BRcat domain found in RING finger protein 217 (RNF217)
RNF217, also termed IBR domain-containing protein 1 (IBRDC1), is a transmembrane (TM) domain-containing RBR-type E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase mainly expressed in testis and skeletal muscle with different splice variants. It interacts with the anti-apoptotic protein HAX1, and is adjacent to a translocation breakpoint involving ETV6 in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). RNF217 contains a RBR domain followed by TMs. The RBR domain was previously known as RING-BetweenRING-RING domain or TRIAD [two RING fingers and a DRIL (double RING finger linked)] domain. Based on current understanding of the structural biology of RBR ligases, the nomenclature of RBR has been corrected as RING-BRcat (benign-catalytic)-Rcat (required-for-catalysis) recently. The RBR (RING1-BRcat-Rcat) domain use an auto-inhibitory mechanism to modulate ubiquitination activity, as well as a hybrid mechanism that combines aspects from both RING and HECT E3 ligase function to facilitate the ubiquitination reaction. The family corresponds to the BRcat (benign-catalytic) domain that adopts the same fold as the Rcat domain while lacking the catalytic cysteine residue and ubiquitination activity.
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