학위논문 (박사)-- 서울대학교 대학원 : 자연과학대학 생명과학부, 2019. 2. 박동은.Prss14 (Protease serine 14) is a type II transmembrane serine protease widely expressed in epithelial tissues. It has been reported that Prss14 is overexpressed in many cancers and plays critical roles in cancer initiation, progression, and metastasis. Prss14 undergoes ectodomain shedding in response to various stimulus including serum, TGF-β, and PMA. The fate of the membrane anchored N-terminal fragment (NTF) resulted from ectodomain shedding remains unknown. Here I show that the membrane-bound remnant, is subjected to regulated intramembrane proteolysis (RIP) and translocates to the nucleus. After PMA-induced ectodomain shedding of Prss14 mediated by tumor necrosis factor- converting enz...