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... > Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Molecular Structure > Molecular Conformation > Protein Conformation > Protein Structural Elements > Protein Domains > Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs > Death Domain Superfamily > Death Effector Domain
... > Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Molecular Structure > Molecular Conformation > Protein Conformation > Protein Structure, Tertiary > Protein Domains > Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs > Death Domain Superfamily > Death Effector Domain

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Death Effector Domain  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • DED Domain
  • DED Domains

Scope note

  • A homotypic protein interaction module of the death domain superfamily that is composed of a bundle of six alpha-helices. The death effector domain shares sequence and structural similarities with the DEATH DOMAIN and CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN. It occurs in many proteins with essential functions in APOPTOSIS.

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  • 2017

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000071461

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