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ReviewThe FEBS journal2022

Death domain fold proteins in immune signaling and transcriptional regulation.

Yu-San Huoh, Sun Hur

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Review in The FEBS journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. A structural atlas of death domain fold proteins reveals their versatile roles in biology and function.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yu-San HuohDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Sun HurDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Boston Children's Hospital · USBoston VA Research Institute · US

Funding

Resolving functional aggregates: A new perspective on innate immune controlDP1AI152074 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI HUR, SUN · 2019 to 2023
$6.2M
Structural and functional analyses of the RIG-I filament in innate immunityR01AI111784 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI HUR, SUN · 2014 to 2023
$4.9M
Molecular mechanisms for antiviral signaling and regulation by MDA5 and TRIM65R01AI154653 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI HUR, SUN · 2020 to 2024
$2.2M
Defining the molecular mechanism of Aire in T-cell toleranceR21AI147099 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI HUR, SUN · 2019 to 2020
$487k
NIAID NIH HHS DP1 AI152074NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI111784NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI154653NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI147099
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Death domain fold (DDF) superfamily comprises of the death domain (DD), death effector domain (DED), caspase activation recruitment domain (CARD), and pyrin domain (PYD). By utilizing a conserved mode of interaction involving six distinct surfaces, a DDF serves as a building block that can densely pack into homomultimers or filaments. Studies of immune signaling components have revealed that DDF-mediated filament formation plays a central role in mediating signal transduction and amplification. The unique ability of DDFs to self-oligomerize upon external signals and induce oligomerization of partner molecules underlies key processes in many innate immune signaling pathways, as exemplified by RIG-I-like receptor signalosome and inflammasome assembly. Recent studies showed that DDFs are not only limited to immune signaling pathways, but also are involved with transcriptional regulation and other biological processes. Considering that DDF annotation still remains a challenge, the current list of DDFs and their functions may represent just the tip of the iceberg within the full spectrum of DDF biology. In this review, we discuss recent advances in our understanding of DDF functions, structures, and assembly architectures with a focus on CARD- and PYD-containing proteins. We also discuss areas of future research and the potential relationship of DDFs with biomolecular condensates formed by liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS).

Indexed as

Biological PhenomenaCytoskeletal ProteinsCARD Signaling Adaptor ProteinsDeath DomainInflammasomesSignal TransductionCARD Signaling Adaptor ProteinsCytoskeletal ProteinsInflammasomesdeath domain foldfilament assemblyhigh-order protein oligomerizationimmune signalingSp100 family

Identifiers

PMID33905163
PMCPMC8548401
OpenAlexW3158192883

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