Press Release No. 45
Berlin
Disturbance wanted – Newly characterized protein interaction may help in search for new cancer-fighting drugs
Some anticancer agents intend to disturb the function of the p97 protein complex, which is essential for survival of cancer cells. A team of researchers of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) has now found a way to break up the p97 complex into its subunits and published their results in Nature Communications.