DNA recombination and repair protein RecA-like, ATP-binding domain
IPR020588
Definition
The recA gene product is a multifunctional enzyme that plays a role in homologous recombination, DNA repair and induction of the SOS response PMID:1896024. In homologous recombination, the protein functions as a DNA-dependent ATPase, promoting synapsis, heteroduplex formation and strand exchange between homologous DNAs PMID:1896024. RecA also acts as a protease cofactor that promotes autodigestion of the lexA product and phage repressors. The proteolytic inactivation of the lexA repressor by an activated form of recA may cause a derepression of the 20 or so genes involved in the SOS response, which regulates DNA repair, induced mutagenesis, delayed cell division and prophage induction in response to DNA damage PMID:1896024. RecA is a protein of about 350 amino acid residues. Its sequence is very well conserved [[cite:PMID:9187054], [cite:PMID:7592482], [cite:PMID:8587109]] among eubacterial species. It is also found in the chloroplast of plants PMID:1518831. RecA-like proteins are found in archaea and diverse eukaryotic organisms, like fission yeast, mouse or human. In the filament visualised by X-ray crystallography, β-strand 3, the loop C-terminal to β-strand 2, and α-helix D of the core domain form one surface that packs against αa-helix A and β-strand 0 (the N-terminal domain) of an adjacent monomer during polymerisation PMID:12045091. The core ATP-binding site domain is well conserved, with 14 invariant residues. It contains the nucleotide binding loop between β-strand 1 and α-helix C. The Escherichia coli sequence GPESSGKT matches the consensus sequence of amino acids (G/A)XXXXGK(T/S) for the Walker A box (also referred to as the P-loop) found in a number of nucleoside triphosphate (NTP)-binding proteins. Another nucleotide binding motif, the Walker B box is found at β-strand 4 in the RecA structure. The Walker B box is characterised by four hydrophobic amino acids followed by an acidic residue (usually aspartate). Nucleotide specificity and additional ATP-binding interactions are contributed by the amino acid residues at β-strand 2 and the loop C-terminal to that strand, all of which are greater than 90% conserved among bacterial RecA proteins. This entry represents the ATP-binding domain found in the N-terminal part of RecA proteins.
7 human proteins with this domain
Each is a reviewed human protein in the Seroatlas serome and a potential autoantibody target; this domain groups them into one antibody-relevant category. Every entry links to its own record.
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