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. 2022 Jan 21;13(1):73. doi: 10.1038/s41419-022-04524-2

Fig. 7. Pattern diagram of NKAP modulation of ferroptosis.

Fig. 7

NKAP functions as an m6A reader and recruits a splicing complex to promote the TTS event on the SLC7A11 transcript to produce mature mRNA. SLC7A11 anchored in the cytomembrane mediates the entry of cystine to generate GSH, which can neutralize PLOOH and ROS and eventually prevents ferroptosis.