| Structural highlights
1pau is a 3 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. The August 2004 RCSB PDB Molecule of the Month feature on Caspases by David S. Goodsell is 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/mom_2004_8. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
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Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Cysteine proteases related to mammalian interleukin-1 beta converting enzyme (ICE) and to its Caenorhabditis elegans homologue, CED-3, play a critical role in the biochemical events that culminate in apoptosis. We have determined the three-dimensional structure of a complex of the human CED-3 homologue CPP32/apopain with a potent tetrapeptide-aldehyde inhibitor. The protein resembles ICE in overall structure, but its S4 subsite is strikingly different in size and chemical composition. These differences account for the variation in specificity between the ICE- and CED-3-related proteases and enable the design of specific inhibitors that can probe the physiological functions of the proteins and disease states with which they are associated.
The three-dimensional structure of apopain/CPP32, a key mediator of apoptosis.,Rotonda J, Nicholson DW, Fazil KM, Gallant M, Gareau Y, Labelle M, Peterson EP, Rasper DM, Ruel R, Vaillancourt JP, Thornberry NA, Becker JW Nat Struct Biol. 1996 Jul;3(7):619-25. PMID:8673606[1]
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References
- ↑ Rotonda J, Nicholson DW, Fazil KM, Gallant M, Gareau Y, Labelle M, Peterson EP, Rasper DM, Ruel R, Vaillancourt JP, Thornberry NA, Becker JW. The three-dimensional structure of apopain/CPP32, a key mediator of apoptosis. Nat Struct Biol. 1996 Jul;3(7):619-25. PMID:8673606
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