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1Section on Endocrinology and Genetics, Program on Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics & Pediatric Endocrinology Inter-Institute Training Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Abstract:
Armadillo-containing proteins (ACPs) are a large family of evolutionary conserved proteins, characterized by the tandem repeat copy of a 42 amino acids motif, which forms a 3 dimensional protein-protein interaction domain. This permits ACPs to interact with plenty of partners and consequently, most of these proteins have several independent cellular roles. Perhaps the most well-known protein of this family is β-catenin, which is crucial in the regulation of development and adult tissue homeostasis through its 2 independent functions, acting in cellular adhesion in addition to being a transcriptional co-activator. APCs have important functions in many tissues, but here we summarize the adrenocortical role of 2 well-described ACPs, β-catenin (CTNNB1), Adenomatous Polyposis Coli (APC), and discuss the possible role in the adrenal cortex of the most recently discovered, Armadillo-repeat containing 5 (ARMC5).
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