ERCC2

ERCC2
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesERCC2, excision repair cross-complementation group 2, COFS2, EM9, TFIIH, TTD, XPD, TTD1, ERCC excision repair 2, TFIIH core complex helicase subunit
External IDsOMIM: 126340; MGI: 95413; HomoloGene: 344; GeneCards: ERCC2; OMA:ERCC2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000400
NM_001130867

NM_007949
NM_001363981

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000391
NP_001124339

NP_031975
NP_001350910

Location (UCSC)Chr 19: 45.35 – 45.37 MbChr 7: 19.12 – 19.13 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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TFIIH subunit XPD is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ERCC2 (ERCC excision repair 2) gene. It is a component of the general transcription and DNA repair factor IIH (TFIIH) core complex involved in transcription-coupled nucleotide excision repair.

Along with XPB, XPD is a part of human transcriptional initiation factor TFIIH and has ATP-dependent helicase activity.[5] It belongs to the RAD3/XPD subfamily of helicases.

The XPD (ERCC2) gene encodes for a 2.3-kb mRNA containing 22 exons and 21 introns. The XPD protein contains 760 amino acids and is a polypeptide with a size of 87kDa. Defects in this gene can result in three different disorders: the cancer-prone syndrome xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group D, photosensitive trichothiodystrophy, and Cockayne syndrome.[6]

XPD is essential for the viability of cells. Deletion of XPD in mice is lethal for developing embryos.[7]

XPD helicase is also employed in p53-mediated apoptotic cell death.[8]

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000104884Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000030400Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Lee TI, Young RA (2000). "Transcription of eukaryotic protein-coding genes". Annual Review of Genetics. 34: 77–137. doi:10.1146/annurev.genet.34.1.77. PMID 11092823.
  6. ^ "Entrez Gene: ERCC2 excision repair cross-complementing rodent repair deficiency, complementation group 2 (xeroderma pigmentosum D)".
  7. ^ Liu J. "XPD localizes in mitochondria and protects the mitochondrial genome from oxidative DNA damage". Nucleic Acids Research. 43 (11).
  8. ^ Robles AI, Harris CC (2001). "p53-mediated apoptosis and genomic instability diseases". Acta Oncologica. 40 (6). Stockholm, Sweden: 696–701. doi:10.1080/02841860152619106. PMID 11765063.