Caspase-mediated cleavage of Desmoglein 1

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R-HSA-202917
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Reaction
Species
Homo sapiens
Compartment
cytosol, plasma membrane
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Caspase-mediated cleavage of Desmoglein 1
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Caspase mediated cleavage of desmoglein 1 leads to decreased expression at the cell surface and re-localization of its C terminus diffusely throughout the cytoplasm. Cleavage is thought to contribute to the dismantling of desmosomes during keratinocyte apoptosis (Dusek et al., 2006).

Literature References
PubMed ID Title Journal Year
16286477 The differentiation-dependent desmosomal cadherin desmoglein 1 is a novel caspase-3 target that regulates apoptosis in keratinocytes

Green, KJ, Getsios, S, Dusek, RL, Cryns, VL, Chen, F, Amargo, EV, Park, JK

J Biol Chem 2006
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cysteine-type endopeptidase activity of Caspase-3 [cytosol]

Physical Entity
Caspase-3 [cytosol] (Homo sapiens)
Activity
cysteine-type endopeptidase activity (GO:0004197)
Orthologous Events
Caspase-mediated cleavage of Desmoglein 1 (Caenorhabditis elegans)
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Caspase-mediated cleavage of Desmoglein 1 (Gallus gallus)
Caspase-mediated cleavage of Desmoglein 1 (Mus musculus)
Caspase-mediated cleavage of Desmoglein 1 (Rattus norvegicus)
Caspase-mediated cleavage of Desmoglein 1 (Sus scrofa)
Caspase-mediated cleavage of Desmoglein 1 (Xenopus tropicalis)
Authored
Schulze-Osthoff, K  (2007-09-03)
Reviewed
Ranganathan, S  (2008-06-11)
Created
Matthews, L  (2007-11-12)
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