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ArticleCommunications biology2021

Loss of peptidase D binding restores the tumor suppressor functions of oncogenic p53 mutants.

Lu Yang, Yun Li, Arup Bhattacharya, Yuesheng Zhang

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Article in Communications biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  2. The multifunctional proline-rich domain of p53 tumor suppressor.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Reviews on cancer · 2025
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4 authors.

Lu Yang *Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, 14263, USA.
Yun Li *Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, 14263, USA.
Arup BhattacharyaDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, 14263, USA.
Yuesheng ZhangDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, 14263, USA. yuesheng.zhang@roswellpark.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0976-2875

Funding

Two-Spirit Films in Indigenous Cancer HealthP30CA016056 · NCI · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI Dean G. Tang · 1985 to 2026
$116.6M
Overcoming Drug Resistance in HER2-positive Breast CancerR01CA244601 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI ZHANG, YUESHENG · 2020 to 2024
$2.3M
Combating Cetuximab Resistance in Colorectal CancerR01CA215093 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI ZHANG, YUESHENG · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
Gender Disparity in Bladder Cancer and Chemopreventive InterventionR01CA164574 · NCI · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI ZHANG, YUESHENG · 2013 to 2017
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016056NCI NIH HHS R01 CA164574NCI NIH HHS R01 CA215093NCI NIH HHS R01 CA244601
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor suppressor p53, a critical regulator of cell fate, is frequently mutated in cancer. Mutation of p53 abolishes its tumor-suppressing functions or endows oncogenic functions. We recently found that p53 binds via its proline-rich domain to peptidase D (PEPD) and is activated when the binding is disrupted. The proline-rich domain in p53 is rarely mutated. Here, we show that oncogenic p53 mutants closely resemble p53 in PEPD binding but are transformed into tumor suppressors, rather than activated as oncoproteins, when their binding to PEPD is disrupted by PEPD knockdown. Once freed from PEPD, p53 mutants undergo multiple posttranslational modifications, especially lysine 373 acetylation, which cause them to refold and regain tumor suppressor activities that are typically displayed by p53. The reactivated p53 mutants strongly inhibit cancer cell growth in vitro and in vivo. Our study identifies a cellular mechanism for reactivation of the tumor suppressor functions of oncogenic p53 mutants.

Indexed as

MutationCell LineCell Transformation, NeoplasticDipeptidasesHumansTumor Suppressor Protein p53DipeptidasesPEPD protein, humanTP53 protein, humanTumor Suppressor Protein p53

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PMID34880421
PMCPMC8655031

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