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Interleukin‐1‐inducible MCPIP protein has structural and functional properties of RNase and participates in degradation of IL‐1β mRNA
10 Nov 2009
Abstract excerpt
In human monocyte-derived macrophages, the MCPIP gene (monocyte chemoattractant protein-induced protein) is strongly activated by interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta). Using bioinformatics, a PIN domain was identified, spanning amino acids 130-280; such domains are known to possess structural features of RNases. Recently, RNase properties of MCPIP were confirmed on transcripts coding for interleukins IL-6 and IL-12p40....
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