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Structural asymmetry of procaspase-7 bound to a specific inhibitor.
Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography - 1 Aug 2013
Kang Hyo Jin, Lee Young-mi, Bae Kwang-Hee, Kim Seung Jun, Chung Sang J
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Caspase-7 is expressed as a proenzyme and is activated by initiator caspases upon the transmission of cell-death signals. Despite extensive structural and biochemical analyses, many questions regarding the mechanism of caspase-7 activation remain unanswered. Caspase-7 is auto-activated during overexpression in Escherichia coli, even in the absence of initiator caspases, indicating that procaspase-7 has intrinsic...
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