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At the lysosomal membrane, GNG12 is recruited in a leucine-dependent manner and interacts with the Ragulator complex to activate mTORC1, driving cell growth and casein synthesis [PMID:30282607]. In cancer settings, GNG12 promotes proliferation and migration through two distinct pathway outputs: activation of NF-κB with consequent upregulation of PD-L1 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [PMID:31898405], and activation of PI3K/AKT signaling in glioma, where its knockdown reduces PI3K and AKT phosphorylation and tumor growth [PMID:35083664]. GNG12 expression is constrained post-transcriptionally by microRNAs, being a direct target of miR-876-5p and of miR-599, the latter operating within an hsa_circ_0000285/miR-599/GNG12 regulatory axis in glioma [PMID:35083664, PMID:35060646]. 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