SRC and cancer: In cancer, hnRNPK binds to the promoter regions of MYC (MYC proto-oncogene) and SRC (SRC proto-oncogene) to elevate their transcription or binds to their mRNAs to control translation (Naarmann et al., 2008; Perrotti and Neviani, 2007; Ritchie et al., 2003).