“…It is possible that the localized activity of caspase-8 helps ensure that the cleavage of Bid is performed where it is functionally needed: on the surface of the mitochondria. Although Bid was first described as a cytosolic protein (Wang et al, 1996;Li et al, 1998;Luo et al, 1998), several laboratories have reported its detection at the surface of mitochondria (Esposti et al, 2001;Grinberg et al, 2002;Tafani et al, 2002). Moreover, CL promotes tBid binding to the mitochondrial outer membrane (Lutter et al, 2000;Gonzalvez et al, 2005a, b).…”