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. 2017 Oct 6;8:803. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00975-w

Fig. 7.

Fig. 7

A schematic depicting that Bik fulfills several functions to facilitate cell death. (1) Bik dissociates Bak/Bcl-2 and interacts with DAPk1 to form a complex with Bak that forms multimers and anchors DAPk1 to the ER to increase the contact sites of ER and mitochondria, (2) Bik disrupts the interaction between Bcl-2 and IP3R to cause calcium release, and (3) ER-associated Bak interacts with DAPk1 to facilitate mitochondrial calcium uptake