The long cellular FLIP (FLIP(L) or c-FLIPL) has two death effector domains (DED) and a caspase-like domain that lacks catalytic activity due to absence of a cysteine residue. Processing of FLIP(L) occurs at the DISC and depends on caspase-8 activity (zymogen and mature form). Upon activation FLIP(L) is cleaved to generate N-terminal FLIP(p43) and C-terminal FLIP(p12)(Irmler M et al. 1997; Jong WY et al. 2009). Processed FLIP(L) can enhance the proteolytic activity of procaspase-8 (Chang DW et al. 2002; Jong WY et al. 2009; Pop C et al. 2011). However, the increased FLIP(L) protein levels in cells have been found to limit caspase-8 activity and inhibit apoptotic signaling pathway,
Keller, N, Mares, J, Zerbe, O, Grütter, MG
Yu, JW, Jeffrey, PD, Shi, Y
Pop, C, Oberst, A, Drag, M, Van Raam, BJ, Riedl, SJ, Green, DR, Salvesen, GS
Fricker, N, Beaudouin, J, Richter, P, Eils, R, Krammer, PH, Lavrik, IN
Kataoka, T, Budd, RC, Holler, N, Thome, M, Martinon, F, Irmler, M, Burns, K, Hahne, M, Kennedy, N, Kovacsovics, M, Tschopp, J
Kataoka, T, Tschopp, J
cysteine-type endopeptidase activity of active caspase-8 [cytosol]
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