This BRCT domain, a BRCA1 C-terminus region, is found on many RAP1 proteins, usually at the very N-terminus. The function in human at least of a BRCT is to contribute to the heterogeneity of the telomere DNA length, but that may not be its general fu ...
This BRCT domain, a BRCA1 C-terminus region, is found on many RAP1 proteins, usually at the very N-terminus. The function in human at least of a BRCT is to contribute to the heterogeneity of the telomere DNA length, but that may not be its general function, which remains unknown [1,2].
The BRCT domain is found predominantly in proteins involved in cell cycle checkpoint functions responsive to DNA damage. The BRCT domain of XRCC1 forms a homodimer in the crystal structure. This suggests that pairs of BRCT domains associate as homo- ...
The BRCT domain is found predominantly in proteins involved in cell cycle checkpoint functions responsive to DNA damage. The BRCT domain of XRCC1 forms a homodimer in the crystal structure. This suggests that pairs of BRCT domains associate as homo- or heterodimers. BRCT domains are often found as tandem-repeat pairs [2]. Structures of the BRCA1 BRCT domains revealed a basis for a widely utilised head-to-tail BRCT-BRCT oligomerisation mode [3]. This conserved tandem BRCT architecture facilitates formation of the canonical BRCT phospho-peptide interaction cleft at a groove between the BRCT domains. Disease associated missense and nonsense mutations in the BRCA1 BRCT domains disrupt peptide binding by directly occluding this peptide binding groove, or by disrupting key conserved BRCT core folding determinants [5].
