Fig. 3. Mutations in CKII consensus-motifs stabilize ß-catenin. (A) 293 cells
stably transfected with either wt or Ser/Thr-mutant HA-ß-catenin were
subjected to pulse-chase experiments as described in Materials and Methods.
The triple-mutant used contained the three mutations indicated in panel A.
Equal amounts of incorporated radioactivity were immunoprecipitated with
anti-HA antibodies at the time points indicated and the autoradiographs were
quantified by phospho-imager analysis. The half-life of Ser/Thr-mutant
ß-catenin was approximately two- to threefold that of wt ß-catenin.
(B) Quantitative measurements of band intensities from three independent
experiments, using MacBas image analyzing software (circles, wild-type
ß-catenin; squares, mutant ß-catenin).