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. 2021 Mar 30;22(7):3591. doi: 10.3390/ijms22073591

Table 2.

Regulation of the Twist family by PTMs.

Transcription Factor Function Effects on EMT-TFs Regulation Factor Role or Mechanism Reference
Twist1 Phosphorylation Stabilization MAPK Phosphorylation at Ser68 [133]
Akt2 Phosphorylation at Ser42 [134,135]
CK2α Phosphorylation at Ser18 and Ser20 [136]
PKCα Phosphorylation at Ser144 [137]
Aurora A Phosphorylation at Ser123, Thr148, and Ser184 [138]
Nuclear translocation CD44 c-Src-dependent phosphorylation at tyrosine [139]
Degradation Akt1 Phosphorylation at Ser42, Thr121, and Ser123 [140]
IKKβ Phosphorylation at Thr125 and Ser127 [141]
Dephosphorylation Degradation SCP1 Dephosphorylation at Ser68 [142]
Ubiquitination Degradation β-TrCP Ubiquitination at Thr121 and Ser123 [140]
FBXL14 C-terminal Twist box-dependent ubiquitination [143]
Acetylation Nuclear translocation PCAF Acetylation at Lys73, Lys76, and Lys77 [144]
Nuclear translocation Tip60 Acetylation at Lys73 and Lys76 [145,146]
Methylation PRMT1 Methylation at Arg34 [147]

MAPK, mitogen-activated protein kinase; CK2α, casein kinase 2 alpha; PKCα, protein kinase C alpha; IKKβ, inhibitor of NF-κB kinase beta; SCP1, small C-terminal domain phosphatase 1; β-TrCP, beta-transducin repeat-containing protein; FBXL14, F-Box and leucine-rich repeat protein 14; PCAF, p300/CBP-associated factor; Tip60, tat-interacting protein of 60 kDa; PRMT1, protein arginine methyl transferase 1.