InterPro domain: IPR036081
General Information
- Identifier IPR036081
- Description Translin superfamily
- Number of genes 267
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- Associated GO terms GO:0043565
Abstract
Translins are DNA-binding proteins that specifically recognise consensus sequences at the breakpoint junctions in chromosomal translocations, mostly involving immunoglobulin (Ig)/T-cell receptor gene segments. They seem to recognise single-stranded DNA ends generated by staggered breaks occuring at recombination hot spots [ 1 ]. Translin folds into an alpha-alpha superhelix, consisting of two curved layers of alpha/alpha topology [ 2 , 3 ].
This entry also includes translin-associated protein X (TRAX), which was found to interact with translin [ 4 , 4 ].
1. Isolation and characterization of a cDNA encoding a Translin-like protein, TRAX. FEBS Lett. 401, 109-12
2. Crystal structure of TB-RBP, a novel RNA-binding and regulating protein. J. Mol. Biol. 319, 1049-57
3. Structure of human translin at 2.2 A resolution. Acta Crystallogr. D Biol. Crystallogr. 60, 674-9
4. Identification and characterization of cDNAs encoding four novel proteins that interact with translin associated factor-X. Genomics 79, 799-808