Bcl-2 antagonist-of-cell-death

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BCL2 antagonist of cell death
Properties of human protein
Mass / length primary structure 168 aa; 18.4 kDa
Secondary to quaternary structure Heterodimer
Identifier
Gene names BAD  ; BBC2; BCL2L8
External IDs
Occurrence
Parent taxon Eutheria ( higher mammals )
Orthologue
human mouse
Entrez 572 12015
Ensemble ENSG00000002330 ENSMUSG00000024959
UniProt Q92934 Q3TFU7
Refseq (mRNA) NM_004322 NM_007522
Refseq (protein) NP_004313 NP_031548
Gene locus Chr 11: 63.79 - 63.81 Mb Chr 19: 7.01 - 7.02 Mb
PubMed search 572 12015

Bcl-2 antagonist of cell death (BAD) is a pro-apoptotic protein of the Bcl-2 family.

It works by binding and deactivating an apoptosis-inhibiting protein. When BAD is phosphorylated by protein kinase B ( initiated in a signaling pathway by PI 3 kinase ), it can no longer bind the apoptosis-inhibiting protein.

See also

swell

  1. Yang et al .: Bad, a heterodimeric partner for Bcl-XL and Bcl-2, displaces Bax and promotes cell death. Cell. 1995; 80 (2): 285-91. PMID 7834748