The secret life of Smad4.

Wrana, Jeffrey L · Cell · 2009

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Smad4 is an important mediator of signaling by TGFbeta family members that is presumed to be controlled by the phosphorylation status of its partners, the receptor-regulated R-Smads. In this issue, Dupont et al. (2009) now reveal that Smad4 itself is subject to cycles of ubiquitination and deubiquitination that regulate its interactions with the R-Smads.

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