This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing theresources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject andinvestigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source,and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed isfor the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator.Driving Biological Project 4: Protease Pathways Localized in Endothelial Cell CaveolaeProteases are frequently synthesized as inactive zymogens, and are then activated by anotherproteases, as part of a cascade. These cascades of proteolysis are frequently facilitated bycompartmentalization. Over the last decade the role of plasma membrane microdomains, calledcaveolae, in regulating cell signaling has become increasingly apparent. We will test the hypothesisthat caveolae have another role, the compartmentalization of interacting proteases
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