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2016 ; 7
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The Apaf-1 apoptosome induces formation of caspase-9 homo- and heterodimers with
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Wu CC
; Lee S
; Malladi S
; Chen MD
; Mastrandrea NJ
; Zhang Z
; Bratton SB
Nat Commun
2016[Nov]; 7
(ä): 13565
PMID27882936
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According to dogma, initiator caspases are activated through proximity-induced
homodimerization, but some studies infer that during apoptosis caspase-9 may
instead form a holoenzyme with the Apaf-1 apoptosome. Using several biochemical
approaches, including a novel site-specific crosslinking technique, we provide
the first direct evidence that procaspase-9 homodimerizes within the apoptosome,
markedly increasing its avidity for the complex and inducing selective
intramolecular cleavage at Asp-315. Remarkably, however, procaspase-9 could also
bind via its small subunit to the NOD domain in Apaf-1, resulting in the
formation of a heterodimer that more efficiently activated procaspase-3.
Following cleavage, the intersubunit linker (and associated conformational
changes) in caspase-9-p35/p12 inhibited its ability to form homo- and
heterodimers, but feedback cleavage by caspase-3 at Asp-330 removed the linker
entirely and partially restored activity to caspase-9-p35/p10. Thus, the
apoptosome mediates the formation of caspase-9 homo- and heterodimers, both of
which are impacted by cleavage and contribute to its overall function.