Validation of the Intermolecular Disulfide Bond in Caspase-2

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Amason, Megan E.
- Affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Li, Lupeng
- Other Affiliation: Duke University School of Medicine
Harvest, Carissa K.
- Affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Lacey, Carolyn A.
- Other Affiliation: Duke University School of Medicine
Miao, Edward A.
- Other Affiliation: Duke University School of Medicine

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Caspases are a family of proteins involved in cell death. Although several caspase members have been well characterized, caspase-2 remains enigmatic. Caspase-2 has been implicated in several phenotypes, but there has been no consensus in the field about its upstream activating signals or its downstream protein targets. In addition, the unique ability of caspase-2 to form a disulfide-bonded dimer has not been studied in depth. Herein, we investigate the disulfide bond in the context of inducible dimerization, showing that disulfide bond formation is dimerization dependent. We also explore and review several stimuli published in the caspase-2 field, test ferroptosis-inducing stimuli, and study in vivo infection models. We hypothesize that the disulfide bond will ultimately prove to be essential for the evolved function of caspase-2. Proving this will require the discovery of cell death phenotypes where caspase-2 is definitively essential.

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