BRCTbreast cancer carboxy-terminal domain |
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| SMART accession number: | SM00292 |
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| Interpro abstract (IPR001357): | The BRCT domain (after the C_terminal domain of a breast cancer susceptibility protein) is found predominantly in proteins involved in cell cycle checkpoint functions responsive to DNA damage [(PUBMED:9034168)], 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 [(PUBMED:14576433)]. |
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There are 6165 BRCT domains in 4456 proteins in SMART's nrdb database.
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- Evolution (species in which this domain is found)
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Go to specific node: Anopheles gambiae, Arabidopsis thaliana, Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster, Homo sapiens, Mus musculus, Rattus norvegicus, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Takifugu rubripes - Literature (relevant references for this domain)
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Primary literature is listed below; Automatically-derived, secondary literature is also avaliable.
- Chai YL, Cui J, Shao N, Shyam E, Reddy P, Rao VN
- The second BRCT domain of BRCA1 proteins interacts with p53 and stimulates transcription from the p21WAF1/CIP1 promoter.
- Oncogene. 1999; 18: 263-8
- Display abstract
Inherited mutations in the breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 are associated with high risk for developing breast and ovarian cancers. Several studies link BRCA1 to transcriptional regulation, DNA repair, apoptosis and growth/tumor suppression. BRCA1 associates with p53 and stimulates transcription in both p53 dependent and p53-independent manners. BRCA1 splice variants BRCA1a (p110) and BRCA1b (p100) associates with CBP/p300 co-activators. Here we show that BRCA1a and BRCA1b proteins stimulate p53-dependent transcription from the p21WAF1/CIP1 promoter. In addition, the C-terminal second BRCA1 (BRCT) domain is sufficient for p53 mediated transactivation of the p21 promoter. Previous studies emphasized the importance of the BRCT domain, which shows homology with p53 binding protein (53BP1), in transcriptional activation, growth inhibition and tumor suppression. Our findings demonstrate an additional function for this domain in protein-protein interaction and co-activation of p53. We also found that BRCA1a and BRCA1b proteins interact with p53 in vitro and in vivo. The p53 interaction domain of BRCA1a/1b maps, in vitro, to the second BRCT domain (aa 1760-1863). The BRCT domain binds to the central domain of p53 which is required for sequence specific DNA binding. These results demonstrate for the first time the presence of a second p53 interaction domain in BRCA1 proteins and suggests that BRCA1a and BRCA1b proteins, like BRCA1, function as p53 co-activators. This BRCT domain also binds in vitro to CBP. These results suggest that one of the mechanisms by which BRCA1 proteins function is through recruitment of CBP/p300 associated HAT/FAT activity for acetylation of p53 to specific promoters resulting in transcriptional activation.
- Disease (disease genes where sequence variants are found in this domain)
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SwissProt sequences and OMIM curated human diseases associated with missense mutations within the BRCT domain.
Protein Disease Breast cancer type 1 susceptibility protein (P38398) (SMART) OMIM:113705: Breast cancer-1 ; Ovarian cancer ; Breast-ovarian cancer ; Papillary serous carcinoma of the peritoneum - Metabolism (metabolic pathways involving proteins which contain this domain)
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Click the image to view the interactive version of the map in iPath% proteins involved KEGG pathway ID Description 94.78 map03030 DNA replication 1.67 map04640 Hematopoietic cell lineage 0.84 map04110 Cell cycle 0.63 
map00471D-Glutamine and D-glutamate metabolism 0.63 map04111 Cell cycle - yeast 0.63 map00550Peptidoglycan biosynthesis 0.42 map00730Thiamine metabolism 0.42 map00230Purine metabolism This information is based on mapping of SMART genomic protein database to KEGG orthologous groups. Percentage points are related to the number of proteins with BRCT domain which could be assigned to a KEGG orthologous group, and not all proteins containing BRCT domain. Please note that proteins can be included in multiple pathways, ie. the numbers above will not always add up to 100%.
- Structure (3D structures containing this domain)
3D Structures of BRCT domains in PDB
PDB code Main view Title 1cdz 
Brct domain from dna-repair protein xrcc1 1dgs 
Crystal structure of nad+-dependent dna ligase from t. filiformis 1gzh 
Crystal structure of the brct domains of human 53bp1 bound to the p53 tumor supressor 1imo 
Nmr structure of human dna ligase iiialpha brct domain 1in1 
Nmr structure of human dna ligase iiialpha brct domain 1jnx 
Crystal structure of the brct repeat region from the breast cancer associated protein, brca1 1kzy 
Crystal structure of the 53bp1 brct region complexed to tumor suppressor p53 1l0b 
Crystal structure of rat brca1 tandem-brct region 1l7b 
Solution nmr structure of brct domain of t. thermophilus: northeast structural genomics consortium target wr64tt 1n5o 
Structural consequences of a cancer-causing brca1-brct missense mutation 1oqa 
Solution structure of the brct-c domain from human brca1 1t15 
Crystal structure of the brca1 brct domains in complex with the phosphorylated interacting region from bach1 helicase 1t29 
Crystal structure of the brca1 brct repeats bound to a phosphorylated bach1 peptide 1t2u 
Structural basis of phosphopeptide recognition by the brct domain of brca1: structure of brca1 missense variant v1809f 1t2v 
Structural basis of phospho-peptide recognition by the brct domain of brca1, structure with phosphopeptide 1wf6 
The third brca1 c-terminus (brct) domain of similar to s.pombe rad4+/cut5+ product 1y98 
Structure of the brct repeats of brca1 bound to a ctip phosphopeptide. 1z56 
Co-crystal structure of lif1p-lig4p 2ado 
Crystal structure of the brct repeat region from the mediator of dna damage checkpoint protein 1, mdc1 2azm 
Crystal structure of the mdc1 brct repeat in complex with the histone tail of gamma-h2ax 2coe 
Solution structure of brct domain of terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase 2cok 
Solution structure of brct domain of poly(adp-ribose) polymerase-1 2cou 
Solution structure of the second brct domain of epithelial cell transforming 2 2d8m 
Solution structure of the first brct domain of dna-repair protein xrcc1 2dun 
Solution structure of brct domain of dna polymerase mu 2e2w 
Solution structure of the first brct domain of human dna ligase iv 2ebu 
Solution structure of the brct domain from human replication factor c large subunit 1 2ebw 
Solution structure of the brct domain from human dna repair protein rev1 2ep8 
Solution structure of the brct domain from human pescadillo homolog 1 2etx 
Crystal structure of mdc1 tandem brct domains 2htf 
The solution structure of the brct domain from human polymerase reveals homology with the tdt brct domain 2ing 
X-ray structure of the brca1 brct mutant m1775k 2k6g 
Solution structure of the dna binding brct domain from the large subunit of human replication factor c 2k7f 
Haddock calculated model of the complex between the brct region of rfc p140 and dsdna 2nte 
Crystal structure of the bard1 brct domains 2owo 
Last stop on the road to repair: structure of e.coli dna ligase bound to nicked dna-adenylate 2r1z 
Crystal structure of the bard1 brct repeat 2vxb 
Structure of the crb2-brct2 domain 2vxc 
Structure of the crb2-brct2 domain complex with phosphopeptide. 3coj 
Crystal structure of the brct domains of human brca1 in complex with a phosphorylated peptide from human acetyl- coa carboxylase 1 3ef0 
The structure of fcp1, an essential rna polymerase ii ctd phosphatase 3ef1 
The structure of fcp1, an essential rna polymerase ii ctd phosphatase 3fa2 
Crystal structure of the brca1 associated ring domain (bard1) tandem brct domains 3ii6 
Structure of human xrcc4 in complex with the tandem brct domains of dna ligaseiv. - Links (links to other resources describing this domain)
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PFAM BRCT INTERPRO IPR001357