Apoptotic protease-activating factor
From Proteopedia
(Difference between revisions)
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
== Function == | == Function == | ||
| - | '''Apoptosis protease-activating factor-1''' (APAF-1) binds to cytochrome c and ATP to form the apoptosome which leads to the recruitment and activation of caspase 9 by cleaving the procaspase 9. Caspase 9 is involved in executing the apoptosis of cells<ref>PMID:15829969</ref>. | + | '''Apoptosis protease-activating factor-1''' or '''Apoptosis peptidase-activating factor-1''' (APAF-1) binds to cytochrome c and ATP to form the apoptosome which leads to the recruitment and activation of caspase 9 by cleaving the procaspase 9. Caspase 9 is involved in executing the apoptosis of cells<ref>PMID:15829969</ref>. |
== Disease == | == Disease == | ||
Current revision
| |||||||||||
References
- ↑ Riedl SJ, Li W, Chao Y, Schwarzenbacher R, Shi Y. Structure of the apoptotic protease-activating factor 1 bound to ADP. Nature. 2005 Apr 14;434(7035):926-33. PMID:15829969 doi:10.1038/nature03465
- ↑ Furukawa Y, Sutheesophon K, Wada T, Nishimura M, Saito Y, Ishii H, Furukawa Y. Methylation silencing of the Apaf-1 gene in acute leukemia. Mol Cancer Res. 2005 Jun;3(6):325-34. PMID:15972851 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-04-0105
- ↑ Shalaeva DN, Dibrova DV, Galperin MY, Mulkidjanian AY. Modeling of interaction between cytochrome c and the WD domains of Apaf-1: bifurcated salt bridges underlying apoptosome assembly. Biol Direct. 2015 May 27;10:29. doi: 10.1186/s13062-015-0059-4. PMID:26014357 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13062-015-0059-4
