BAG

BAG domains, present in regulator of Hsp70 proteins
BAG
SMART accession number:SM00264
Description: BAG domains, present in Bcl-2-associated athanogene 1 and silencer of death domains
Interpro abstract (IPR003103):

BAG domains are present in Bcl-2-associated athanogene 1 and silencer of death domains. The BAG proteins are modulators of chaperone activity, they bind to HSP70/HSC70 proteins and promote substrate release. The proteins have anti-apoptotic activity and increase the anti-cell death function of BCL-2 induced by various stimuli. BAG-1 binds to the serine/threonine kinase Raf-1 or Hsc70/Hsp70 in a mutually exclusive interaction. BAG-1 promotes cell growth by binding to and stimulating Raf-1 activity. The binding of Hsp70 to BAG-1 diminishes Raf-1 signaling and inhibits subsequent events, such as DNA synthesis, as well as arrests the cell cycle. BAG-1 has been suggested to function as a molecular switch that encourages cells to proliferate in normal conditions but become quiescent under a stressful environment (PUBMED:12406544).

BAG-family proteins contain a single BAG domain, except for human BAG-5 which has four BAG repeats. The BAG domain is a conserved region located at the C-terminus of the BAG-family proteins that binds the ATPase domain of Hsc70/Hsp70. The BAG domain is evolutionarily conserved, and BAG domain containing proteins have been described and/or proven in a variety of organisms including mice, Xenopus, Drosophila, Bombyx mori (silk worm), Caenorhabditis elegans, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, and Arabidopsis thaliana.

The BAG domain has 110-124 amino acids and is comprised of three anti-parallel alpha-helices, each approximately 30-40 amino acids in length. The first and second helices interact with the serine/threonine kinase Raf-1 and the second and third helices are the sites of the BAG domain interaction with the ATPase domain of Hsc70/Hsp70. Binding of the BAG domain to the ATPase domain is mediated by both electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions in BAG-1 and is energy requiring.

GO process:apoptosis (GO:0006915)
GO function:protein binding (GO:0005515)
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There are 194 BAG domains in 123 proteins in SMART's nrdb database.

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