Imperial College London
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ProfessorJesusGil

Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Sciences

Professor of Cell Proliferation
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 3313 8263jesus.gil

 
 
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Location

 

ICTEM room 230ICTEM buildingHammersmith Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Gil:2004,
author = {Gil, J and García, MA and Gomez-Puertas, P and Guerra, S and Rullas, J and Nakano, H and Alcamí, J and Esteban, M},
journal = {Mol Cell Biol},
pages = {4502--12},
title = {TRAF family proteins link PKR with NF-kappa B activation},
url = {http://mcb.asm.org/cgi/content/full/24/10/4502?view=long&pmid=15121867},
volume = {24},
year = {2004}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-dependent protein kinase PKR activates NF-kappa B via the I kappa B kinase (IKK) complex, but little is known about additional molecules that may be involved in this pathway. Analysis of the PKR sequence enabled us to identify two putative TRAF-interacting motifs. The viability of such an interaction was further suggested by computer modeling. Here, we present evidence of the colocalization and physical interaction between PKR and TRAF family proteins in vivo, as shown by immunoprecipitation and confocal microscopy experiments. This interaction is induced upon PKR dimerization. Most importantly, we show that the binding between PKR and TRAFs is functionally relevant, as observed by the absence of NF-kappa B activity upon PKR expression in cells genetically deficient in TRAF2 and TRAF5 or after expression of TRAF dominant negative molecules. On the basis of sequence information and mutational and computer docking analyses, we favored a TRAF-PKR interaction model in which the C-terminal domain of TRAF binds to a predicted TRAF interaction motif present in the PKR kinase domain. Altogether, our data suggest that TRAF family proteins are key components located downstream of PKR that have an important role in mediating activation of NF-kappa B by the dsRNA-dependent protein kinase.
AU  - Gil,J
AU  - García,MA
AU  - Gomez-Puertas,P
AU  - Guerra,S
AU  - Rullas,J
AU  - Nakano,H
AU  - Alcamí,J
AU  - Esteban,M
EP  - 12
PY  - 2004///
SP  - 4502
TI  - TRAF family proteins link PKR with NF-kappa B activation
T2  - Mol Cell Biol
UR  - http://mcb.asm.org/cgi/content/full/24/10/4502?view=long&pmid=15121867
VL  - 24
ER  -
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