“…BAG-1 exists in human cells as three major isoforms with apparent molecular weights of approximately 36, 46 and 50 kDa (Packham et al, 1997;Takayama et al, 1998;Yang et al, 1998;Brimmell et al, 1999), described here as BAG-1S, BAG-1M and BAG-1L, respectively. BAG-1 isoforms are generated by alternate translation initiation of a single mRNA (Packham et al, 1997;Takayama et al, 1998;Yang et al, 1998;Coldwell et al, 2001) and therefore share a common C-terminus with the larger isoforms having additional N-terminal sequences. The unique N-terminus of BAG-1L contains a nuclear localization sequence and is predominantly located within the nucleus, whereas BAG-1S is predominantly a cytoplasmic protein and BAG-1M partitions between the nucleus and cytoplasm (Packham et al, 1997;Takayama et al, 1998;Yang et al, 1998;Brimmell et al, 1999;Knee et al, 2001).…”