Mutant K-Ras activation of the proapoptotic MST2 pathway is antagonized by wild-type K-Ras.

K-Ras mutations are frequent in colorectal cancer (CRC), albeit K-Ras is the only Ras isoform that can elicit apoptosis. Here, we show that mutant K-Ras directly binds to the tumor suppressor RASSF1A to activate the apoptotic MST2-LATS1 pathway. In this pathway LATS1 binds to and sequesters the ubiq...

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Main Authors: Matallanas, D, Romano, D, Al-Mulla, F, O'Neill, E, Al-Ali, W, Crespo, P, Doyle, B, Nixon, C, Sansom, O, Drosten, M, Barbacid, M, Kolch, W
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011