Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

CDC-like kinase 4 deficiency contributes to pathological cardiac hypertrophy by modulating NEXN phosphorylation

  • Jian Huang,
  • Luxin Wang,
  • Yunli Shen,
  • Shengqi Zhang,
  • Yaqun Zhou,
  • Jimin Du,
  • Xiue Ma,
  • Yi Liu,
  • Dandan Liang,
  • Dan Shi,
  • Honghui Ma,
  • Li Li,
  • Qi Zhang,
  • Yi-Han Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31996-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Phosphorylation catalyzed by kinases is a key event in signaling pathways involved in cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. Here the authors show that the kinase CLK4 ameliorates cardiac hypertrophy by phosphorylating NEXN.