A multisubunit protein complex involved in the signaling phase of the apoptotic process. In mammals it is typically composed of seven Apaf-1 subunits bound to cytochrome c and caspase-9. A similar complex to promote apoptosis is formed from homologous gene products in other eukaryotic organisms. (Gene Ontology, GO_0043293)
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23 genes co-occuring with the biological term apoptosome in literature-supported statements describing functions of genes from the GeneRIF Biological Term Annotations dataset.