Communications Biology (Apr 2021)

A collagen glucosyltransferase drives lung adenocarcinoma progression in mice

  • Hou-Fu Guo,
  • Neus Bota-Rabassedas,
  • Masahiko Terajima,
  • B. Leticia Rodriguez,
  • Don L. Gibbons,
  • Yulong Chen,
  • Priyam Banerjee,
  • Chi-Lin Tsai,
  • Xiaochao Tan,
  • Xin Liu,
  • Jiang Yu,
  • Michal Tokmina-Roszyk,
  • Roma Stawikowska,
  • Gregg B. Fields,
  • Mitchell D. Miller,
  • Xiaoyan Wang,
  • Juhoon Lee,
  • Kevin N. Dalby,
  • Chad J. Creighton,
  • George N. Phillips,
  • John A. Tainer,
  • Mitsuo Yamauchi,
  • Jonathan M. Kurie

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01982-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Guo et al. determine the molecular basis of collagen lysyl hydroxylase 2 (LH2) substrate specificity. They further show that LH2 also functions as a collagen glucosyltransferase to promote lung cancer progression.