Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Structural mechanism for inhibition of PP2A-B56α and oncogenicity by CIP2A

  • Karolina Pavic,
  • Nikhil Gupta,
  • Judit Domènech Omella,
  • Rita Derua,
  • Anna Aakula,
  • Riikka Huhtaniemi,
  • Juha A. Määttä,
  • Nico Höfflin,
  • Juha Okkeri,
  • Zhizhi Wang,
  • Otto Kauko,
  • Roosa Varjus,
  • Henrik Honkanen,
  • Daniel Abankwa,
  • Maja Köhn,
  • Vesa P. Hytönen,
  • Wenqing Xu,
  • Jakob Nilsson,
  • Rebecca Page,
  • Veerle Janssens,
  • Alexander Leitner,
  • Jukka Westermarck

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36693-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Tumour suppressors are inhibited in cancers and their reactivation could provide novel therapy opportunities. Here, the authors study the structural mechanism by which human tumour suppressor Protein Phosphatase 2A is inhibited in breast cancer cells by the oncoprotein CIP2A.