BCL2-related protein A1

BCL2-related protein A1

Rendering based on PDB 2VM6.
Identifiers
Symbols BCL2A1; ACC-1; ACC-2; BCL2L5; BFL1; GRS; HBPA1
External IDs OMIM601056 MGI102687 HomoloGene2988 GeneCards: BCL2A1 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 597 12044
Ensembl ENSG00000140379 ENSMUSG00000074147
UniProt Q16548 Q07440
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001114735.1 NM_009742.3
RefSeq (protein) NP_001108207.1 NP_033872.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 15:
80.25 – 80.26 Mb
Chr 9:
88.85 – 88.86 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Bcl-2-related protein A1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BCL2A1 gene.[1][2][3]

This gene encodes a member of the bcl2 protein family. The proteins of this family form hetero- or homodimers and act as anti- and pro-apoptotic regulators that are involved in a wide variety of cellular activities such as embryonic development, homeostasis and tumorigenesis. The protein encoded by this gene is able to reduce the release of pro-apoptotic cytochrome c from mitochondria and block caspase activation. This gene is a direct transcription target of NF-kappa B in response to inflammatory mediators, and has been shown to be up-regulated by different extracellular signals, such as granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), CD40, phorbol ester and inflammatory cytokine TNF and IL-1, which suggests a cytoprotective function that is essential for lymphocyte activation as well as cell survival.[3]

In melanocytic cells BCL2A1 gene expression may be regulated by MITF[4].

Interactions

BCL2-related protein A1 has been shown to interact with Bcl-2-associated death promoter[5][6] and Bcl-2-associated X protein.[7]

References

  1. ^ Savitsky K, Sfez S, Tagle DA, Ziv Y, Sartiel A, Collins FS, Shiloh Y, Rotman G (Mar 1996). "The complete sequence of the coding region of the ATM gene reveals similarity to cell cycle regulators in different species". Hum Mol Genet 4 (11): 2025–32. doi:10.1093/hmg/4.11.2025. PMID 8589678. 
  2. ^ Akatsuka Y, Nishida T, Kondo E, Miyazaki M, Taji H, Iida H, Tsujimura K, Yazaki M, Naoe T, Morishima Y, Kodera Y, Kuzushima K, Takahashi T (Jun 2003). "Identification of a polymorphic gene, BCL2A1, encoding two novel hematopoietic lineage-specific minor histocompatibility antigens". J Exp Med 197 (11): 1489–500. doi:10.1084/jem.20021925. PMC 2193899. PMID 12771180. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2193899. 
  3. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: BCL2A1 BCL2-related protein A1". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=597. 
  4. ^ Hoek KS, Schlegel NC, Eichhoff OM, et al. (2008). "Novel MITF targets identified using a two-step DNA microarray strategy". Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 21 (6): 665–76. doi:10.1111/j.1755-148X.2008.00505.x. PMID 19067971. 
  5. ^ Bae, J; Hsu S Y, Leo C P, Zell K, Hsueh A J (Oct. 2001). "Underphosphorylated BAD interacts with diverse antiapoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins to regulate apoptosis". Apoptosis (United States) 6 (5): 319–30. doi:10.1023/A:1011319901057. ISSN 1360-8185. PMID 11483855. 
  6. ^ Chen, Lin; Willis Simon N, Wei Andrew, Smith Brian J, Fletcher Jamie I, Hinds Mark G, Colman Peter M, Day Catherine L, Adams Jerry M, Huang David C S (Feb. 2005). "Differential targeting of prosurvival Bcl-2 proteins by their BH3-only ligands allows complementary apoptotic function". Mol. Cell (United States) 17 (3): 393–403. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2004.12.030. ISSN 1097-2765. PMID 15694340. 
  7. ^ Zhang, H; Cowan-Jacob S W, Simonen M, Greenhalf W, Heim J, Meyhack B (Apr. 2000). "Structural basis of BFL-1 for its interaction with BAX and its anti-apoptotic action in mammalian and yeast cells". J. Biol. Chem. (UNITED STATES) 275 (15): 11092–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.275.15.11092. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 10753914. 

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