The evolutionarily conserved protein COP1 has been shown to operate as an E3 ubiquitin ligase complex, and a number of putative substrates have been identified, including the c-JUN oncoprotein and p53 tumor suppressor protein. New work by Migliorini and colleagues described in the current issue of JCI demonstrates that COP1 acts as a tumor suppressor in vivo and does so, at least in part, by promoting the destruction of c-JUN. These findings challenge the view that COP1 regulates p53 stability and call into question the wisdom of developing COP1 inhibitors as potential anticancer agents.
Wenyi Wei, William G. Kaelin Jr.
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COP1 enhances ubiquitin-mediated degradation of p27Kip1 to promote cancer cell growth
HH Choi, L Phan, PC Chou, CH Su, SC Yeung, JS Chen, MH Lee |
Oncotarget | 2015 |
Regulating the stability and localization of CDK inhibitor p27 Kip1 via CSN6-COP1 axis
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Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) | 2015 |
COP1, the negative regulator of ETV1, influences prognosis in triple-negative breast cancer
M Ouyang, H Wang, J Ma, W Lü, J Li, C Yao, G Chang, J Bi, S Wang, W Wang |
BMC Cancer | 2015 |
CSN6 deregulation impairs genome integrity in a COP1-dependent pathway
Choi HH, Su CH, Fang L, Zhang J, Yeung SC, Lee MH |
Oncotarget | 2015 |