National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute
R01 CA179087
United States
Citation
Journal: Structure / Year: 2019 Title: Biophysical Characterization of a Nanodisc with and without BAX: An Integrative Study Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Cryo-EM. Authors: Cesar A López / Mark F Swift / Xiao-Ping Xu / Dorit Hanein / Niels Volkmann / S Gnanakaran / Abstract: B cell lymphoma-2-associated X protein (BAX) plays a pivotal role in triggering cell apoptosis by permeabilizing the mitochondrial outer membrane. Contrary to previous findings, recent electron ...B cell lymphoma-2-associated X protein (BAX) plays a pivotal role in triggering cell apoptosis by permeabilizing the mitochondrial outer membrane. Contrary to previous findings, recent electron microscopy (EM) experiments showed that BAX monomers are able to perturb phospholipid nanodiscs (NDs) by forming lipidic pores. Here, we provide structural and thermodynamic interpretation of such data using multiscale resolution molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Our results suggest that BAX is able to disrupt the stability, lateral packing and enhance the desorption propensity of the lipids in the ND, resulting in the formation of a stable toroidal-like pore. These findings prompted to re-evaluate the previously reported cryo-EM data to generate an improved reconstruction, thereby allowing for a more accurate localization of BAX in the EM map. We conclude that the reduced stability of the BAX-embedded ND eliminates the necessity of forming active BAX oligomers for its disruption.
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Jul 31, 2018
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Aug 8, 2018
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Aug 28, 2019
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Aug 28, 2019
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Current status
Aug 28, 2019
Processing site: RCSB / Status: Released
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