Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

Interrogating the protein interactomes of RAS isoforms identifies PIP5K1A as a KRAS-specific vulnerability

  • Hema Adhikari,
  • Christopher M. Counter

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05692-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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RAS isoforms are frequently mutated in cancer but their inhibition remains challenging. By comparing the protein interactomes of the highly similar isoforms HRAS, NRAS and KRAS, the authors here identify PIP5K1A as a KRAS-specific interactor and a target to inhibit KRAS-driven cell growth.