PUBLICATION

Underphosphorylated BAD interacts with diverse antiapoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins to regulate apoptosis

Authors
Bae, J., Hsu, S.Y., Leo, P., Zell, K., and Hsueh, A.J.
ID
ZDB-PUB-010813-1
Date
2001
Source
Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death   6(5): 319-330 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Keywords
apoptosis, Bcl-2, BAD, phosphorylation, programmed cell death, yeast two-hybrid
MeSH Terms
  • bcl-Associated Death Protein
  • Cricetinae
  • Humans
  • Conserved Sequence
  • Binding Sites
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/metabolism*
  • Escherichia coli/genetics
  • Phosphorylation
  • Transfection
  • Apoptosis*
  • Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase/metabolism
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Evolution, Molecular
  • Yeasts/genetics
  • Zebrafish Proteins
  • Animals
  • Carrier Proteins/genetics
  • Carrier Proteins/metabolism*
  • Carrier Proteins/physiology*
  • 14-3-3 Proteins
  • Two-Hybrid System Techniques
  • CHO Cells
PubMed
11483855 Full text @ Apoptosis
Abstract
Survival factors activate kinases which, in turn, phosphorylate the proapoptotic Bcl-xl/Bcl-2-associated death promoter homolog (BAD) protein at key serine residues. Phosphorylated BAD interacts with 14-3-3 proteins, and overexpression of 14-3-3 attenuates BAD-mediated apoptosis. Although BAD is known to interact with Bcl-2, Bcl-w, and Bcl-xL, the exact relationship between BAD and anti- or proapoptotic Bcl-2 proteins has not been analyzed systematically. Using the yeast two-hybrid protein interaction assay, we found that BAD interacted negligibly with proapoptotic Bcl-2 proteins. Even though wild type BAD only interacted with selected numbers of antiapoptotic proteins, underphosphorylated mutant BAD interacted with all antiapoptotic Bcl-2 proteins tested (Bcl-2, Bcl-w, Bcl-xL, Bfl-1/A1, Mcl-1, Ced-9, and BHRF-1). Using nonphosphorylated recombinant BAD expressed in bacteria, direct interactions between BAD and diverse antiapoptotic Bcl-2 members were also observed. Furthermore, apoptosis induced by BAD was blocked by coexpression with Bcl-2, Bcl-w, and Bfl-1. Comparison of BAD orthologs from zebrafish to human indicated the conservation of a 14-3-3 binding site and the BH3 domain during evolution. Thus, highly conserved BAD interacts with diverse antiapoptotic Bcl-2 members to regulate apoptosis.
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