Diap1

UniProt ID: Q24306
Organism: Drosophila melanogaster
Review Status: COMPLETE
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Gene Description

Diap1 encodes the essential Drosophila inhibitor-of-apoptosis protein DIAP1/thread, a BIR- and RING-domain E3 ligase that binds the initiator caspase Dronc and the effector caspases DrICE and Dcp-1 to restrain apoptosis. Reaper/Hid/Grim-family antagonists, Jafrac2, and dOmi/HtrA2 relieve this brake by binding DIAP1, while DIAP1 ubiquitinates or neddylates caspases and selected non-caspase substrates in cytosolic and contextual nuclear/developmental pathways.

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0000209 protein polyubiquitination
IDA
PMID:12198495
Reaper-mediated inhibition of DIAP1-induced DTRAF1 degradati...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: DIAP1 drives ubiquitin-dependent DTRAF1 degradation in a JNK-regulatory side branch.
Reason: The source supports DIAP1-dependent DTRAF1 polyubiquitination and JNK restraint, but this Reaper-sensitive DTRAF1 branch is contextual rather than the core caspase-inhibitory output of DIAP1.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12198495
DIAP1-induced DTRAF1 degradation
GO:0000209 protein polyubiquitination
IDA
PMID:17205079
Regulation of the Drosophila ubiquitin ligase DIAP1 is media...
MODIFY
Summary: This row should be narrowed to DIAP1 autoubiquitination.
Reason: The cited abstract discusses regulated DIAP1 autoubiquitination, probably through non-K48 chains; GO:0051865 is more precise than the generic protein polyubiquitination parent.
Proposed replacements: protein autoubiquitination
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17205079
autoubiquitinating activity of DIAP1
GO:0004842 ubiquitin-protein transferase activity
TAS
PMID:22304967
XIAP monoubiquitylates Groucho/TLE to promote canonical Wnt ...
MODIFY
Summary: DIAP1 is a RING E3 ubiquitin ligase; the old transferase term should be updated.
Reason: The TAS row captures DIAP1 RING-dependent ubiquitin transfer, but GO:0061630 is the current informative E3 ubiquitin ligase term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:22304967
positive regulator of Wingless
PMID:12021771
ubiquitination of Dronc
GO:0004869 cysteine-type endopeptidase inhibitor activity
IDA
PMID:10481910
The Drosophila caspase inhibitor DIAP1 is essential for cell...
ACCEPT
Summary: Diap1 directly inhibits cysteine-type endopeptidases (caspases). The genus term is correct as it stands; the apoptotic context is carried by the module and core functions, not by a precomposed term.
Reason: The genus GO:0004869 is the right term. An earlier pass proposed MODIFY to the precomposed GO:0043027; per projects/INVOLVED_IN_PRECOMPOSITION.md that adds only the apoptotic context, which is carried by the module dmel_rhg_apoptosome_caspase_activation#diap1_diap1 and the core functions. Superseded reasoning (it argued for the precomposed term), retained only for its evidence: DIAP1 blocks apoptosis-inducing caspase activity, and the apoptosis-qualified cysteine endopeptidase inhibitor term is more specific than the generic parent.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10481910
disrupting productive IAP-caspase interactions
GO:0004869 cysteine-type endopeptidase inhibitor activity
IDA
PMID:15107838
Molecular mechanisms of DrICE inhibition by DIAP1 and remova...
ACCEPT
Summary: Diap1 directly inhibits cysteine-type endopeptidases (caspases). The genus term is correct as it stands; the apoptotic context is carried by the module and core functions, not by a precomposed term. This row's evidence is direct inhibition of the effector caspase DrICE.
Reason: The genus GO:0004869 is the right term. An earlier pass proposed MODIFY to the precomposed GO:0043027; per projects/INVOLVED_IN_PRECOMPOSITION.md that adds only the apoptotic context, which is carried by the module dmel_rhg_apoptosome_caspase_activation#diap1_diap1 and the core functions. Superseded reasoning (it argued for the precomposed term), retained only for its evidence: The structural DrICE paper shows direct inhibition of the effector caspase DrICE by DIAP1 and should be captured with the apoptosis-qualified caspase inhibitor MF.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:15107838
DIAP1 directly inhibits the catalytic activity of DrICE
GO:0004869 cysteine-type endopeptidase inhibitor activity
IDA
PMID:18166655
DIAP2 functions as a mechanism-based regulator of drICE that...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The DIAP2-focused source does not expose this DIAP1 inhibitor assay locally.
Reason: The paper establishes a DIAP2 mechanism in the cached abstract; without the DIAP1-specific full-text evidence behind this row, leave the DIAP1 molecular-function assertion unresolved.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16485033
DIAP2 binds active drICE
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:10481910
The Drosophila caspase inhibitor DIAP1 is essential for cell...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Hid binding to DIAP1 is direct but the row is only a generic binding assertion.
Reason: Hid is one of the RHG antagonists that physically engages DIAP1 to relieve caspase inhibition; the partner-specific binding row is real, but it is not a separate core DIAP1 activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10481910
disrupting productive IAP-caspase interactions
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:10481910
The Drosophila caspase inhibitor DIAP1 is essential for cell...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The Dcp-1 contact is plausible but not resolved from this abstract-only source.
Reason: The cached DIAP1 paper establishes IAP-caspase regulation but does not expose a Dcp-1-specific physical interaction, so this generic protein-binding row cannot be confidently tightened here.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10481910
disrupting productive IAP-caspase interactions
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:10481910
The Drosophila caspase inhibitor DIAP1 is essential for cell...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: The Hid interaction is a real RHG antagonist contact with DIAP1.
Reason: This duplicates the Hid-DIAP1 physical antagonism represented by row 7 via a UniProt partner identifier; keep it as contextual generic binding rather than as a core catalytic activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10481910
disrupting productive IAP-caspase interactions
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:10675328
Induction of apoptosis by Drosophila reaper, hid and grim th...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Hid binding to DIAP1 is supported by the RHG gain-of-function analysis.
Reason: Gain-of-function mutations in DIAP1 reduced RHG binding and suppressed Hid-induced apoptosis, supporting this direct antagonist contact while leaving the row as a non-core generic binding annotation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10675328
forming a complex with DIAP1
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:10675328
Induction of apoptosis by Drosophila reaper, hid and grim th...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reaper binding to DIAP1 is supported by the RHG gain-of-function analysis.
Reason: Reaper kills by forming a complex with DIAP1; the contact is biologically central but the GO row still says only protein binding.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10675328
forming a complex with DIAP1
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:10675329
The Drosophila caspase DRONC is regulated by DIAP1.
MODIFY
Summary: The DRONC prodomain interaction should be captured as caspase binding.
Reason: This paper reports that DIAP1 interacts with the DRONC prodomain and requires that interaction to suppress DRONC-mediated eye ablation, so GO:0089720 is more specific than protein binding.
Proposed replacements: caspase binding
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10675329
interaction of DIAP1 with the pro-domain of DRONC is required
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:10984473
An essential role for the caspase dronc in developmentally p...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The Dronc source supports DIAP1 genetic restraint but not the IPI row in the cached abstract.
Reason: The abstract shows that diap1 mutations enhance Dronc-induced cell death; it does not expose a DIAP1-Dronc physical interaction assay.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10984473
enhanced by mutations in diap1
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:11818065
The damage-responsive Drosophila gene sickle encodes a novel...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The local Sickle paper does not verify a Reaper-DIAP1 IPI row.
Reason: The cached abstract verifies Sickle binding to DIAP1 BIR2, not the Reaper partner asserted in this GOA row.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11818065
specifically bound to the BIR2 domain of DIAP1
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:12021769
Regulation of Drosophila IAP1 degradation and apoptosis by r...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The Reaper/UbcD1 source does not expose the Hid interaction.
Reason: The abstract specifically contrasts Reaper with Hid for DIAP1 degradation and exposes Reaper and UbcD1 binding, leaving this Hid IPI row unresolved without the full text.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12021769
stimulate DIAP1 auto-ubiquitination in vitro
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:12021769
Regulation of Drosophila IAP1 degradation and apoptosis by r...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reaper binds DIAP1 to stimulate autoubiquitination with UbcD1.
Reason: Reaper specifically binds DIAP1 and stimulates DIAP1 autoubiquitination, but this row is a contextual antagonist-contact assertion.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12021769
stimulate DIAP1 auto-ubiquitination in vitro
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:12021769
Regulation of Drosophila IAP1 degradation and apoptosis by r...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The Reaper/UbcD1 source does not expose this Hid interaction.
Reason: The cached abstract does not support a Hid-DIAP1 IPI row for this source, although other papers establish Hid as a DIAP1 antagonist.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12021769
stimulate DIAP1 auto-ubiquitination in vitro
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:12021769
Regulation of Drosophila IAP1 degradation and apoptosis by r...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reaper binding to DIAP1 is direct in the autoubiquitination study.
Reason: This is the UniProt-coded duplicate of the Reaper contact that stimulates UbcD1-dependent DIAP1 autoubiquitination.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12021769
stimulate DIAP1 auto-ubiquitination in vitro
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:12021771
The DIAP1 RING finger mediates ubiquitination of Dronc and i...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Hid remains able to bind a RING-disrupted DIAP1 protein.
Reason: The Dronc-ubiquitination source reports that loss of the DIAP1 RING does not abolish Hid binding; the contact is a real RHG antagonist interaction but remains generic.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12021771
ubiquitination of Dronc
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:12021771
The DIAP1 RING finger mediates ubiquitination of Dronc and i...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reaper remains able to bind a RING-disrupted DIAP1 protein.
Reason: The RING paper supports direct Reaper binding to DIAP1, but this is an antagonist interaction rather than the catalytic core activity of the E3 ligase.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12021771
ubiquitination of Dronc
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:12021771
The DIAP1 RING finger mediates ubiquitination of Dronc and i...
MODIFY
Summary: The Dronc interaction should be represented as caspase binding.
Reason: The source directly ties DIAP1 binding to Dronc ubiquitination; GO:0089720 captures the relevant target class.
Proposed replacements: caspase binding
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12021771
ubiquitination of Dronc
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:12356728
Jafrac2 is an IAP antagonist that promotes cell death by lib...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Jafrac2 binds DIAP1 and releases Dronc.
Reason: Mature Jafrac2 is a mitochondrial/ER IAP antagonist that displaces Dronc from DIAP1, so the physical interaction is real but contextual.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12356728
Jafrac2 displaces Dronc from DIAP1
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:14517550
Molecular mechanism of Reaper-Grim-Hid-mediated suppression ...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Hid competes with Dronc at DIAP1 BIR2.
Reason: The structural RHG paper maps the BIR2 surface used by Hid-family antagonists to relieve Dronc ubiquitination; this is a regulatory contact, not a separate catalytic function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14517550
recognizes a 12-residue sequence in Dronc
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:14517550
Molecular mechanism of Reaper-Grim-Hid-mediated suppression ...
MODIFY
Summary: Dronc recognition by DIAP1 BIR2 is caspase binding.
Reason: The structural study mapped a DIAP1 BIR2 interface that recognizes Dronc and is required for Dronc ubiquitination, making GO:0089720 the specific replacement.
Proposed replacements: caspase binding
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14517550
recognizes a 12-residue sequence in Dronc
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:15242648
A role for Drosophila IAP1-mediated caspase inhibition in Ra...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The Chickadee/Profilin IPI row is not exposed in the border-cell abstract.
Reason: The paper supports a Diap1-Dronc branch in Rac-dependent border-cell motility but the cached abstract does not show a physical Chickadee-DIAP1 interaction.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:15242648
Rac-dependent cell migration
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:16887178
Drosophila IKK-related kinase regulates nonapoptotic functio...
UNDECIDED
Summary: DmIKKepsilon regulates DIAP1 stability, but the cached abstract does not expose an IPI assay.
Reason: The abstract says DmIKKepsilon promotes DIAP1 degradation; physical binding evidence would require the full text.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16887178
degradation of IAPs
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:17397804
Evolution of mitochondrial cell death pathway: Proapoptotic ...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The DmHtrA2 abstract does not expose the IPI-level DIAP1 interaction.
Reason: The source establishes DIAP1 cleavage near mitochondria but not the exact physical-interaction row in the cached abstract.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17397804
cleavage of DIAP1 in the vicinity of mitochondria
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:18166655
DIAP2 functions as a mechanism-based regulator of drICE that...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The DIAP2 paper does not verify a DIAP1-DrICE IPI row locally.
Reason: The cached abstract explicitly says DIAP2 binds active drICE; it does not expose the DIAP1-DrICE interaction being asserted.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16485033
DIAP2 binds active drICE
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:18166655
DIAP2 functions as a mechanism-based regulator of drICE that...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The DIAP2 paper does not verify a Reaper-DIAP1 IPI row locally.
Reason: The cached source is centered on DIAP2 mechanism-based regulation of drICE and does not expose a Reaper-DIAP1 assay.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16485033
DIAP2 binds active drICE
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:18259196
The interaction of DIAP1 with dOmi/HtrA2 regulates cell deat...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: dOmi/HtrA2 binds DIAP1 and can be ubiquitinated by it.
Reason: Drosophila Omi/HtrA2 is a mitochondrial DIAP1 antagonist and substrate; the binding row is direct but represents this specialized branch.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18259196
DIAP1-mediated polyubiquitination of dOmi
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:20700104
Metabolic regulation of Drosophila apoptosis through inhibit...
MODIFY
Summary: The Dronc co-IP control should be narrowed to caspase binding.
Reason: The Dronc phosphorylation paper used DIAP1 RNAi as an apoptosis trigger and assayed DIAP1-Dronc association; the partner class is specifically a caspase.
Proposed replacements: caspase binding
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20700104
DIAP1 RNAi or cycloheximide treatment
GO:0005634 nucleus
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Nuclear IAP localization is plausible and contextual.
Reason: DIAP1/XIAP family proteins have documented nuclear roles such as the nonapoptotic Wnt output, so retaining a non-core nuclear localization transfer is defensible.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE NON CORE
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000005166 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
The IAP node supports broad, contextual nuclear/cytoplasmic localization rather than a single apoptotic compartment.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:22304967
positive regulator of Wingless
GO:0005634 nucleus
IDA
PMID:17464325
The Drosophila caspases Strica and Dronc function redundantl...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The oogenesis caspase paper does not expose DIAP1 nuclear localization.
Reason: The abstract is about Strica and Dronc redundancy in oogenesis and does not verify where DIAP1 was observed.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17464325
Strica and Dronc function redundantly
GO:0005634 nucleus
IDA
PMID:21035895
Differential localization and processing of apoptotic protei...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: The Malpighian-tubule DIAP1 localization row is experimental but non-core.
Reason: The abstract says DIAP1 is differentially localized and processed in Malpighian tubules; without full text the exact nuclear signal is delegated to the FlyBase experimental curation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21035895
DIAP1, is localized and processed differently
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Cytoplasmic activity is core for DIAP1-caspase restraint.
Reason: DIAP1 restrains Dronc and effector caspases in the cytoplasm, so the PAINT cytoplasmic localization transfer is consistent with the main caspase-inhibitory role.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE CORE
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000005166 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
The IAP node supports cytoplasmic activity for caspase inhibition.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14517550
recognizes a 12-residue sequence in Dronc
PMID:19026784
DIAP1-mediated drICE ubiquitylation suppresses its catalytic ability
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
IDA
PMID:17464325
The Drosophila caspases Strica and Dronc function redundantl...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The oogenesis caspase paper does not expose DIAP1 cytoplasmic localization.
Reason: This abstract verifies Strica/Dronc function in oogenesis but not the DIAP1 localization asserted by the row.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17464325
Strica and Dronc function redundantly
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
IDA
PMID:21035895
Differential localization and processing of apoptotic protei...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: The Malpighian-tubule cytoplasmic localization row is non-core.
Reason: The source reports differential localization of DIAP1 in Malpighian tubules; keep the curator-read row as contextual, not part of the core apoptosis brake.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21035895
DIAP1, is localized and processed differently
GO:0005829 cytosol
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
ACCEPT
Summary: ARBA cytosol transfer is compatible with DIAP1 biology.
Reason: DIAP1 directly restrains cytosolic caspases and the ARBA localization is not more specific than the compartment used for core fly caspase control.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE CORE
Sources checked:
ARBA:ARBA00029243 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
The automated rule transferred a broad cytosolic location consistent with direct caspase restraint.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14517550
recognizes a 12-residue sequence in Dronc
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-DME-390120
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome correctly places DIAP1 in the cytosol for Hippo-pathway phosphorylation.
Reason: The Drosophila Reactome event uses cytosolic thread/DIAP1 as the phosphorylated substrate of Hippo; this is a pathway-specific but accurate localization.
GO:0006915 apoptotic process
IPI
PMID:10675328
Induction of apoptosis by Drosophila reaper, hid and grim th...
MODIFY
Summary: This broad apoptotic-process row has the wrong polarity for DIAP1.
Reason: Hid binding to DIAP1 relieves an anti-apoptotic caspase brake; DIAP1 is the inhibitor of apoptosis, so the row should be represented as negative regulation of apoptotic process.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10675328
forming a complex with DIAP1
GO:0006915 apoptotic process
IPI
PMID:10675328
Induction of apoptosis by Drosophila reaper, hid and grim th...
MODIFY
Summary: This broad apoptotic-process row should be negative regulation of apoptosis.
Reason: Reaper antagonizes DIAP1 to trigger death, demonstrating that DIAP1 restrains rather than executes the apoptotic process.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10675328
forming a complex with DIAP1
GO:0007283 spermatogenesis
IMP
PMID:23409089
Anent the genomics of spermatogenesis in Drosophila melanoga...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The male-sterility genomics source is too broad for a Diap1-specific spermatogenesis row locally.
Reason: The cached full-text extraction surveys male-sterile regions and does not expose the specific thread/Diap1 assay behind this annotation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23409089
Anent the genomics of spermatogenesis
GO:0007289 spermatid nucleus differentiation
IMP
PMID:14737191
Multiple apoptotic caspase cascades are required in nonapopt...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: DIAP1 overexpression in spermatids is a caspase-blocking reagent, not an endogenous nuclear differentiation step.
Reason: The experiment shows that caspase activity is needed for individualization; it does not make DIAP1 a direct actor in spermatid nucleus differentiation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14737191
caspase activity is required for individualization
GO:0007298 border follicle cell migration
IGI
PMID:15242648
A role for Drosophila IAP1-mediated caspase inhibition in Ra...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: DIAP1 directly modulates Rac-dependent border-cell migration.
Reason: The genetic interaction with Rac supports a nonapoptotic Diap1-Dronc branch in border-cell motility, which is direct but specialized.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:15242648
Rac-dependent cell migration
GO:0007298 border follicle cell migration
IMP
PMID:15242648
A role for Drosophila IAP1-mediated caspase inhibition in Ra...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Diap1 loss causes border-cell migration defects without apoptosis.
Reason: Loss-of-function thread mutants disrupted migration in the border-cell study, making this a direct non-core motility branch.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:15242648
Rac-dependent cell migration
GO:0008270 zinc ion binding
ISM
PMID:21912646
Comprehensively surveying structure and function of RING dom...
ACCEPT
Summary: The BIR and RING folds support zinc binding.
Reason: DIAP1 contains zinc-coordinating BIR and RING domains, and the cited RING-domain structure/function survey supports RING zinc coordination.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21912646
Comprehensively surveying structure and function of RING domains
GO:0016755 aminoacyltransferase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
MODIFY
Summary: The ARBA transferase parent should be replaced by the specific E3 term.
Reason: GO:0016755 is an uninformative aminoacyltransferase parent for a RING ubiquitin ligase; GO:0061630 captures the actual chemistry.
Propagation Review
Root cause: TERM SCOPING PROBLEM
Failure modes: GRANULARITY MISMATCH
Sources checked:
ARBA:ARBA00026304 SUPPORTS SOURCE BUT NOT TARGET
The rule overgeneralized RING E3 ubiquitin transfer to a broad parent.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12021771
ubiquitination of Dronc
GO:0022416 chaeta development
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: The chaeta-development transfer reflects nonapoptotic caspase regulation.
Reason: DIAP1 turnover gates low-level Dronc activity during SOP and shaft-cell morphogenesis; this is a contextual developmental output.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE NON CORE
Sources checked:
ARBA:ARBA00092651 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
The rule captures a real but non-core developmental branch.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:19822670
temporal regulation of DIAP1 turnover
PMID:16222340
not associated with apoptotic cell death
GO:0022416 chaeta development
IMP
PMID:16222340
Drosophila caspase transduces Shaggy/GSK-3beta kinase activi...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: DIAP1 overexpression perturbs macrochaeta formation through nonapoptotic caspase control.
Reason: DIAP1 and DIAP2 overexpression phenocopy caspase blockade during chaeta development; this is direct but not the core anti-apoptotic function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16222340
not associated with apoptotic cell death
GO:0031398 positive regulation of protein ubiquitination
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
MODIFY
Summary: DIAP1 catalyzes ubiquitination rather than merely upregulating it.
Reason: The PAINT row reflects RING E3 biology but uses a regulatory-process term; direct DIAP1 substrate polyubiquitination is better represented by GO:0000209.
Propagation Review
Root cause: TERM SCOPING PROBLEM
Failure modes: GRANULARITY MISMATCH
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000799425 SUPPORTS SOURCE BUT NOT TARGET
The node captures RING IAP E3 activity but the target term frames direct catalysis as regulation.
Proposed replacements: protein polyubiquitination
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12021771
ubiquitination of Dronc
PMID:19026784
DIAP1-mediated drICE ubiquitylation suppresses its catalytic ability
GO:0031398 positive regulation of protein ubiquitination
IDA
PMID:19026784
Inactivation of effector caspases through nondegradative pol...
MODIFY
Summary: The effector-caspase ubiquitination paper supports direct polyubiquitination.
Reason: DIAP1 directly polyubiquitinates active DrICE and Dcp-1 to inactivate them nondegradatively, so protein polyubiquitination is the proper process.
Proposed replacements: protein polyubiquitination
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:19026784
DIAP1-mediated drICE ubiquitylation suppresses its catalytic ability
GO:0031624 ubiquitin conjugating enzyme binding
IPI
PMID:12021769
Regulation of Drosophila IAP1 degradation and apoptosis by r...
ACCEPT
Summary: UbcD1 specifically binds DIAP1.
Reason: UbcD1 binds DIAP1 and stimulates Reaper-driven DIAP1 autoubiquitination in vitro, supporting ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme binding.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12021769
stimulate DIAP1 auto-ubiquitination in vitro
GO:0031625 ubiquitin protein ligase binding
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
UNDECIDED
Summary: The automated ubiquitin-ligase binding source is not traceable locally.
Reason: This may point to a DIAP2 or UBR-family regulatory contact, but the ARBA assertion needs source tracing before it can be accepted.
Propagation Review
Root cause: UNRESOLVED
Sources checked:
ARBA:ARBA00028807 UNRESOLVED
The direct source for this inferred E3-binding call was not recovered.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17205079
autoubiquitinating activity of DIAP1
GO:0031625 ubiquitin protein ligase binding
IPI
PMID:17205079
Regulation of the Drosophila ubiquitin ligase DIAP1 is media...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The DIAP2-DIAP1 IPI row is not exposed by the abstract.
Reason: The abstract only notes preliminary data suggesting that DIAP2 mediates DIAP1 degradation and does not show a physical DIAP1-DIAP2 interaction.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17205079
autoubiquitinating activity of DIAP1
GO:0043027 cysteine-type endopeptidase inhibitor activity involved in apoptotic process
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
MODIFY
Summary: The PAINT caspase-inhibitor transfer is a core DIAP1 activity.
Reason: DIAP1 is a direct apoptotic caspase inhibitor, and the IAP family node correctly transfers that molecular function.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE CORE
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000953271 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
The IAP caspase-inhibitor node is supported for DIAP1.
Context of precomposed term: module dmel_rhg_apoptosome_caspase_activation / diap1_diap1 in core functions
Decomposed from the precomposed GO:0043027 (projects/INVOLVED_IN_PRECOMPOSITION.md) to its genus GO:0004869; the claim is unchanged and the apoptotic context is carried by the module dmel_rhg_apoptosome_caspase_activation#diap1_diap1 and this review's core functions.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10481910
disrupting productive IAP-caspase interactions
PMID:15107838
DIAP1 directly inhibits the catalytic activity of DrICE
GO:0043027 cysteine-type endopeptidase inhibitor activity involved in apoptotic process
IDA
PMID:11337486
Characterization of the Drosophila caspase, DAMM.
UNDECIDED
Summary: The DAMM source does not expose a DIAP1 inhibitor assay.
Reason: The cached abstract characterizes the caspase DAMM and a hid-mediated eye phenotype but does not mention DIAP1 inhibition.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11337486
Characterization of the Drosophila caspase, DAMM
GO:0043027 cysteine-type endopeptidase inhibitor activity involved in apoptotic process
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
MODIFY
Summary: The ARBA caspase-inhibitor transfer captures DIAP1 core biology.
Reason: Direct Drosophila literature independently confirms the caspase inhibitor activity that the automated IAP-family rule transferred. The row is modified to the genus GO:0004869; the apoptotic context is carried by the module and core functions (see decomposed_into).
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE CORE
Sources checked:
ARBA:ARBA00084669 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
The automated IAP rule transferred a well-supported core activity.
Context of precomposed term: module dmel_rhg_apoptosome_caspase_activation / diap1_diap1 in core functions
Decomposed from the precomposed GO:0043027 (projects/INVOLVED_IN_PRECOMPOSITION.md) to its genus GO:0004869; the claim is unchanged and the apoptotic context is carried by the module dmel_rhg_apoptosome_caspase_activation#diap1_diap1 and this review's core functions.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10481910
disrupting productive IAP-caspase interactions
PMID:15107838
DIAP1 directly inhibits the catalytic activity of DrICE
GO:0043027 cysteine-type endopeptidase inhibitor activity involved in apoptotic process
IGI
PMID:16485033
Systematic in vivo RNAi analysis of putative components of t...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The RNAi-screen abstract does not expose this DrICE IGI inhibitor row.
Reason: The source says DIAP1-depletion apoptosis relies on Dronc/Dark and DrICE but does not show the specific DrICE-supported molecular-function evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16485033
DIAP2 binds active drICE
GO:0043027 cysteine-type endopeptidase inhibitor activity involved in apoptotic process
IGI
PMID:16485033
Systematic in vivo RNAi analysis of putative components of t...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The RNAi-screen abstract does not expose this Dronc IGI inhibitor row.
Reason: The cached abstract gives genetic dependencies of DIAP1-depletion apoptosis but not the exact Dronc-supported inhibitor assay.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16485033
DIAP2 binds active drICE
GO:0043027 cysteine-type endopeptidase inhibitor activity involved in apoptotic process
IGI
PMID:16485033
Systematic in vivo RNAi analysis of putative components of t...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The RNAi-screen abstract does not expose this Dark-supported inhibitor row.
Reason: Dark is an apoptosome adaptor, and the local source does not show how the Dark IGI row supports a DIAP1 molecular-function assertion.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16485033
DIAP2 binds active drICE
GO:0043066 negative regulation of apoptotic process
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: DIAP1 directly negatively regulates apoptotic process.
Reason: DIAP1 suppresses apoptosis by restraining Dronc and effector caspases, so the PAINT biological-process transfer is core even though broad.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE CORE
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000953271 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
The caspase-inhibitory IAP node supports negative regulation of apoptosis.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10481910
disrupting productive IAP-caspase interactions
PMID:14517550
recognizes a 12-residue sequence in Dronc
GO:0043066 negative regulation of apoptotic process
IDA
PMID:10200511
Anti-apoptotic potential of insect cellular and viral IAPs i...
ACCEPT
Summary: Drosophila IAPs can suppress caspase-induced death.
Reason: The heterologous mammalian assay is broad, but it shows conserved anti-apoptotic potential of Drosophila cellular IAPs and agrees with direct fly evidence for DIAP1.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10200511
Drosophila cellular IAPs and two baculoviral IAPs
PMID:10481910
disrupting productive IAP-caspase interactions
GO:0043066 negative regulation of apoptotic process
IDA
PMID:10984473
An essential role for the caspase dronc in developmentally p...
ACCEPT
Summary: Endogenous Diap1 suppresses Dronc-mediated apoptosis.
Reason: The Dronc paper shows that reducing diap1 dosage enhances Dronc-induced eye ablation, consistent with DIAP1 as an endogenous apoptosis inhibitor.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10984473
enhanced by mutations in diap1
GO:0043066 negative regulation of apoptotic process
IDA
PMID:15107838
Molecular mechanisms of DrICE inhibition by DIAP1 and remova...
ACCEPT
Summary: DIAP1 inhibition of DrICE supports negative regulation of apoptosis.
Reason: Direct structural and biochemical evidence shows that DIAP1 inhibits the effector caspase DrICE and that RHG antagonists relieve that inhibition.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:15107838
DIAP1 directly inhibits the catalytic activity of DrICE
GO:0043066 negative regulation of apoptotic process
IGI
PMID:10675328
Induction of apoptosis by Drosophila reaper, hid and grim th...
ACCEPT
Summary: Hid-induced apoptosis is restrained by DIAP1.
Reason: The source shows Hid kills by binding and inhibiting DIAP1; therefore DIAP1 negatively regulates the apoptotic response to Hid.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10675328
forming a complex with DIAP1
GO:0043066 negative regulation of apoptotic process
IGI
PMID:10675328
Induction of apoptosis by Drosophila reaper, hid and grim th...
ACCEPT
Summary: Reaper-induced apoptosis is restrained by DIAP1.
Reason: The source shows Reaper kills by binding and inhibiting DIAP1; therefore DIAP1 is a direct negative regulator of Reaper-induced apoptosis.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10675328
forming a complex with DIAP1
GO:0043066 negative regulation of apoptotic process
IGI
PMID:12176339
Evolution of TNF signaling mechanisms: JNK-dependent apoptos...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The first Eiger paper does not expose a Diap1-Eiger IGI row locally.
Reason: The abstract supports Dronc/Dark dependence of Eiger-triggered apoptosis but not the specific Diap1 genetic interaction in this row.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12176339
requires the caspase-9 homolog DRONC
GO:0043066 negative regulation of apoptotic process
IGI
PMID:21844890
NOPO modulates Egr-induced JNK-independent cell death in Dro...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The NOPO/Eiger abstract does not expose the DIAP1-supported evidence.
Reason: The cached abstract says Egr elicits a caspase-mediated cell-death pathway but does not verify the Diap1 genetic interaction.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21844890
Egr elicits a caspase-mediated cell death pathway
GO:0043066 negative regulation of apoptotic process
IGI
PMID:31409797
Characterization of TNF-induced cell death in Drosophila rev...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Stabilized DIAP1 suppresses Eiger-induced apoptotic death in eye discs.
Reason: The Eiger/JNK source supports a TNF-context apoptosis branch upstream of effector caspases; it is real but not DIAP1 core machinery.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:31409797
Egr/JNK-mediated apoptosis and necrosis
GO:0043066 negative regulation of apoptotic process
IMP
PMID:12065414
Eiger, a TNF superfamily ligand that triggers the Drosophila...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: The 2002 Eiger eye phenotype is IAP-sensitive but largely caspase independent.
Reason: That paper explicitly found the Eiger branch did not require caspase activity, so a generic negative regulation of apoptotic process row overstates the phenotype.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12065414
blocked by Drosophila inhibitor-of-apoptosis protein 1
GO:0043066 negative regulation of apoptotic process
IMP
PMID:17397804
Evolution of mitochondrial cell death pathway: Proapoptotic ...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The HtrA2 abstract does not verify the DIAP1 protective IMP row.
Reason: The source shows dOmi/HtrA2-mediated cleavage of DIAP1, but not the asserted DIAP1 negative-regulation experiment in the local abstract.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17397804
cleavage of DIAP1 in the vicinity of mitochondria
GO:0043066 negative regulation of apoptotic process
IMP
PMID:18259196
The interaction of DIAP1 with dOmi/HtrA2 regulates cell deat...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: DIAP1 protects eye discs from dOmi/HtrA2-induced ablation.
Reason: DIAP1 binds and polyubiquitinates the mitochondrial antagonist dOmi/HtrA2; this is a direct but specialized anti-death branch.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18259196
DIAP1-mediated polyubiquitination of dOmi
GO:0044390 ubiquitin-like protein conjugating enzyme binding
IPI
PMID:21145488
Systematic in vivo RNAi analysis identifies IAPs as NEDD8-E3...
UNDECIDED
Summary: DIAP1 NEDD8-E3 activity is clear, but the E2-binding row is not.
Reason: The cached abstract identifies IAPs as NEDD8 E3 ligases for effector caspases but does not expose the exact NEDD8 E2 physical interaction.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21145488
targeting effector caspases for neddylation and inactivation
GO:0045035 sensory organ precursor cell division
IGI
PMID:19822670
Temporal regulation of Drosophila IAP1 determines caspase fu...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: DIAP1 turnover controls SOP-lineage caspase functions.
Reason: Timed DIAP1 degradation controls whether caspases act nonapoptotically in SOP morphogenesis or instead kill the cell; this is direct but developmental.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:19822670
temporal regulation of DIAP1 turnover
GO:0045116 protein neddylation
IDA
PMID:21145488
Systematic in vivo RNAi analysis identifies IAPs as NEDD8-E3...
ACCEPT
Summary: DIAP1 neddylates effector caspases as a NEDD8 E3.
Reason: The NEDD8 RNAi study directly identifies fly IAPs as NEDD8 E3 ligases that target effector caspases for neddylation and inactivation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21145488
targeting effector caspases for neddylation and inactivation
GO:0045752 positive regulation of Toll signaling pathway
IMP
PMID:36002459
Apoptotic caspase inhibits innate immune signaling by cleavi...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: The Toll effect is downstream of effector-caspase inhibition and is over-annotated to DIAP1.
Reason: The paper shows DrICE and Dcp-1 cleave DIF; DIAP1 is an upstream brake on those effector caspases, not a direct Toll-pathway activator.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:36002459
Drosophila effector caspases, drICE and DCP-1
GO:0046329 negative regulation of JNK cascade
IGI
PMID:12198495
Reaper-mediated inhibition of DIAP1-induced DTRAF1 degradati...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: DIAP1 downregulates DTRAF1 and thereby restrains JNK signaling.
Reason: The DTRAF1 branch is DIAP1-dependent and ubiquitin-linked, but it is a Reaper-sensitive JNK output rather than the central Dronc/DrICE/Dcp-1 brake.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12198495
DIAP1-induced DTRAF1 degradation
GO:0046673 negative regulation of compound eye retinal cell programmed cell death
IMP
PMID:16485033
Systematic in vivo RNAi analysis of putative components of t...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The RNAi-screen abstract does not verify this exact eye retinal-cell row.
Reason: The source surveys putative components of the fly death machinery but the cached abstract does not expose compound-eye retinal programmed-cell-death evidence for DIAP1.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16485033
DIAP2 binds active drICE
GO:0048471 perinuclear region of cytoplasm
IDA
PMID:21035895
Differential localization and processing of apoptotic protei...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Perinuclear DIAP1 localization in Malpighian tubules is contextual.
Reason: The source reports differential DIAP1 localization and processing in Malpighian tubules; retain the FlyBase-read experimental localization as non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21035895
DIAP1, is localized and processed differently
GO:0048471 perinuclear region of cytoplasm
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
UNDECIDED
Summary: The ARBA perinuclear call is too specific to accept without tracing.
Reason: The automated perinuclear row is more specific than the locally visible DIAP1 localization evidence and should remain unresolved until the source can be traced.
Propagation Review
Root cause: UNRESOLVED
Failure modes: COMPARTMENT OR COMPLEX MISMATCH
Sources checked:
ARBA:ARBA00091589 UNRESOLVED
A perinuclear source for this rule was not recovered.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21035895
DIAP1, is localized and processed differently
GO:0048800 antennal morphogenesis
IMP
PMID:15464574
Role of programmed cell death in patterning the Drosophila a...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Diap1 affects antennal arista morphogenesis through developmental cell-death control.
Reason: A viable thread allele perturbs arista formation through misregulated programmed cell death in the antennal disc, making this a non-core developmental outcome.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:15464574
excessive cell death restricted to the antennal imaginal disc
GO:0051726 regulation of cell cycle
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
REMOVE
Summary: A survivin/Bir1-like cell-cycle transfer should not be applied to DIAP1.
Reason: The supporting PAINT node appears to carry a chromosomal-passenger or mammalian IAP cell-cycle role that is not established for the fly caspase inhibitor DIAP1.
Propagation Review
Root cause: PROPAGATION BAD
Failure modes: WRONG ORTHOLOG OR PARALOG
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000005168 SUPPORTS SOURCE BUT NOT TARGET
The cell-cycle role fits another IAP-family branch, not Drosophila DIAP1.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:19822670
temporal regulation of DIAP1 turnover
GO:0051865 protein autoubiquitination
IDA
PMID:12021769
Regulation of Drosophila IAP1 degradation and apoptosis by r...
ACCEPT
Summary: Reaper and UbcD1 stimulate DIAP1 autoubiquitination.
Reason: The cited paper directly reports DIAP1 auto-ubiquitination in vitro driven by Reaper and UbcD1.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12021769
stimulate DIAP1 auto-ubiquitination in vitro
GO:0051865 protein autoubiquitination
IDA
PMID:17205079
Regulation of the Drosophila ubiquitin ligase DIAP1 is media...
ACCEPT
Summary: DIAP1 autoubiquitination is directly supported.
Reason: The source studies DIAP1 autoubiquitinating activity and shows it probably uses non-K48 linkages that tune ligase activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17205079
autoubiquitinating activity of DIAP1
GO:0061630 ubiquitin protein ligase activity
EXP
PMID:14517550
Molecular mechanism of Reaper-Grim-Hid-mediated suppression ...
ACCEPT
Summary: BIR2-dependent Dronc recognition supports DIAP1 E3 ligase activity.
Reason: DIAP1 recognition of Dronc is required to target Dronc for ubiquitination, supporting RING E3 activity toward a core caspase substrate.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14517550
recognizes a 12-residue sequence in Dronc
GO:0061630 ubiquitin protein ligase activity
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: The PAINT E3 transfer captures the core DIAP1 RING activity.
Reason: DIAP1 is a conserved RING IAP ubiquitin ligase, and the PAINT node correctly transfers this catalytic activity.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE CORE
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000799425 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
The RING IAP E3 node supports DIAP1 ubiquitin ligase activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12021771
ubiquitination of Dronc
PMID:19026784
DIAP1-mediated drICE ubiquitylation suppresses its catalytic ability
GO:0061630 ubiquitin protein ligase activity
IDA
PMID:12021769
Regulation of Drosophila IAP1 degradation and apoptosis by r...
ACCEPT
Summary: DIAP1 RING activity drives Reaper/UbcD1-dependent autoubiquitination.
Reason: The Reaper/UbcD1 source directly assays DIAP1 autoubiquitination, an E3 output of the RING ligase.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12021769
stimulate DIAP1 auto-ubiquitination in vitro
GO:0061630 ubiquitin protein ligase activity
IDA
PMID:12198495
Reaper-mediated inhibition of DIAP1-induced DTRAF1 degradati...
ACCEPT
Summary: DIAP1 acts as the ubiquitin ligase in DTRAF1 degradation.
Reason: The DTRAF1 branch is ubiquitin dependent and DIAP1 induced, supporting RING E3 ligase activity even though the pathway output is non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12198495
DIAP1-induced DTRAF1 degradation
GO:0061630 ubiquitin protein ligase activity
IDA
PMID:17205079
Regulation of the Drosophila ubiquitin ligase DIAP1 is media...
ACCEPT
Summary: DIAP1 is a Drosophila ubiquitin ligase with regulated autoubiquitination.
Reason: The cited ubiquitin-pathway paper directly characterizes how DIAP1 autoubiquitinating activity attenuates its ligase output toward exogenous substrates.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17205079
autoubiquitinating activity of DIAP1
GO:0061630 ubiquitin protein ligase activity
IDA
PMID:23940367
Caspase-dependent regulation of the ubiquitin-proteasome sys...
ACCEPT
Summary: DIAP1 K48-ubiquitinates Grim in an UbcD1-dependent manner.
Reason: The Grim study directly shows DIAP1 adds K48-linked chains to BIR2-bound Grim.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23940367
K48-linked ubiquitin chains are added almost exclusively
GO:0061630 ubiquitin protein ligase activity
IDA
PMID:25139236
Cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein 1 ubiquitinates endo...
ACCEPT
Summary: The EndoG study supports DIAP1 ubiquitination activity toward Drosophila EndoG as a candidate substrate.
Reason: Although much of the paper follows human cIAP1, the abstract states that a proteomic screen for DIAP1 targets identified Drosophila EndoG and tested IAP-dependent ubiquitination.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25139236
potential target proteins of DIAP1
GO:0061630 ubiquitin protein ligase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000003
ACCEPT
Summary: EC:2.3.2.27 maps to E3 ubiquitin ligase chemistry.
Reason: The EC2GO transfer matches DIAP1 RING E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase activity.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE CORE
Sources checked:
EC:2.3.2.27 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
The EC term is exact for ubiquitin-protein transferase activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12021771
ubiquitination of Dronc
PMID:19026784
DIAP1-mediated drICE ubiquitylation suppresses its catalytic ability
GO:0061663 NEDD8 ligase activity
IDA
PMID:21145488
Systematic in vivo RNAi analysis identifies IAPs as NEDD8-E3...
ACCEPT
Summary: DIAP1 has NEDD8 ligase activity.
Reason: The NEDD8 RNAi study directly identifies Drosophila IAPs as NEDD8 E3 ligases acting on effector caspases.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21145488
targeting effector caspases for neddylation and inactivation
GO:0070936 protein K48-linked ubiquitination
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: DIAP1 can catalyze K48-linked ubiquitination of Grim.
Reason: K48-linked Grim turnover is a direct DIAP1 output but controls an IAP antagonist rather than the core Dronc/effector-caspase branch.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE NON CORE
Sources checked:
ARBA:ARBA00086253 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
The automated K48 ubiquitination call is defensible for DIAP1 but contextual.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23940367
K48-linked ubiquitin chains are added almost exclusively
GO:0070936 protein K48-linked ubiquitination
IMP
PMID:23940367
Caspase-dependent regulation of the ubiquitin-proteasome sys...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: The Grim Lys136 branch is direct but non-core.
Reason: DIAP1 K48-ubiquitinates Grim near its RING-bound BIR2 position, providing a specialized RHG-antagonist turnover mechanism.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23940367
K48-linked ubiquitin chains are added almost exclusively
GO:0089720 caspase binding
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
ACCEPT
Summary: ARBA correctly transfers caspase binding to DIAP1.
Reason: Direct Dronc and effector-caspase literature confirms that DIAP1 binds caspases through BIR domains.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE CORE
Sources checked:
ARBA:ARBA00087760 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
The target class is correct for core DIAP1 substrates.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14517550
recognizes a 12-residue sequence in Dronc
PMID:19026784
DIAP1-mediated drICE ubiquitylation suppresses its catalytic ability
GO:0089720 caspase binding
IPI
PMID:16485033
Systematic in vivo RNAi analysis of putative components of t...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The DIAP1-Dcp-1 IPI row is not exposed in the DIAP2 abstract.
Reason: The source reports DIAP2 binding to active drICE, not a DIAP1-Dcp-1 binding assay.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16485033
DIAP2 binds active drICE
GO:0089720 caspase binding
IPI
PMID:16485033
Systematic in vivo RNAi analysis of putative components of t...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The DIAP1-DrICE IPI row is not exposed in the DIAP2 abstract.
Reason: The cited RNAi-screen paper locally exposes DIAP2-active drICE binding rather than the DIAP1-DrICE interaction curated here.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16485033
DIAP2 binds active drICE
GO:0090263 positive regulation of canonical Wnt signaling pathway
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: The Wg/Wnt role is a conserved but nonapoptotic IAP E3 output.
Reason: DIAP1/XIAP positive regulation of canonical Wnt signaling is supported, but it is a nuclear transcriptional-control branch outside the core apoptotic brake.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE NON CORE
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN002559465 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
The DIAP1/XIAP Wnt node supports a conserved contextual role.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:22304967
positive regulator of Wingless
GO:0090263 positive regulation of canonical Wnt signaling pathway
IMP
PMID:22304967
XIAP monoubiquitylates Groucho/TLE to promote canonical Wnt ...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: DIAP1 positively regulates Wingless signaling.
Reason: A Drosophila S2 RNAi screen identified DIAP1 as a positive Wg regulator, with mechanistic follow-up on XIAP-mediated Groucho/TLE ubiquitylation; this is direct but nonapoptotic.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:22304967
positive regulator of Wingless
GO:0140096 catalytic activity, acting on a protein
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
MODIFY
Summary: The catalytic parent should be tightened to ubiquitin protein ligase activity.
Reason: DIAP1 is not just any protein-directed catalyst; the ARBA transfer should point to the specific RING E3 ubiquitin ligase activity.
Propagation Review
Root cause: TERM SCOPING PROBLEM
Failure modes: GRANULARITY MISMATCH
Sources checked:
ARBA:ARBA00027983 SUPPORTS SOURCE BUT NOT TARGET
The rule overgeneralizes RING E3 chemistry to a broad catalytic parent.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12021771
ubiquitination of Dronc
GO:1903688 positive regulation of border follicle cell migration
IMP
PMID:17483425
A sensitized PiggyBac-based screen for regulators of border ...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: The PiggyBac screen supports a positive role in border-cell migration.
Reason: A Diap1 insertion was recovered as a regulator of sensitized border-cell migration, extending the direct but specialized Rac/JNK motility branch.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17483425
PBac2148 in DIAP1

Core Functions

DIAP1 binds and inhibits Dronc, DrICE, and Dcp-1 to prevent inappropriate activation of the fly apoptotic caspase cascade.

Supporting Evidence:

The DIAP1 C-terminal RING catalyzes substrate ubiquitination, including Dronc ubiquitination, nondegradative effector-caspase polyubiquitination, and contextual ubiquitination of DTRAF1, Grim, and dOmi/HtrA2.

Supporting Evidence:

DIAP1 also functions as a NEDD8 E3 ligase that neddylates and inactivates fly effector caspases.

Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:21145488
    targeting effector caspases for neddylation and inactivation

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Suggested Questions for Experts

Q: Which endogenous lysines on Dronc, DrICE, and Dcp-1 distinguish degradative, nondegradative, and neddylation-dependent DIAP1 inhibition in vivo?

Q: Do Drosophila DIAP1 and mammalian XIAP use an orthologous nuclear Gro/TLE ubiquitination mechanism during endogenous Wg/Wnt signaling, or was the S2/XIAP mechanism co-opted in a narrower context?

Q: Which nonapoptotic Diap1 phenotypes in border-cell migration, SOP morphogenesis, arista patterning, and Eiger signaling require direct caspase ubiquitination rather than altered DIAP1 turnover or a distinct substrate?

Suggested Experiments

Experiment: Generate endogenous Diap1 separation-of-function alleles that selectively disrupt Dronc binding, cleaved DrICE/Dcp-1 binding, UbcD1 recruitment, or NEDD8 transfer, then quantify apoptosis, Dronc/DrICE/Dcp-1 ubiquitination and neddylation, border-cell migration, and SOP shaft-cell morphogenesis in the same allelic series.

Hypothesis: DIAP1 uses separable BIR/RING interfaces to inhibit Dronc, effector caspases, and RHG antagonists in apoptotic versus nonapoptotic contexts.

Type: structure-guided endogenous separation-of-function genetics

Experiment: Use tagged endogenous Gro and Diap1, Wg-ON and Wg-OFF imaginal-disc states, ubiquitin remnant profiling, and Gro lysine mutants to test whether Diap1-dependent Gro monoubiquitination controls TCF occupancy independently of caspase inhibition.

Hypothesis: Nuclear DIAP1 promotes Wingless signaling by ubiquitinating Drosophila Groucho at the TCF/Lef repressor complex in vivo.

Type: endogenous ubiquitin-remnant proteomics with Wg reporter genetics

Deep Research

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FlyBase gene description for Diap1 (DROME) FlyBase

FlyBase gene description for Diap1 (DROME)

Death-associated inhibitor of apoptosis 1 (Diap1) encodes an E3 ubiquitin ligase with a caspase inhibitor activity that is involved in the control of apoptosis.

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