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Table 2 Direct CDK5 substrates in various cancer types

From: CDK5: an oncogene or an anti-oncogene: location location location

No

Substrate

Cancer Types

Phosphorylation sites

Protein type

Function

References

1

FAK

Breast cancer

S732

Kinase

Chemotaxis and invasion

[42]

2

PPARγ

Breast cancer

S273

Transcription factor

Metastasis and stemness

[43]

3

ADD1

Breast cancer

T724

Actin-binding protein

Cell migration and invasion

[44]

4

Talin

Breast cancer

S425

Cytoskeletal protein

Migration

[45]

5

PIPKIγ90

Breast cancer

S453

Kinase

Chemotaxis and invasion

[46]

6

FOXO1

Breast cancer

S249

Transcription factor

Inhibits apoptosis

[49]

7

AR

Prostate cancer

S81

Transcription factor

Proliferation

[50]

8

AR

Prostate cancer

S308

Transcription factor

Unknown

[54]

9

STAT3

Prostate cancer

S727

Transcription factor

Proliferation

[55]

10

p21CIP

Prostate cancer

S130

CDK inhibitor

Proliferation

[56]

11

Talin 1 (Talin)

Prostate cancer

S425

Cytoskeletal protein

Invasion

[57]

12

Rb

Prostate cancer

S807, S811

Tumor suppressor

Neuroendocrine Differentiation

[58]

13

EZH2

Pancreatic Cancer

T261

Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase

Inhibits migration and invasion

[61]

14

Rb

MTC

S807, S811

Tumor suppressor

Proliferation

[34]

15

STAT3

MTC

S727

Transcription factor

Proliferation and Tumorigenesis

[62, 63]

16

ERK5

Colorectal cancer

T732

Kinase

Proliferation

[66]

17

CRMP-2

Glioblastoma

S522

Axonal growth and guidance protein

Proliferation

[70]

18

PIKE-A

Glioblastoma

S249, S279

GTPase

Proliferation and migration

[71]

19

TRIM59

Glioblastoma

S308

E3 ubiquitin ligase

Tumorigenesis

[72]

20

Cortactin

Glioblastoma

T145, T219

F-actin-binding protein

Migration

[73]

21

ACSS2

Glioblastoma

S267

Metabolic enzyme

Tumorigenesis

[74]

22

DRP1

Glioblastoma

S616

GTPase

Mitochondrial fission

[76]

23

TPX2

HCC

S486

Spindle assembly factors

Protein stability and metastasis

[80]

23

HIF-1α

HCC

S687

Hypoxia inducible factors

Angiogenesis

[83]

24

PRMT1

HCC

S307

Arginine methyltransferase

Tumorigenesis

[84]

25

VEGFR2

Pituitary Adenoma

S229

Tyrosine kinase receptor

Invasion and metastasis

[86]

26

CAP1

Lung cancer

S308 and S310

Actin-binding protein

Proliferation, migration and invasion

[91, 92]

27

DLC-1

Lung cancer

S120, S205, S422, S509

Tumor suppressor

Inhibits tumorigenesis

[96]

28

Vimentin

Melanoma

S56

Cytoskeletal protein

Invasion and metastasis

[101]

29

NOXA

Leukemia

S13

Pro-apoptotic factor

Proliferation and survival

[112]

  1. Talin is known to be phosphorylated by CDK5 in both breast and prostate cancer. STAT3 and Rb are phosphorylated by CDK5 in prostate cancer and MTC