CPT1A-driven USP44 K543 succinylation promotes esophageal squamous cell carcinoma progression via inhibiting CDK5RAP3 K166 deubiquitination.
Ubiquitin-specific proteases (USPs) function in multiple types of tumor progression by controlling protein turnover. However, the regulatory mechanism of ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 44 (USP44) in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remains incompletely understood. Here, we show that USP44 expression cor...