Baculoviral IAP repeat-containing proteins, also known as c-IAPs, function as ubiquitin E3 ligases that mediate the ubiquitination of the substrates involved in apoptosis, nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) signaling, and oncogenesis [1-3]. This entry ...
Baculoviral IAP repeat-containing proteins, also known as c-IAPs, function as ubiquitin E3 ligases that mediate the ubiquitination of the substrates involved in apoptosis, nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) signaling, and oncogenesis [1-3]. This entry represents the UBA domain of BIRC2/3/4/8 from mammals and BIRC7 from Xenopus tropicalis [1-3].
BIR stands for 'Baculovirus Inhibitor of apoptosis protein Repeat'. It is found repeated in inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs), and in fact it is also known as IAP repeat. These domains characteristically have a number of invariant residues, incl ...
BIR stands for 'Baculovirus Inhibitor of apoptosis protein Repeat'. It is found repeated in inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs), and in fact it is also known as IAP repeat. These domains characteristically have a number of invariant residues, including 3 conserved cysteines and one conserved histidine that coordinate a zinc ion. They are usually made up of 4-5 alpha helices and a three-stranded beta-sheet. BIR is also found in other proteins known as BIR-domain-containing proteins (BIRPs), such as Survivin (Swiss:O15392) [2].