Bax oligomerization in mitochondrial membranes requires tBid (caspase-8-cleaved Bid) and a mitochondrial protein

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 368, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 915-921

  Roucou, Xavier ^a,c   Montessuit, Sylvie ^a   Antonsson, Bruno ^b   Martinou, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b SERONO PHARMACEUTICAL RES INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Cytochrome c; Mitochondrial outer membrane

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; LIPIDS; MONOMERS; NEGATIVE IONS; PROTEINS;

BAX OLIGOMERIZATION;

OLIGOMERS;

ANION CHANNEL; CARDIOLIPIN; CYTOCHROME C; LIPID; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN TBID; PROTEINASE K; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROSOME MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEOLIPOSOME; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BH3 INTERACTING DOMAIN DEATH AGONIST PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; HELA CELLS; HISTIDINE; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; LIPOSOMES; MICE; MICROSOMES; MICROSOMES, LIVER; MITOCHONDRIA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEOLIPIDS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037115740     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20020972     Document Type: Article

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