Multistep and multitask Bax activation
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2010.08.003
Multistep and multitask Bax activation
Abstract
Bax is a pro-apoptotic protein allowing apoptosis to occur through the intrinsic, damage-induced pathway, and amplifying that one occurring via the extrinsic, receptor mediated pathway. Bax is present in viable cells and activated by pro-apoptotic stimuli. Activation implies structural changes, consisting of exposure of the N terminus and hydrophobic domains; changes in localization, consisting in migration from cytosol to mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum membranes; changes in the aggregation status, from monomer to dimer and multimer. Bax has multiple critical domains, namely the N terminus exposed after activation; two hydrophobic stretches exposed for membrane anchorage; two reactive cysteines allowing multimerization; the BH3 domain for interactions with the Bcl-2 family members; alpha helix 1 for t-Bid interaction. Bax has also multiple functions: it releases different mitochondrial factors such as cytochrome c, SMAC/diablo; it regulates mitochondrial fission, the mitochondrial permeability transition pore; it promotes Ca(2+) leakage through ER membrane. Altogether, Bax activation is a complex multi-step phenomenon. Here, we analyze these events as logically separable or alternative steps, attempting to assess their role, timing and reciprocal relation.
Copyright © 2010 Mitochondria Research Society. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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