La degradación N-terminal activa el inflamatorio NLRP1B

Ashley J Chui1, Marian C Okondo2, Sahana D Rao1

  • 1Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|March 16, 2019
PubMed
Resumen

El factor letal del ántrax y los inhibidores de la DPP8/9 activan el inflamatorio NLRP1B a través de la degradación N-terminal. Este proceso libera el extremo C para desencadenar la piroptosis, una respuesta inmune innata clave.

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