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ArticleNature communications2025

Atomic mechanisms of full-length ASC-mediated inflammasome assembly.

Dongmei Xue, Fengyun Ni, Sheng Liu, Huifang Yan, Zhenwei Luo, Gang Fu, Qinghua Wang, Jianpeng Ma

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  4. Inflammasome adaptor protein ASC is a mechanistic checkpoint in IL-1β maturation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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Dongmei Xue *Multiscale Research Institute for Complex Systems, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Fengyun Ni *Multiscale Research Institute for Complex Systems, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Sheng LiuMultiscale Research Institute for Complex Systems, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Huifang YanMultiscale Research Institute for Complex Systems, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Zhenwei LuoMultiscale Research Institute for Complex Systems, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Gang FuBiochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology Department, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Qinghua WangCenter for Biomolecular Innovation, Harcam Biomedicines, Shanghai, China. qinghuawang9@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0480-3404
Jianpeng MaMultiscale Research Institute for Complex Systems, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. jpma@fudan.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-2124-6080

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Abstract

ASC (Apoptosis-associated Speck-like protein containing a CARD) is a key adaptor protein that assembles inflammasomes by linking sensors such as NLRP3 to effectors like Caspase-1 via its PYD and CARD Death Domains. Due to ASC's propensity to self-aggregate, most high-resolution structural studies focused on isolated PYD or CARD domains, leaving the atomic basis of full-length ASC assembly unknown. Here we determine atomic-resolution cryo-EM structures of PYD and CARD filaments from full-length ASC, revealing characteristic multitrack bundles composed of alternating ASC

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CARD Signaling Adaptor ProteinsCytoskeletal ProteinsInflammasomesAnimalsCaspase 1Cryoelectron MicroscopyHumansMiceModels, MolecularNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinTHP-1 CellsCARD Signaling Adaptor ProteinsCaspase 1Cytoskeletal ProteinsInflammasomesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinPYCARD protein, humanPycard protein, mouse

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