title: Bis, a Bcl-2-binding protein that synergizes with Bcl-2 in preventing cell death.
abstract: Bcl-2 is the best characterized inhibitor of apoptosis, although the molecular basis of this action is not fully understood. Using a protein interaction cloning procedure, we identified a human gene designated as bis (mapped to chromosome 10q25) that encoded a novel Bcl-2-interacting protein. Bis protein showed no significant homology with Bcl-2 family proteins and had no prominent functional motif. Co-immunoprecipitation analysis confirmed that Bis interacted with Bcl-2 in vivo. DNA transfection experiments indicated that Bis itself exerted only weak anti-apoptotic activity, but was synergistic with Bcl-2 in preventing Bax-induced and Fas-mediated apoptosis. These results suggest that Bis is a novel modulator of cellular anti-apoptotic activity that functions through its interaction with Bcl-2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Genetics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yasuhara
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Inazawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kamada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsujimoto
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000737:chemistry; D001665:Binding Sites; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002879:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10 / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009928:Organ Specificity; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000502:physiology*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; C414431:BAG3 protein, human; C498806:Bag3 protein, mouse; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2