| Structural highlights
Function
APR_MOUSE Promotes activation of caspases and apoptosis. Promotes mitochondrial membrane changes and efflux of apoptogenic proteins from the mitochondria. Contributes to p53/TP53-dependent apoptosis after radiation exposure. Promotes proteasomal degradation of MCL1. Competes with BIM/BCL2L11 for binding to MCL1 and can displace BIM/BCL2L11 from its binding site on MCL1 (By similarity). Competes with BAK1 for binding to MCL1 and can displace BAK1 from its binding site on MCL1.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Apoptosis is held in check by prosurvival proteins of the Bcl-2 family. The distantly related BH3-only proteins bind to and antagonize them, thereby promoting apoptosis. Whereas binding of the BH3-only protein Noxa to prosurvival Mcl-1 induces Mcl-1 degradation by the proteasome, binding of another BH3-only ligand, Bim, elevates Mcl-1 protein levels. We compared the three-dimensional structures of the complexes formed between BH3 peptides of both Bim and Noxa, and we show that a discrete C-terminal sequence of the Noxa BH3 is necessary to instigate Mcl-1 degradation.
Structural insights into the degradation of Mcl-1 induced by BH3 domains.,Czabotar PE, Lee EF, van Delft MF, Day CL, Smith BJ, Huang DC, Fairlie WD, Hinds MG, Colman PM Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Apr 10;104(15):6217-22. Epub 2007 Mar 27. PMID:17389404[6]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Oda E, Ohki R, Murasawa H, Nemoto J, Shibue T, Yamashita T, Tokino T, Taniguchi T, Tanaka N. Noxa, a BH3-only member of the Bcl-2 family and candidate mediator of p53-induced apoptosis. Science. 2000 May 12;288(5468):1053-8. PMID:10807576
- ↑ Willis SN, Chen L, Dewson G, Wei A, Naik E, Fletcher JI, Adams JM, Huang DC. Proapoptotic Bak is sequestered by Mcl-1 and Bcl-xL, but not Bcl-2, until displaced by BH3-only proteins. Genes Dev. 2005 Jun 1;19(11):1294-305. Epub 2005 May 18. PMID:15901672 doi:http://dx.doi.org/gad.1304105
- ↑ Chen L, Willis SN, Wei A, Smith BJ, Fletcher JI, Hinds MG, Colman PM, Day CL, Adams JM, Huang DC. Differential targeting of prosurvival Bcl-2 proteins by their BH3-only ligands allows complementary apoptotic function. Mol Cell. 2005 Feb 4;17(3):393-403. PMID:15694340 doi:S1097276505010403
- ↑ Akhtar RS, Geng Y, Klocke BJ, Latham CB, Villunger A, Michalak EM, Strasser A, Carroll SL, Roth KA. BH3-only proapoptotic Bcl-2 family members Noxa and Puma mediate neural precursor cell death. J Neurosci. 2006 Jul 5;26(27):7257-64. PMID:16822983 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0196-06.2006
- ↑ Czabotar PE, Lee EF, van Delft MF, Day CL, Smith BJ, Huang DC, Fairlie WD, Hinds MG, Colman PM. Structural insights into the degradation of Mcl-1 induced by BH3 domains. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Apr 10;104(15):6217-22. Epub 2007 Mar 27. PMID:17389404
- ↑ Czabotar PE, Lee EF, van Delft MF, Day CL, Smith BJ, Huang DC, Fairlie WD, Hinds MG, Colman PM. Structural insights into the degradation of Mcl-1 induced by BH3 domains. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Apr 10;104(15):6217-22. Epub 2007 Mar 27. PMID:17389404
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