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Phosphorylation of estrogen receptor alpha blocks its acetylation and regulates estrogen sensitivity.
Cancer research - 15 Dec 2004
Cui Yukun, Zhang Mao, Pestell Richard, Curran Edward M, Welshons Wade V, Fuqua Suzanne A W
Abstract excerpt
Estrogen receptor (ER) alpha is mutated (lysine 303 to arginine, K303R) in approximately one third of premalignant breast hyperplasias, which renders breast cancer cells expressing the mutant receptor hypersensitive for proliferation in response to low doses of estrogen. It is known that ERalpha is posttranslationally modified by protein acetylation and phosphorylation by a number of secondary messenger signaling...
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