S-phase arrest in response to glutamine deprivation in KRas-driven cancer cells can be reversed by aspartate.
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B) False
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S phase arrest in response to glutamine deprivation in kRas driven cancer cells is due to lack of deoxynucleotides needed for DNA synthesis . The lack of deoxynucleotides causes replicative stress leading to activation of the ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3- related protein (ATR)- mediated DNA damage pathway , which arrests cells in S- phase.
Aspartate which is a critical metabolite for deoxynucleotides biosynthesis and is generated by the transaminase reaction between glutamate and oxaloacetate , rescued the S-phase arrest caused by inhibition of glutamine utilisation .
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