Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

SUMOylation controls the binding of hexokinase 2 to mitochondria and protects against prostate cancer tumorigenesis

  • Xun Shangguan,
  • Jianli He,
  • Zehua Ma,
  • Weiwei zhang,
  • Yiyi Ji,
  • Kai Shen,
  • Zhiying Yue,
  • Wenyu Li,
  • Zhixiang Xin,
  • Quan Zheng,
  • Ying Cao,
  • Jiahua Pan,
  • Baijun Dong,
  • Jinke Cheng,
  • Qi Wang,
  • Wei Xue

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22163-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The oncogenic activity of Hexokinase 2, the first rate-limiting enzyme of glycolysis, requires its mitochondrial localization. Here, the authors show that SUMOylation of hexokinase 2 disrupts its binding to mitochondria and protects cells from tumorigenesis in prostate cancer.