DnaA then acts at three A-T-rich 13 -bp tandem repeats located on the left side of oriC

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Kinases CK1 and GSK3,

sequentially phosphorylate β-catenin at multiple serine and threonine residues.

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The E3 TrCP ubiquitin ligase then binds to two phosphorylated β-catenin residues, leading to β-catenin ubiquitinylation and degradation in proteasomes.

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Binding of Wnt to its receptor Frizzled (Fz) and to the LRP co-receptor triggers phosphorylation of LRP by GSK3 and CK1, enables Axin to bind LRP & Dsh.

 

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Binding of Axin to the phosphorylated LRP protein and to Dishevelled disrupts the Axin–APC–CK1–GSK3–β-catenin complex. 

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Unphosphorylated β-catenin translocates to the nucleus.

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β-catenin binds to TCF to displace the Gro repressor and recruits co-activator proteins Pygo, LGS, to activate target gene expression.