Drosophila Omi, a mitochondrial-localized IAP antagonist and proapoptotic serine protease.
EMBO J
; 26(13): 3144-56, 2007 Jul 11.
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ABSTRACT
Although essential in mammals, in flies the importance of mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization for apoptosis remains highly controversial. Herein, we demonstrate that Drosophila Omi (dOmi), a fly homologue of the serine protease Omi/HtrA2, is a developmentally regulated mitochondrial intermembrane space protein that undergoes processive cleavage, in situ, to generate two distinct inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) binding motifs. Depending upon the proapoptotic stimulus, mature dOmi is then differentially released into the cytosol, where it binds selectively to the baculovirus IAP repeat 2 (BIR2) domain in Drosophila IAP1 (DIAP1) and displaces the initiator caspase DRONC. This interaction alone, however, is insufficient to promote apoptosis, as dOmi fails to displace the effector caspase DrICE from the BIR1 domain in DIAP1. Rather, dOmi alleviates DIAP1 inhibition of all caspases by proteolytically degrading DIAP1 and induces apoptosis both in cultured cells and in the developing fly eye. In summary, we demonstrate for the first time in flies that mitochondrial permeabilization not only occurs during apoptosis but also results in the release of a bona fide proapoptotic protein.
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Serina Endopeptidasas
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Apoptosis
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Proteínas de Drosophila
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Proteínas Mitocondriales
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Drosophila melanogaster
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Proteínas Inhibidoras de la Apoptosis
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Mitocondrias
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Animals
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Humans
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EMBO J
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2007
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Article
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Estados Unidos