TANK

UniProt ID: Q92844
Organism: Homo sapiens
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Gene Description

TANK (TRAF family member-associated NF-kappa-B activator; also known as I-TRAF) is a cytoplasmic adaptor/scaffold protein, lacking any catalytic activity, that organizes signaling complexes in the innate immune and NF-kappaB pathways. It was first identified as a TRAF-interacting protein that binds the TRAF-C domains of TRAF1, TRAF2 and TRAF3 and modulates TRAF-mediated signaling. Its best-established role is as one of three mutually exclusive adaptors (alongside SINTBAD/TBKBP1 and NAP1/AZI2) that constitutively bind the IKK-related kinases TBK1 and IKBKE (IKKepsilon) via a central TBK1-binding domain and bridge them into complexes that phosphorylate IRF3/IRF7, driving type I interferon production during antiviral innate immunity; TBK1 activation in response to virus or poly(I:C) depends on the TANK-TBK1 interaction. TANK is the non-catalytic subunit of the TBK1-IKKepsilon-TANK kinase complex. TANK also has a separable negative-regulatory function: in response to genotoxic stress or interleukin-1/LPS it scaffolds a deubiquitination complex containing ZC3H12A (MCPIP1) and the deubiquitinase USP10, promoting USP10-dependent deubiquitination of TRAF6 (and NEMO/IKBKG) and thereby restraining canonical NF-kappaB activation. TANK itself contains no deubiquitinase domain, so its activity in this complex is purely as an assembly scaffold. Phosphorylation of TANK by IKBKE disrupts its binding to TRAF2, providing a phospho-switch on its adaptor function. Structurally TANK contains an N-terminal coiled-coil, a TBK1/IKBKE-binding region, a TRAF-interaction motif (which engages the CD40-recognition site of TRAF3), and a C-terminal UBZ1-type zinc finger. TANK is targeted by viral proteases (encephalomyocarditis virus and Seneca Valley virus 3C proteases cleave it; vaccinia C6 binds it) as an immune-evasion strategy, underscoring its role in the antiviral interferon response.

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: Electronic transfer of cytoplasmic localization from the UniProt subcellular location. TANK is a cytoplasmic adaptor, so this is correct and matches the experimental IDA cytoplasm annotation.
Reason: Correct core compartment; TANK acts as a cytoplasmic adaptor, consistent with the experimental IDA cytoplasm/cytosol annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0043124 negative regulation of canonical NF-kappaB signal transduction
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
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Summary: InterPro-based electronic assignment of negative regulation of canonical NF-kappaB signaling. This is corroborated by the experimental IMP of the same term (PMID:25861989) where TANK scaffolds USP10-dependent TRAF6 deubiquitination to restrain NF-kappaB.
Reason: Correct and supported by experimental evidence, but reflects the secondary genotoxic/IL-1 NF-kappaB-restraining role rather than TANK's core TBK1/IKK adaptor function; redundant with the IMP annotation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25861989
TANK negatively regulates NF-kappaB activation by DNA damage via inhibiting ubiquitination of TRAF6
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:12005438
Downstream regulator TANK binds to the CD40 recognition site...
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Summary: IPI interaction with TRAF3 from the crystal structure study of the TANK peptide bound to the CD40-recognition site of TRAF3. A real, functionally important interaction, but bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: Records the real TANK-TRAF3 interaction (structurally defined), but bare protein binding is uninformative per curation guidelines; the informative adaptor function is captured by GO:0060090.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12005438
TANK binds to the CD40 recognition site on TRAF3
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:14743216
A physical and functional map of the human TNF-alpha/NF-kapp...
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Summary: IPI interactions (TRAF2, TRAF3, TBK1) from a TNF-alpha/NF-kappaB pathway interaction map. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: Records real pathway interactions (TRAF2/TRAF3/TBK1) but bare protein binding is uninformative; the adaptor function (GO:0060090) is the informative MF.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
Q92844; Q12933: TRAF2; NbExp=10; IntAct=EBI-356349, EBI-355744
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:17500595
Huntingtin interacting proteins are genetic modifiers of neu...
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Summary: IPI interaction with HTT (huntingtin) from a genetic-modifier interactome screen. Bare protein binding is uninformative and this partner is not connected to TANK's core function.
Reason: Records a real but functionally peripheral interaction (HTT); bare protein binding is uninformative.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
Q92844; P42858: HTT; NbExp=3; IntAct=EBI-356349, EBI-466029
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:17568778
SINTBAD, a novel component of innate antiviral immunity, sha...
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Summary: IPI interactions with IKBKE/IKKepsilon and TBK1 from the SINTBAD paper showing TANK shares a TBK1-binding domain with NAP1 and SINTBAD. A real, core-relevant interaction, but bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: Records the functionally central TANK-IKBKE/TBK1 interactions, but bare protein binding is uninformative; captured by the adaptor MF (GO:0060090).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17568778
shares a TBK1-binding domain with NAP1 and TANK
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:18307994
Enhanced binding of TBK1 by an optineurin mutant that causes...
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Summary: IPI interaction with TBK1 reported in a study of an optineurin mutant enhancing TBK1 binding. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: Records a real TBK1 interaction but bare protein binding is uninformative; the adaptor function captures this.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
Q92844; Q9UHD2: TBK1; NbExp=14; IntAct=EBI-356349, EBI-356402
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:20562859
Network organization of the human autophagy system.
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Summary: IPI interaction (TRAF2) from a network analysis of the human autophagy system. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: High-throughput network interaction; bare protein binding is uninformative.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
Q92844; Q12933: TRAF2; NbExp=10; IntAct=EBI-356349, EBI-355744
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:21212807
Inducible SUMO modification of TANK alleviates its repressio...
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Summary: IPI interactions with SUMO1/SUMO2 from the study showing inducible SUMOylation of TANK alleviates its repression of TLR7 signaling. Bare protein binding is uninformative, but documents a regulatory SUMO modification of TANK.
Reason: Records real SUMO1/2 interactions (SUMOylation regulates TANK's repressor activity) but bare protein binding is uninformative.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
Q92844; P63165: SUMO1; NbExp=8; IntAct=EBI-356349, EBI-80140
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:21653829
Protein interactome reveals converging molecular pathways am...
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Summary: IPI interaction (TSC1) from an autism-disorder interactome study. Bare protein binding is uninformative and the partner is not core to TANK function.
Reason: High-throughput interactome; bare protein binding is uninformative.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
Q92844; Q92574: TSC1; NbExp=3; IntAct=EBI-356349, EBI-1047085
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:21903422
Mapping a dynamic innate immunity protein interaction networ...
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Summary: IPI interactions (including TRAF2, TRAF3, TBK1) from a dynamic innate-immunity interaction network regulating type I interferon production. Bare protein binding is uninformative but the partners are core-relevant.
Reason: Records real innate-immune interactions but bare protein binding is uninformative; the type I IFN adaptor role is captured by GO:0032481/GO:0060090.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
Q92844; Q9UHD2: TBK1; NbExp=14; IntAct=EBI-356349, EBI-356402
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:21931555
Vaccinia virus protein C6 is a virulence factor that binds T...
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Summary: IPI interactions (vaccinia virus C6, IKBKE, TBK1) from the study showing vaccinia C6 binds TBK1 adaptor proteins to inhibit IRF3/IRF7. Bare protein binding is uninformative but supports TANK's role in the TBK1-IRF antiviral axis.
Reason: Records a host-virus interaction (C6) plus TBK1/IKBKE; bare protein binding is uninformative.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21931555
binds TBK-1 adaptor proteins and inhibits activation of IRF3 and IRF7
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:21988832
Toward an understanding of the protein interaction network o...
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Summary: IPI interactions from a human liver protein interaction network (includes PLK1, TRAF2, TRAF1, TBK1, NEMO). Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: High-throughput interactome; bare protein binding is uninformative.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
Q92844; P53350: PLK1; NbExp=4; IntAct=EBI-356349, EBI-476768
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:24008843
Structure homology and interaction redundancy for discoverin...
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Summary: IPI interaction with a viral protein (NS) from a structure-homology virus-host interaction study. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: Host-virus interaction predicted/validated by homology; bare protein binding is uninformative.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
Q92844; P03495: NS; Xeno; NbExp=2; IntAct=EBI-356349, EBI-2548993
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:25416956
A proteome-scale map of the human interactome network.
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Summary: IPI interactions (SRSF11, TP53BP2, CEP63) from a proteome-scale human interactome map. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: High-throughput interactome; bare protein binding is uninformative.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
Q92844; Q05519: SRSF11; NbExp=3; IntAct=EBI-356349, EBI-1051785
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:25852190
Integrative analysis of kinase networks in TRAIL-induced apo...
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Summary: IPI interaction (IKBKE) from a kinase-network analysis of TRAIL-induced apoptosis. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: High-throughput kinase-network interaction; bare protein binding is uninformative.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
Q92844; Q14164: IKBKE; NbExp=5; IntAct=EBI-356349, EBI-307369
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:26638075
A Dynamic Protein Interaction Landscape of the Human Centros...
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Summary: IPI interaction (CEP63) from a centrosome-cilium interface interactome. Bare protein binding is uninformative and peripheral to TANK function.
Reason: High-throughput interactome; bare protein binding is uninformative.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
Q92844; Q96MT8: CEP63; NbExp=4; IntAct=EBI-356349, EBI-741977
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:28514442
Architecture of the human interactome defines protein commun...
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Summary: IPI interaction (TRAF1) from a human interactome architecture study. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: High-throughput interactome; bare protein binding is uninformative.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
Q92844; Q13077: TRAF1; NbExp=5; IntAct=EBI-356349, EBI-359224
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:29251827
Quantitative Proteomics Identified TTC4 as a TBK1 Interactor...
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Summary: IPI interaction with TBK1 from a quantitative proteomics study of the TBK1 interactome (TTC4 study). Bare protein binding is uninformative but the TBK1 partner is core-relevant.
Reason: Records the core TBK1 interaction but bare protein binding is uninformative; the adaptor function captures this.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
Q92844; Q9UHD2: TBK1; NbExp=14; IntAct=EBI-356349, EBI-356402
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:30561431
A protein-protein interaction map of the TNF-induced NF-ΞΊB s...
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Summary: IPI interactions (TRAF2, TRAF3, TBK1, NEMO/IKBKG) from a TNF-induced NF-kappaB pathway interaction map. Bare protein binding is uninformative but partners are pathway-relevant.
Reason: Records real NF-kappaB-pathway interactions but bare protein binding is uninformative.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
Q92844; Q9Y6K9: IKBKG; NbExp=7; IntAct=EBI-356349, EBI-81279
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:32707033
Kinase Interaction Network Expands Functional and Disease Ro...
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Summary: IPI interaction (TBK1) from a kinase interaction network study. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: High-throughput kinase-network interaction; bare protein binding is uninformative.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
Q92844; Q9UHD2: TBK1; NbExp=14; IntAct=EBI-356349, EBI-356402
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:33961781
Dual proteome-scale networks reveal cell-specific remodeling...
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Summary: IPI interactions (TRAF1, TRAF2, TRAF3, TBK1, IKBKE, NEMO) from a cell-specific proteome-scale interactome. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: High-throughput interactome; bare protein binding is uninformative.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
Q92844; Q13114: TRAF3; NbExp=8; IntAct=EBI-356349, EBI-357631
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:34084167
SARS-CoV-2 Membrane Protein Inhibits Type I Interferon Produ...
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Summary: IPI interaction (TRAF3) from a study of SARS-CoV-2 M protein-mediated TBK1 degradation. Bare protein binding is uninformative but the host-virus innate-immune context is consistent with TANK's TBK1 axis role.
Reason: Records a real interaction in an innate-immune/host-virus context but bare protein binding is uninformative.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
Q92844; Q13114: TRAF3; NbExp=8; IntAct=EBI-356349, EBI-357631
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:40205054
Multimodal cell maps as a foundation for structural and func...
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Summary: IPI interaction (NEMO/IKBKG) from a multimodal cell-map structural/functional genomics study. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: High-throughput interactome; bare protein binding is uninformative.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
Q92844; Q9Y6K9: IKBKG; NbExp=7; IntAct=EBI-356349, EBI-81279
GO:0005730 nucleolus
IDA
GO_REF:0000052
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: HPA immunofluorescence localization to the nucleolus. There is no functional literature placing TANK activity in the nucleolus; TANK is established as a cytoplasmic adaptor.
Reason: Derived from a single high-throughput immunofluorescence dataset (GO_REF:0000052) with no supporting functional evidence; conflicts with the consistently reported cytoplasmic localization and is likely an over-annotation/staining artifact.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
IDA
GO_REF:0000052
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Summary: HPA immunofluorescence localization to the cytosol, consistent with TANK's established cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization (the compartment where TANK assembles TBK1/IKK and TRAF deubiquitination complexes); kept consistent with the other cytosol annotations. The core localization is captured by the IDA cytoplasm is_active_in annotation.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0051607 defense response to virus
NAS
PMID:21931631
Functional dissection of the TBK1 molecular network.
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Summary: ComplexPortal author-statement assignment of antiviral defense for the TBK1-IKKepsilon-TANK complex. Consistent with TANK's role in the TBK1-IRF3/7 type I IFN antiviral axis.
Reason: Correct process-level role (downstream of TANK's adaptor function in the antiviral IFN response) but broad; the core is the TBK1 adaptor/type I IFN production function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21931631
TBK1 activation was strictly dependent on the integrity of the TBK1/TANK interaction
GO:0060337 type I interferon-mediated signaling pathway
NAS
PMID:21931631
Functional dissection of the TBK1 molecular network.
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Summary: ComplexPortal author-statement assignment of type I interferon-mediated signaling for the TBK1-IKKepsilon-TANK complex. Note this term denotes the response to interferon; TANK's documented role is in interferon induction/production rather than IFN-receptor signaling.
Reason: Process is closely related to TANK's antiviral IFN role; however GO:0060337 (the response to type I IFN) is less precise for TANK than GO:0032481 (positive regulation of type I interferon production), which is the experimentally supported core BP.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21931631
TANK-binding kinase 1 (TBK1) and inducible IkappaB-kinase (IKK-i) are central regulators of type-I interferon induction
GO:1902554 serine/threonine protein kinase complex
NAS
PMID:21931631
Functional dissection of the TBK1 molecular network.
ACCEPT
Summary: ComplexPortal assignment that TANK is part of the TBK1-IKKepsilon-TANK serine/threonine kinase complex (CPX-6089). TANK is the non-catalytic adaptor subunit of this kinase complex.
Reason: Core cellular component; TANK is a bona fide subunit of the TBK1/IKKepsilon kinase complex, which is the structural basis of its adaptor function.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
ComplexPortal; CPX-6089; TBK1-IKKepsilon-TANK complex.
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
IDA
PMID:21931631
Functional dissection of the TBK1 molecular network.
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct evidence (immunofluorescence) that TANK is active in the cytoplasm, where it functions as a TBK1/IKKepsilon adaptor. Core localization.
Reason: Core localization with direct evidence; TANK acts as a cytoplasmic adaptor in the TBK1/IKK and TRAF-deubiquitination complexes.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21931631
the individual adaptors reside in different subcellular locations
GO:0032481 positive regulation of type I interferon production
IDA
PMID:21931631
Functional dissection of the TBK1 molecular network.
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct evidence that TANK promotes type I interferon production via its TBK1 adaptor function; TBK1 activation in response to virus/poly(I:C) requires the TANK-TBK1 interaction. Core biological process.
Reason: Core biological process; TANK's TBK1-bridging adaptor function drives IRF3/IRF7-dependent type I IFN induction.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21931631
TBK1 activation was strictly dependent on the integrity of the TBK1/TANK interaction
GO:0060090 molecular adaptor activity
IDA
PMID:21931631
Functional dissection of the TBK1 molecular network.
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct evidence that TANK functions as a molecular adaptor bridging TBK1/IKKepsilon into signaling complexes. This is TANK's defining core molecular function.
Reason: Core molecular function; TANK is a non-catalytic adaptor that links the IKK-related kinases (and TRAFs, and the USP10/ZC3H12A DUB complex) into functional assemblies.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21931631
They are associated with three adaptor proteins called TANK, Sintbad ... and NAP1
GO:0004843 cysteine-type deubiquitinase activity
IMP
PMID:25861989
TRAF Family Member-associated NF-ΞΊB Activator (TANK) Inhibit...
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Summary: TANK lacks a deubiquitinase domain; the contributes_to qualifier reflects that TANK scaffolds the USP10-dependent deubiquitination of TRAF6, not that TANK itself has DUB activity. The catalytic DUB is USP10.
Reason: The contributes_to qualifier is acceptable for a non-catalytic scaffold that enables a complex DUB activity, but the activity resides in USP10; TANK's actual function here is better captured by molecular adaptor activity (GO:0060090) and deubiquitinase activator activity (GO:0035800).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25861989
TANK formed a complex with MCPIP1 (also known as ZC3H12A) and a deubiquitinase, USP10, which was essential for the USP10-dependent deubiquitination of TRAF6
GO:0006974 DNA damage response
IMP
PMID:25861989
TRAF Family Member-associated NF-ΞΊB Activator (TANK) Inhibit...
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Summary: IMP evidence that TANK restrains genotoxic (DNA damage-induced) NF-kappaB activation via the USP10/ZC3H12A deubiquitination complex. A real but secondary process.
Reason: Experimentally supported but reflects the secondary genotoxic-stress NF-kappaB-restraining role; the term GO:0006974 is broad. The specific outcome (negative regulation of canonical NF-kappaB) is annotated separately.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25861989
TANK negatively regulates NF-kappaB activation by DNA damage via inhibiting ubiquitination of TRAF6
GO:0035800 deubiquitinase activator activity
IMP
PMID:25861989
TRAF Family Member-associated NF-ΞΊB Activator (TANK) Inhibit...
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Summary: IMP evidence that TANK acts as a scaffold that activates/enables USP10-dependent deubiquitination of TRAF6. This is an informative molecular function for TANK's NF-kappaB-restraining scaffold role.
Reason: Real and informative MF (scaffold that activates a DUB), but reflects the secondary genotoxic/IL-1 NF-kappaB-restraining function rather than TANK's core TBK1 adaptor role.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25861989
which was essential for the USP10-dependent deubiquitination of TRAF6 and the resolution of genotoxic NF-kappaB activation
GO:0043124 negative regulation of canonical NF-kappaB signal transduction
IMP
PMID:25861989
TRAF Family Member-associated NF-ΞΊB Activator (TANK) Inhibit...
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Summary: IMP evidence that TANK negatively regulates canonical NF-kappaB signaling; CRISPR deletion of TANK enhanced genotoxic NF-kappaB activation. This is the central outcome of TANK's scaffold role in TRAF6 deubiquitination.
Reason: Well-supported, important function, but it is a context-specific (genotoxic/IL-1) negative-feedback role distinct from TANK's core positive role as a TBK1/IKK adaptor in type I IFN induction. TANK is notable for this dual (positive in IFN, negative in NF-kappaB) behavior.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25861989
CRISPR/Cas9-mediated deletion of TANK in human cells significantly enhanced NF-kappaB activation by genotoxic treatment
GO:0071347 cellular response to interleukin-1
IMP
PMID:25861989
TRAF Family Member-associated NF-ΞΊB Activator (TANK) Inhibit...
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Summary: IMP evidence that the TANK-MCPIP1-USP10 complex decreases TRAF6 ubiquitination in cells treated with IL-1beta, restraining the IL-1 NF-kappaB response.
Reason: Real but context-specific role (IL-1 signaling) downstream of TANK's deubiquitination-scaffold function; non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25861989
the TANK-MCPIP1-USP10 complex also decreased TRAF6 ubiquitination in cells treated with IL-1beta or LPS
GO:0071356 cellular response to tumor necrosis factor
IMP
PMID:25861989
TRAF Family Member-associated NF-ΞΊB Activator (TANK) Inhibit...
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Summary: IMP-supported involvement in TNF-related NF-kappaB responses, consistent with TANK's documented modulation of TRAF2/TNFR signaling. Context-specific, non-core.
Reason: Real but secondary cytokine-response role downstream of the NF-kappaB-restraining scaffold function; non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
May control negatively TRAF2-mediated NF-kappa-B activation signaled by CD40, TNFR1 and TNFR2
GO:0071479 cellular response to ionizing radiation
IMP
PMID:25861989
TRAF Family Member-associated NF-ΞΊB Activator (TANK) Inhibit...
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Summary: IMP evidence linking TANK to the genotoxic-stress (ionizing radiation/DNA damage) NF-kappaB response via the USP10/TRAF6 deubiquitination axis.
Reason: Real but secondary genotoxic-stress role; non-core relative to TANK's TBK1 adaptor function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25861989
regulating cellular response to genotoxic stress
GO:1903003 positive regulation of protein deubiquitination
IMP
PMID:25861989
TRAF Family Member-associated NF-ΞΊB Activator (TANK) Inhibit...
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Summary: IMP evidence that TANK promotes USP10-mediated deubiquitination of TRAF6 (positive regulation of protein deubiquitination). Captures TANK's scaffold function in the DUB complex.
Reason: Accurate process annotation for the deubiquitination-scaffold role; non-core relative to the TBK1 adaptor function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25861989
USP10-dependent deubiquitination of TRAF6 and the resolution of genotoxic NF-ΞΊB
GO:2000158 positive regulation of ubiquitin-specific protease activity
IMP
PMID:25861989
TRAF Family Member-associated NF-ΞΊB Activator (TANK) Inhibit...
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Summary: IMP evidence that TANK positively regulates the activity of the ubiquitin-specific protease USP10 toward TRAF6 by scaffolding it into the deubiquitination complex.
Reason: Accurate process annotation for the USP10-scaffold role; non-core relative to TANK's TBK1 adaptor function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25861989
which was essential for the USP10-dependent deubiquitination of TRAF6
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:25861989
TRAF Family Member-associated NF-ΞΊB Activator (TANK) Inhibit...
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Summary: IPI interactions with USP10, ZC3H12A/MCPIP1, TRAF6 and NEMO/IKBKG from the genotoxic NF-kappaB study. Functionally central interactions, but bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: Records the real components of the TANK deubiquitination complex, but bare protein binding is uninformative; the scaffold/adaptor function captures these.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25861989
TANK formed a complex with MCPIP1 (also known as ZC3H12A) and a deubiquitinase, USP10
GO:0032991 protein-containing complex
IDA
PMID:25861989
TRAF Family Member-associated NF-ΞΊB Activator (TANK) Inhibit...
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Summary: IDA evidence that TANK is part of a protein-containing complex (the TANK-MCPIP1/ZC3H12A-USP10 deubiquitination complex). Generic complex term.
Reason: Correct but maximally generic; the specific complex membership (TBK1-IKKepsilon-TANK kinase complex; TANK-USP10-ZC3H12A DUB complex) is captured by more informative annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25861989
TANK formed a complex with MCPIP1 (also known as ZC3H12A) and a deubiquitinase, USP10
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-166245
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Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-166271
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-5362500
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9013978
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9013979
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9013990
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9823904
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9823906
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9823910
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9823932
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9823934
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9823939
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9824882
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9828196
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9828200
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9828204
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9828205
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9828209
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9830706
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9830710
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0031625 ubiquitin protein ligase binding
IPI
PMID:11279055
A diverse family of proteins containing tumor necrosis facto...
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Summary: IPI interaction with a TRAF-domain ubiquitin ligase (TRAF family member) from a survey of TRAF-domain-containing proteins. More informative than bare protein binding (it specifies binding to a ubiquitin ligase), reflecting TANK's TRAF-interaction function.
Reason: Informative MF capturing TANK's binding to TRAF E3 ligases (its original I-TRAF function), but secondary to the TBK1/IKK adaptor core; retained as non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
Also interacts with TRAF1, TRAF2, and TRAF3 by binding to their TRAF-C domains
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:21784977
Zinc finger protein tristetraprolin interacts with CCL3 mRNA...
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Summary: IPI interaction (tristetraprolin/ZFP36, P26651) from a study of TTP/CCL3 mRNA and tissue inflammation. Bare protein binding is uninformative and peripheral to TANK's core function.
Reason: Records a real but peripheral interaction; bare protein binding is uninformative.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBUNIT: Homodimer.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-5362486
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9013985
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-933525
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-933527
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-933537
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-933538
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9705145
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9705323
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome pathway-step curation placing TANK in the cytosol within TLR/TBK1-IKKepsilon-IRF3/7 activation reactions. Correct compartment, consistent with TANK's cytoplasmic adaptor role.
Reason: Correct cytosolic localization but derived from generic pathway-step context; redundant with the experimental IDA cytosol/cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TANK/TANK-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
GO:0007165 signal transduction
TAS
PMID:8710854
I-TRAF is a novel TRAF-interacting protein that regulates TR...
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Summary: Author-statement (original I-TRAF paper) that TANK is involved in TRAF-mediated signal transduction. Maximally generic process term.
Reason: Correct but extremely generic; the specific NF-kappaB/type I IFN signaling roles are captured by more informative annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8710854
I-TRAF is a novel TRAF-interacting protein that regulates TRAF-mediated signal transduction

Core Functions

Functions as a non-catalytic molecular adaptor/scaffold that constitutively binds the IKK-related kinases TBK1 and IKBKE (IKKepsilon) and bridges them into cytoplasmic signaling complexes that phosphorylate IRF3/IRF7, driving type I interferon production during antiviral innate immunity.

Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:21931631
    TBK1 activation was strictly dependent on the integrity of the TBK1/TANK interaction

Acts as a scaffold that assembles a deubiquitination complex with ZC3H12A/MCPIP1 and the deubiquitinase USP10, promoting USP10-dependent deubiquitination of TRAF6 (and NEMO/IKBKG) to restrain genotoxic- and IL-1/LPS-induced canonical NF-kappaB activation. TANK itself has no deubiquitinase activity.

Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:25861989
    which was essential for the USP10-dependent deubiquitination of TRAF6

Binds the TRAF-C domains of TRAF1/2/3 (originally identified as the TRAF-interacting protein I-TRAF) and is the non-catalytic subunit of the TBK1-IKKepsilon-TANK serine/threonine kinase complex; phosphorylation by IKBKE disrupts TANK-TRAF2 binding, providing a regulatory phospho-switch.

Cellular Locations:
Supporting Evidence:

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Suggested Questions for Experts

Q: How is TANK's dual behaviour - positive regulation of TBK1/IKKepsilon-driven type I interferon induction versus negative regulation of canonical NF-kappaB via the USP10/ZC3H12A deubiquitination complex - partitioned between stimuli, subcellular pools, and post-translational states (phosphorylation by IKBKE, SUMOylation)?

Q: Given that TANK, SINTBAD and NAP1 compete for the same site on TBK1 and occupy distinct subcellular locations, what determines which adaptor is used for a given TBK1-dependent output (antiviral IFN versus autophagy/selective autophagy)?

Suggested Experiments

Experiment: Stimulus-resolved interactome (AP-MS/proximity labeling) of endogenous TANK under viral/poly(I:C) stimulation versus genotoxic stress and IL-1 to map the switch between the TBK1-IKKepsilon kinase complex and the USP10-ZC3H12A deubiquitination complex.

Experiment: Separation-of-function mutants (TBK1-binding-deficient versus TRAF6/ZC3H12A-binding-deficient TANK) reconstituted into TANK-knockout cells to independently test the contribution of each scaffold function to type I IFN induction and NF-kappaB resolution.

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