| Immunogen | GSTfusionproteincorrespondingtofulllengthhumanRAD51. |
| Host | Rabbit |
| Specificity | RAD51 |
| Isotype | IgG |
| SpeciesReactivity | |
| AntibodyType | PolyclonalAntibody |
| EntrezGeneNumber | |
| EntrezGeneSummary | TheproteinencodedbythisgeneisamemberoftheRAD51proteinfamily.RAD51familymembersarehighlysimilartobacterialRecAandSaccharomycescerevisiaeRad51,andareknowntobeinvolvedinthehomologousrecombinationandrepairofDNA.ThisproteincaninteractwiththessDNA-bindingproteinRPAandRAD52,anditisthoughttoplayrolesinhomologouspairingandstrandtransferofDNA.ThisproteinisalsofoundtointeractwithBRCA1andBRCA2,whichmaybeimportantforthecellularresponsetoDNAdamage.BRCA2isshowntoregulateboththeintracellularlocalizationandDNA-bindingABIlityofthisprotein.LossofthesecontrolsfollowingBRCA2inactivationmaybeakeyeventleADIngtogenomicinstabilityandtumOrigenesis.Twoalternativelysplicedtranscriptvariantsofthisgene,whichencodedistinctproteins,havebeenreported.TranscriptvariantsutilizingalternativepolyAsignalsexist. |
| GeneSymbol | - RAD51
- hRAD51
- RAD51L3
- HRAD51
- HsT16930
- BRCC5
- RECA
- HsRad51
- RAD51D
- HsRAD51
- RAD51A
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| PurificationMethod | ProteinAPurfied |
| UniProtNumber | |
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:Q06609#MayparticipateinacommonDNAdamageresponsepathwayassociatedwiththeactivationofhomologousrecombinationanddouble-strandbreakrepair.BindstosingleanddoublestrandedDNAandexhibitsDNA-dependentATPaseactivity.UnderwindsduplexDNAandformshelicalnucleoproteinfilaments. SIZE:339aminoacids;36966Da SUBUNIT:InteractswithBRCA1,BRCA2andeitherdirectlyorindirectlywithp53.InteractswithXRCC3,RAD54LandRAD54B.PartofacomplexwithRAD51CandRAD51B.InteractswithRAD51AP1.InteractswithCHEK1/CHK1,andthismayrequirepriorphosphorylationofCHEK1. SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Nucleus.Note=ColocalizeswithRAD51AP1tomultiplenuclearfociuponinductionofDNAdamage. TISSUESPECIFICITY:Highlyexpressedintestisandthymus,followedbysmallintestine,placenta,colon,pancreasandovary.Weaklyexpressedinbreast. PTM:Phosphorylated.PhosphorylationofThr-309byCHEK1/CHK1mayenhanceassociationwithchromatinatsitesofDNAdamageandpromoteDNArepairbyhomologousrecombination.DISEASE:SwissProt:Q06609#DefectsinRAD51areassociatedwithbreastcancer(BC)[MIM:114480]. SIMILARITY:SwissProt:Q06609##BelongstotherecAfamily.RAD51subfamily.&Contains1HhHdomain. |
| MolecularWeight | 37kDa |