Aurora-A mediated phosphorylation of LDHB promotes glycolysis and tumor progression by relieving the substrate-inhibition effect

Aurora-A kinase is frequently over-expressed in tumours. Here, the authors show that it modulates the activity of lactate dehydrogenase B, resulting in enhanced glycolysis, bio-synthesis and tumour growth.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Aoxing Cheng, Peng Zhang, Bo Wang, Dongdong Yang, Xiaotao Duan, Yongliang Jiang, Tian Xu, Ya Jiang, Jiahui Shi, Chengtao Ding, Gao Wu, Zhihong Sang, Qiang Wu, Hua Wang, Mian Wu, Zhiyong Zhang, Xin Pan, Yue-yin Pan, Ping Gao, Huafeng Zhang, Cong-zhao Zhou, Jing Guo, Zhenye Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13485-8