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BRCT domain

BRCT domain

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BRCA1 C Terminus (BRCT) domain is a family of evolutionarily related proteins. It is named after the C-terminal domain of BRCA1, a DNA-repair protein that serves as a marker of breast cancer susceptibility.

Quick Facts BRCA1 C Terminus (BRCT) domain, Identifiers ...

The BRCT domain is found predominantly in proteins involved in cell cycle checkpoint functions responsive to DNA damage,[2] for example as found in the breast cancer DNA-repair protein BRCA1. The domain is an approximately 100 amino acid tandem repeat, which appears to act as a phospho-protein binding domain.[3]

Examples

Human proteins containing this domain include:

References

  1. [1]
    Zhang X, Moréra S, Bates PA, et al. (November 1998). "Structure of an XRCC1 BRCT domain: a new protein-protein interaction module". EMBO J. 17 (21): 6404–11. doi:10.1093/emboj/17.21.6404. PMC 1170965. PMID 9799248.
  2. [2]
    Bork P, Hofmann K, Koonin EV, Bucher P, Neuwald AF, Altschul SF (1997). "A superfamily of conserved domains in DNA damage-responsive cell cycle checkpoint proteins". FASEB J. 11 (1): 68–76. doi:10.1096/fasebj.11.1.9034168. PMID 9034168. S2CID 16457619.
  3. [3]
    Yu X, Chini CC, He M, Mer G, Chen J (2003). "The BRCT domain is a phospho-protein binding domain". Science. 302 (5645): 639–642. Bibcode:2003Sci...302..639Y. doi:10.1126/science.1088753. PMID 14576433. S2CID 29407635.
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