SCF E3 ubiquitin ligases mediate ubiquitination and proteasome-dependent degradation of phosphorylated substrates. We identi®ed a human F-box/WD40 repeats protein (HOS), which is homologous to Slimb/hbTrCP. Being a part of SCF complex with Skp1 and Cullin1, HOS speci®cally interacted with the phosphorylated IkB and b-catenin, targeting these proteins for proteasomedependent degradation in vivo. This targeting required Cullin1 as expression of a mutant Cullin1 abrogated the degradation of IkB and of b-catenin. Mutant HOS which lacks the F-box blocked TNFa-induced degradation of IkB as well as GSK3b-mediated degradation of b-catenin. This mutant also inhibited NF-kB transactivation and increased the b-catenin-dependent transcription activity of Tcf. These results demonstrate that SCF HOS E3 ubiquitin ligase regulate both NF-kB and b-catenin signaling pathways.