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  • 简介:Apoptosisisprimarilyexecutedbyactivecaspases,whicharederivedfromtheinactiveprocaspasezymogensthroughproteolyticcleavage.Wedeterminedthecrystalstructuresofacaspasezymogen,procaspase-7,andanactivecaspase-7withoutanyboundinhibitors.Comparedtotheinhibitor-boundcaspase-7,procaspase-7zymogenexhibitssignificantstructuraldifferencessurroundingthecatalyticcleft,whichprecludestheformationofaproductiveconformation.Proteolyticcleavageinbetweenthelargeandsmallsubunitsallowsrearrangementofessentialloopsintheactivesite,primingactivecaspase-7forinhibitor/substratebinding.Strikingly,bindingbyinhibitorscausesa180-degree-flippingoftheN-terminusinthesmallsubunit,whichinteractswithandstabilizesthecatalyticcleft.Theseanalysesrevealthestructuralmechanismsofcaspaseactivationanddemonstratethattheinhibitor/substratebindingisaprocessof

  • 标签: caspase酶原 激活 抑制 机制 细胞凋亡