Protein Name B cell leukemia/lymphoma 2
Organism Mus musculus
Gene ID 12043
Gene Symbol

Bcl2

UniProt P10417 (BCL2_MOUSE), Q6NTH7 (Q6NTH7_MOUSE), Q8BQK4 (Q8BQK4_MOUSE)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 1497
Total Number of Articles : 2698
Description

B cell leukemia/lymphoma 2

Gene Summary

This gene encodes a member of the B cell lymphoma 2 protein family. Members of this family regulate cell death in multiple cell types and can have either proapoptotic or antiapoptotic activities. The protein encoded by this gene inhibits mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis. This protein is an integral outer mitochondrial membrane protein that functions as part of signaling pathway that controls mitochondrial permeability in response to apoptotic stimuli. This protein may also play a role in neuron cell survival and autophagy. Abnormal expression and chromosomal translocations of this gene are associated with cancer progression in numerous tissues. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2015]

synonyms
  • apoptosis regulator Bcl-2
  • Bcl-2
  • C430015F12Rik
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Properties