Structural basis of bacterial effector protein azurin targeting tumor suppressor p53 and inhibiting its ubiquitination

Structural and mutagenic analyses reveal the mechanistic basis of azurin-mediated p53 stabilization and tumor suppression, and several affinity-enhancing azurin mutants are designed.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jianjian Hu, Wenxue Jiang, Jiaqi Zuo, Dujuan Shi, Xiaoqi Chen, Xiao Yang, Wenhui Zhang, Lixin Ma, Zhu Liu, Qiong Xing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04458-1