Blockade of EIF5A hypusination limits colorectal cancer growth by inhibiting MYC elongation

ABSTRACT Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 5A (EIF5A) is a translation factor regulated by hypusination, a unique posttranslational modification catalyzed by deoxyhypusine synthetase (DHPS) and deoxyhypusine hydroxylase (DOHH) starting from the polyamine spermidine. Emerging data are showing...

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Main Authors: Sonia Coni, Silvia Maria Serrao, Zuleyha Nihan Yurtsever, Laura Di Magno, Rosa Bordone, Camilla Bertani, Valerio Licursi, Zaira Ianniello, Paola Infante, Marta Moretti, Marialaura Petroni, Francesca Guerrieri, Alessandro Fatica, Alberto Macone, Enrico De Smaele, Lucia Di Marcotullio, Giuseppe Giannini, Marella Maroder, Enzo Agostinelli, Gianluca Canettieri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:Cell Death and Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-020-03174-6