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ArticleBiophysical journal2015

The activator of apoptosis Smac-DIABLO acts as a tetramer in solution.

Eloise Mastrangelo, Patrice Vachette, Federica Cossu, Francesca Malvezzi, Martino Bolognesi, Mario Milani

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  6. Targeting the BIR Domains of Inhibitor of Apoptosis (IAP) Proteins in Cancer Treatment.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2019
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Eloise MastrangeloDipartimento di Bioscienze, Università di Milano, Milano, Italy; CNR-IBF, Istituto di Biofisica, Milano, Italy.
Patrice VachetteCNRS - UMR 8619, Orsay, France; Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France. Electronic address: patrice.vachette@u-psud.fr.
Federica CossuDipartimento di Bioscienze, Università di Milano, Milano, Italy.
Francesca MalvezziDipartimento di Bioscienze, Università di Milano, Milano, Italy.
Martino BolognesiDipartimento di Bioscienze, Università di Milano, Milano, Italy.
Mario MilaniDipartimento di Bioscienze, Università di Milano, Milano, Italy; CNR-IBF, Istituto di Biofisica, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: mario.milani@unimi.it.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Smac-DIABLO in its mature form (20.8 kDa) binds to baculoviral IAP repeat (BIR) domains of inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) releasing their inhibitory effects on caspases, thus promoting cell death. Despite its apparent molecular mass (∼100 kDa), Smac-DIABLO was held to be a dimer in solution, simultaneously targeting two distinct BIR domains. We report an extensive biophysical characterization of the protein alone and in complex with the X-linked IAP (XIAP)-BIR2-BIR3 domains. Our data show that Smac-DIABLO adopts a tetrameric assembly in solution and that the tetramer is able to bind two BIR2-BIR3 pairs of domains. Our small-angle x-ray scattering-based tetrameric model of Smac-DIABLO/BIR2-BIR3 highlights some conformational freedom of the complex that may be related to optimization of IAPs binding.

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ApoptosisProtein MultimerizationApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsChromatography, GelCrystallography, X-RayHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMitochondrial ProteinsMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtein Structure, TertiaryScattering, Small AngleSolutionsX-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis ProteinApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsDIABLO protein, humanIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMitochondrial ProteinsSolutionsXIAP protein, humanX-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein

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PMID25650938
PMCPMC4317547

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