La denitrosilación de la caspasa inducida por Fas inducida por Fas

J B Mannick1, A Hausladen, L Liu

  • 1Department of Adult Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. joan_mannick@dfci.harvard.edu

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|April 24, 1999
PubMed
Resumen

La proteína S-nitrosilación, una modificación de las proteínas, regula la señalización celular. Este estudio muestra que la activación de la vía Fas denitrosila la caspasa-3, aumentando su actividad y demostrando un papel para la S-nitrosilación en la transducción de señales.

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