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ArticleStructure (London, England : 1993)2018

Structures of the Gasdermin D C-Terminal Domains Reveal Mechanisms of Autoinhibition.

Zhonghua Liu, Chuanping Wang, Joseph K Rathkey, Jie Yang, George R Dubyak, Derek W Abbott, Tsan Sam Xiao

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Article in Structure (London, England : 1993), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The gasdermin family: from pyroptosis mechanisms to therapeutic targets.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026
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  5. Programmed cell death pathways in huntington's disease: spotlight on ferroptosis and pyroptosis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  8. Mechanistic insights into gasdermin-mediated pyroptosis.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2025
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  15. The gasdermin family: emerging therapeutic targets in diseases.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Zhonghua LiuDepartment of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Chuanping WangDepartment of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Joseph K RathkeyDepartment of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Jie YangDepartment of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Graduate Program in Physiology and Biophysics, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
George R DubyakGraduate Program in Physiology and Biophysics, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Derek W AbbottDepartment of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Tsan Sam XiaoDepartment of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. Electronic address: tsx@case.edu.

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007250 · NIGMS · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI HUANG, ALEX YEE-CHEN · 1985 to 2023
$33.4M
Ubiquitination Pathways Mediating Chronic Intestinal InflammationP01DK091222 · NIDDK · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI COMINELLI, FABIO · 2011 to 2020
$16.5M
The Cleveland Digestive Diseases Research Core Center (DDRCC)P30DK097948 · NIDDK · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI Theresa Torres Pizarro · 2015 to 2026
$15.6M
Innate Immune Signal Transduction Specificity in Inflammatory DiseaseR01GM086550 · NIGMS · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI ABBOTT, DEREK W · 2009 to 2020
$3.8M
Developing chemical probes that target specific inflammasomesR21AR069908 · NIAMS · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI XIAO, TSAN SAM · 2016 to 2017
$384k
NIAMS NIH HHS R21 AR069908NIDDK NIH HHS P01 DK091222NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK097948NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM086550NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007250
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pyroptosis is an inflammatory form of programmed cell death that plays important roles in immune protection against infections and in inflammatory disorders. Gasdermin D (GSDMD) is an executor of pyroptosis upon cleavage by caspases-1/4/5/11 following canonical and noncanonical inflammasome activation. GSDMD N-terminal domain assembles membrane pores to induce cytolysis, whereas its C-terminal domain inhibits cell death through intramolecular association with the N domain. The molecular mechanisms of autoinhibition for GSDMD are poorly characterized. Here we report the crystal structures of the human and murine GSDMD C-terminal domains, which differ from those of the full-length murine GSDMA3 and the human GSDMB C-terminal domain. Mutations of GSDMD C-domain residues predicted to locate at its interface with the N-domain enhanced pyroptosis. Our results suggest that GSDMDs may employ a distinct mode of intramolecular domain interaction and autoinhibition, which may be relevant to its unique role in pyroptosis downstream of inflammasome activation.

Indexed as

MutationAnimalsApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsCrystallography, X-RayGasderminsHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMiceModels, MolecularNeoplasm ProteinsPhosphate-Binding ProteinsProtein DomainsProtein Structure, SecondaryPyroptosisApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsGasderminsGSDMD protein, humanGsdmd protein, mouseIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsNeoplasm ProteinsPhosphate-Binding Proteinsautoinhibitioncrystal structuregasdermin DinflammasomepyroptosisSalmonella infection

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PMID29576317
PMCPMC5932255

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