The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the TNF receptor associated factor (TRAF) protein family. TRAF proteins associate with, and mediate the signal transduction from, members of the TNF receptor (TNFR) superfamily. This protein participates in the signal transduction of CD40, a TNFR family member important for the activation of the immune response. This protein is found to be a critical component of the lymphotoxin-beta receptor (LTbetaR) signaling complex, which induces NF-kappaB activation and cell death initiated by LTbeta ligation. Epstein-Barr virus encoded latent infection membrane protein-1 (LMP1) can interact with this and several other members of the TRAF family, which may be essential for the oncogenic effects of LMP1. Three alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding two distinct isoforms have been reported.[4]
↑Cheng G, Cleary AM, Ye ZS, Hong DI, Lederman S, Baltimore D (March 1995). "Involvement of CRAF1, a relative of TRAF, in CD40 signaling". Science. 267 (5203): 1494–8. doi:10.1126/science.7533327. PMID7533327.
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↑Mosialos G, Birkenbach M, Yalamanchili R, VanArsdale T, Ware C, Kieff E (February 1995). "The Epstein-Barr virus transforming protein LMP1 engages signaling proteins for the tumor necrosis factor receptor family". Cell. 80 (3): 389–99. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(95)90489-1. PMID7859281.
↑Yamamoto H, Kishimoto T, Minamoto S (November 1998). "NF-kappaB activation in CD27 signaling: involvement of TNF receptor-associated factors in its signaling and identification of functional region of CD27". Journal of Immunology. 161 (9): 4753–9. PMID9794406.
↑Akiba H, Nakano H, Nishinaka S, Shindo M, Kobata T, Atsuta M, Morimoto C, Ware CF, Malinin NL, Wallach D, Yagita H, Okumura K (May 1998). "CD27, a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, activates NF-kappaB and stress-activated protein kinase/c-Jun N-terminal kinase via TRAF2, TRAF5, and NF-kappaB-inducing kinase". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273 (21): 13353–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.21.13353. PMID9582383.
↑Hu HM, O'Rourke K, Boguski MS, Dixit VM (December 1994). "A novel RING finger protein interacts with the cytoplasmic domain of CD40". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 269 (48): 30069–72. PMID7527023.
↑Lee ZH, Lee SE, Kwack K, Yeo W, Lee TH, Bae SS, Suh PG, Kim HH (March 2001). "Caspase-mediated cleavage of TRAF3 in FasL-stimulated Jurkat-T cells". Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 69 (3): 490–6. PMID11261798.
↑Leo E, Deveraux QL, Buchholtz C, Welsh K, Matsuzawa S, Stennicke HR, Salvesen GS, Reed JC (March 2001). "TRAF1 is a substrate of caspases activated during tumor necrosis factor receptor-alpha-induced apoptosis". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276 (11): 8087–93. doi:10.1074/jbc.M009450200. PMID11098060.
↑Wu MY, Wang PY, Han SH, Hsieh SL (April 1999). "The cytoplasmic domain of the lymphotoxin-beta receptor mediates cell death in HeLa cells". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274 (17): 11868–73. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.17.11868. PMID10207006.
↑Marsters SA, Ayres TM, Skubatch M, Gray CL, Rothe M, Ashkenazi A (May 1997). "Herpesvirus entry mediator, a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) family, interacts with members of the TNFR-associated factor family and activates the transcription factors NF-kappaB and AP-1". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272 (22): 14029–32. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.22.14029. PMID9162022.
↑Gamper C, van Eyndhoven WG, Schweiger E, Mossbacher M, Koo B, Lederman S. "TRAF-3 interacts with p62 nucleoporin, a component of the nuclear pore central plug that binds classical NLS-containing import complexes". Molecular Immunology. 37 (1–2): 73–84. doi:10.1016/s0161-5890(00)00015-8. PMID10781837.
↑Galibert L, Tometsko ME, Anderson DM, Cosman D, Dougall WC (December 1998). "The involvement of multiple tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR)-associated factors in the signaling mechanisms of receptor activator of NF-kappaB, a member of the TNFR superfamily". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273 (51): 34120–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.51.34120. PMID9852070.
↑Kim HH, Lee DE, Shin JN, Lee YS, Jeon YM, Chung CH, Ni J, Kwon BS, Lee ZH (January 1999). "Receptor activator of NF-kappaB recruits multiple TRAF family adaptors and activates c-Jun N-terminal kinase". FEBS Letters. 443 (3): 297–302. doi:10.1016/s0014-5793(98)01731-1. PMID10025951.
↑Bouwmeester T, Bauch A, Ruffner H, Angrand PO, Bergamini G, Croughton K, Cruciat C, Eberhard D, Gagneur J, Ghidelli S, Hopf C, Huhse B, Mangano R, Michon AM, Schirle M, Schlegl J, Schwab M, Stein MA, Bauer A, Casari G, Drewes G, Gavin AC, Jackson DB, Joberty G, Neubauer G, Rick J, Kuster B, Superti-Furga G (February 2004). "A physical and functional map of the human TNF-alpha/NF-kappa B signal transduction pathway". Nature Cell Biology. 6 (2): 97–105. doi:10.1038/ncb1086. PMID14743216.
↑Kuai J, Nickbarg E, Wooters J, Qiu Y, Wang J, Lin LL (April 2003). "Endogenous association of TRAF2, TRAF3, cIAP1, and Smac with lymphotoxin beta receptor reveals a novel mechanism of apoptosis". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (16): 14363–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.M208672200. PMID12571250.
Further reading
Wajant H, Henkler F, Scheurich P (June 2001). "The TNF-receptor-associated factor family: scaffold molecules for cytokine receptors, kinases and their regulators". Cellular Signalling. 13 (6): 389–400. doi:10.1016/S0898-6568(01)00160-7. PMID11384837.
Saha SK, Cheng G (April 2006). "TRAF3: a new regulator of type I interferons". Cell Cycle. 5 (8): 804–7. doi:10.4161/cc.5.8.2637. PMID16582590.
Hu HM, O'Rourke K, Boguski MS, Dixit VM (December 1994). "A novel RING finger protein interacts with the cytoplasmic domain of CD40". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 269 (48): 30069–72. PMID7527023.
Cheng G, Cleary AM, Ye ZS, Hong DI, Lederman S, Baltimore D (March 1995). "Involvement of CRAF1, a relative of TRAF, in CD40 signaling". Science. 267 (5203): 1494–8. doi:10.1126/science.7533327. PMID7533327.
Hsu H, Shu HB, Pan MG, Goeddel DV (January 1996). "TRADD-TRAF2 and TRADD-FADD interactions define two distinct TNF receptor 1 signal transduction pathways". Cell. 84 (2): 299–308. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80984-8. PMID8565075.
Hsu H, Huang J, Shu HB, Baichwal V, Goeddel DV (April 1996). "TNF-dependent recruitment of the protein kinase RIP to the TNF receptor-1 signaling complex". Immunity. 4 (4): 387–96. doi:10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80252-6. PMID8612133.
Butch ER, Guan KL (February 1996). "Characterization of ERK1 activation site mutants and the effect on recognition by MEK1 and MEK2". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271 (8): 4230–5. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.8.4230. PMID8626767.
Gedrich RW, Gilfillan MC, Duckett CS, Van Dongen JL, Thompson CB (May 1996). "CD30 contains two binding sites with different specificities for members of the tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor family of signal transducing proteins". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271 (22): 12852–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.22.12852. PMID8662842.
Nakano H, Oshima H, Chung W, Williams-Abbott L, Ware CF, Yagita H, Okumura K (June 1996). "TRAF5, an activator of NF-kappaB and putative signal transducer for the lymphotoxin-beta receptor". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271 (25): 14661–4. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.25.14661. PMID8663299.
Marsters SA, Ayres TM, Skubatch M, Gray CL, Rothe M, Ashkenazi A (May 1997). "Herpesvirus entry mediator, a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) family, interacts with members of the TNFR-associated factor family and activates the transcription factors NF-kappaB and AP-1". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272 (22): 14029–32. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.22.14029. PMID9162022.
Boucher LM, Marengère LE, Lu Y, Thukral S, Mak TW (April 1997). "Binding sites of cytoplasmic effectors TRAF1, 2, and 3 on CD30 and other members of the TNF receptor superfamily". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 233 (3): 592–600. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1997.6509. PMID9168896.
Force WR, Cheung TC, Ware CF (December 1997). "Dominant negative mutants of TRAF3 reveal an important role for the coiled coil domains in cell death signaling by the lymphotoxin-beta receptor". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272 (49): 30835–40. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.49.30835. PMID9388227.