Cysteine 62 of Bax is critical for its conformational activation and its proapoptotic activity in response to H2O2-induced apoptosis.

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Published in J Biol Chem on March 15, 2008

Authors

Chunlai Nie1, Changhai Tian, Lixia Zhao, Patrice Xavier Petit, Maryam Mehrpour, Quan Chen

Author Affiliations

1: Joint Laboratory of Apoptosis and Cancer Biology, The State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

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