Structure of Cell Death Protein BAX (VIDEO)

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

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Structural biology has revealed how the BAX protein is activated. The blue and yellow region shows where BH3-only proteins transiently bind BAX to release its 'tail' (red) that anchors BAX into mitochondrial membrane.

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Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia

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