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Nat Chem Biol2026;22(7):1087-1098.July 1, 2026Journal Article

Autopalmitoylation of IDH1-R132H regulates its neomorphic activity in cancer cells.

Lu Hu1, Jinyu Lin2, Liping Sun2, Alison M Berezuk3, Katharine S Tuttle3, Xing Zhu3, Hyuk-Soo Seo4,5, Sirano Dhe-Paganon4,5, Pan Li6, Yang Sun7,6, Lisheng Ni8, Jianan Zhang7, Dazhi Tan9, Hiroaki Wakimoto10, Daniel P Cahill10, Xiaochen Bai8, Xuelian Luo8, John M Asara11, Sriram Subramaniam3, Yibing Shan12,13, Xu Wu14
1Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA. lhu8@mgh.harvard.edu.
2iHuman Institute, Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai, China.
3Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
4Department of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
5Chemical Biology Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
6Cancer Institute, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.
7Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.
8Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
9Antidote Health Foundation for Cure of Cancer, Cambridge, MA, USA.
10Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
11Mass Spectrometry Core, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
12iHuman Institute, Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai, China. shanyb@shanghaitech.edu.cn.
13Antidote Health Foundation for Cure of Cancer, Cambridge, MA, USA. shanyb@shanghaitech.edu.cn.
14Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA. xuwu@mgh.harvard.edu.

Abstract

Gain-of-function mutations of isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) lead to oncometabolite (R)-2-hydroxyglutarate production, contributing to the tumorigenesis of multiple human cancers. While fatty acid biosynthesis is critical for IDH1-mutant tumor growth, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here, leveraging chemical probes and chemoproteomic profiling, we identified that oncogenic IDH1-R132H…

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