Bcl-2-associated death promoter
| Pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein, BAD | |||||||
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complex of bcl-xl with peptide from bad | |||||||
| Identifiers | |||||||
| Symbol | Bcl-2_BAD | ||||||
| Pfam | PF10514 | ||||||
| InterPro | IPR018868 | ||||||
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The BCL2 associated agonist of cell death (BAD) protein is a pro-apoptotic member of the Bcl-2 gene family which is involved in initiating apoptosis. BAD is a member of the BH3-only family, a subfamily of the Bcl-2 family. It does not contain a C-terminal transmembrane domain for outer mitochondrial membrane and nuclear envelope targeting, unlike most other members of the Bcl-2 family. After activation, it is able to form a heterodimer with anti-apoptotic proteins and prevent them from stopping apoptosis.