BAX activation is initiated at a novel interaction site.
Gavathiotis, E., Suzuki, M., Davis, M.L., Pitter, K., Bird, G.H., Katz, S.G., Tu, H.C., Kim, H., Cheng, E.H., Tjandra, N., Walensky, L.D.(2008) Nature 455: 1076-1081
- PubMed: 18948948 
- DOI: 10.1038/nature07396
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2K7W - PubMed Abstract: 
BAX is a pro-apoptotic protein of the BCL-2 family that is stationed in the cytosol until activated by a diversity of stress stimuli to induce cell death. Anti-apoptotic proteins such as BCL-2 counteract BAX-mediated cell death. Although an interaction s ...