Actions speak louder than ORFs: A non-canonical microprotein promotes medulloblastoma oncogenesis

Mol Cell. 2024 Jan 18;84(2):188-190. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.12.027.

Abstract

In this issue of Molecular Cell, Hofman et al.1 identify the translation of a non-canonical upstream open reading frame of the ASNSD1 gene into a microprotein that supports medulloblastoma growth.

MeSH terms

  • Carcinogenesis / genetics
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / genetics
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms* / genetics
  • Humans
  • Medulloblastoma* / genetics
  • Micropeptides
  • Open Reading Frames
  • Protein Biosynthesis

Substances

  • Micropeptides