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Pore-forming activity and structural autoinhibition of the gasdermin family

Pore-forming activity and structural autoinhibition of the gasdermin family

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Pore-forming activity and structural autoinhibition of the gasdermin family

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Pore-forming activity and structural autoinhibition of the gasdermin family

Publisher

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Nature (London), 2016-07, Vol.535 (7610), p.111-116

Language

English

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

Inflammatory caspases cleave the gasdermin D (GSDMD) protein to trigger pyroptosis, a lytic form of cell death that is crucial for immune defences and diseases. GSDMD contains a functionally important gasdermin-N domain that is shared in the gasdermin family. The functional mechanism of action of gasdermin proteins is unknown. Here we show that the...

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Pore-forming activity and structural autoinhibition of the gasdermin family

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1804854341

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1804854341

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ISSN

0028-0836

E-ISSN

1476-4687

DOI

10.1038/nature18590

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