Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

FBXW2 suppresses migration and invasion of lung cancer cells via promoting β-catenin ubiquitylation and degradation

  • Fei Yang,
  • Jie Xu,
  • Hua Li,
  • Mingjia Tan,
  • Xiufang Xiong,
  • Yi Sun

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09289-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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FBXW2 is an F-box protein that target substrates for degradation through SCF E3 ligase. Here, the authors show that FBXW2 suppresses lung cancer migration and invasion by promoting degradation of β-catenin and this is dependent on EGF-AKT1.