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X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis, XIAP, is a protein that contains three baculovirus inhibitors of apoptosis protein repeat (BIR) domains as well as a UBA ubiquitin-binding domain and a really interesting new gene (RING) domain. XIAP functions to prevent apoptosis by binding to caspase-3, caspase-7, and caspase-9 to inhibit caspase activity.
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The XIAP protein is 497 amino acids in length and migrates on denaturing polyacrylamide electrophoresis as a ~55 kDa band. XIAP contains BIR1, BIR2, and BIR3 domains which are the defining feature IAP proteins. Each BIR domain is a zinc-binding region of about 70 amino acids. XIAP also contains a ubiquitin-binding UBA domain. Finally, the C-terminus of XIAP contains a RING domain with E3 ubiquitin ligase activity. A schematic representation of XIAP is shown in Fig. 1.
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See Also
(2012) Bcl-2 family proteins. In: Schwab M (ed) Encyclopedia of cancer, 3rd edn. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, p 361. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-16483-5_564
(2012) BIR domain. In: Schwab M (ed) Encyclopedia of cancer, 3rd edn. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, p 416. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-16483-5_653
(2012) Caspase-3. In: Schwab M (ed) Encyclopedia of cancer, 3rd edn. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, p 675. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-16483-5_874
(2012) Caspase-9. In: Schwab M (ed) Encyclopedia of cancer, 3rd edn. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, p 678. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-16483-5_877
(2012) SMAC/Diablo. In: Schwab M (ed) Encyclopedia of cancer, 3rd edn. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, p 3440. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-16483-5_5359
(2012) Ubiquitin. In: Schwab M (ed) Encyclopedia of cancer, 3rd edn. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, p 3825. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-16483-5_6083
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Mott, J.L. (2015). XIAP. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27841-9_6283-3
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