Madeline S. Childress

Determinants of C16-Ceramide Binding to p53

The tumor suppressor p53 coordinates cellular stress responses, but underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood. We previously demonstrated that, in response to metabolic stress, C16-ceramide produced by ceramide synthase 6 (CerS6) directly binds to p53, thus preventing its MDM2-mediated degradation and promot...