Structure
There is a large difference in the primary amino acid sequence of the four different death fold motifs, but each has a similar three dimensional structure. Death-fold motifs are characterized by six to seven tightly coiled alpha-helices arranged in a “Greek-key” fold. The motifs consist of several defined protein interactions with other suspected apoptotic roles (Lahm).
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