FAS-mediated dimerization of procaspase-8

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R-HSA-73945
Type
Reaction [binding]
Species
Homo sapiens
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5/5
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Monomeric caspase-8 zymogens undergo dimerization and subsequent conformational changes at the FASL:FAS Receptor Trimer:FADD:procaspase-8 receptor complex leading to the formation of the catalytically active form of procaspase-8.
Literature References
PubMed ID Title Journal Year
12912912 Interdimer processing mechanism of procaspase-8 activation

Chang, DW, Peter, ME, Xing, Z, Yang, X, Capacio, VL

EMBO J 2003
19683492 Reconstitution of the death-inducing signaling complex reveals a substrate switch that determines CD95-mediated death or survival

Cohen, GM, Butterworth, M, Harper, N, Cain, K, MacFarlane, M, Hughes, MA

Mol. Cell 2009
9721089 Death receptors: signaling and modulation

Dixit, VM, Ashkenazi, A

Science 1998
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