Imamura Takeshi, Heldin Carl-Henrik, Moustakas Aristidis
Abstract excerpt
Smad4 is an essential signal transducer of all transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily pathways that regulate cell growth and differentiation, and it becomes inactivated in human cancers. Receptor-activated (R-) Smads can be poly-ubiquitinated in the cytoplasm or the nucleus, and this regulates their steady state levels or shutdown of the signaling pathway. Oncogenic mutations in Smad4 and other...
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