Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

CaMKII-mediated Beclin 1 phosphorylation regulates autophagy that promotes degradation of Id and neuroblastoma cell differentiation

  • Xuan Li,
  • Xiao-Qi Wu,
  • Rong Deng,
  • Dan-Dan Li,
  • Jun Tang,
  • Wen-Dan Chen,
  • Jing-Hong Chen,
  • Jiao Ji,
  • Lin Jiao,
  • Shan Jiang,
  • Fen Yang,
  • Gong-Kan Feng,
  • Ravichandran Senthilkumar,
  • Fei Yue,
  • Hai-Liang Zhang,
  • Rui-Yan Wu,
  • Yan Yu,
  • Xue-Lian Xu,
  • Jia Mai,
  • Zhi-Ling Li,
  • Xiao-Dan Peng,
  • Yun Huang,
  • Xiang Huang,
  • Ning-Fang Ma,
  • Qian Tao,
  • Yi-Xin Zeng,
  • Xiao-Feng Zhu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01272-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Neuroblastoma cell differentiation is regulated by Id proteins. Here, the authors show that CaMKII-mediated phosphorylation of Beclin 1 can activate K63-linked ubiquitination and autophagic degradation of Id proteins uncovering a role for autophagy in cell differentiation.