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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Effects of Cardiolipin on the Conformational Dynamics of Membrane-Anchored Bcl-xL.

Vivek Tyagi, Victor Vasquez-Montes, J Alfredo Freites, Alexander Kyrychenko, Douglas J Tobias, Alexey S Ladokhin

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Vivek TyagiDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
Victor Vasquez-MontesDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
J Alfredo FreitesDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
Alexander KyrychenkoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6223-0990
Douglas J TobiasDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
Alexey S LadokhinDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
University of California, Irvine · USUniversity of Kansas Medical Center · US

Funding

Membrane-Mediated Interactions of the Bcl-xL/Bid/Bax Triad of Apoptotic RegulatorsR01GM126778 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI LADOKHIN, ALEXEY, LANGEN, RALF · 2019 to 2022
$1.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM126778NIH HHS R01 GM126778
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-xL regulates apoptosis by preventing the permeation of the mitochondrial outer membrane by pro-apoptotic pore-forming proteins, which release apoptotic factors into the cytosol that ultimately lead to cell death. Two different membrane-integrated Bcl-xL constructs have been identified: a membrane-anchored and a membrane-inserted conformation. Here, we use molecular dynamics simulations to study the effect of the mitochondrial specific lipid cardiolipin and the protein protonation state on the conformational dynamics of membrane-anchored Bcl-xL. The analysis reveals that the protonation state of the protein and cardiolipin content of the membrane modulate the orientation of the soluble head region (helices α1 through α7) and hence the exposure of its BH3-binding groove, which is required for its interaction with pro-apoptotic proteins.

Indexed as

Protein ConformationApoptosisbcl-X ProteinCardiolipinsCell MembraneHumansMolecular Dynamics SimulationBCL2L1 protein, humanbcl-X ProteinCardiolipinsapoptotic regulationBCL-2 proteinsBcl-xLBH3-binding sitecardiolipinmolecular dynamics simulationsprotein–membrane interactions

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PMID34502299
PMCPMC8431346
OpenAlexW3197827934

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