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Entry information
Entry name APAF_HUMAN
Primary accession number O14727
Secondary accession numbers O43297 Q7Z438 Q9BXZ6 Q9UBZ5 Q9UGN8 Q9UGN9 Q9UGP0 Q9UJ58 Q9UJ59 Q9UJ60 Q9UJ61 Q9UJ62 Q9UJ63 Q9UJ64 Q9UJ65 Q9UJ66 Q9UJ67 Q9UNC9
Integrated into Swiss-Prot on July 15, 1998
Sequence was last modified on January 23, 2002 (Sequence version 2)
Annotations were last modified on    December 16, 2008 (Entry version 108)
Name and origin of the protein
Protein name Apoptotic protease-activating factor 1
Synonym Apaf-1
Gene name
Name: APAF1
Synonyms: KIAA0413
From
Homo sapiens (Human) [TaxID: 9606] 
Taxonomy Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo.
Protein existence 1: Evidence at protein level;
References
[1]
NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] (ISOFORM 3), AND PARTIAL PROTEIN SEQUENCE.
TISSUE=Cervix carcinoma;
DOI=10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80501-2; PubMed=9267021 [NCBI, ExPASy, EBI, Israel, Japan]
Zou H., Henzel W.J., Liu X., Lutschg A., Wang X.;
"Apaf-1, a human protein homologous to C. elegans CED-4, participates in cytochrome c-dependent activation of caspase-3.";
Cell 90:405-413(1997).
[2]
NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] (ISOFORMS 1; 4 AND 5).
TISSUE=Cervix carcinoma, Heart, and Peripheral blood;
DOI=10.1006/bbrc.1999.1124; PubMed=10441496 [NCBI, ExPASy, EBI, Israel, Japan]
Hahn C., Hirsch B., Jahnke D., Duerkop H., Stein H.;
"Three new types of Apaf-1 in mammalian cells.";
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 261:746-749(1999).
[3]
NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] (ISOFORM 2).
TISSUE=T-cell;
DOI=10.1074/jbc.274.25.17941; PubMed=10364241 [NCBI, ExPASy, EBI, Israel, Japan]
Saleh A., Srinivasula S.M., Acharya S., Fishel R., Alnemri E.S.;
"Cytochrome c and dATP-mediated oligomerization of Apaf-1 is a prerequisite for procaspase-9 activation.";
J. Biol. Chem. 274:17941-17945(1999).
[4]
NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] (ISOFORM 1), FUNCTION, SUBUNIT, AND MUTAGENESIS OF LYS-160 AND MET-368.
TISSUE=Kidney;
DOI=10.1093/emboj/18.13.3586; PubMed=10393175 [NCBI, ExPASy, EBI, Israel, Japan]
Hu Y., Benedict M.A., Ding L., Nunez G.;
"Role of cytochrome c and dATP/ATP hydrolysis in Apaf-1-mediated caspase-9 activation and apoptosis.";
EMBO J. 18:3586-3595(1999).
[5]
NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] (ISOFORMS 1 AND 6), FUNCTION, AND SUBCELLULAR LOCATION.
TISSUE=Prostatic carcinoma;
DOI=10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00995-1; PubMed=12804598 [NCBI, ExPASy, EBI, Israel, Japan]
Ogawa T., Shiga K., Hashimoto S., Kobayashi T., Horii A., Furukawa T.;
"APAF-1-ALT, a novel alternative splicing form of APAF-1, potentially causes impeded ability of undergoing DNA damage-induced apoptosis in the LNCaP human prostate cancer cell line.";
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 306:537-543(2003).
[6]
NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA] (ISOFORM 2).
TISSUE=Brain;
DOI=10.1093/dnares/4.5.307; PubMed=9455477 [NCBI, ExPASy, EBI, Israel, Japan]
Ishikawa K., Nagase T., Nakajima D., Seki N., Ohira M., Miyajima N., Tanaka A., Kotani H., Nomura N., Ohara O.;
"Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. VIII. 78 new cDNA clones from brain which code for large proteins in vitro.";
DNA Res. 4:307-313(1997).
[7]
SEQUENCE REVISION.
DOI=10.1093/dnares/9.3.99; PubMed=12168954 [NCBI, ExPASy, EBI, Israel, Japan]
Nakajima D., Okazaki N., Yamakawa H., Kikuno R., Ohara O., Nagase T.;
"Construction of expression-ready cDNA clones for KIAA genes: manual curation of 330 KIAA cDNA clones.";
DNA Res. 9:99-106(2002).
[8]
NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA] OF 810-864 AND 866-883.
Roberts D.L., Dalgleish R., Cohen G.M., MacFarlane M.;
"The mammalian CED4 homologue, APAF1, exists as two distinct forms in human cells.";
Submitted (MAR-1999) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.
[9]
NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] OF 1-138 (ISOFORMS 1/4/5).
Won M., Lee J.-W., Ohr H.-H., Kim D.-U., Chung K.-S., Lee M., Yoo H.-S.;
"Cloning of variant Apaf1.";
Submitted (MAR-2000) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.
[10]
APAF-1-MEDIATED OLIGOMERIZATION.
DOI=10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80095-7; PubMed=9651578 [NCBI, ExPASy, EBI, Israel, Japan]
Srinivasula S.M., Ahmad M., Fernandes-Alnemri T., Alnemri E.S.;
"Autoactivation of procaspase-9 by Apaf-1-mediated oligomerization.";
Mol. Cell 1:949-957(1998).
[11]
INDUCTION BY E2F AND P53.
DOI=10.1038/35078527; PubMed=11389439 [NCBI, ExPASy, EBI, Israel, Japan]
Moroni M.C., Hickman E.S., Denchi E.L., Caprara G., Colli E., Cecconi F., Mueller H., Helin K.;
"Apaf-1 is a transcriptional target for E2F and p53.";
Nat. Cell Biol. 3:552-558(2001).
[12]
INTERACTION WITH APIP.
DOI=10.1074/jbc.M405747200; PubMed=15262985 [NCBI, ExPASy, EBI, Israel, Japan]
Cho D.-H., Hong Y.-M., Lee H.-J., Woo H.-N., Pyo J.-O., Mak T.W., Jung Y.-K.;
"Induced inhibition of ischemic/hypoxic injury by APIP, a novel Apaf-1-interacting protein.";
J. Biol. Chem. 279:39942-39950(2004).
[13]
PHOSPHORYLATION [LARGE SCALE ANALYSIS] AT THR-204; SER-238 AND SER-248, AND MASS SPECTROMETRY.
TISSUE=Epithelium;
DOI=10.1016/j.cell.2006.09.026; PubMed=17081983 [NCBI, ExPASy, EBI, Israel, Japan]
Olsen J.V., Blagoev B., Gnad F., Macek B., Kumar C., Mortensen P., Mann M.;
"Global, in vivo, and site-specific phosphorylation dynamics in signaling networks.";
Cell 127:635-648(2006).
[14]
X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (1.3 ANGSTROMS) OF 1-97.
DOI=10.1006/jmbi.1999.3177; PubMed=10543941 [NCBI, ExPASy, EBI, Israel, Japan]
Vaughn D.E., Rodriguez J., Lazebnik Y., Joshua-Tor L.;
"Crystal structure of Apaf-1 caspase recruitment domain: an alpha-helical Greek key fold for apoptotic signaling.";
J. Mol. Biol. 293:439-447(1999).
[15]
STRUCTURE BY NMR OF 1-97.
DOI=10.1038/sj.cdd.4400584; PubMed=10578182 [NCBI, ExPASy, EBI, Israel, Japan]
Day C.L., Dupont C., Lackmann M., Vaux D.L., Hinds M.G.;
"Solution structure and mutagenesis of the caspase recruitment domain (CARD) from Apaf-1.";
Cell Death Differ. 6:1125-1132(1999).
Comments
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Cross-references
Sequence databases
EMBL
AF013263; AAC51678.1; -; mRNA.[EMBL / GenBank / DDBJ] [CoDingSequence]
AJ243003; CAB55579.1; -; mRNA.[EMBL / GenBank / DDBJ] [CoDingSequence]
AJ243004; CAB55580.1; -; mRNA.[EMBL / GenBank / DDBJ] [CoDingSequence]
AJ243005; CAB55581.1; -; mRNA.[EMBL / GenBank / DDBJ] [CoDingSequence]
AJ243006; CAB55582.1; -; mRNA.[EMBL / GenBank / DDBJ] [CoDingSequence]
AJ243007; CAB55583.1; -; mRNA.[EMBL / GenBank / DDBJ] [CoDingSequence]
AJ243008; CAB55584.1; -; mRNA.[EMBL / GenBank / DDBJ] [CoDingSequence]
AJ243009; CAB55585.1; -; mRNA.[EMBL / GenBank / DDBJ] [CoDingSequence]
AJ243010; CAB55586.1; -; mRNA.[EMBL / GenBank / DDBJ] [CoDingSequence]
AJ243011; CAB55587.1; -; mRNA.[EMBL / GenBank / DDBJ] [CoDingSequence]
AJ243048; CAB55588.1; -; mRNA.[EMBL / GenBank / DDBJ] [CoDingSequence]
AJ243107; CAB56462.1; -; mRNA.[EMBL / GenBank / DDBJ] [CoDingSequence]
AF134397; AAD38344.1; -; mRNA.[EMBL / GenBank / DDBJ] [CoDingSequence]
AF149794; AAD34016.1; -; mRNA.[EMBL / GenBank / DDBJ] [CoDingSequence]
AB007873; BAA24843.2; ALT_INIT; mRNA.[EMBL / GenBank / DDBJ] [CoDingSequence]
AB103079; BAC77343.1; -; mRNA.[EMBL / GenBank / DDBJ] [CoDingSequence]
AJ133643; CAB65085.1; -; Genomic_DNA.[EMBL / GenBank / DDBJ] [CoDingSequence]
AJ133644; CAB65086.1; -; Genomic_DNA.[EMBL / GenBank / DDBJ] [CoDingSequence]
AJ133645; CAB65087.1; -; Genomic_DNA.[EMBL / GenBank / DDBJ] [CoDingSequence]
AF248734; AAK28401.1; ALT_FRAME; mRNA.[EMBL / GenBank / DDBJ] [CoDingSequence]
PIR T03818; T03818.
RefSeq NP_001151.1; -.
NP_037361.1; -.
NP_863651.1; -.
NP_863658.1; -.
NP_863659.1; -.
UniGene Hs.552567
3D structure databases
PDB
1C15; NMR; -; A=1-97.[ExPASy / RCSB / EBI]
1CWW; NMR; -; A=1-97.[ExPASy / RCSB / EBI]
1CY5; X-ray; 1.30 A; A=1-97.[ExPASy / RCSB / EBI]
1Z6T; X-ray; 2.21 A; A/B/C/D=1-591.[ExPASy / RCSB / EBI]
2P1H; X-ray; 1.59 A; A=1-92.[ExPASy / RCSB / EBI]
2YGS; X-ray; 1.60 A; A=1-92.[ExPASy / RCSB / EBI]
3YGS; X-ray; 2.50 A; C=1-95.[ExPASy / RCSB / EBI]
Detailed list of linked structures.
PDBsum 1C15; -.
1CWW; -.
1CY5; -.
1Z6T; -.
2P1H; -.
2YGS; -.
3YGS; -.
ModBase O14727.
Protein-protein interaction databases
DIP DIP:27624N; -.
IntAct O14727; 4.
PTM databases
PhosphoSite O14727; -.
Enzyme and pathway databases
Reactome REACT_578; Apoptosis.
Organism-specific databases
GeneCards GC12P097541; -.
H-InvDB HIX0010910; -.
HGNC HGNC:576; APAF1.
GenAtlas APAF1.
MIM 602233; gene. [NCBI / EBI]
PharmGKB PA24868; -.
GeneCards O14727.
HUGE KIAA0413.
Gene expression databases
ArrayExpress O14727; -.
GermOnline ENSG00000120868; Homo sapiens.
Ontologies
GO
GO:0005829; Cellular component: cytosol (traceable author statement from ProtInc).
GO:0005524; Molecular function: ATP binding (inferred from electronic annotation from InterPro).
GO:0008656; Molecular function: caspase activator activity (non-traceable author statement from UniProtKB).
GO:0008635; Biological process: caspase activation via cytochrome c (inferred from direct assay from UniProtKB).
QuickGo view.
Family and domain databases
InterPro IPR017251; Apoptotic_pept-activating_1.
IPR001315; CARD.
IPR011029; DEATH_like.
IPR002182; NB-ARC.
IPR015943; WD40/YVTN_repeat-like.
IPR001680; WD40_repeat.
Graphical view of domain structure.
Gene3D G3DSA:1.10.533.10; DEATH_like; 1.
G3DSA:2.130.10.10; WD40/YVTN_repeat-like; 2.
Pfam PF00619; CARD; 1.
PF00931; NB-ARC; 1.
PF00400; WD40; 10.
Pfam graphical view of domain structure.
PIRSF PIRSF037646; Apop_pept_activating-1; 1.
PRINTS PR00320; GPROTEINBRPT.
ProDom PD000018; WD40; 4.
[Domain structure / List of seq. sharing at least 1 domain]
SMART SM00320; WD40; 13.
SMART graphical view of domain structure.
PROSITE PS50209; CARD; 1.
PS00678; WD_REPEATS_1; 4.
PS50082; WD_REPEATS_2; 9.
PS50294; WD_REPEATS_REGION; 1.
PROSITE graphical view of domain structure (profiles).
Proteomics databases
PRIDE O14727; -.
Genome annotation databases
Ensembl ENSG00000120868; Homo sapiens. [Contig view]
GeneID 317; -.
KEGG hsa:317; -.
Phylogenomic databases
HOVERGEN O14727; -.
Other
DrugBank DB00171; Adenosine triphosphate.
LinkHub O14727; -.
NextBio 1287; -.
SOURCE APAF1; Homo sapiens.
ProtoNet O14727.
UniRef View cluster of proteins with at least 50% / 90% / 100% identity.
Keywords
3D-structure; Alternative splicing; Apoptosis; ATP-binding; Cytoplasm; Direct protein sequencing; Nucleotide-binding; Phosphoprotein; Repeat; WD repeat.
Features
SEVIEWER logo Feature table viewer FT aligner logo Feature aligner
KeyFrom    To Length Description FTId
CHAIN   1   1248  1248     Apoptotic protease-activating factor 1. PRO_0000050844
DOMAIN   1     90  90     CARD. 
DOMAIN   104    415  312     NB-ARC. 
REPEAT   613    652  40     WD 1. 
REPEAT   655    694  40     WD 2. 
REPEAT   697    738  42     WD 3. 
REPEAT   741    780  40     WD 4. 
REPEAT   796    836  41     WD 5. 
REPEAT   838    877  40     WD 6. 
REPEAT   880    919  40     WD 7. 
REPEAT   959    998  40     WD 8. 
REPEAT   1001   1040  40     WD 9. 
REPEAT   1042   1080  39     WD 10. 
REPEAT   1083   1122  40     WD 11. 
REPEAT   1125   1164  40     WD 12. 
REPEAT   1175   1212  38     WD 13. 
NP_BIND   154    161  8     ATP (Potential). 
COMPBIAS   95     98  4     Poly-Ser. 
MOD_RES   204    204        Phosphothreonine. 
MOD_RES   238    238        Phosphoserine. 
MOD_RES   248    248        Phosphoserine. 
VAR_SEQ   99    109        Missing (in isoform 2 and isoform 3). VSP_006759
VAR_SEQ   319    338        GSPLVVSLIGALLRDFPNRW -> VVERCHWGILTDLLHKWNQS (in isoform 6). VSP_008965
VAR_SEQ   339   1248        Missing (in isoform 6). VSP_008966
VAR_SEQ   575    575        E -> ETLGFESKK (in isoform 5). VSP_006760
VAR_SEQ   824    866        Missing (in isoform 3, isoform 4 and isoform 5). VSP_006761
VAR_SEQ   1113   1154        Missing (in isoform 5). VSP_006762
MUTAGEN   160    160        K->R: No association with APAF-1. No binding to pro-caspase-9. 
MUTAGEN   368    368        M->L: Activation of pro-caspase-9 independent of cytochrome c. Increased ability to induce apoptosis. 
CONFLICT   134    134        N -> S (in Ref. 9). 
CONFLICT   145    145        G -> C (in Ref. 2; CAB55587). 
CONFLICT   161    161        S -> F (in Ref. 2; CAB55586). 
CONFLICT   370    370        I -> T (in Ref. 2; CAB55581). 
CONFLICT   383    383        Y -> H (in Ref. 2; CAB55586). 
CONFLICT   544    544        F -> L (in Ref. 2; CAB55584). 
CONFLICT   580    580        A -> T (in Ref. 2; CAB55580). 
CONFLICT   608    608        R -> C (in Ref. 2; CAB55585). 
CONFLICT   620    620        H -> R (in Ref. 2; CAB55587). 
CONFLICT   639    639        L -> F (in Ref. 2; CAB55583). 
CONFLICT   708    708        T -> A (in Ref. 2; CAB55579). 
CONFLICT   742    742        H -> R (in Ref. 2; CAB55584). 
CONFLICT   746    746        V -> A (in Ref. 2; CAB55586). 
CONFLICT   757    757        L -> P (in Ref. 2; CAB56462). 
CONFLICT   795    795        E -> G (in Ref. 2; CAB55581). 
CONFLICT   798    798        E -> G (in Ref. 2; CAB55587). 
CONFLICT   825    825        D -> A (in Ref. 2; CAB55585). 
CONFLICT   871    871        S -> L (in Ref. 2; CAB55587). 
CONFLICT   876    876        A -> T (in Ref. 2; CAB55581). 
CONFLICT   949    949        I -> V (in Ref. 2; CAB55585). 
CONFLICT   1008   1008        H -> R (in Ref. 2; CAB55582). 
CONFLICT   1056   1056        S -> P (in Ref. 2; CAB55582). 
CONFLICT   1241   1241        L -> I (in Ref. 6; BAA24843). 
HELIX   3     11  9      
HELIX   13     19  7      
HELIX   22     32  11      
HELIX   37     44  8      
STRAND   46     48  3      
HELIX   49     61  13      
HELIX   65     77  13      
HELIX   81     87  7      
HELIX   88     90  3      
HELIX   108    116  9      
HELIX   130    140  11      
STRAND   148    153  6      
HELIX   160    168  9      
HELIX   171    177  7      
STRAND   182    189  8      
HELIX   192    206  15      
HELIX   220    233  14      
STRAND   239    245  7      
HELIX   248    252  5