Baculoviral IAP repeat-containing protein 8; inhibitor of apoptosis-like protein 2; IAP-like protein 2; ILP-2; testis-specific inhibitor of apoptosis (BIRC8 ILP2)

Function

• protects against apoptosis mediated by BAX
• binds to caspase-9

Structure

• belongs to the IAP family
• contains 1 BIR repeat
• contains 1 RING-type Zn+2 finger

Compartment

cytoplasm (probable)

Expression

testis specific in normal tissues

More general terms

• inhibitor of apoptosis protein
• testis-specific protein
• ring finger protein

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=112401
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:112401
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q96P09.html