Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

TAp73-induced phosphofructokinase-1 transcription promotes the Warburg effect and enhances cell proliferation

  • Le Li,
  • Lijia Li,
  • Wei Li,
  • Taiqi Chen,
  • Bin Zou,
  • Lina Zhao,
  • Huili Wang,
  • Xueying Wang,
  • Lina Xu,
  • Xiaohui Liu,
  • Dong Wang,
  • Bo Li,
  • Tak W. Mak,
  • Wenjing Du,
  • Xiaolu Yang,
  • Peng Jiang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07127-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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TAp73 is a structural homolog of the tumor suppressor p53. Here they show that TAp73 is critical for promoting glycolysis as it stimulates the transcriptional expression of liver type of phosphofructokinase-1 (PFKL), which catalyzes the committed step in glycolysis.