BID (Ps78) Blocking Peptide – >85% Purity

This gene encodes a death agonist that heterodimerizes with either agonist BAX or antagonist BCL2. The encoded protein is a member of the BCL-2 family of cell death regulators. It is a mediator of mitochondrial damage induced by caspase-8 (CASP8); CASP8 cleaves this encoded protein, and the COOH-terminal part translocates to mitochondria where it triggers cytochrome c release. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found, but the full-length nature of some variants has not been defined. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

BID: a pro-apoptotic member of the Bcl-2 superfamily. Targets intracellular membranes and contains a BH3 death domain. Heterodimerizes with either the pro-apoptotic protein BAX or the anti-apoptotic protein BCL2, antagonizing its protective effect. The activity of BID is regulated by Caspase 8-mediated cleavage, exposing the BH3 domain and significantly changing the surface charge and hydrophobicity, causing translocation to mitochondria where it triggers cytochrome c release. Multiple alternatively spliced variants have been found.

Protein type: Apoptosis; Mitochondrial

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 22q11.1

Cellular Component: cytosol; membrane; mitochondrial outer membrane; mitochondrion

Molecular Function: death receptor binding; protein binding

Biological Process: apoptotic mitochondrial changes; DNA damage response, signal transduction; induction of apoptosis via death domain receptors; neuron apoptosis; positive regulation of apoptosis; positive regulation of protein homooligomerization; positive regulation of protein oligomerization; regulation of apoptosis; release of cytochrome c from mitochondria