Bcl2 family of interacting proteins play a pro‐survival role whereas family members BAX and Bcl‐2 homologus antagonist/killer (BAK) play an opposing role in the regulation of apoptosis in cancer, cardiomyocyte, and muscle cells (Aluganti Narasimhulu & Singla, 2022; Merino & Singla, 2018; Ramadan et al., 2019). The gene discussed is BAK1; the disease is cancer.