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Facts about Bcl-2 homologous antagonist/killer.
This releases apoptogenic factors into the cytosol, including cytochrome c, promoting the activation of caspase 9 which in turn processes and activates the effector caspases. .
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Gene Name: | BAK1 |
Uniprot: | Q16611 |
Entrez: | 578 |
Belongs to: |
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Bcl-2 family |
Apoptosis regulator BAK; BAK; BAK1; BAK-LIKE; BAKMGC3887; BCL2-antagonist/killer 1; BCL2L7; bcl2-L-7; BCL2L7bcl-2 homologous antagonist/killer; BCL2-like 7 protein; Bcl-2-like protein 7; CDN1; MGC117255; pro-apoptotic protein BAK
Mass (kDA):
23.409 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 6p21.31 |
Sequence: | 6; NC_000006.12 (33572552..33580296, complement) |
Expressed in a wide variety of tissues, with highest levels in the heart and skeletal muscle.
Mitochondrion outer membrane; Single-pass membrane protein.
PMID: 7715729 by Farrow S.N., et al. Cloning of a bcl-2 homologue by interaction with adenovirus E1B 19K.
PMID: 7715730 by Chittenden T., et al. Induction of apoptosis by the Bcl-2 homologue Bak.
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