| Immunogen | Histidine-taggedrecombinantproteincorrespondingtohumanRAD51. | 
| Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. | 
| Host | Rabbit | 
| SpeciesReactivity |  | 
| SpeciesReactivityNote | DemonstratedtoreactwithHuman,Mouse,andRat.Otherhomologies:Bovine,Equine,andCanine(99%sequencehomology). | 
| AntibodyType | PolyclonalAntibody | 
| EntrezGeneNumber |  | 
| EntrezGeneSummary | TheproteinencodedbythisgeneisamemberoftheRAD51proteinfamily.RAD51familymembersarehighlysimilartobacterialRecAandSaccharomycescerevisiaeRad51,andareknowntobeinvolvedinthehomologousrecombinationandrepairofDNA.ThisproteincaninteractwiththessDNA-bindingproteinRPAandRAD52,anditisthoughttoplayrolesinhomologouspairingandstrandtransferofDNA.ThisproteinisalsofoundtointeractwithBRCA1andBRCA2,whichmaybeimportantforthecellularresponsetoDNAdamage.BRCA2isshowntoregulateboththeintracellularlocalizationandDNA-bindingABIlityofthisprotein.LossofthesecontrolsfollowingBRCA2inactivationmaybeakeyeventleADIngtogenomicinstabilityandtumOrigenesis.Multipletranscriptvariantsencodingdifferentisoformshavebeenfoundforthisgene.[providedbyRefSeq]. | 
| GeneSymbol |  | 
| PurificationMethod | AffinityPurfied | 
| UniProtNumber |  | 
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:MayparticipateinacommonDNAdamageresponsepathwayassociatedwiththeactivationofhomologousrecombinationanddouble-strandbreakrepair.BindstosingleanddoublestrandedDNAandexhibitsDNA-dependentATPaseactivity.UnderwindsduplexDNAandformshelicalnucleoproteinfilaments.PlaysaroleinregulatingmitochondrialDNAcopynumberunderconditionsofoxidativestressinthepresenceofRAD51CandXRCC3. 
 SUBUNITSTRUCTURE:InteractswithBRCA1,BRCA2andeitherdirectlyorindirectlywithp53.InteractswithXRCC3,RAD54LandRAD54B.PartofacomplexwithRAD51CandRAD51B.InteractswithRAD51AP1andRAD51AP2.InteractswithCHEK1/CHK1,andthismayrequirepriorphosphorylationofCHEK1.InteractswiththeMND1-PSMC3IPheterodimer(Bysimilarity).InteractswithOBFC2B.InteractswithRPA1.InteractswithPALB2.InteractswithSWI5/C9orf119,andatlowerlevelwithSFR1/MEIR5.
 
 SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Nucleus.Cytoplasm.Cytoplasm?perinuclearregion.Mitochondrionmatrix.Note:ColocalizeswithRAD51AP1tomultiplenuclearfociuponinductionofDNAdamage.DNAdamageinducesanincreaseinnuclearlevels.
 
 TISSUESPECIFICITY:Highlyexpressedintestisandthymus,followedbysmallintestine,placenta,colon,pancreasandovary.Weaklyexpressedinbreast.
 
 INDUCTION:Stress-inducedincreaseinthemitochondriallevelsisseen.
 
 PTM:Phosphorylated.PhosphorylationofThr-309byCHEK1/CHK1mayenhanceassociationwithchromatinatsitesofDNAdamageandpromoteDNArepairbyhomologousrecombination.
 
 INVOLVEMENTINDISEASE:DefectsinRAD51areacauseofsusceptibilitytobreastcancer(BC)[MIM:114480].Acommonmalignancyoriginatingfrombreastepithelialtissue.Breastneoplasmscanbedistinguishedbytheirhistologicpattern.Invasiveductalcarcinomaisbyfarthemostcommontype.Breastcancerisetiologicallyandgeneticallyheterogeneous.Importantgeneticfactorshavebeenindicatedbyfamilialoccurrenceandbilateralinvolvement.Mutationsatmorethanonelocuscanbeinvolvedindifferentfamiliesoreveninthesamecase.Ref.28
 
 SEQUENCESIMILARITIES:BelongstotheRecAfamily.RAD51subfamily.
 
 Contains1HhHdomain.
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| MolecularWeight | ~37kDaobserved.Twoisoforms(isoform1at37kDaandisoform2at26kDa)producedasaresultofalternativesplicingareknowntoexist:. |