Table 2 Statistics of filament organization in 2-, 3-, and 4-filament full-length ASC bundles

From: Atomic mechanisms of full-length ASC-mediated inflammasome assembly

Total number of 2-filament full-length ASC bundles analyzed: 20

APYD–ACARD

11 (55%)

Filaments of the same growth direction

11 (55%)

APYD–BCARD

9 (45%)

Filaments of the opposite growth direction

9 (45%)

Total number of 3-filament full-length ASC bundles analyzed: 21

APYD–ACARD–APYD

1 (5%)

Filaments that are one filament apart have same growth direction

21 (100%)

ACARD–APYD–ACARD

13 (62%)

PYD in middle of 3-filament bundle

18 (86%)

APYD–BCARD–APYD

2 (10%)

CARD in middle of 3-filament bundle

3 (14%)

ACARD–BPYD–ACARD

5 (24%)

  

Total number of 4-filament full-length ASC bundles analyzed: 18

APYD–ACARD–APYD–ACARD

4 (22%)

Filaments that are one filament apart have same growth direction

29 (81%)

APYD–BCARD–APYD–BCARD

8 (44%)

APYD–BCARD–BPYD–BCARD

1 (6%)

Filaments that are one filament apart have opposite growth directions

7 (19%)

APYD–ACARD–BPYD–ACARD

5 (28%)

  1. APYD–ACARD to indicate that A-ends of PYD and CARD filaments are on the same side (same filament growth direction);
  2. APYD–BCARD to indicate that the A-end of the PYD filament and the B-end of the CARD filament are on the same side (opposite filament growth direction).