Nathalia Cavalheiro Auwerter
Brazil
Letter to Editor
Biochemical and Molecular Signaling of the Canonical Wnt Pathway
Author(s): Isabelle Leticia Zaboroski Silva, Giovanna Zuzarte Candido, LetÃcia Koczicki, Nathalia Cavalheiro Auwerter, Laysa Toschi Martins and Henrique Ravanhol FrigeriIsabelle Leticia Zaboroski Silva, Giovanna Zuzarte Candido, Letícia Koczicki, Nathalia Cavalheiro Auwerter, Laysa Toschi Martins and Henrique Ravanhol Frigeri
The canonical Wnt pathway plays an important role in numerous
cell processes, such as embryogenesis, cell proliferation, self-renewal of
stem cells, myogenesis, and adipogenesis. This pathway is mediated
by specific factors called Wnt proteins, which act as chemical mediators
controlling the development of different types of cells. Wnt
proteins are structurally different from other proteins, in that they have
a fatty acid chain bound covalently at their N-terminal region. The
Wnt pathway is regulated by another protein, beta-catenin (β-cat). It is
known that β-cat activates the transcription of more than 60 different
genes .. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2161-1009.1000199