National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
RO1 GM63834
米国
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ジャーナル: Structure / 年: 2017 タイトル: A Near-Atomic Structure of the Dark Apoptosome Provides Insight into Assembly and Activation. 著者: Tat Cheung Cheng / Ildikó V Akey / Shujun Yuan / Zhiheng Yu / Steven J Ludtke / Christopher W Akey / 要旨: In Drosophila, the Apaf-1-related killer (Dark) forms an apoptosome that activates procaspases. To investigate function, we have determined a near-atomic structure of Dark double rings using cryo- ...In Drosophila, the Apaf-1-related killer (Dark) forms an apoptosome that activates procaspases. To investigate function, we have determined a near-atomic structure of Dark double rings using cryo-electron microscopy. We then built a nearly complete model of the apoptosome that includes 7- and 8-blade β-propellers. We find that the preference for dATP during Dark assembly may be governed by Ser325, which is in close proximity to the 2' carbon of the deoxyribose ring. Interestingly, β-propellers in V-shaped domains of the Dark apoptosome are more widely separated, relative to these features in the Apaf-1 apoptosome. This wider spacing may be responsible for the lack of cytochrome c binding to β-propellers in the Dark apoptosome. Our structure also highlights the roles of two loss-of-function mutations that may block Dark assembly. Finally, the improved model provides a framework to understand apical procaspase activation in the intrinsic cell death pathway.
凍結剤: ETHANE / チャンバー内湿度: 100 % / チャンバー内温度: 293 K / 装置: FEI VITROBOT MARK III 詳細: 2.5ul sample blot additives present at the indicated final concentrations: NP-40 (0.025%), DHPG (diheptanoylphosphatidylglycerol; 0.05%), cytochrome c (0.5 mg/ml), DeoxybigChaps (0.01%), and lysine (0.03 mg/ml).