| Front | A large, multimeric protein structure that forms in the process of apoptosis when cytochrome, c, is released from mitochondria and binds Apaf-1. A heptamer of cytochrome, c, -Apaf-1 heterodimers assembles into wheel-like structure that binds and activates procaspase-9, an initiator caspase, to initiate the caspase cascade |
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| Back | apoptosome |
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