Ribosomal protein S6 kinase 1 (S6K1) is a well-known downstream effector of mTORC1 (mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1) participating primarily in the regulationA number of downstream effects of mTORC1, including protein biosynthesis, cell growth, proliferation and survival [4,5] are mediated via ribosomal protein S6 kinase 1 (S6K1), a well-studied mTORC1 substrate.The S6K1 gene (RPS6KB1) was shown to encode two well-known S6K1 isoforms, p85-S6K1 and p70-S6K1, that differ only by the presence of the Nterminal 23 a.a. extension in p85-S6K1 due to the use of alternative (the first and second ATG) translational start sites [6]. Recently, it has been discovered that the splicing factor SF2/ASF promotes the expression of the oncogenic and the only known S6K1 splice variant termed p31-S6K1 or S6K1-isoform 2 that is truncated from the C-terminus [7]. A mechanism underlying oncogenic properties of p31-S6K1 is unclear but it seems to be kinase-independent, since the kinase domain of the given isoform is severely truncated. e x p e r i m e n T a l w o r K S e x p e r i m e n T a l w o r K S