Scientific background: |
IKBKG, (Inhibitor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B cells,kinase of ,gamma) is also know as NEMO . The IKK complex is composed of IKK-alpha, IKK-beta, and 2 other polypeptides of 50 and 52 kD which are differentially processed forms of a third subunit, IKK-gamma. The 419-amino acid IKK-gamma protein is composed of several potential coiled-coil motifs and a leucine zipper motif. NEMO interacted with IKK2 (IKK-beta), but not with IKK1 (IKK-alpha). IKK-gamma forms dimers and trimers and interacts preferentially with IKK-beta. |
References: |
1. Rothwarf, D. M., Zandi, E., Natoli, G., Karin, M.IKK-gamma is an essential regulatory subunit of the I-kappa-B kinase complex.Nature 395: 297-300, 1998.
2. Yamaoka, S., Courtois, G., Bessia, C., Whiteside, S. T., Weil, R., Agou, F., Kirk, H. E., Kay, R. J., Israel, A.Complementation cloning of NEMO, a component of the I-kappa-B kinase complex essential for NF-kappa-B activation.Cell 93: 1231-1240, 1998.
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