Nature Communications (Feb 2020)

Haploid genetic screens identify SPRING/C12ORF49 as a determinant of SREBP signaling and cholesterol metabolism

  • Anke Loregger,
  • Matthijs Raaben,
  • Joppe Nieuwenhuis,
  • Josephine M. E. Tan,
  • Lucas T. Jae,
  • Lisa G. van den Hengel,
  • Sebastian Hendrix,
  • Marlene van den Berg,
  • Saskia Scheij,
  • Ji-Ying Song,
  • Ivo J. Huijbers,
  • Lona J. Kroese,
  • Roelof Ottenhoff,
  • Michel van Weeghel,
  • Bart van de Sluis,
  • Thijn Brummelkamp,
  • Noam Zelcer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14811-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The transcription factor SREBP is a well-studied and major regulator of sterol and fatty acid metabolism. Here, the authors used haploid genetic screens to identify the Golgi-resident protein SPRING as a new modulator of SREBP by regulating the level of functional SREBP cleavage-activating protein (SCAP).