Protease activity of MALT1: A mystery unravelled

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 444, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Kirchhofer, Daniel ^a   Vucic, Domagoj ^a  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimerization; Lymphoma; Mucosa associated lymphoid tissue translocation gene 1 (MALT1); Nuclear factor B (NF B); Protease; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

CARMA 1 PROTEIN; CYLD PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE TRANSLOCATION GENE 1; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 10; PROTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

B CELL LYMPHOMA; CATALYSIS; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CASPASES; CATALYSIS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL, MARGINAL ZONE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NF-KAPPA B; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84860879459     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20120414     Document Type: Short Survey

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