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Structural highlights

Disease

ERCC2_HUMAN Trichothiodystrophy;COFS syndrome;Xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group D. The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry. The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry. The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.

Function

ERCC2_HUMAN ATP-dependent 5'-3' DNA helicase, component of the core-TFIIH basal transcription factor. Involved in nucleotide excision repair (NER) of DNA by opening DNA around the damage, and in RNA transcription by RNA polymerase II by anchoring the CDK-activating kinase (CAK) complex, composed of CDK7, cyclin H and MAT1, to the core-TFIIH complex. Involved in the regulation of vitamin-D receptor activity. As part of the mitotic spindle-associated MMXD complex it plays a role in chromosome segregation. Might have a role in aging process and could play a causative role in the generation of skin cancers.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

References

1. ↑ Tirode F, Busso D, Coin F, Egly JM. Reconstitution of the transcription factor TFIIH: assignment of functions for the three enzymatic subunits, XPB, XPD, and cdk7. Mol Cell. 1999 Jan;3(1):87-95. PMID:10024882
2. ↑ Drane P, Compe E, Catez P, Chymkowitch P, Egly JM. Selective regulation of vitamin D receptor-responsive genes by TFIIH. Mol Cell. 2004 Oct 22;16(2):187-97. PMID:15494306 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2004.10.007
3. ↑ Ito S, Tan LJ, Andoh D, Narita T, Seki M, Hirano Y, Narita K, Kuraoka I, Hiraoka Y, Tanaka K. MMXD, a TFIIH-independent XPD-MMS19 protein complex involved in chromosome segregation. Mol Cell. 2010 Aug 27;39(4):632-40. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.07.029. PMID:20797633 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2010.07.029
4. ↑ Sung P, Bailly V, Weber C, Thompson LH, Prakash L, Prakash S. Human xeroderma pigmentosum group D gene encodes a DNA helicase. Nature. 1993 Oct 28;365(6449):852-5. PMID:8413672 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/365852a0