Fighting cancer by disrupting C-terminal methylation of signaling proteins

AUTOR(ES)

Clarke, Steven

FONTE

American Society for Clinical Investigation

RESUMO

Protein methylation at the C-terminus of mammalian isoprenylated proteins has been implicated in membrane attachment, protein-protein interactions, and protein stability. A new paper describes surprising results: in the absence of methylation some target proteins have increased stability, whereas others have decreased stability. The decreased stability of the RhoA protein is correlated with an increased resistance to Ras-dependent transformation and suggests the basis for the development of a new approach to antitumor therapy .

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