Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

NLRP11 attenuates Toll-like receptor signalling by targeting TRAF6 for degradation via the ubiquitin ligase RNF19A

  • Chenglei Wu,
  • Zexiong Su,
  • Meng Lin,
  • Jiayu Ou,
  • Wei Zhao,
  • Jun Cui,
  • Rong-Fu Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02073-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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NLRP11 is a primate-specific NOD-like receptor with unclear function. Here the authors show NLRP11 is an inhibitory protein that targets TRAF6 for K48 ubiquitination-mediated proteasomal degradation to limit inflammatory responses.