Unique dimeric structure of BNip3 transmembrane domain suggests membrane permeabilization as a cell death trigger.
Bocharov, E.V., Pustovalova, Y.E., Pavlov, K.V., Volynsky, P.E., Goncharuk, M.V., Ermolyuk, Y.S., Karpunin, D.V., Schulga, A.A., Kirpichnikov, M.P., Efremov, R.G., Maslennikov, I.V., Arseniev, A.S.(2007) J Biol Chem 282: 16256-16266
- PubMed: 17412696 
- DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M701745200
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2J5D - PubMed Abstract: 
BNip3 is a prominent representative of apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins with rather unique properties initiating an atypical programmed cell death pathway resembling both necrosis and apoptosis. Many Bcl-2 family proteins modulate the permeability state of the outer mitochondrial membrane by forming homo- and hetero-oligomers ...