Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

PTEN is a protein phosphatase that targets active PTK6 and inhibits PTK6 oncogenic signaling in prostate cancer

  • Darren J. Wozniak,
  • Andre Kajdacsy-Balla,
  • Virgilia Macias,
  • Susan Ball-Kell,
  • Morgan L. Zenner,
  • Wenjun Bie,
  • Angela L. Tyner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01574-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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PTEN is often lost in prostate cancer. In this study, the authors show that PTEN can act as a protein phosphatase that targets active PTK6, thereby regulating its oncogenic signaling in prostate cancer progression.