Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Alt-RPL36 downregulates the PI3K-AKT-mTOR signaling pathway by interacting with TMEM24

  • Xiongwen Cao,
  • Alexandra Khitun,
  • Yang Luo,
  • Zhenkun Na,
  • Thitima Phoodokmai,
  • Khomkrit Sappakhaw,
  • Elizabeth Olatunji,
  • Chayasith Uttamapinant,
  • Sarah A. Slavoff

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20841-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Many alternative ORFs are co-encoded with characterized proteins, but their function is often not understood. Here, the authors discover that ribosomal protein L36 is co-encoded with alternative protein, which they identify as an upstream regulator of PI3K-AKT-mTOR signaling.