The following is an antiapoptotic gene?
The pro-apoptotic proteins BAX and BAK are directly promoting mitochondrial permeabilization. Their action is inhibited by the anti-apoptotic proteins BCL2 and BCL-XL. The third set of proteins, the so-called BH3-only proteins, which include BAD, BID, and PUMA, regulate the balance between the pro- and anti-apoptotic members of the BCL2 family. Conversely, if cells are exposed to growth factors and other survival signals, they synthesize anti-apoptotic members of the Bcl-2 family, the two main ones of which are Bcl-2 itself and Bcl-xL. These proteins antagonize Bax and Bak, and thus limit the escape of the mitochondrial pro-apoptotic proteins. Cells deprived of growth factors not only activate the pro-apoptotic Bax and Bak but also show reduced levels of Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL, thus fuher tilting the balance toward death. The mitochondrial pathway seems to be the pathway that is responsible for apoptosis ( Robbins Basic Pathology, 9th edition, page 189 )
Bax
Bad
Bcl-XL
Bid
General pathology