ECSIT Proteins and Enzymes

Activation of NF-kB as a result of Toll-like receptor (TLR) and IL-1 receptor signaling is a major component of innate immune responses (reviewed in 1). Signals from these receptors are relayed by a number of adapter molecules such as TRIF, TIRAP, and MyD88 (2) to kinases such as IRAK (3) and other intermediates such as TNF receptor associated factor (TRAF)-6 (4). ECSIT (evolutionarily conserved signaling intermediate in Toll pathways) was initially identified as a cytoplasmic protein ...