The HRDC (Helicase and RNase D C-terminal) domain has a putative role in nucleic acid binding. Mutations in the HRDC domain cause human disease. It is interesting to note that the RecQ helicase in Deinococcus radiodurans has three tandem HRDC domains [4]. [1]. 9397680. A putative nucleic acid-binding domain in Bloom's and Werner's syndrome helicases. Morozov V, Mushegian AR, Koonin EV, Bork P;. Trends Biochem Sci 1997;22:417-418. [2]. 15990871. The HRDC domain of BLM is required for the dissolution of double Holliday junctions. Wu L, Chan KL, Ralf C, Bernstein DA, Garcia PL, Bohr VA, Vindigni A, Janscak P, Keck JL, Hickson ID;. EMBO J. 2005;24:2679-2687. [3]. 10647186. The three-dimensional structure of the HRDC domain and implications for the Werner and Bloom syndrome proteins. Liu Z, Macias MJ, Bottomley MJ, Stier G, Linge JP, Nilges M, Bork P, Sattler M;. Structure. 1999;7:1557-1566. [4]. 17085080. Three tandem HRDC domains have synergistic effect on the RecQ functions in Deinococcus radiodurans. Huang L, Hua X, Lu H, Gao G, Tian B, Shen B, Hua Y;. DNA Repair (Amst). 2006; [Epub ahead of print] (from Pfam)
GO Terms:- Molecular Function:
- nucleic acid binding (GO:0003676)
- Date:
- 2024-10-16