1. Cancer and LKB1 By: Rosanna Chan, Ria Shome, Chloe Ortbals, Alex Maynard, Michelle Reznikova

2. What is Cancer? DNA malignant and benign cancer Current research

3. What is a Tumor Suppressor? Anti-oncogene Checkpoints Checking energy homeostasis

4. Energy Homeostasis aka. Metabolic Stress ATP & AMP Anabolic pathways –ATP + small molecules => AMP + large molecule Catabolic pathways –AMP + large molecule => ATP + smaller molecules

5. AMPK Facts Protein kinase Metabolic stress (anabolic & catabolic)

6. How is LKB1 a Tumor Suppressor? -LKB1 and AMPK –energy homeostasis (AMP:ATP ) -prevents cell from dividing if there is an imbalance –Cancerous cells If LKB1 is absent the cell divides more often (Peutz Jeghers Syndrome)

7. Molecular Structure of LKB1 Arg74= reduce catalytic activity -arginine RESIDUES MUTATED IN PJS Interaction with STRAD –CFT [311-347]= reduced catalytic activity –c-terminal flanking tail Asp208 Arg74 Thr230 Glu199 Ser232

8. LKB1-STRAD-MO25 Complex Function

9. STRAD Molecular Structure - pseudokinase that helps activate LKB1 Leu241 Gln251 Gln286

10. MO25 Molecular Structure scaffolding protein o Orients the activation loop of LKB1 Phe243 Arg240

11. How Does LKB1 Affect Us? where it is expressed PJS/Cancer

12. To Conclude LKB1

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