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SUBMITTER: Yang JY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2376808 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Jer-Yen JY Zong Cong S CS Xia Weiya W Yamaguchi Hirohito H Ding Qingqing Q Xie Xiaoming X Lang Jing-Yu JY Lai Chien-Chen CC Chang Chun-Ju CJ Huang Wei-Chien WC Huang Hsin H Kuo Hsu-Ping HP Lee Dung-Fang DF Li Long-Yuan LY Lien Huang-Chun HC Cheng Xiaoyun X Chang King-Jen KJ Hsiao Chwan-Deng CD Tsai Fuu-Jen FJ Tsai Chang-Hai CH Sahin Aysegul A AA Muller William J WJ Mills Gordon B GB Yu Dihua D Hortobagyi Gabriel N GN Hung Mien-Chie MC
Nature cell biology 20080120 2
The RAS-ERK pathway is known to play a pivotal role in differentiation, proliferation and tumour progression. Here, we show that Erk downregulates Forkhead box O 3a (FOXO3a) by directly interacting with and phosphorylating FOXO3a at Ser 294, Ser 344 and Ser 425, which consequently promotes cell proliferation and tumorigenesis. The ERK-phosphorylated FOXO3a degrades via an MDM2-mediated ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. However, the non-phosphorylated FOXO3a mutant is resistant to the interaction and ...[more]