Generic ferroptosis-defense-factor abundance/activity switch motif

The minimal, reusable motif for set-point control of a ferroptosis-defense factor: a defense node - a suppressor whose activity is part_of negative regulation of ferroptosis (GO:0110076) - is held between two opposed arms. A destabilizer arm lowers the suppressor's abundance or activity (it directly negatively regulates the defense node and is itself part_of positive regulation of ferroptosis, GO:0160020), and a stabilizer arm preserves or restores it (it directly positively regulates the defense node and is part_of negative regulation of ferroptosis). The net ferroptosis set-point is the balance of the two arms acting on the shared defense node. Unlike molecular-function-tiered motifs (e.g. the MAPK relay, where every realization shares the MAP3K/MAP2K/MAPK function terms), the tiers of THIS motif are unified by causal role and topology, NOT by a shared molecular function. Two curated GO-CAM realizations make this explicit with completely different machinery: SLC7A11 is destabilized by a CRL3 ubiquitin ligase (CUL3-KCTD10-RBX1) and rescued by a deubiquitinase (USP18); GPX4 is destabilized by chaperone-mediated autophagy (HSPA8-LAMP2) and stabilized by EGLN3/PHD3 prolyl hydroxylation. Concrete realizations therefore embed this motif through `conforms_to` with status WITH_DEVIATIONS - matching the destabilizer/stabilizer topology while substituting instance-specific tier functions - rather than the EXACT status used by shared-function cascades.

MODULE:ferroptosis_defense_factor_switchDRAFTRegulatory Stepmodules/ferroptosis_defense_factor_switch.yaml
negative regulation of ferroptosisGO:0110076 positive regulation of ferroptosisGO:0160020
GO:0110076
negative regulation of ferroptosis
The defense node and the stabilizer arm are part_of negative regulation of ferroptosis (they suppress, or protect the suppressor of, ferroptosis).
GO:0160020
positive regulation of ferroptosis
The destabilizer arm, by lowering the defense factor, is part_of positive regulation of ferroptosis.
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KCTD10/CRL3-vs-USP18 control of SLC7A11
Realization with a CRL3 destabilizer and a deubiquitinase stabilizer of the SLC7A11 defense node.
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CMA-vs-EGLN3 control of GPX4
Realization with a chaperone-mediated-autophagy destabilizer and a prolyl-hydroxylation stabilizer of the GPX4 defense node.

Reusable conformance target. A node declares `conforms_to: [{template: ferroptosis_defense_factor_switch, status: WITH_DEVIATIONS, deviations: [...]}]` when an opposed destabilizer/stabilizer pair sets the abundance or activity of a ferroptosis-defense factor. The WITH_DEVIATIONS status is expected, not exceptional: the motif deliberately does not fix the tier molecular functions (a CRL ligase, a CMA adaptor, a DUB, or a dioxygenase may fill an arm), so realizations match the topology and list their instance-specific tier functions as deviations.

4Nodes
3Parts
0Variant Sets
0Variants
3Annotons
2Connections

Derived QC

Recommended-field compliance

100.0% recommended fields populated

All recommended fields populated.

Module deep research

✗ none found

No MODULE:ferroptosis_defense_factor_switch deep-research report alongside the module YAML.

Leaf nodes lacking representative members

3 leaf node(s) with no concrete protein grounding:

Template conformance

every declared conforms_to bundle matches its template motif.

Gene-review completeness (0/0 grounded genes reviewed)

No concrete UniProt-grounded genes in this module.

Details

Ferroptosis-defense-factor switchRegulatory Stepferroptosis_defense_factor_switch
negative regulation of ferroptosisGO:0110076 positive regulation of ferroptosisGO:0160020

Connections

destabilizer_arm -> defense_node Negatively Regulates
The destabilizer arm lowers the defense factor's abundance/activity.
stabilizer_arm -> defense_node Positively Regulates
The stabilizer arm preserves or restores the defense factor.
Part 1: defense node (the regulated ferroptosis suppressor)
Ferroptosis-defense nodeRegulatory Stepdefense_node

The suppressor whose activity is part_of negative regulation of ferroptosis and whose abundance/activity the two arms control.

Annotons

regulated ferroptosis-defense factor
defense_factor
Participant: Any Participant: Any suppressor whose activity is part_of negative regulation of ferroptosis (e.g. GPX4, SLC7A11); the tier is role-defined, not fixed to a single molecular function.
Any suppressor whose activity is part_of negative regulation of ferroptosis (e.g. GPX4, SLC7A11); the tier is role-defined, not fixed to a single molecular function.

Processes

negative regulation of ferroptosisGO:0110076

The shared defense factor both arms act on.

Part 2: destabilizer arm (lowers the defense factor; pro-ferroptotic)
Destabilizer / inhibitor armRegulatory Stepdestabilizer_arm

An activity that lowers the defense factor's abundance or activity (degradation, inhibitory modification); part_of positive regulation of ferroptosis.

Annotons

defense-factor destabilizer
destabilizer
Participant: Any Participant: Any activity that removes or inhibits the defense factor (e.g. a CRL ubiquitin ligase, a chaperone-mediated-autophagy adaptor).
Any activity that removes or inhibits the defense factor (e.g. a CRL ubiquitin ligase, a chaperone-mediated-autophagy adaptor).

Processes

positive regulation of ferroptosisGO:0160020

Lowers the defense factor, raising ferroptosis sensitivity.

Part 3: stabilizer arm (preserves the defense factor; anti-ferroptotic)
Stabilizer / activator armRegulatory Stepstabilizer_arm

An activity that preserves or restores the defense factor (a deubiquitinase, or a protective modification that blocks degradation); part_of negative regulation of ferroptosis.

Annotons

defense-factor stabilizer
stabilizer
Participant: Any Participant: Any activity that preserves the defense factor (e.g. a deubiquitinase, a prolyl hydroxylase masking it from degradation).
Any activity that preserves the defense factor (e.g. a deubiquitinase, a prolyl hydroxylase masking it from degradation).

Processes

negative regulation of ferroptosisGO:0110076

Preserves the defense factor, lowering ferroptosis sensitivity.