Direct physical interaction between the Caenorhabditis elegans 'death proteins' CED-3 and CED-4

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Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
Direct physical interaction between the Caenorhabditis elegans 'death proteins' CED-3 and CED-4
Journal
FEBS Letters
Author(s)
Irmler  M., Hofmann  K., Vaux  D., Tschopp  J.
ISSN
0014-5793 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
04/1997
Volume
406
Number
1-2
Pages
189-90
Notes
Journal Article --- Old month value: Apr 7
Abstract
The two genes CED-4 and CED-3 (the nematode homologue of interleukin-1beta converting enzyme, ICE) of Caenorhabditis elegans are implicated in the control of cell death, but the mechanism by which this occurs is unknown. Here we provide evidence that CED-3 and CED-4 both contain sequences with homology to a domain present in RAIDD and the prodomain of certain ICE-like proteases (caspases). This domain is known to establish an interaction between RAIDD and these caspases. Similarly, CED-4 was found to interact with CED-3. Thus, the activity of the death protease CED-3 appears to be controlled by CED-4 through a direct physical interaction.
Keywords
Amino Acid Sequence Animals Caenorhabditis elegans/*chemistry *Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins Calcium-Binding Proteins/*chemistry *Caspases Helminth Proteins/*chemistry Humans Molecular Sequence Data Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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Web of science
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Yes
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