Nature Communications (Feb 2016)

SCFFbxo22-KDM4A targets methylated p53 for degradation and regulates senescence

  • Yoshikazu Johmura,
  • Jia Sun,
  • Kyoko Kitagawa,
  • Keiko Nakanishi,
  • Toshiya Kuno,
  • Aya Naiki-Ito,
  • Yumi Sawada,
  • Tomomi Miyamoto,
  • Atsushi Okabe,
  • Hiroyuki Aburatani,
  • ShengFan Li,
  • Ichiro Miyoshi,
  • Satoru Takahashi,
  • Masatoshi Kitagawa,
  • Makoto Nakanishi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10574
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Cellular senescence—the permanent cessation of cell proliferation—is a process that can be deregulated in cancer and other aging-related diseases. Here the authors demonstrate that the SCFFbxo22-KDM4A complex plays an essential role during senescence as an E3 ligase that targets methylated p53 for degradation.