BCL2L12

BCL2L12
Identifiers
AliasesBCL2L12, BCL2 like 12
External IDsOMIM: 610837; MGI: 1922986; GeneCards: BCL2L12
Orthologs
DatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_029410

RefSeq (protein)

n/a

Location (UCSC)Chr 19: 49.67 – 49.67 MbChr 7: 44.64 – 44.65 Mb
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Bcl-2-like protein 12 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BCL2L12 gene.

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the Bcl-2 protein family. Bcl-2 family members form hetero- or homodimers and act as anti- or pro-apoptotic regulators that are involved in a wide variety of cellular activities. This protein contains a Bcl-2 homology domain 2 (BH2). The function of this gene has not yet been determined. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene encoding distinct isoforms have been reported.

Bcl2L12 expression is upregulated in most human glioblastomas. Expression of Bcl2L12 results in resistance to apoptosis. Bcl2L12 directly neutralizes caspase-7 (CASP7) and indirectly neutralizes caspase-3 (CASP3) by an indirect mechanism. Both caspase enzymes are known to play essential roles in the execution phase of apoptosis.

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000126453 – Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000003190 – Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ↑ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: Bcl2L12 Bcl2-like 12 (proline rich)".
  6. ↑ Scorilas A, Kyriakopoulou L, Yousef GM, Ashworth LK, Kwamie A, Diamandis EP (March 2001). "Molecular cloning, physical mapping, and expression analysis of a novel gene, BCL2L12, encoding a proline-rich protein with a highly conserved BH2 domain of the Bcl-2 family". Genomics. 72 (2): 217–21. doi:10.1006/geno.2000.6455. PMID 11401436.
  7. ↑ Stegh AH, Kim H, Bachoo RM, Forloney KL, Zhang J, Schulze H, Park K, Hannon GJ, Yuan J, Louis DN, DePinho RA, Chin L (January 2007). "Bcl2L12 inhibits post-mitochondrial apoptosis signaling in glioblastoma". Genes Dev. 21 (1): 98–111. doi:10.1101/gad.1480007. PMC 1759904. PMID 17210792.
  8. ↑ Wilson MR (August 1998). "Apoptosis: unmasking the executioner". Cell Death Differ. 5 (8): 646–52. doi:10.1038/sj.cdd.4400394. PMID 10200519.

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