Abstract:Permeation
of the mitochondrial outer membrane (MOM) using the
transmembrane domains (TMDs) is the key step of the Bcl-2 family of
proteins to control apoptosis. The primary sequences of the TMDs of
the family members like Bcl-xL, Bcl-2, Bak, etc. indicate the presence
of charged residues at the C-terminal tip to be essential for drilling
the membrane. However, Bax, a variant of the same family, is an exception,
as the charged residues are shifted away from the tip by two positional
frames in the primary seque… Show more
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