The structure of XIAP BIR2: understanding the selectivity of the BIR domains.
Lukacs, C., Belunis, C., Crowther, R., Danho, W., Gao, L., Goggin, B., Janson, C.A., Li, S., Remiszewski, S., Schutt, A., Thakur, M.K., Singh, S.K., Swaminathan, S., Pandey, R., Tyagi, R., Gosu, R., Kamath, A.V., Kuglstatter, A.(2013) Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 69: 1717-1725
- PubMed: 23999295 
- DOI: 10.1107/S0907444913016284
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4J3Y, 4J44, 4J45, 4J46, 4J47, 4J48 - PubMed Abstract: 
XIAP, a member of the inhibitor of apoptosis family of proteins, is a critical regulator of apoptosis. Inhibition of the BIR domain-caspase interaction is a promising approach towards treating cancer. Previous work has been directed towards inhibiting the BIR3-caspase-9 interaction, which blocks the intrinsic apoptotic pathway; selectively inhibiting the BIR2-caspase-3 interaction would also block the extrinsic pathway ...