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ArticleChembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology2026

Systematic Characterization of Cancer-Associated SPOP Mutants Reveals Novel and Reprogrammable Degradative Activities.

Alana G Caldwell, Harshil Parmar, Xiaokang Jin, Chen Zhou, Xiaoyu Zhang

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Article in Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Alana G CaldwellInterdisciplinary Biological Sciences Graduate Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA.
Harshil ParmarDepartment of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA.
Xiaokang JinDepartment of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA.
Chen ZhouDepartment of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA.
Xiaoyu ZhangInterdisciplinary Biological Sciences Graduate Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0951-9664

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Chemical proteomic mapping and functional manipulation of extracellular proteinaceous cysteinesR35GM154945 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI Xiaoyu Zhang · 2024 to 2026
$1.2M
Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research TrustFeinberg School of MedicineNIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM154945NIGMS NIH HHS R35GM154945
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Speckle-type POZ protein (SPOP) functions as the substrate adaptor of the Cullin3-RING ligase complex and is recurrently mutated in multiple cancer types. Among these, F102C and F133L are frequent prostate cancer mutations within the substrate-binding domain, yet their biochemical consequences remain incompletely understood. Using quantitative proteomics, we show that SPOP-F133L, unlike SPOP-F102C, retains degradative activity toward the nuclear basket proteins NUP153 and TPR, indicating substrate-dependent loss-of-function. Moreover, SPOP-F133L induces partial down-regulation of p53 through a Cullin-RING ligase-dependent, post-translational mechanism, revealing a potential neo-substrate relationship. Finally, we demonstrate that both SPOP-F102C and SPOP-F133L support targeted protein degradation in an engineered cellular system. These findings define the degradative capacities of SPOP mutants and highlight opportunities to repurpose these variants as mutant-selective E3 ligases for therapeutic applications.

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Nuclear ProteinsRepressor ProteinsCullin ProteinsHumansMutationProteolysisTumor Suppressor Protein p53Cullin ProteinsNuclear ProteinsRepressor ProteinsSPOP protein, humanTumor Suppressor Protein p53E3 ligaseprotein–protein interactionsproteomicsrecurrent mutationtargeted protein degradation

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PMID41532714
PMCPMC12802387

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