The MLKL channel in necroptosis is an octamer formed by tetramers in a dyadic process

D Huang, X Zheng, Z Wang, X Chen, W He… - … and cellular biology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Oligomerization of the mixed-lineage kinase domain-like protein (MLKL) is essential for its
cation channel function in necroptosis. Here we show that the MLKL channel is an octamer …

Insane in the membrane: a structural perspective of MLKL function in necroptosis

EJ Petrie, JM Hildebrand… - Immunology and cell …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Necroptosis (or 'programmed necrosis') is a caspase‐independent cell death pathway that
operates downstream of death receptors, including Tumour Necrosis Factor Receptor‐1 …

MLKL forms cation channels

B Xia, S Fang, X Chen, H Hu, P Chen, H Wang, Z Gao - Cell research, 2016 - nature.com
The mixed lineage kinase domain-like (MLKL) protein is a key factor in tumor necrosis factor-
induced necroptosis. Recent studies on necroptosis execution revealed a commitment role …

MLKL compromises plasma membrane integrity by binding to phosphatidylinositol phosphates

Y Dondelinger, W Declercq, S Montessuit, R Roelandt… - Cell reports, 2014 - cell.com
Although mixed lineage kinase domain-like (MLKL) protein has emerged as a specific and
crucial protein for necroptosis induction, how MLKL transduces the death signal remains …

Evolutionary divergence of the necroptosis effector MLKL

MC Tanzer, I Matti, JM Hildebrand, SN Young… - Cell Death & …, 2016 - nature.com
The pseudokinase, MLKL (mixed-lineage kinase domain-like), is the most terminal
obligatory component of the necroptosis cell death pathway known. Phosphorylation of the …

Conformational switching of the pseudokinase domain promotes human MLKL tetramerization and cell death by necroptosis

EJ Petrie, JJ Sandow, AV Jacobsen, BJ Smith… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Necroptotic cell death is mediated by the most terminal known effector of the pathway,
MLKL. Precisely how phosphorylation of the MLKL pseudokinase domain activation loop by …

[HTML][HTML] MLKL, the protein that mediates necroptosis, also regulates endosomal trafficking and extracellular vesicle generation

S Yoon, A Kovalenko, K Bogdanov, D Wallach - Immunity, 2017 - cell.com
Activation of the pseudokinase mixed lineage kinase domain-like (MLKL) upon its
phosphorylation by the protein kinase RIPK3 triggers necroptosis, a form of programmed cell …

A plug release mechanism for membrane permeation by MLKL

L Su, B Quade, H Wang, L Sun, X Wang, J Rizo - Structure, 2014 - cell.com
MLKL is crucial for necroptosis, permeabilizing membranes through its N-terminal region
upon phosphorylation of its kinase-like domain by RIP3. However, the mechanism …

Necrosome core machinery: MLKL

J Zhang, Y Yang, W He, L Sun - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2016 - Springer
In the study of regulated cell death, the rapidly expanding field of regulated necrosis, in
particular necroptosis, has been drawing much attention. The signaling of necroptosis …

Oligomerization‐driven MLKL ubiquitylation antagonizes necroptosis

Z Liu, LF Dagley, K Shield‐Artin, SN Young… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
Mixed lineage kinase domain‐like (MLKL) is the executioner in the caspase‐independent
form of programmed cell death called necroptosis. Receptor‐interacting serine/threonine …