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. 2001 Sep 14;276(37):34495-500.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M101415200. Epub 2001 Jun 29.

Cop, a caspase recruitment domain-containing protein and inhibitor of caspase-1 activation processing

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Cop, a caspase recruitment domain-containing protein and inhibitor of caspase-1 activation processing

S H Lee et al. J Biol Chem. .
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Abstract

The production of bio-active interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), a pro-inflammatory cytokine, is mediated by activated caspase-1. One of the known molecular mechanisms underlying pro-caspase-1 processing and activation involves binding of the caspase-1 prodomain to a caspase recruitment domain (CARD)-containing serine/threonine kinase known as RIP2/CARDIAK/RICK. We have identified a novel protein, COP (CARD only protein), which has a high degree of sequence identity to the caspase-1 prodomain. COP binds to both RIP2 and the caspase-1 prodomain and inhibits RIP2-induced caspase-1 oligomerization. COP inhibits caspase- 1-induced IL-1beta secretion as well as lipopolysaccharide-induced IL-1beta secretion in transfected cells. Our data indicate that COP can regulate IL-1beta secretion, implying that COP may play a role in down-regulating inflammatory responses analogous to the CARD protein ICEBERG.

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