BAD, A HETERODIMERIC PARTNER FOR BCL-X(L) AND BCL-2, DISPLACES BAX AND PROMOTES CELL-DEATH
BAD, A HETERODIMERIC PARTNER FOR BCL-X(L) AND BCL-2, DISPLACES BAX AND PROMOTES CELL-DEATH
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DOI:
10.1016/0092-8674(95)90411-5
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发表时间:
1995-01-27
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影响因子:
64.5
通讯作者:
KORSMEYER, SJ
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作者:
YANG, E;ZHA, JP;KORSMEYER, SJ
To extend the mammalian cell death pathway, we screened for further Bcl-2 interacting proteins. Both yeast two-hybrid screening and lambda expression cloning identified a novel interacting protein, Bad, whose homology to Bcl-2 is limited to the BH1 and BH2 domains. Bad selectively dimerized with Bcl-X(L) as well as Bcl-2, but not with Bax, Bcl-X(S), Mcl-1, A1, or itself, Bad binds more strongly to Bcl-X(L) than Bcl-2 in mammalian cells, and it reversed the death repressor activity of Bcl-X(L), but not that of Bcl-2. When Bad dimerized with Bcl-X(L), Bax was displaced and apoptosis was restored, When approximately half of Bax was heterodimerized, death was inhibited. The susceptibility of a cell to a death signal is determined by these competing dimerizations in which levels of Bad influence the effectiveness of Bcl-2 versus Bcl-X(L) in repressing death.