Structural basis for recruitment of BRCA2 by PALB2
Open Access
- 17 July 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in EMBO Reports
- Vol. 10 (9), 990-996
- https://doi.org/10.1038/embor.2009.126
Abstract
The breast cancer 2, early onset protein (BRCA2) is central to the repair of DNA damage by homologous recombination. BRCA2 recruits the recombinase RAD51 to sites of damage, regulates its assembly into nucleoprotein filaments and thereby promotes homologous recombination. Localization of BRCA2 to nuclear foci requires its association with the partner and localizer of BRCA2 (PALB2), mutations in which are associated with cancer predisposition, as well as subtype N of Fanconi anaemia. We have determined the structure of the PALB2 carboxy‐terminal β‐propeller domain in complex with a BRCA2 peptide. The structure shows the molecular determinants of this important protein–protein interaction and explains the effects of both cancer‐associated truncating mutants in PALB2 and missense mutations in the amino‐terminal region of BRCA2.Keywords
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