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==Crystal structure of Bcl-xL in complex with the BaxBH3 domain==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[3pl7]] is a 3 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human Human]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=3PL7 OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3PL7 FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='related'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Related_structure|Related:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><div style='overflow: auto; max-height: 3em;'>[[3pk1|3pk1]]</div></td></tr>
<tr id='gene'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Gene|Gene:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">BCL2L1, BCL2L, BCLX ([https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&srchmode=5&id=9606 HUMAN])</td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3pl7 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=3pl7 OCA], [https://pdbe.org/3pl7 PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=3pl7 RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/3pl7 PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=3pl7 ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/B2CL1_HUMAN B2CL1_HUMAN]] Potent inhibitor of cell death. Inhibits activation of caspases (By similarity). Appears to regulate cell death by blocking the voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) by binding to it and preventing the release of the caspase activator, CYC1, from the mitochondrial membrane. Also acts as a regulator of G2 checkpoint and progression to cytokinesis during mitosis.<ref>PMID:19917720</ref> <ref>PMID:21840391</ref>   Isoform Bcl-X(S) promotes apoptosis.<ref>PMID:19917720</ref> <ref>PMID:21840391</ref>  [[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/BAX_HUMAN BAX_HUMAN]] Accelerates programmed cell death by binding to, and antagonizing the apoptosis repressor BCL2 or its adenovirus homolog E1B 19k protein. Under stress conditions, undergoes a conformation change that causes translocation to the mitochondrion membrane, leading to the release of cytochrome c that then triggers apoptosis. Promotes activation of CASP3, and thereby apoptosis.<ref>PMID:8358790</ref> <ref>PMID:10772918</ref> <ref>PMID:8521816</ref> <ref>PMID:16113678</ref> <ref>PMID:18948948</ref> <ref>PMID:21199865</ref>  
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Pro-survival members of the Bcl-2 family of proteins restrain the pro-apoptotic activity of Bax, either directly through interactions with Bax or indirectly by sequestration of activator BH3-only proteins, or both. Mutations in Bax that promote apoptosis can provide insight into how Bax is regulated. Here, we describe crystal structures of the pro-survival proteins Mcl-1 and Bcl-x(L) in complex with a 34-mer peptide from Bax that encompasses its BH3 domain. These structures reveal canonical interactions between four signature hydrophobic amino acids from the BaxBH3 domain and the BH3-binding groove of the pro-survival proteins. In both structures, Met-74 from the Bax peptide engages with the BH3-binding groove in a fifth hydrophobic interaction. Various Bax Met-74 mutants disrupt interactions between Bax and all pro-survival proteins, but these Bax mutants retain pro-apoptotic activity. Bax/Bak-deficient mouse embryonic fibroblast cells reconstituted with several Bax Met-74 mutants are more sensitive to the BH3 mimetic compound ABT-737 as compared with cells expressing wild-type Bax. Furthermore, the cells expressing Bax Met-74 mutants are less viable in colony assays even in the absence of an external apoptotic stimulus. These results support a model in which direct restraint of Bax by pro-survival Bcl-2 proteins is a barrier to apoptosis.

Mutation to Bax beyond the BH3 domain disrupts interactions with pro-survival proteins and promotes apoptosis.,Czabotar PE, Lee EF, Thompson GV, Wardak AZ, Fairlie WD, Colman PM J Biol Chem. 2011 Mar 4;286(9):7123-31. Epub 2011 Jan 3. PMID:21199865<ref>PMID:21199865</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[B-cell lymphoma proteins 3D structures|B-cell lymphoma proteins 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Human]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Colman, P M]]
[[Category: Czabotar, P E]]
[[Category: Apoptosis-apoptosis regulator complex]]
[[Category: Bax]]
[[Category: Bcl-2 family fold]]
[[Category: Mitochondria]]
[[Category: Regulation of apoptosis]]