Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

Quantitative interactome of a membrane Bcl-2 network identifies a hierarchy of complexes for apoptosis regulation

  • Stephanie Bleicken,
  • Annika Hantusch,
  • Kushal Kumar Das,
  • Tancred Frickey,
  • Ana J. Garcia-Saez

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00086-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The permeabilization of the mitochondrial outer membrane to induce apoptosis is regulated by complex interactions between Bcl-2 family members. Here the authors develop a quantitative interactome of a membrane Bcl-2 network and identify a hierarchy of protein complexes in apoptosis induction.