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The Bcl-2 family of apoptosis-related genes plays central roles in regulating apoptotic pathways (reviewed in Thomadaki and Scorilas, 2006). Regulation of cell death through apoptosis is critical for the maintenance of homeostasis, defense against infectious agents, and normal development. Bcl-2 family proteins regulate apoptosis primarily through the regulation of mitochondrial outer membrane permeability. In mammals, the family consists of both prosurvival (antiapoptotic) and proapoptotic (prodeath) members. Cellular homeostasis is thought to be dependent on a balance between the actions of prosurvival and proapoptotic proteins. Bcl-2 family proteins can be divided into 3 main subfamilies on the basis of their function and the content of their Bcl-2 homology (BH) domains, for example: 1) Prosurvival: Bcl-2, Bcl-XL, Bcl-W, A1, and Mcl-1 2) Proapoptotic (multidomain): Bax, Bak, and Bok. 3) BH3-only (proapoptotic): Bad, Bcl-XS, Bid, Bik, Bim, Blk, Bmf, Bnip, Noxa, and Puma. Prosurvival members inhibit cells from undergoing apoptosis, whereas proapoptotic and BH3-only subfamily members promote apoptosis. There are 4 BH domains (1-4) conserved among Bcl-2 family proteins. The BH domains are important for function as well as for heterodimerization between family members. Typical prosurvival family members have all four BH domains (1-4), whereas proapoptotic (multidomain) members have BH1, 2 and 3 domains and BH3-only members have only the BH3 domain. Overall, the relative ratio of prosurvival and proapoptotic proteins determines the suseptibility of a cell to various apoptotic stimuli. Many Bcl-2 family proteins are differentially expressed in various malignancies and some are useful prognostic biomarkers. Prosurvival proteins are often elevated in diverse cancers and have the potential to confer resistance to both endogenous cell death stimuli and cancer treatments. Alterations in the ratio or levels of Bcl-2 family proteins have been also associated with nonmalignant diseases including neurodegenerative diseases, autoimmune diseases, AIDs, Down's syndrome, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, glomerulonephritis, and muscular dystrophy. IMG-5693 recognizes Bid (approx. 19-23 kDa) and cleaved/truncated forms of Bid. The C-terminal cleaved/truncated form (11-15 kDa) of Bid is often referred to as tBid in the literature (reviewed in Yin, 2006).

Bioinformatics

Entrez	12122 Mouse 637 Human 64625 Rat
Uniprot	AAH09197 Human AAH36364 Human NM_001196 Human NP_001187 Human NP_001187 Human NP_001187.1 Human NP_001187.1 Human NP_031570.2 Mouse NP_932070 Human NP_932070.1 Human NP_932070.1 Human NP_932071 Human NP_932071.1 Human P55957 Human P55957 Human P70444 Mouse
Product By Gene ID	637
Alternate Names	apoptic death agonist BH3 interacting domain death agonist BH3-interacting domain death agonist BID isoform ES(1b) BID isoform L(2) BID isoform Si6 desmocollin type 4 FP497 Human BID coding sequence MGC15319 MGC42355 p22 BID tbid

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