BCL2 PROTEINS REGULATES INTRINSIC PATHWAY OF APOPTOSIS -EISHIKA DAS In Intrinsic apoptotic pathway, mitochondrion plays a central role by releasing cytochrome C. The defining event during intrinsic apoptotic pathway Is mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization or MOMP . Following MOMP, cytochrome c, are released into the cytosol. Once in the cytoplasm, cytochrome c binds to adaptor protein APAF1 . This interaction leads to hydrolysis of the bound dATP to dADP and a change in the conformation of APAF-1. APAF-1 assembles into a heptameric complex, the apoptosome . The APAF-1 proteins in the apoptosome then recruit initiator procaspase-9. The incorporation of procaspase-9 into the apoptosome ...
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