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ReviewCell death and differentiation2011

Bax inhibitor-1: a highly conserved endoplasmic reticulum-resident cell death suppressor.

T Ishikawa, N Watanabe, M Nagano, M Kawai-Yamada, E Lam

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Review in Cell death and differentiation, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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80citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

80 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 147 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

T IshikawaDepartment of Environmental Science and Technology, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan.
N Watanabe
M Nagano
M Kawai-Yamada
E Lam
Saitama University · JPRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In spite of fundamental differences between plant and animal cells, it is remarkable that some cell death regulators that were identified to control cell death in metazoans can also function in plants. The fact that most of these proteins do not have structural homologs in plant genomes suggests that they may be targeting a highly conserved 'core' mechanism with conserved functions that is present in all eukaryotes. The ubiquitous Bax inhibitor-1 (BI-1) is a common cell death suppressor in eukaryotes that has provided a potential portal to this cell death core. In this review, we will update the current status of our understanding on the function and activities of this intriguing protein. Genetic, molecular and biochemical studies have so far suggested a consistent view that BI-1 is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident transmembrane protein that can interact with multiple partners to alter intracellular Ca(2+) flux control and lipid dynamics. Functionally, the level of BI-1 protein has been hypothesized to have the role of a rheostat to regulate the threshold of ER-stress inducible cell death. Further, delineation of the cell death suppression mechanism by BI-1 should shed light on an ancient cell death core-control pathway in eukaryotes, as well as novel ways to improve stress tolerance.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosis Regulatory Proteinsbcl-2-Associated X ProteinCalciumCalmodulinCell DeathEndoplasmic ReticulumHomeostasisHumansMembrane ProteinsPlant CellsPlant ProteinsPlantsProtein IsoformsSignal TransductionApoptosis Regulatory Proteinsbcl-2-Associated X ProteinCalciumCalmodulinMembrane ProteinsPlant ProteinsProtein IsoformsTMBIM6 protein, human

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PMID21597463
PMCPMC3172100
OpenAlexW2021718796

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