The anti-apoptotic Bcl-x(L) protein, a new piece in the puzzle of cytochrome c interactome.

Autor: Ivano Bertini, Soizic Chevance, Rebecca Del Conte, Daniela Lalli, Paola Turano
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 6, Iss 4, p e18329 (2011)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018329
Popis: A structural model of the adduct between human cytochrome c and the human anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-x(L), which defines the protein-protein interaction surface, was obtained from solution NMR chemical shift perturbation data. The atomic level information reveals key intermolecular contacts identifying new potentially druggable areas on cytochrome c and Bcl-x(L). Involvement of residues on cytochrome c other than those in its complexes with electron transfer partners is apparent. Key differences in the contact area also exist between the Bcl-x(L) adduct with the Bak peptide and that with cytochrome c. The present model provides insights to the mechanism by which cytochrome c translocated to cytosol can be intercepted, so that the apoptosome is not assembled.
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