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APAF1: Function, Interactions & Structure

Apoptotic protease activating factor 1, also known as APAF1, is a human homolog of C. elegans CED-4 gene.

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APAF1 topic overview

The analysis highlights Function, Interactions and Structure as prominent areas in the source structure around APAF1.

Related topics
19
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
22
Extracted relationships
111
Concept neighborhoods
9
Bridge connections
22

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Function · 13 topics
Interactions · 5 topics
Structure · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Aliases
APAF1, APAF-1, CED4, apoptotic peptidase activating factor 1
Available structures
Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1C15, 1CWW, 1CY5, 1Z6T, 2P1H, 2YGS, 3J2T, 3YGS, 4RHW, 3JBT
Band
12q23.1 · 10 C2|10 45.47 cM
Bgee
monocyte · ventricular zone · blood · bone marrow cell · ganglionic eminence
BioGPS
More reference expression data
Chr.
Chromosome 12 (human) · Chromosome 10 (mouse)

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Function

Structure

Interactions

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How APAF1 connects Entity context

The extracted context around APAF1 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, APAF1 → activation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process, activation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process by cytochrome c, ADP binding, ageing, apoptosome, apoptotic process, apoptotic signaling pathway, ATP binding, brain development, cardiac muscle cell apoptotic process, cell differentiation, cellular response to transforming growth factor beta stimulus, cysteine-type endopeptidase activator activity involved in apoptotic process, cytoplasm, cytosol, extracellular exosome, extracellular region, ficolin-1-rich granule lumen, forebrain development, glial cell apoptotic process Another extracted example is APAF1 → Achilles tendon, blood, bone marrow cell, dermis, epithelium of colon, ganglionic eminence, gastrula, granulocyte, ileum, jejunum, migratory enteric neural crest cell, monocyte, otic vesicle, stroma of bone marrow, testicle, trabecular bone, ureter, vas deferens, ventricular zone. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

APAF1

Top relations

Gene ontology · 44
APAF1 → activation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process, activation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process by cytochrome c, ADP binding, ageing, apoptosome, apoptotic process, apoptotic signaling pathway, ATP binding, brain development, cardiac muscle cell apoptotic process, cell differentiation, cellular response to transforming growth factor beta stimulus, cysteine-type endopeptidase activator activity involved in apoptotic process, cytoplasm, cytosol, extracellular exosome, extracellular region, ficolin-1-rich granule lumen, forebrain development, glial cell apoptotic process
Bgee · 19
APAF1 → Achilles tendon, blood, bone marrow cell, dermis, epithelium of colon, ganglionic eminence, gastrula, granulocyte, ileum, jejunum, migratory enteric neural crest cell, monocyte, otic vesicle, stroma of bone marrow, testicle, trabecular bone, ureter, vas deferens, ventricular zone
RNA expression pattern · 19
APAF1 → Achilles tendon, blood, bone marrow cell, dermis, epithelium of colon, ganglionic eminence, gastrula, granulocyte, ileum, jejunum, migratory enteric neural crest cell, monocyte, otic vesicle, stroma of bone marrow, testicle, trabecular bone, ureter, vas deferens, ventricular zone
related to Interactions · 3
APAF1 → APIP, BCL2-like, HSPA4
related to Structure · 3
APAF1 → CARD, Greek, Rossman
Band · 2
APAF1 → 10 C2|10 45.47 cM, 12q23.1
Chr. · 2
APAF1 → Chromosome 10 (mouse), Chromosome 12 (human)
End · 2
APAF1 → 91,082,770 bp, 98,735,433 bp
Aliases · 1
APAF1 → APAF1, APAF-1, CED4, apoptotic peptidase activating factor 1
Available structures · 1
APAF1 → Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1C15, 1CWW, 1CY5, 1Z6T, 2P1H, 2YGS, 3J2T, 3YGS, 4RHW, 3JBT

Important terminology

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Important terminology

human bp gene chr band protein chromosome 12 apoptosome apoptotic factor location caspase-9 mouse binding activating function search 735 433

APAF1 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 111 structured relationships around APAF1. Examples in this analysis include APAF1 → Aliases → APAF1, APAF-1, CED4, apoptotic peptidase activating factor 1 and APAF1 → Available structures → Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1C15, 1CWW, 1CY5, 1Z6T, 2P1H, 2YGS, 3J2T, 3YGS, 4RHW, 3JBT. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
APAF1AliasesAPAF1, APAF-1, CED4, apoptotic peptidase activating factor 11.00infobox
APAF1Available structuresAvailable structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1C15, 1CWW, 1CY5, 1Z6T, 2P1H, 2YGS, 3J2T, 3YGS, 4RHW, 3JBT1.00infobox
APAF1Band12q23.11.00infobox
APAF1Band10 C2|10 45.47 cM1.00infobox
APAF1Bgeemonocyte1.00infobox
APAF1Bgeeventricular zone1.00infobox
APAF1Bgeeblood1.00infobox
APAF1Bgeebone marrow cell1.00infobox
APAF1Bgeeganglionic eminence1.00infobox
APAF1Bgeeepithelium of colon1.00infobox
APAF1Bgeegranulocyte1.00infobox
APAF1BgeeAchilles tendon1.00infobox
APAF1Bgeetrabecular bone1.00infobox
APAF1Bgeetesticle1.00infobox
APAF1Bgeedermis1.00infobox
APAF1Bgeemigratory enteric neural crest cell1.00infobox
APAF1Bgeeureter1.00infobox
APAF1Bgeejejunum1.00infobox
APAF1Bgeevas deferens1.00infobox
APAF1Bgeeotic vesicle1.00infobox
APAF1Bgeestroma of bone marrow1.00infobox
APAF1Bgeegastrula1.00infobox
APAF1Bgeeileum1.00infobox
APAF1BioGPSMore reference expression data1.00infobox
APAF1Chr.Chromosome 12 (human)1.00infobox
APAF1Chr.Chromosome 10 (mouse)1.00infobox
APAF1DatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry1.00infobox
APAF1End98,735,433 bp1.00infobox
APAF1End91,082,770 bp1.00infobox
APAF1EnsemblENSG000001208681.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around APAF1 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Apoptotic, Factor and Gene. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • APAF1
    • Apoptotic
    • Factor
    • Gene
    • Human
    • Function
    • Nucleotide
    • Search
    • Binding
    • Location
    • Chromosome
    • Bp
    • Chr
  • apaf1
    • Apoptotic
    • Factor
    • Gene
    • Human
    • Function
    • Nucleotide
    • Search
    • Binding
    • Location
    • Chromosome
    • Bp
    • Chr
  • apoptosome
    • Cytochrome
    • Datp
    • Protein
    • Binding
    • C2
    • Cell
    • End
    • Forms
    • Function
    • Mouse
    • Nucleotide
    • Search
  • function
    • Search
    • Location
    • Activator
    • Chromosome
    • Bp
    • Chr
    • Gene
    • Human
    • C2
    • Cell
    • Cytochrome
    • Datp
  • cytochrome c
    • Datp
    • Protein
    • End
    • Forms
    • Function
    • Mouse
    • Nucleotide
    • Search
    • Factor
    • Location
    • Gene
    • Human
  • datp
    • Protein
    • End
    • Forms
    • Function
    • Mouse
    • Nucleotide
    • Search
    • Factor
    • Location
    • Gene
    • Human
  • apoptosis
    • Caspase
    • Cell
    • Forms
    • Caspase-9
    • Gene
    • Protein
  • card
    • Contains
    • Domain
    • Caspase
    • Nucleotide
    • Protein

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For APAF1, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects APAF1 with Function. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
APAF1Function · splits 9 ⟂ 14
APAF1Interactions · splits 17 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

APAF1

Nodes23
Edges22
Triples111
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.086957
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around APAF1 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Function, Interactions & Structure, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — APAF1 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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