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The two Drosophila cytochrome C proteins can function in both respiration and caspase activation.
The EMBO journal - 11 Jan 2006
Arama Eli, Bader Maya, Srivastava Mayank, Bergmann Andreas, Steller Hermann
Abstract excerpt
Cytochrome C has two apparently separable cellular functions: respiration and caspase activation during apoptosis. While a role of the mitochondria and cytochrome C in the assembly of the apoptosome and caspase activation has been established for mammalian cells, the existence of a comparable function for cytochrome C in invertebrates remains controversial. Drosophila possesses two cytochrome c genes, cyt-c-d and...
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