title: Substrates and physiological functions of secretase rhomboid proteases.
abstract: Rhomboids are conserved intramembrane serine proteases with widespread functions. They were the earliest discovered members of the wider rhomboid-like superfamily of proteases and pseudoproteases. The secretase class of rhomboid proteases, distributed through the secretory pathway, are the most numerous in eukaryotes, but our knowledge of them is limited. Here we aim to summarise all that has been published on secretase rhomboids in a concise encyclopaedia of the enzymes, their substrates, and their biological roles. We also discuss emerging themes of how these important enzymes are regulated.
authors: Dunn School of Pathology, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RE, United Kingdom.
authors: Viorica L
authors: VL
authors: Lastun
authors: Dunn School of Pathology, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RE, United Kingdom.
authors: Adam G
authors: AG
authors: Grieve
authors: Dunn School of Pathology, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RE, United Kingdom. Electronic address: matthew.freeman@path.ox.ac.uk.
authors: Matthew
authors: M
authors: Freeman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases