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Preferred term

Pyrin  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A tripartite motif protein that consists of an N-terminal pyrin domain, a central coiled-coil region and B-box type ZINC FINGER, and C-terminal regions that mediate homotrimerization and interactions with other proteins (the B30.2/SPRY DOMAIN). It is expressed primarily by mature GRANULOCYTES and associates with the cytoskeleton in the perinuclear area as well as AUTOPHAGOSOMES, where it co-ordinates the assembly of AUTOPHAGY-RELATED PROTEINS and degradation of INFLAMMASOME components. It functions in INNATE IMMUNITY and INFLAMMATION; mutations in the Pyrin protein (MEFV) gene are associated with FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER.

Entry terms

  • Marenostrin
  • Mediterranean Fever Protein
  • MEFV Protein
  • TRIM20 Protein

In other languages

  • French

  • Marénostrine
  • Protéine de la fièvre méditerranéenne
  • Protéine MEFV
  • Protéine TRIM20

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-Z5L0BLCQ-S

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