Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans Leukotoxin (LtxA; Leukothera®): Mechanisms of Action and Therapeutic Applications

BA Vega, BA Belinka Jr, SC Kachlany - Toxins, 2019 - mdpi.com
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is an oral pathogen that produces the RTX toxin,
leukotoxin (LtxA; Leukothera®). A. actinomycetemcomitans is strongly associated with the …

Principles of K-Ras effector organization and the role of oncogenic K-Ras in cancer initiation through G1 cell cycle deregulation

R Nussinov, CJ Tsai, S Muratcioglu… - Expert review of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Illustrated here is the critical role of oncogenic KRAS in the initiation of cancer through
deregulation of the G1 cell cycle, and elements and scenarios taking place under …

The kinase MST4 limits inflammatory responses through direct phosphorylation of the adaptor TRAF6

S Jiao, Z Zhang, C Li, M Huang, Z Shi, Y Wang… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Immune responses need to be tightly controlled to avoid excessive inflammation and
prevent unwanted host damage. Here we report that germinal center kinase MST4 …

Rassf proteins as modulators of Mst1 kinase activity

A Bitra, S Sistla, J Mariam, H Malvi, R Anand - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Rassf1A/5 tumor suppressors serve as adaptor proteins possessing a modular architecture
with the C-terminal consisting of a coiled-coil SARAH (Salvador-Rassf-Hippo) domain and …

The dynamic mechanism of RASSF5 and MST kinase activation by Ras

TJ Liao, H Jang, CJ Tsai, D Fushman… - Physical Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
As a tumor suppressor, RASSF5 (NORE1A) activates MST1/2 thereby modulating the Hippo
pathway. Structurally, activation involves RASSF5 and MST1/2 swapping their SARAH …

MST1/2 in inflammation and immunity

T Li, Y Wen, Q Lu, S Hua, Y Hou, X Du… - Cell adhesion & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The mammalian Sterile 20-like kinase 1/2 (MST1/2) belongs to the serine/threonine (GC)
protein kinase superfamily. Collective studies confirm the vital role MST1/2 in inflammation …

Ubiquitin-dependent regulation of the mammalian hippo pathway: therapeutic implications for cancer

TH Nguyen, JM Kugler - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
The Hippo pathway serves as a key barrier for oncogenic transformation. It acts by limiting
the activity of the proto-oncogenes YAP and TAZ. Reduced Hippo signaling and elevated …

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans leukotoxin causes activation of lymphocyte function‐associated antigen 1

P Nygren, N Balashova, AC Brown, I Kieba… - Cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Repeats‐in‐toxin leukotoxin (LtxA) produced by the oral bacterium Aggregatibacter
actinomycetemcomitans kills human leukocytes in a lymphocyte function‐associated antigen …

SARAH domain-mediated MST2-RASSF dimeric interactions

G Sánchez-Sanz, B Tywoniuk… - PLOS Computational …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
RASSF enzymes act as key apoptosis activators and tumor suppressors, being
downregulated in many human cancers, although their exact regulatory roles remain …

Structural insights into the regulation of hippo signaling

L Cairns, T Tran, JM Kavran - ACS chemical biology, 2017 - ACS Publications
During development, the Hippo pathway regulates the balance between cell proliferation
and apoptosis to control organ size. Appropriate Hippo signaling is associated with stem cell …