ZAP-70: An Essential Kinase in T-cell Signaling

Authors: Haopeng Wang, Theresa A. Kadlecek, Byron B. Au‐Yeung, Henry Goodfellow, Li Yang Hsu, Tanya S. Freedman, Arthur Weiss - Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology 2010 cited by 393

ZAP-70 is a cytoplasmic protein tyrosine kinase that plays a critical role in the events involved in initiating T-cell responses by the antigen receptor. Here we review the structure of ZAP-70, its regulation, its role in development and in disease. We also describe a model experimental system in which ZAP-70 function can be interrupted by a small chemical inhibitor.