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METTL13 Methylation of eEF1A Increases Translational Output to Promote Tumorigenesis.
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120 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 201 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Crosstalk between ubiquitination and other post-translational modifications in cardiovascular diseases.iScience · 2026Review
- SETD8-mediated mono-methylation of YAP at K76 promotes K48-linked polyubiquitination and degradation to suppress colorectal cancer.Cell death and differentiation · 2026Article
- Decoding Protein-Methylating METTLs in Humans: Structural, Functional, and Disease Insights over the Past Decade.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Lysine methyltransferase methyltransferase-like 13 regulates bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells osteo-adipogenic differentiation and senescence in osteoporosis via the Foxa1/HES-1 axis.Stem cells translational medicine · 2026Article
- EEF1AKMT4-eEF1A2 synergistically facilitates the progression of GBC by promoting ribosomal protein output.Genes & diseases · 2026Article
- Uncovering a role for METTL13 in malignant transformation of human hematopoietic stem cells and in the progression of pediatric leukemia.Cell death & disease · 2026Article
- TTLL12 counteracts BPOZ-2 to stabilize eEF1A1 and promote hepatocarcinogenesis.Cell death & disease · 2026Article
- Valeric acid from oral microbiome suppresses esophageal cancer growth by disrupting eEF1A1 -mediated translational output.Nature communications · 2026Article
- METTL13 mediated SAA1 translation maintains cancer stem cell behavior and promotes esophageal carcinoma progression.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Article
- Assembling Ternary Dead-End Complex for Covalent Trapping of Protein Lysine Methyltransferases.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026Article
- Characterization of Lysine Methylation During Neuronal Differentiation of LUHMES cells.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Exploring the Potential Roles of Oxidative Stress-Related Genes in Thyroid Eye Disease and Graves' Disease.Journal of ophthalmology · 2026Article
- METTL10-Mediated PIAS3 Methylation Links Purine Metabolism to Gastric Cancer Progression.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Constitutive epidermal expression of osteopontin in osteopontin-null mice restores ultraviolet B-induced cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas to wild-type levels.Carcinogenesis · 2025Article
- The methyltransferase-like proteins as core regulators of nucleic acid modifications and post-translation modification of proteins in disease pathogenesis and therapeutic implications.Biomarker research · 2025Review
- Epigenetic alterations facilitate transcriptional and translational programs in hypoxia.Nature cell biology · 2025Article
- Uncovering a role for METTL13 in malignant transformation of human hematopoietic stem cells and in the progression of pediatric leukemia.Research square · 2025Article
- SETD2 suppresses tumorigenesis in a KRASeLife · 2025Article
- Decoding the cancer cell proteome: A delicate equilibrium with the genome and epigenome.Neuro-oncology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Increased protein synthesis plays an etiologic role in diverse cancers. Here, we demonstrate that METTL13 (methyltransferase-like 13) dimethylation of eEF1A (eukaryotic elongation factor 1A) lysine 55 (eEF1AK55me2) is utilized by Ras-driven cancers to increase translational output and promote tumorigenesis in vivo. METTL13-catalyzed eEF1A methylation increases eEF1A's intrinsic GTPase activity in vitro and protein production in cells. METTL13 and eEF1AK55me2 levels are upregulated in cancer and negatively correlate with pancreatic and lung cancer patient survival. METTL13 deletion and eEF1AK55me2 loss dramatically reduce Ras-driven neoplastic growth in mouse models and in patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) from primary pancreatic and lung tumors. Finally, METTL13 depletion renders PDX tumors hypersensitive to drugs that target growth-signaling pathways. Together, our work uncovers a mechanism by which lethal cancers become dependent on the METTL13-eEF1AK55me2 axis to meet their elevated protein synthesis requirement and suggests that METTL13 inhibition may constitute a targetable vulnerability of tumors driven by aberrant Ras signaling.
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