[HTML][HTML] c-Ski acts as a transcriptional co-repressor in transforming growth factor-β signaling through interaction with Smads

S Akiyoshi, H Inoue, J Hanai, K Kusanagi… - Journal of Biological …, 1999 - ASBMB
Smads are intracellular signaling mediators of the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β)
superfamily that regulates a wide variety of biological processes. Among them, Smads 2 and
3 are activated specifically by TGF-β. We identified c-Ski as a Smad2 interacting protein. c-
Ski is the cellular homologue of thev-ski oncogene product and has been shown to repress
transcription by recruiting histone deacetylase (HDAC). Smad2/3 interacts with c-Ski through
its C-terminal MH2 domain in a TGF-β-dependent manner. c-Ski contains two distinct Smad …