TopFIND 4.0

Evidence Source

Description Imported from Merops: Merops-evidence: experimental | Merops-type: physiological | Merops-range: 1-781

Method


Experimental system

unknown

Perturbation

none

Protease inhibitor(s) used


Directness

unknown

Physiological relevance

yes

Evidence Code(s)

    inferred from experiment

Database / Laboratory

    - Lab: Kastner DL
    - DB: MEROPS

Raw data repository

Evidence for:

0

N-termini

0

C-termini


Publication(s)

The familial Mediterranean fever protein, pyrin, is cleaved by caspase-1 and activates NF-kappaB through its N-terminal fragment.

Chae JJ, Wood G, Richard K, Jaffe H, Colburn NT, Masters SL, Gumucio DL, Shoham NG, Kastner DL

Blood. 2008 Sep 1;112(5):1794-803. doi: 10.1182/blood-2008-01-134932. Epub 2008 Jun 24. PMID: 18577712