Transglutaminase 2: A multi-functional protein in multiple subcellular compartments

Amino Acids

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 619-631

  Park, Donghyun ^a   Choi, Sun Shim ^b   Ha, Kwon Soo ^a  

^a Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gh; Kinase; Organelle; Protein disulfide isomerase; Subcellular compartment; Subcellular localization; TG2; Transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; CALCIUM; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE 2; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSOL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; CELLULAR STRUCTURES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME STABILITY; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 77956916373     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-010-0500-z     Document Type: Review

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