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Caspase-9 Cleavage, Do You Need It?

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Journal Biochem J
Specialty Biochemistry
Date 2007 Jun 9
PMID 17555401
Citations 21
Authors
Davina Twiddy
Kelvin Cain
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Abstract

Caspase-9, which is activated by association with the Apaf-1 (apoptotic protease-activating factor-1) apoptosome complex, cleaves and activates the downstream effector caspases-3 and -7, thereby executing the caspase-cascade and cell-death programme. Although caspase-9 does not need to be cleaved to be active, apoptotic cell death is always accompanied by autocatalytic cleavage and by further downstream effector caspase-dependent cleavage of caspase-9. In this issue of the Biochemical Journal, Denault and co-workers evaluate the role of caspase-3-dependent cleavage of caspase-9 and conclude that this mechanism mainly serves to enhance apoptosis by alleviating XIAP (X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis) inhibition of the apical caspase.

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