Vimentin is cleaved by several caspases during apoptosis (Morishima et al., 1999, Byun et al., 2001). This clevage disrupts the cytoplasmic network of intermediate filaments and coincides temporally with nuclear fragmentation. Asp259 is recognized and cleaved by caspase-6 (Byun et al., 2001).
Byun, Y, Chen, F, Chang, R, Trivedi, M, Green, KJ, Cryns, VL
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