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SUBMITTER: Dohi T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1986705 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dohi Takehiko T Xia Fang F Altieri Dario C DC
Molecular cell 20070701 1
Cell death pathways are likely regulated in specialized subcellular microdomains, but how this occurs is not understood. Here, we show that cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) phosphorylates the inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) protein survivin on Ser20 in the cytosol, but not in mitochondria. This phosphorylation event disrupts the binding interface between survivin and its antiapoptotic cofactor, XIAP. Conversely, mitochondrial survivin or a non-PKA phosphorylatable survivin mutant binds X ...[more]