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SUBMITTER: Choi JY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5514754 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Choi Jae Young JY Qiao Qi Q Hong Se-Hoon SH Kim Chang Min CM Jeong Jae-Hee JH Kim Yeon-Gil YG Jung Yong-Keun YK Wu Hao H Park Hyun Ho HH
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20170626 28
Cell death-inducing DFF45-like effector (CIDE) domains, initially identified in apoptotic nucleases, form a family with diverse functions ranging from cell death to lipid homeostasis. Here we show that the CIDE domains of <i>Drosophila</i> and human apoptotic nucleases Drep2, Drep4, and DFF40 all form head-to-tail helical filaments. Opposing positively and negatively charged interfaces mediate the helical structures, and mutations on these surfaces abolish nuclease activation for apoptotic DNA f ...[more]