title: CRADD, a novel human apoptotic adaptor molecule for caspase-2, and FasL/tumor necrosis factor receptor-interacting protein RIP.
abstract: FADD/MORT1 is a death domain (DD)-containing adaptor/signaling molecule that interacts with the intracellular DD of FAS/APO-I (CD95) and tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 and the prodomain of caspase-8 (Mch5/MACH/FLICE). FADD engagement of caspase-8 presumably activates this caspase and leads to apoptosis. Another DD-containing adaptor/signaling molecule, CRADD, was identified and was shown to induce apoptosis. CRADD has a dual-domain structure similar to that of FADD. It has an NH2-terminal caspase homology domain that interacts with caspase-2 and a COOH-terminal DD that interacts with RIP. CRADD is constitutively expressed in many tissues and thus could play a role in regulating apoptosis in mammalian cells.
authors.affiliation: Kimmel Cancer Institute, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Srinivasula
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Talanian
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Litwack
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fernandes-Alnemri
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Alnemri
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000328:Adult; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D053420:CRADD Signaling Adaptor Protein; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D053222:Fas Ligand Protein; D053200:Fas-Associated Death Domain Protein; D005333:Fetus; D006801:Humans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D053422:Receptor-Interacting Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D019014:fas Receptor / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D053420:CRADD Signaling Adaptor Protein; C104252:CRADD protein, human; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C505533:FADD protein, human; C505661:FASLG protein, human; D053222:Fas Ligand Protein; D053200:Fas-Associated Death Domain Protein; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011506:Proteins; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D019014:fas Receptor; C506249:RIPK1 protein, human; D053422:Receptor-Interacting Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases