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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Previously, we have identified Caprin-2 as a new regulator in canonical Wnt signaling through a mechanism of facilitating LRP5/6 phosphorylation; moreover, we found that its C-terminal C1q-related domain (Cap2_CRD) is required for this process. Here, we determined the crystal structures of Cap2_CRD from human and zebrafish, which both associate as a homotrimer with calcium located at the symmetric center. Surprisingly, the calcium binding-deficient mutant exists as a more stable trimer than its wild-type counterpart. Further studies showed that this Caprin-2 mutant disabled in binding calcium maintains the activity of promoting LRP5/6 phosphorylation, whereas the mutations disrupting Cap2_CRD homotrimer did impair such activity. Together, our findings suggested that the C-terminal CRD domain of Caprin-2 forms a flexible homotrimer mediated by calcium and that such trimeric assembly is required for Caprin-2 to regulate canonical Wnt signaling.

Structural insights into the C1q domain of Caprin-2 in canonical Wnt signaling.,Miao H, Jia Y, Xie S, Wang X, Zhao J, Chu Y, Zhou Z, Shi Z, Song X, Li L J Biol Chem. 2014 Dec 5;289(49):34104-13. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M114.591636. Epub 2014, Oct 20. PMID:25331957^[1]

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