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SHOCing RAF into action

Recent structures of the three-way complex formed by the scaffold protein SHOC2, the small G protein M-RAS and protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) provide a tantalizing insight into the activation of RAF, the oncogenic kinase and downstream effector of RAS that drives cell proliferation and survival.

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Fig. 1: Structural insights into RAF activation.

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Mott, H.R., Owen, D. SHOCing RAF into action. Nat Struct Mol Biol 29, 958–960 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-022-00843-2

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