Transglutaminases

1. Structure of Transglutaminases: Unique Features Serve Diverse Functions
Máté Á. Demény, Ilma Korponay-Szabó, László Fésüs

2. Control of TG Functions Depending on Their Localization
Yutaka Furutani, Soichi Kojima

3. Preferred Substrate Structure of Transglutaminases
Kiyotaka Hitomi, Hideki Tatsukawa

4. Insights into Transglutaminase 2 Function Gained from Genetically Modified Animal Models
Siiri E. Iismaa

5. Transglutaminase in Invertebrates
Toshio Shibata, Shun-ichiro Kawabata

6. A New Integrin-Binding Site on a Transglutaminase-Catalyzed Polymer
Yasuyuki Yokosaki

7. Transglutaminase 2-Mediated Gene Regulation
Soo-Youl Kim

8. The Role of Transglutaminase Type 2 in the Regulation of Autophagy
Manuela D’Eletto, Federica Rossin, Maria Grazia Farrace, Mauro Piacentini

9. Transglutaminase 2 and Celiac Disease
Rasmus Iversen, Ludvig M. Sollid

10. Transglutaminase II and Metastasis: How Hot Is the Link?
Kapil Mehta

11. Transglutaminases: Expression in Kidney and Relation to Kidney Fibrosis
Elisabetta A. M. Verderio, Giulia Furini, Izhar W. Burhan, Timothy S. Johnson

12. Transglutaminases in Bone Formation and Bone Matrix Stabilization
Cui Cui, Mari T. Kaartinen

13. Transglutaminases and Neurological Diseases
Julianne Feola, Alina Monteagudo, Laura Yunes-Medina, Gail V. W. Johnson

14. Regulation of Transglutaminase 2 by Oxidative Stress
Eui Man Jeong, In-Gyu Kim

15. Blood Coagulation Factor XIII: A Multifunctional Transglutaminase
Moyuru Hayashi, Kohji Kasahara

16. Inhibition of Transglutaminase
Jeffrey W. Keillor

17. Substrate Engineering of Microbial Transglutaminase for Site-Specific Protein Modification and Bioconjugation
Noriho Kamiya, Yutaro Mori

Keywords: Biomedicine, Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology, Animal Biochemistry, Enzymology