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High BRCA1 may protect cancer cells by acting in a pathway that removes the damages in DNA introduced by the platinum drugs. Thus the level of BRCA1 expression is a potentially important tool for tailoring chemotherapy in lung cancer management. [123] [124] Level of BRCA1 expression is also relevant
Human: Mouse: Entrez: Ensembl: UniProt RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001261840 NM_001329112 ... BRISC and BRCA1-A complex member 2 is a protein in humans encoded by the BABAM2 gene.
However, a small risk of primary peritoneal cancer remains, at least among women with BRCA1 mutations, since the peritoneal lining is the same type of cells as parts of the ovary. This risk is estimated to produce about five cases of peritoneal cancer per 100 women with harmful BRCA1 mutations in the 20 years after the surgery. [9]: 275–302
BRCA1, as distinct from BRCA1-A, is employed in the repair of chromosomal damage with an important role in the error-free homologous recombinational (HR) repair of DNA double-strand breaks. Sequestration of BRCA1 away from the DNA damage site suppresses homologous recombination and redirects the cell in the direction of repair by the process of ...
•List of human protein-coding genes page 4 covers genes SLC17A8–ZZZ3 NB: Each list page contains 5000 human protein-coding genes, sorted alphanumerically by the HGNC -approved gene symbol. Follow the Python code link for information about updates to the list of genes on these pages.
BRCA1-associated RING domain protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BARD1 gene. [5] [6] [7] The human BARD1 protein is 777 amino acids long and contains a RING finger domain (residues 46-90), four ankyrin repeats (residues 420-555), and a tandem BRCT domain (residues 568-777).
Jen Culton learned she had the BRCA1 gene mutation after her older sister's breast-cancer diagnosis. She decided to have two of her daughters tested; one daughter also has the BRCA1 gene mutation.
Sequestration of BRCA1 away from the DNA damage site suppresses homologous recombination and redirects the cell in the direction of repair by the process of non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). [7] The role of BRCA1-A complex appears to be to bind BRCA1 with high affinity and withdraw it away from the site of DNA damage to the periphery where it ...