Fig. 1. Caspase-8 filament formation is nucleated by FADD.
a Schematic representation of the architecture of DISC. b Western blot analysis of Glycerol Density Gradient purification of soluble Flag-FADD:Caspase-8 complexes. Western blots are representative of 3 independent experiments. c Negative-stain EM of FADD:Caspase-8 filaments purified from different gradient fractions (Fractions 10, 13 and 15). Micrographs are representative of 3 independent experiments. d Label-free quantitative mass spectrometry determination of FADD:Caspase-8 ratio in Glycerol Density Gradient fractions (Graph shows Mean ± SD, n = 3 technical repeats; from a representative experiment of 3 biologically independent experiments). e Immuno-gold labeling of FLAG-tag and Caspase-8 p18 subunit in purified filament complexes from Fraction 10 within the peak visualized by EM. Micrographs are representative of 3 independent experiments. f Structural model of FADD:Caspase-8 tDED single-chain complex. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.