A20 protein, a regulator of inflammation and cell survival, modulates cellular signaling via two apparently opposite enzyme activities. Recent studies elucidate the unusual structural organization of the A20 protease domain and provide new mechanistic insights into its biological function.
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Balakirev, M., Wilkinson, K. OTU takes the chains OUT. Nat Chem Biol 4, 227–228 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio0408-227
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