Novel dimerization mode of the human Bcl-2 family protein Bak, a mitochondrial apoptosis regulator

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-37

  Wang, Hongfei ^a   Takemoto, Chie ^a   Akasaka, Ryogo ^a   Uchikubo Kamo, Tomomi ^a   Kishishita, Seiichiro ^a   Murayama, Kazutaka ^a,b   Terada, Takaho ^a   Chen, Lirong ^c   Liu, Zhi Jie ^c   Wang, Bi Cheng ^c   Sugano, Sumio ^d   Tanaka, Akiko ^a   Inoue, Makoto ^a   Kigawa, Takanori ^a   Shirouzu, Mikako ^a   Yokoyama, Shigeyuki ^a,d  

^a RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis regulator; Bak; Bcl 2 family protein; Crystal structure; Disulfide bridge; Homodimer

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; CYSTEINE; PROTEIN BAK; SERINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BCL-2 HOMOLOGOUS ANTAGONIST-KILLER PROTEIN; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYSTEINE; CYSTINE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 60649103344     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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