Identification of novel isoforms of the BH3 domain protein Bim which directly activate Bax to trigger apoptosis

M Marani, T Tenev, D Hancock… - … and cellular biology, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Bim (Bcl-2-interacting mediator of cell death) is a member of the BH3 domain-only subgroup
of Bcl-2 family members, for which three splice variants have been described. Bim is …

The role of BH3-only protein Bim extends beyond inhibiting Bcl-2–like prosurvival proteins

D Mérino, M Giam, PD Hughes, OM Siggs… - Journal of Cell …, 2009 - rupress.org
Proteins of the Bcl-2 family are critical regulators of apoptosis, but how its BH3-only
members activate the essential effectors Bax and Bak remains controversial. The indirect …

The proapoptotic BH3-only protein bim is expressed in hematopoietic, epithelial, neuronal, and germ cells

LA O'Reilly, L Cullen, J Visvader, GJ Lindeman… - The American journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
Proapoptotic Bcl-2 family members activate cell death by neutralizing their anti-apoptotic
relatives, which in turn maintain cell viability by regulating the activation of the cell death …

Bim and the pro-survival Bcl-2 proteins: opposites attract, ERK repels

KE Ewings, CM Wiggins, SJ Cook - Cell cycle, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Bim (Bcl-2-interacting mediator of cell death) is a BH3-only protein (BOP), a pro-apoptotic
member of the Bcl-2 protein family. The Bim mRNA undergoes alternate splicing to give rise …

BH3 domains other than Bim and Bid can directly activate Bax/Bak

H Du, J Wolf, B Schafer, T Moldoveanu… - Journal of Biological …, 2011 - ASBMB
Bcl-2 family proteins regulate a critical step in apoptosis referred to as mitochondrial outer
membrane permeabilization (MOMP). Members of a subgroup of the Bcl-2 family, known as …

Evidence that Ser87 of BimEL is phosphorylated by Akt and regulates BimEL apoptotic function

XJ Qi, GM Wildey, PH Howe - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2006 - ASBMB
Bim, the Bcl-2 interacting mediator of cell death, is a member of the BH3-only family of pro-
apoptotic proteins. Recent studies have demonstrated that the apoptotic activity of Bim can …

Identification and characterization of Bimγ, a novel proapoptotic BH3-only splice variant of Bim

JW Liu, D Chandra, SH Tang, D Chopra, DG Tang - Cancer research, 2002 - AACR
Abstract BH3 (Bcl-2 homology 3)-only proteins of the Bcl-2 family play an essentialrole in
apoptosis. In this study, a novel human BH3-only protein, Bcl-2-interacting mediator (Bim) γ …

[HTML][HTML] Bim: a novel member of the Bcl‐2 family that promotes apoptosis

L O'Connor, A Strasser, LA O'Reilly… - The EMBO …, 1998 - embopress.org
Certain members of the Bcl‐2 family inhibit apoptosis while others facilitate this
physiological process of cell death. An expression screen for proteins that bind to Bcl‐2 …

Bcl-XL protects BimEL-induced Bax conformational change and cytochrome C release independent of interacting with Bax or BimEL

H Yamaguchi, HG Wang - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2002 - ASBMB
The Bcl-2 homology (BH) 3-only pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 family protein Bim plays an essential
role in the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis through activation of the BH1–3 multidomain …

Caspase cleavage of BimEL triggers a positive feedback amplification of apoptotic signaling

D Chen, Q Zhou - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
Members of the Bcl-2 protein family that share only the Bcl-2 homology 3 (BH3) domain are
known mostly as sentinels for apoptotic stimuli and initiators of apoptosis. One BH3-only …