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Tripathi et al. reveal that the serine/threonine kinase CDK5 phosphorylates the tumor suppressor DLC1 (red), switching it from a closed to an open conformation and thereby promoting its Rho-GAP activity, its ability to bind tensin and talin, and its localization to focal adhesions (green). Nuclei are labeled blue.
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