Nature Communications (May 2022)

Inhibition of the CDK2 and Cyclin A complex leads to autophagic degradation of CDK2 in cancer cells

  • Jiawei Zhang,
  • Yichao Gan,
  • Hongzhi Li,
  • Jie Yin,
  • Xin He,
  • Liming Lin,
  • Senlin Xu,
  • Zhipeng Fang,
  • Byung-wook Kim,
  • Lina Gao,
  • Lili Ding,
  • Eryun Zhang,
  • Xiaoxiao Ma,
  • Junfeng Li,
  • Ling Li,
  • Yang Xu,
  • David Horne,
  • Rongzhen Xu,
  • Hua Yu,
  • Ying Gu,
  • Wendong Huang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30264-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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CDK2 can drive the proliferation of cancer cells. Here, the authors screened for a non-ATP competitive inhibitor of the CDK2/cylinA complex and find that Homoharringtonine can disrupt the complex and promote the degradation of CDK2.