BRCA1 - Protein Structure

Protein Structure

The BRCA1 protein contains the following domains:

  • Zinc finger, C3HC4 type (RING finger)
  • BRCA1 C Terminus (BRCT) domain

This protein also contains nuclear localization signal and nuclear export signal motifs.

The human BRCA1 protein consists of four major protein domains; the Znf C3HC4- RING domain, the BRCA1 serine domain and two BRCT domains. These domains encode approximately 27% of BRCA1 protein. There are six known isoforms of P38398 BRCA1, with isoforms 1 and 2 comprising 1863 amino acids each.

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