Nature Communications (Mar 2017)

USP9X regulates centrosome duplication and promotes breast carcinogenesis

  • Xin Li,
  • Nan Song,
  • Ling Liu,
  • Xinhua Liu,
  • Xiang Ding,
  • Xin Song,
  • Shangda Yang,
  • Lin Shan,
  • Xing Zhou,
  • Dongxue Su,
  • Yue Wang,
  • Qi Zhang,
  • Cheng Cao,
  • Shuai Ma,
  • Na Yu,
  • Fuquan Yang,
  • Yan Wang,
  • Zhi Yao,
  • Yongfeng Shang,
  • Lei Shi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14866
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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USP9X is a deubiquitinating enzyme with many known substrates and functions; it has been linked to cancer but the mechanisms remain unclear. Here Liet al. report that USP9X stabilizes the centrosomal protein CEP131 leading to centrosome amplification and breast cancer development.