µ-Calpain conversion of antiapoptotic Bfl-1 (BCL2A1) into a prodeath factor reveals two distinct alpha-helices inducing mitochondria-mediated apoptosis.

µ-Calpain conversion of antiapoptotic Bfl-1 (BCL2A1) into a prodeath factor reveals two distinct alpha-helices inducing mitochondria-mediated apoptosis.

Anti-apoptotic Bfl-1 and pro-apoptotic Bax, two members of the Bcl-2 family sharing a similar structural fold, are classically viewed as antagonist regulators of apoptosis. However, both proteins were reported to be death inducers following cleavage by the cysteine protease µ-calpain. Here we demons...

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Main Authors: Juan García Valero, Aurélie Cornut-Thibaut, Romain Jugé, Anne-Laure Debaud, Diana Giménez, Germain Gillet, Nathalie Bonnefoy-Bérard, Jesús Salgado, Gilles Salles, Abdel Aouacheria, Jérôme Kucharczak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3379997?pdf=render

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