Molecular & Cellular Oncology (Jul 2018)

The decisive role of fumarase: Responsive signaling to glucose deficiency

  • Qiujing Yu,
  • Ting Wang,
  • Yuhui Jiang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/23723556.2017.1363848
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 4

Abstract

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Our recent study shows that AMPK normally phosphorates fumarase (FH) at Ser75 under glucose deprivation, resulting in FH-ATF2 complex formation that facilitates transcription for cell growth arrest. Meanwhile, O-GlcNAc transferase can compete with AMPK to O-GlcNAcylate FH. In tumor cells, FH is highly O-GlcNAcylated and is proinhibited from AMPK-ATF2 signaling.

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