Cell BiologybioRxiv
Single-cell dynamics of pannexin-1-facilitated programmed ATP loss during apoptosis
H. Imamura, S. Sakamoto, T. Yoshida…·A. Kakizuka
The paper develops FRET biosensors to show that caspase-3 activation initiates a programmed loss of ATP in apoptotic cells via pannexin-1 cleavage, which arrests metabolic activity.