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SUBMITTER: Ekanayake V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6084415 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ekanayake Vindana V Nisan Danielle D Ryzhov Pavel P Yao Yong Y Marassi Francesca M FM
Biophysical journal 20180626 3
The interactions of Bcl-2 family proteins with intracellular lipids are essential for the regulation of apoptosis, a mechanism of programmed cell death that is central to the health and development of multicellular organisms. Bid and its caspase-8 cleavage product, tBid, promote the permeabilization of the mitochondrial outer membrane and sequester antiapoptotic Bcl-2 proteins to counter their cytoprotective activity. Bid and tBid also promote lipid exchange, a characteristic trait of apoptosis. ...[more]