Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Inactivating mutations and X-ray crystal structure of the tumor suppressor OPCML reveal cancer-associated functions

  • James R. Birtley,
  • Mohammad Alomary,
  • Elisa Zanini,
  • Jane Antony,
  • Zachary Maben,
  • Grant C. Weaver,
  • Claudia Von Arx,
  • Manuela Mura,
  • Aline T. Marinho,
  • Haonan Lu,
  • Eloise V. N. Morecroft,
  • Evdoxia Karali,
  • Naomi E. Chayen,
  • Edward W. Tate,
  • Mollie Jurewicz,
  • Lawrence J. Stern,
  • Chiara Recchi,
  • Hani Gabra

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10966-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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OPCML is a tumour suppressor gene that is epigenetically silenced in ovarian cancer and is somatically mutated in various cancers. Here, the authors solve the X-ray crystal structure of OPCML and model clinically relevant mutations that could contribute to tumorigenesis.