This family of proteins are candidate tumour suppressors [1-2].

1: Overexpression of candidate tumor suppressor gene FUS1 isolated from the 3p21.3 homozygous deletion region leads to G1 arrest and growth inhibition of lung cancer cells. Kondo M, Ji L, Kamibayashi C, Tomizawa Y, Randle D, Sekido Y, Yokota J, Kashuba V, Zabarovsky E, Kuzmin I, Lerman M, Roth J, Minna JD; Oncogene. 2001;20:6258-6262. PMID:11593436

2: Myristoylation of the fus1 protein is required for tumor suppression in human lung cancer cells. Uno F, Sasaki J, Nishizaki M, Carboni G, Xu K, Atkinson EN, Kondo M, Minna JD, Roth JA, Ji L; Cancer Res. 2004;64:2969-2976. PMID:15126327