Abstract
Death receptors (DRs) are surface receptors that when triggered have the capacity to induce apoptosis in cells by forming the death-inducing signaling complex (DISC). The first protein recruited to form the DISC is the adaptor protein FADD/Mort1. Some members of the DR family, CD95 and the TRAIL receptors DR4 and DR5, directly bind FADD, whereas others, such as TNF receptor I and DR3, initially bind another adaptor protein, TRADD, which then recruits FADD. While all DRs can activate both apoptotic and non-apoptotic pathways, it has been widely assumed that the main physiological role of FADD-binding death receptors is to trigger apoptosis. However, recent work has ascribed multiple non-apoptotic activities to these receptors and/or the signaling components of the DISC.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 610-616 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Current Opinion in Cell Biology |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2005 |
Funding
We would like to apologize to all the colleagues whose work could not be cited due to space limitations. Support to ME Peter has been provided by the National Institute of Health grants GM61712 and CA95319. R Schickel is supported by the Department of Defense fellowship DAMD17-03-1-0200.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cell Biology