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==The X-ray Structure of a Bak Homodimer Reveals an Inhibitory Zinc Binding Site==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2imt]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens Homo sapiens]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2IMT OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2IMT FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 1.49&#8491;</td></tr>
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<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2imt FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2imt OCA], [https://pdbe.org/2imt PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2imt RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2imt PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=2imt ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/BAK_HUMAN BAK_HUMAN] In the presence of an appropriate stimulus, accelerates programmed cell death by binding to, and antagonizing the anti-apoptotic action of BCL2 or its adenovirus homolog E1B 19k protein. Low micromolar levels of zinc ions inhibit the promotion of apoptosis.<ref>PMID:8521816</ref> <ref>PMID:17157251</ref> 
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
BAK/BAX-mediated mitochondrial outer-membrane permeabilization (MOMP) drives cell death during development and tissue homeostasis from zebrafish to humans. In most cancers, this pathway is inhibited by BCL-2 family antiapoptotic members, which bind and block the action of proapoptotic BCL proteins. We report the 1.5 A crystal structure of calpain-proteolysed BAK, cBAK, to reveal a zinc binding site that regulates its activity via homodimerization. cBAK contains an occluded BH3 peptide binding pocket that binds a BID BH3 peptide only weakly . Nonetheless, cBAK requires activation by truncated BID to induce cytochrome c release in mitochondria isolated from bak/bax double-knockout mouse embryonic fibroblasts. The BAK-mediated MOMP is inhibited by low micromolar zinc levels. This inhibition is alleviated by mutation of the zinc-coordination site in BAK. Our results link directly the antiapoptotic effects of zinc to BAK.

The X-ray structure of a BAK homodimer reveals an inhibitory zinc binding site.,Moldoveanu T, Liu Q, Tocilj A, Watson M, Shore G, Gehring K Mol Cell. 2006 Dec 8;24(5):677-88. PMID:17157251<ref>PMID:17157251</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Homo sapiens]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Gehring KB]]
[[Category: Liu Q]]
[[Category: Moldoveanu T]]
[[Category: Shore GC]]
[[Category: Tocilj A]]
[[Category: Watson M]]