Nature Communications (May 2020)

The bromodomain containing protein BRD-9 orchestrates RAD51–RAD54 complex formation and regulates homologous recombination-mediated repair

  • Qin Zhou,
  • Jinzhou Huang,
  • Chao Zhang,
  • Fei Zhao,
  • Wootae Kim,
  • Xinyi Tu,
  • Yong Zhang,
  • Somaira Nowsheen,
  • Qian Zhu,
  • Min Deng,
  • Yuping Chen,
  • Bo Qin,
  • Kuntian Luo,
  • Baohua Liu,
  • Zhenkun Lou,
  • Robert W. Mutter,
  • Jian Yuan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16443-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The bromodomain containing protein BRD9 has been reported to regulate chromatin remodeling and transcription. Here the authors reveal a role for BRD9 in homologous recombination by facilitating RAD51–RAD54 interaction.