Structural Mechanism for Inactivation and Activation of Cad/Dff40 in the Apoptotic Pathway
Woo, E.-J., Kim, Y.-G., Kim, M.-S., Han, W.-D., Shin, S., Robinson, H., Park, S.-Y., Oh, B.-H.(2004) Mol Cell 14: 531
- PubMed: 15149602 
- DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(04)00258-8
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1V0D - PubMed Abstract: 
CAD/DFF40 is responsible for the degradation of chromosomal DNA into nucleosomal fragments and subsequent chromatin condensation during apoptosis. It exists as an inactive complex with its inhibitor ICAD/DFF45 in proliferating cells but becomes activated upon cleavage of ICAD/DFF45 into three domains by caspases in dying cells ...