The role of autoproteolysis and mitoribosomal proteins in regulation of mitochondrial LACTB tumor suppressor
Sara Escudeiro-Lopes, Juan M. González-Morena, Alzbeta Baudysova, M. Svoboda, Pavel Marášek, Gabriel Rodríguez-Gómez, Jessica Ferreira Mendes, Chung-Weng Phang, Sravan Kumar Miryala, Pavel Jakoubě, Beata Kovarova, Susana Machado, Yuxiong Feng, Zuzana Keckesova
This study identifies a post-translational mechanism by which breast cancer cells inactivate the mitochondrial tumor suppressor LACTB through autoproteolysis mediated by MRPS34.
EMBO Reports · Sep 26, 2026Peer-reviewedCancer Biology