The concept of intrinsic versus extrinsic apoptosis

L Lossi - Biochemical Journal, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Regulated cell death is a vital and dynamic process in multicellular organisms that maintains
tissue homeostasis and eliminates potentially dangerous cells. Apoptosis, one of the better …

[HTML][HTML] The cysteine proteome

YM Go, JD Chandler, DP Jones - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
The cysteine (Cys) proteome is a major component of the adaptive interface between the
genome and the exposome. The thiol moiety of Cys undergoes a range of biologic …

Mutations that prevent caspase cleavage of RIPK1 cause autoinflammatory disease

N Lalaoui, SE Boyden, H Oda, GM Wood, DL Stone… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
RIPK1 is a key regulator of innate immune signalling pathways. To ensure an optimal
inflammatory response, RIPK1 is regulated post-translationally by well-characterized …

The biochemistry of apoptosis

MO Hengartner - Nature, 2000 - nature.com
Apoptosis—the regulated destruction of a cell—is a complicated process. The decision to
die cannot be taken lightly, and the activity of many genes influence a cell's likelihood of …

Executioner caspase-3,-6, and-7 perform distinct, non-redundant roles during the demolition phase of apoptosis

EA Slee, C Adrain, SJ Martin - Journal of biological Chemistry, 2001 - ASBMB
Apoptosis is orchestrated by a family of cysteine proteases known as the caspases.
Fourteen mammalian caspases have been identified, three of which (caspase-3,-6, and-7) …

A decade of caspases

A Degterev, M Boyce, J Yuan - Oncogene, 2003 - nature.com
Caspases are a family of cysteine proteases that play important roles in regulating
apoptosis. A decade of research has generated a wealth of information on the signal …

BH3-only proteins Noxa and Puma are key regulators of induced apoptosis

R Roufayel, K Younes, A Al-Sabi, N Murshid - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
Apoptosis is an evolutionarily conserved and tightly regulated cell death pathway.
Physiological cell death is important for maintaining homeostasis and optimal biological …

The protein structures that shape caspase activity, specificity, activation and inhibition

P Fuentes-Prior, GS Salvesen - Biochemical Journal, 2004 - portlandpress.com
The death morphology commonly known as apoptosis results from a post-translational
pathway driven largely by specific limited proteolysis. In the last decade the structural basis …

The Apaf-1 apoptosome: a large caspase-activating complex

K Cain, SB Bratton, GM Cohen - Biochimie, 2002 - Elsevier
It is increasingly recognized that many key biological processes, including apoptosis, are
carried out within very large multi-protein complexes. Apoptosis can be initiated by activation …

Analysis of the composition, assembly kinetics and activity of native Apaf‐1 apoptosomes

MM Hill, C Adrain, PJ Duriez, EM Creagh… - The EMBO …, 2004 - embopress.org
The Apaf‐1 apoptosome is a multi‐subunit caspase‐activating scaffold that is assembled in
response to diverse forms of cellular stress that culminate in apoptosis. To date, most studies …