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ArticleNature chemical biology2026

A covalent PFKL activator suppresses tumor growth.

Xiaoding Jiang, Eric M Lynch, Congcong Lyu, Crystal N Wilson, Lauren E Salay, Hayden T Hess, Scott N Lyons, Mu-Jie Lu, Shuangyu Luo, Gibae Kim and 9 more

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Article in Nature 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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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Xiaoding JiangDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4288-476X
Eric M LynchDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5897-5167
Congcong LyuDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Crystal N WilsonDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Lauren E SalayDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Hayden T HessDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Scott N LyonsDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Mu-Jie LuDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2174-1153
Shuangyu LuoDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Gibae KimDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Hsin-Ru ChanDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Wesley J WolfeDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Lauren G ZachariasChildren's Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Thomas P MathewsChildren's Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9355-8243
Yi-Chih LinDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6498-215X
Bradley A WebbDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5299-2852
Justin M KollmanDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Xiaolu A CambronneDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA. lulu@austin.utexas.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3547-448X
Ku-Lung HsuDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA. ken.hsu@austin.utexas.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5620-3972

Funding

VS-CoBRE Administrative CoreP20GM144230 · NIGMS · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI Visvanathan Ramamurthy · 2022 to 2026
$13.9M
Problem-to-Product Team Entrepreneurship and Active Mentoring (P2P-TEAM) Graduate Training ProgramT32GM139796 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI BRODBELT, JENNIFER S. · 2021 to 2025
$781k
Structure and function of glycolytic enzymes and their cellular regulationR35GM158392 · NIGMS · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI Bradley A Webb · 2025 to 2026
$765k
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas) RP240494Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas) RR220063Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) https://doi.org/10.48050/pc.gr.80540U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) CA272490U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) AI169412U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) GM144472U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) GM149542U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) GM152218U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) GM154453U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) P20GM144230U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R35GM158392U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) T32GM139796U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) DA043571Welch Foundation F-2143-20230405
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycolysis fuels vital cellular functions, and its dysregulation has been implicated in cancer, neurodegeneration, antibiotic resistance and diabetes. The glycolytic dependency of cancer, known as the Warburg effect, represents a key vulnerability for development of targeted anticancer agents; however, the development of such agents remains challenging owing to metabolic heterogeneity and resistance. Here we developed a covalent phosphofructokinase-1 liver type (PFKL) activator that couples glycolytic activation with delivery of a cytotoxic carnitine palmitoyltransferase 2 (CPT2)-targeting payload to cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. The electrophile-drug conjugate site-specifically and proteome-wide selectively modifies K677 in the allosteric effector site to stabilize the R-state tetramer of PFKL, while concomitantly releasing a CPT2-selective inhibitor to destabilize cell metabolism. The delivery mechanism of electrophile-drug conjugates is analogous to that of antibody-drug conjugates, but differentiated by their selective covalent targeting of intracellular proteins.

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