Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

S6K1-mediated phosphorylation of PDK1 impairs AKT kinase activity and oncogenic functions

  • Qiwei Jiang,
  • Xiaomei Zhang,
  • Xiaoming Dai,
  • Shiyao Han,
  • Xueji Wu,
  • Lei Wang,
  • Wenyi Wei,
  • Ning Zhang,
  • Wei Xie,
  • Jianping Guo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28910-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The direct upstream regulation of PDK1 is not fully understood. Here the authors demonstrate that S6K1 directly phosphorylates PDK1 to inhibit AKT kinase activity and its ability to drive tumourigenesis.