XPC (gene)

Xeroderma pigmentosum, complementation group C

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Available structures
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Identifiers
SymbolsXPC ; RAD4; XP3; XPCC
External IDsOMIM: 613208 MGI: 103557 HomoloGene: 3401 GeneCards: XPC Gene
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez750822591
EnsemblENSG00000154767ENSMUSG00000030094
UniProtQ01831P51612
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001145769NM_009531
RefSeq (protein)NP_001139241NP_033557
Location (UCSC)Chr 3:
14.19 – 14.22 Mb
Chr 6:
91.49 – 91.52 Mb
PubMed search

Xeroderma pigmentosum, complementation group C, also known as XPC, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the XPC gene. XPC is involved in the recognition of bulky DNA adducts in nucleotide excision repair.[1] It is on chromosome 3.[2]

Function

This gene encodes a component of the nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathway. There are multiple components involved in the NER pathway, including Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) A-G and V, Cockayne syndrome (CS) A and B, and trichothiodystrophy (TTD) group A, etc. This component, XPC, plays an important role in the early steps of global genome NER, especially in damage recognition, open complex formation, and repair protein complex formation.[1]

Clinical significance

Mutations in this gene or some other NER components result in Xeroderma pigmentosum, a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by increased sensitivity to sunlight with the development of carcinomas at an early age.[1]

Interactions

XPC (gene) has been shown to interact with ABCA1,[3] CETN2[4] and XPB.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Entrez Gene: XPC xeroderma pigmentosum, complementation group C".
  2. http://www.omim.org/entry/278720. Retrieved 12 December 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Shimizu Y, Iwai S, Hanaoka F, Sugasawa K (January 2003). "Xeroderma pigmentosum group C protein interacts physically and functionally with thymine DNA glycosylase". EMBO J. 22 (1): 164–73. doi:10.1093/emboj/cdg016. PMC 140069. PMID 12505994.
  4. Araki M, Masutani C, Takemura M, Uchida A, Sugasawa K, Kondoh J et al. (June 2001). "Centrosome protein centrin 2/caltractin 1 is part of the xeroderma pigmentosum group C complex that initiates global genome nucleotide excision repair". J. Biol. Chem. 276 (22): 18665–72. doi:10.1074/jbc.M100855200. PMID 11279143.
  5. Yokoi M, Masutani C, Maekawa T, Sugasawa K, Ohkuma Y, Hanaoka F (March 2000). "The xeroderma pigmentosum group C protein complex XPC-HR23B plays an important role in the recruitment of transcription factor IIH to damaged DNA". J. Biol. Chem. 275 (13): 9870–5. doi:10.1074/jbc.275.13.9870. PMID 10734143.

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