| Literature DB >> 8670109 |
E A Slee1, H Zhu, S C Chow, M MacFarlane, D W Nicholson, G M Cohen.
Abstract
Interleukin-1 beta converting enzyme (ICE)-like proteases, which are synthesized as inactive precursors, play a key role in the induction of apoptosis. We now demonstrate that benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp (OMe) fluoromethylketone (Z-VAD.FMK), an ICE-like protease inhibitor, inhibits apoptosis by preventing the processing of CPP32 to its active form. These results suggest that novel inhibitors of apoptosis can be developed which prevent processing of proforms of ICE-like proteases.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8670109 PMCID: PMC1217173 DOI: 10.1042/bj3150021
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857