Determinants of BH3 binding specificity for Mcl-1 versus Bcl-xL.
Dutta, S., Gulla, S., Chen, T.S., Fire, E., Grant, R.A., Keating, A.E.(2010) J Mol Biol 398: 747-762
- PubMed: 20363230 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.03.058
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3KZ0 - PubMed Abstract: 
Interactions among Bcl-2 family proteins are important for regulating apoptosis. Prosurvival members of the family interact with proapoptotic BH3 (Bcl-2-homology-3)-only members, inhibiting execution of cell death through the mitochondrial pathway. Structurally, this interaction is mediated by binding of the alpha-helical BH3 region of the proapoptotic proteins to a conserved hydrophobic groove on the prosurvival proteins ...