FUNCTION: Induces apoptosis. Interacts with viral and cellular anti-apoptosis proteins. Can overcome the suppressors BCL-2 and BCL-XL, although high levels of BCL-XL expression will inhibit apoptosis. Inhibits apoptosis induced by BNIP3. Involved in mitochondrial quality control via its interaction ...
FUNCTION: Induces apoptosis. Interacts with viral and cellular anti-apoptosis proteins. Can overcome the suppressors BCL-2 and BCL-XL, although high levels of BCL-XL expression will inhibit apoptosis. Inhibits apoptosis induced by BNIP3. Involved in mitochondrial quality control via its interaction with SPATA18/MIEAP: in response to mitochondrial damage, participates in mitochondrial protein catabolic process (also named MALM) leading to the degradation of damaged proteins inside mitochondria. The physical interaction of SPATA18/MIEAP, BNIP3 and BNIP3L/NIX at the mitochondrial outer membrane regulates the opening of a pore in the mitochondrial double membrane in order to mediate the translocation of lysosomal proteins from the cytoplasm to the mitochondrial matrix. May function as a tumor suppressor. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10381623, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21264228}.
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GO - Biological processes (BP):
cellular response to hypoxia [GO:0071456]; defense response to virus [GO:0051607]; mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization [GO:0097345]; mitochondrial protein catabolic process [GO:0035694]; negative regulation of apoptotic process [GO:0043066]; negative regulation of cell death [GO:0060548]; ...
cellular response to hypoxia [GO:0071456]; defense response to virus [GO:0051607]; mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization [GO:0097345]; mitochondrial protein catabolic process [GO:0035694]; negative regulation of apoptotic process [GO:0043066]; negative regulation of cell death [GO:0060548]; positive regulation of apoptotic process [GO:0043065]; positive regulation of macroautophagy [GO:0016239]; regulation of autophagy of mitochondrion [GO:1903146]; regulation of programmed cell death [GO:0043067]; regulation of protein targeting to mitochondrion [GO:1903214]
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GO - Molecular function (MF):
identical protein binding [GO:0042802]; lamin binding [GO:0005521]; protein homodimerization activity [GO:0042803]...
identical protein binding [GO:0042802]; lamin binding [GO:0005521]; protein homodimerization activity [GO:0042803]
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GO - Cellular component (CC):
endoplasmic reticulum [GO:0005783]; integral component of membrane [GO:0016021]; intrinsic component of membrane [GO:0031224]; mitochondrial outer membrane [GO:0005741]; mitochondrion [GO:0005739]; nuclear envelope [GO:0005635]; nuclear speck [GO:0016607]; nucleus [GO:0005634]...
endoplasmic reticulum [GO:0005783]; integral component of membrane [GO:0016021]; intrinsic component of membrane [GO:0031224]; mitochondrial outer membrane [GO:0005741]; mitochondrion [GO:0005739]; nuclear envelope [GO:0005635]; nuclear speck [GO:0016607]; nucleus [GO:0005634]
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