Transglutaminase regulation of cell function

RL Eckert, MT Kaartinen, M Nurminskaya… - Physiological …, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
Transglutaminases (TGs) are multifunctional proteins having enzymatic and scaffolding
functions that participate in regulation of cell fate in a wide range of cellular systems and are …

Cellular functions of tissue transglutaminase

MV Nurminskaya, AM Belkin - International review of cell and molecular …, 2012 - Elsevier
Transglutaminase 2 (TG2 or tissue transglutaminase) is a highly complex multifunctional
protein that acts as transglutaminase, GTPase/ATPase, protein disulfide isomerase, and …

The function of tissue transglutaminase in celiac disease

A Di Sabatino, A Vanoli, P Giuffrida, O Luinetti… - Autoimmunity …, 2012 - Elsevier
Celiac disease is a chronic small bowel disorder caused by an abnormal immune response
to an array of epitopes of wheat gluten and related proteins of rye and barley in genetically …

Transglutaminase 2: a multi-functional protein in multiple subcellular compartments

D Park, SS Choi, KS Ha - Amino acids, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Transglutaminase 2 (TG2) is a multifunctional protein that can function as a
transglutaminase, G protein, kinase, protein disulfide isomerase, and as an adaptor protein …

Mammalian transglutaminases: identification of substrates as a key to physiological function and physiopathological relevance

C Esposito, I Caputo - The FEBS journal, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Transglutaminases form a large family of intracellular and extracellular enzymes that
catalyse the Ca2+‐dependent post‐translational modification of proteins. Despite significant …

β cell ER stress and the implications for immunogenicity in type 1 diabetes

ML Marré, EA James, JD Piganelli - Frontiers in cell and …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by hyperglycemia
due to progressive immune-mediated destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic islet β …

Substrates of Factor XIII-A: roles in thrombosis and wound healing

VR Richardson, P Cordell, KF Standeven… - Clinical …, 2013 - portlandpress.com
FXIII (Factor XIII) is a Ca2+-dependent enzyme which forms covalent ϵ-(γ-glutamyl) lysine
cross-links between the γ-carboxy-amine group of a glutamine residue and the ϵ-amino …

Prohibitin ligands: a growing armamentarium to tackle cancers, osteoporosis, inflammatory, cardiac and neurological diseases

D Wang, R Tabti, S Elderwish, H Abou-Hamdan… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Over the last three decades, the scaffold proteins prohibitins-1 and-2 (PHB1/2) have
emerged as key signaling proteins regulating a myriad of signaling pathways in health and …

Inherent ER stress in pancreatic islet β cells causes self-recognition by autoreactive T cells in type 1 diabetes

ML Marré, JL Profozich, JT Coneybeer, X Geng… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease characterized by pancreatic β cell
destruction induced by islet reactive T cells that have escaped central tolerance. Many …

Biological functionalities of transglutaminase 2 and the possibility of its compensation by other members of the transglutaminase family

BO Odii, P Coussons - The scientific world journal, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Transglutaminase 2 (TG2) is the most widely distributed and most abundantly expressed
member of the transglutaminase family of enzymes, a group of intracellular and extracellular …