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Crystal structure of a RAD51-BRCA2 BRC repeat complex

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.7 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.206 
  • R-Value Work: 0.191 

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Literature

Insights into DNA recombination from the structure of a RAD51-BRCA2 complex

Pellegrini, L., Yu, D.S., Lo, T., Anand, S., Lee, M., Blundell, T.L., Venkitaraman, A.R.

(2002) Nature 420: 287-293

  • DOI: 10.1038/nature01230

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • The breast cancer susceptibility protein BRCA2 controls the function of RAD51, a recombinase enzyme, in pathways for DNA repair by homologous recombination. We report here the structure of a complex between an evolutionarily conserved sequence in BRC ...

    The breast cancer susceptibility protein BRCA2 controls the function of RAD51, a recombinase enzyme, in pathways for DNA repair by homologous recombination. We report here the structure of a complex between an evolutionarily conserved sequence in BRCA2 (the BRC repeat) and the RecA-homology domain of RAD51. The BRC repeat mimics a motif in RAD51 that serves as an interface for oligomerization between individual RAD51 monomers, thus enabling BRCA2 to control the assembly of the RAD51 nucleoprotein filament, which is essential for strand-pairing reactions during DNA recombination. The RAD51 oligomerization motif is highly conserved among RecA-like recombinases, highlighting a common evolutionary origin for the mechanism of nucleoprotein filament formation, mirrored in the BRC repeat. Cancer-associated mutations that affect the BRC repeat disrupt its predicted interaction with RAD51, yielding structural insight into mechanisms for cancer susceptibility.

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    University of Cambridge, Department of Biochemistry, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK.




Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetails
DNA repair protein RAD51 homolog 1
A
243Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: RAD51 (RAD51A, RECA)
Find proteins for Q06609 (Homo sapiens)
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Go to UniProtKB:  Q06609
Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetails
Breast cancer type 2 susceptibility protein
B
35Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: BRCA2 (FACD, FANCD1)
Find proteins for P51587 (Homo sapiens)
Go to Gene View: BRCA2
Go to UniProtKB:  P51587
Entity ID: 3
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetails
peptide linker
L
14N/AMutation(s): 0 
Protein Feature View is not available: No corresponding UniProt sequence found.
Entity ID: 4
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetails
ARTIFICIAL GLY-SER-MSE-GLY PEPTIDE
C
4N/AMutation(s): 0 
Protein Feature View is not available: No corresponding UniProt sequence found.
Small Molecules
Ligands 3 Unique
IDChainsName / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
CL
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A
CHLORIDE ION
Cl
VEXZGXHMUGYJMC-UHFFFAOYSA-M
 Ligand Interaction
EDO
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A
1,2-ETHANEDIOL
ETHYLENE GLYCOL
C2 H6 O2
LYCAIKOWRPUZTN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
 Ligand Interaction
MG
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A
MAGNESIUM ION
Mg
JLVVSXFLKOJNIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
 Ligand Interaction
Modified Residues  1 Unique
IDChainsTypeFormula2D DiagramParent
MSE
Query on MSE
A, C, L
L-PEPTIDE LINKINGC5 H11 N O2 SeMET
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.7 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.206 
  • R-Value Work: 0.191 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length (Å)Angle (°)
a = 57.300α = 90.00
b = 59.140β = 90.00
c = 77.200γ = 90.00
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
SCALAdata scaling
CCP4data scaling
CNSrefinement
SHARPphasing
MOSFLMdata reduction

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Entry History 

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Revision History 

  • Version 1.0: 2002-11-27
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-04-28
    Type: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Type: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2016-05-25
    Type: Source and taxonomy