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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6055
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-10-28
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Germline mutations of the breast cancer 1 (BRCA1) gene are a major cause of familial breast and ovarian cancer. The BRCA1 protein displays E3 ubiquitin ligase activity, and this enzymatic function is thought to be required for tumor suppression. To test this hypothesis, we generated mice that express an enzymatically defective Brca1. We found that this mutant Brca1 prevents tumor formation to the same degree as does wild-type Brca1 in three different genetically engineered mouse (GEM) models of cancer. In contrast, a mutation that ablates phosphoprotein recognition by the BRCA C terminus (BRCT) domains of BRCA1 elicits tumors in each of the three GEM models. Thus, BRCT phosphoprotein recognition, but not the E3 ligase activity, is required for BRCA1 tumor suppression.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
334
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
525-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:22034435-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:22034435-BRCA1 Protein, pubmed-meshheading:22034435-Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:22034435-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:22034435-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:22034435-Embryonic Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:22034435-Genes, BRCA1, pubmed-meshheading:22034435-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:22034435-Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:22034435-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:22034435-Mutant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:22034435-Pancreatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:22034435-Phosphoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:22034435-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:22034435-Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:22034435-Protein Multimerization, pubmed-meshheading:22034435-RING Finger Domains, pubmed-meshheading:22034435-Tumor Suppressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:22034435-Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
BRCA1 tumor suppression depends on BRCT phosphoprotein binding, but not its E3 ligase activity.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural