Abstract
Regulators of apoptosis are thought to work in concert, but the molecular interactions of this process are not understood. Here, we show that in response to cell death stimulation, survivin, a member of the inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) gene family, associates with another IAP protein, XIAP, via conserved baculovirus IAP repeats. Formation of a survivin-XIAP complex promotes increased XIAP stability against ubiquitination/proteasomal destruction and synergistic inhibition of apoptosis, which is abolished in XIAP-/- cells. Therefore, orchestration of an IAP-IAP complex regulates apoptosis.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 34087-34090 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Biological Chemistry |
Volume | 279 |
Issue number | 33 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 13 2004 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology