Review Article

Roles of the Phosphorylation of Transcriptional Factors in Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition

Table 1

The posttranslational modification sites of Snail for EMT.

Residues-modificationKinase/EnzymeFunctionCell TypeReference

Phosphorylation

S11-pPKATF activityHEK 293T, MDCK [19]
Stabilization
PKD1Nuclear export of snail (Destabilization)Breast epithelial cell[20, 21]
Suppression of EMT

S82-pERK2Nuclear accumulationBreast cancer[22]

S92-pCK2TF activityHEK 293T, MDCK [19]
Stabilization

S96/S100/GSK3βDegradationprostate cancer[23, 24]
S104/S107-pBreast cancer

S104/S107-pCK1Degradationprostate cancer[24]

S104-pERK2Nuclear accumulationBreast cancer[22]

T203-pLats2Nuclear accumulation [25]
Stabilization

S246-pPAK1Nuclear accumulationBreast cancer[26, 27]
TF activityNon-small lung cancer
Stabilization
PI3KNuclear accumulationBladder cancer[28]

Other posttranslational modifications

S112-glO-GlcNAcStabilization[29]

K206/K234/A20MonoubiquitylationBreast cancer [30]
K235-ubStabilization