The interplay of Fanconi anemia proteins in the DNA damage response.
Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by chromosome instability and cancer predisposition. At least 11 complementation groups for FA have been identified, and eight FA genes have been cloned. Interestingly, the eight known FA proteins cooperate in a common pathway leading to the interaction of monoubiquitinated FANCD2 and BRCA2 in damaged chromatin. Disruption of this pathway results in the clinical and cellular abnormalities common to all FA subtypes. This review will examine the interaction of the cloned FA proteins with each other and with other DNA damage response proteins (i.e., ATM, ATR, and NBS1). Also, somatic (acquired) disruption of the FA pathway in human tumors appears to account for their chromosome instability and crosslinker hypersensitivity.
Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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D'Andrea
D064007:Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins; D019313:BRCA1 Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair; D005199:Fanconi Anemia / Q000378:metabolism*; D052236:Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group D2 Protein; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006801:Humans; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008954:Models, Biological; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D016196:S Phase; D015398:Signal Transduction; D025801:Ubiquitin / Q000378:metabolism
D019313:BRCA1 Protein; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002843:Chromatin; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; C499905:FANCD2 protein, human; D052236:Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group D2 Protein; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D025801:Ubiquitin; D016685:Mitomycin; D004247:DNA; C576597:ATR protein, human; D064007:Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases