Deathproof: new insights on the role of skp2 in tumorigenesis.
The F box protein Skp2 is frequently overexpressed in human tumors and is capable of transforming cultured cells in vitro. It has been assumed, quite reasonably, that this oncogenic property of Skp2 is directly related to its role, as part of an SCF ubiquitin ligase complex, in the ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis of negative cell cycle regulatory proteins, notably p27Kip1. However, building on earlier results indicating that silencing of Skp2 promotes apoptosis in some tumor-derived cell lines, Kitagawa and coworkers in the February 1 issue of Molecular Cell have elucidated an alternative mechanism for promotion of tumorigenesis by Skp2, specifically the suppression of p53-mediated apoptosis.
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Steven I
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Department of Molecular Biology, MB-7, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. sreed@scripps.edu <sreed@scripps.edu>
D017500:Adenovirus E1A Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017209:Apoptosis; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D051736:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2 / Q000378:metabolism; D044786:S-Phase Kinase-Associated Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism
D017500:Adenovirus E1A Proteins; D044786:S-Phase Kinase-Associated Proteins; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D051736:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2