Taspase 1: A protease with many biological surprises #MMPMID27308523
Niizuma H; Cheng EH; Hsieh JJ
Mol Cell Oncol 2015[Oct]; 2 (4): ä PMID27308523show ga
Taspase 1 (TASP1) cleaves the mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL) and transcription factor (TF) IIA families of nuclear proteins to orchestrate various biological processes. TASP1 is not a classical oncogene, but assists in cell proliferation and permits oncogenic initiation through cleavage of MLL and TFIIA. TASP1 is thus better classified as a ?non-oncogene addiction? protease, and targeting TASP1 offers a novel and attractive anticancer therapeutic strategy.