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SUBMITTER: Dunlop MH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3320983 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dunlop Myun Hwa MH Dray Eloïse E Zhao Weixing W San Filippo Joseph J Tsai Miaw-Sheue MS Leung Stanley G SG Schild David D Wiese Claudia C Sung Patrick P
The Journal of biological chemistry 20120227 15
Homologous recombination catalyzed by the RAD51 recombinase is essential for maintaining genome integrity upon the induction of DNA double strand breaks and other DNA lesions. By enhancing the recombinase activity of RAD51, RAD51AP1 (RAD51-associated protein 1) serves a key role in homologous recombination-mediated chromosome damage repair. We show here that RAD51AP1 harbors two distinct DNA binding domains that are both needed for maximal protein activity under physiological conditions. We have ...[more]