The GTF2H5(TTDA) gene encodes a small (71 amino acid) protein that stabilizes the multi-subunit transcription repair factor IIH(TFIIH). TFIIH plays a key role in a major DNA repair process, nucleotide excision repair (NER), by opening the DNA double helix after the initial recognition of damage in one strand. This step is followed by excision of the damaged region to generate a single-strand gap, and then repair synthesis, using the undamaged strand as template, to accurately fill in the gap. Disruption of the GTF2H5(TTDA) gene in a knockout mouse-model completely inactivates NER.[3] In humans, mutation in any one of four genes can give rise to the trichothiodystrophy phenotype. These genes are TTDN1, XPB, XPD and GTF2H5(TTDA).[3]
↑ 1.01.11.2Giglia-Mari G, Coin F, Ranish JA, Hoogstraten D, Theil A, Wijgers N, Jaspers NG, Raams A, Argentini M, van der Spek PJ, Botta E, Stefanini M, Egly JM, Aebersold R, Hoeijmakers JH, Vermeulen W (June 2004). "A new, tenth subunit of TFIIH is responsible for the DNA repair syndrome trichothiodystrophy group A". Nat. Genet. 36 (7): 714–9. doi:10.1038/ng1387. PMID15220921.
↑Vermeulen W, Bergmann E, Auriol J, Rademakers S, Frit P, Appeldoorn E, Hoeijmakers JH, Egly JM (November 2000). "Sublimiting concentration of TFIIH transcription/DNA repair factor causes TTD-A trichothiodystrophy disorder". Nat. Genet. 26 (3): 307–13. doi:10.1038/81603. PMID11062469.
Further reading
Vermeulen W, Bergmann E, Auriol J, Rademakers S, Frit P, Appeldoorn E, Hoeijmakers JH, Egly JM (2000). "Sublimiting concentration of TFIIH transcription/DNA repair factor causes TTD-A trichothiodystrophy disorder". Nat. Genet. 26 (3): 307–13. doi:10.1038/81603. PMID11062469.
Coin F, Proietti De Santis L, Nardo T, Zlobinskaya O, Stefanini M, Egly JM (2006). "p8/TTD-A as a repair-specific TFIIH subunit". Mol. Cell. 21 (2): 215–26. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2005.10.024. PMID16427011.
Vitorino M, Coin F, Zlobinskaya O, Atkinson RA, Moras D, Egly JM, Poterszman A, Kieffer B (2007). "Solution structure and self-association properties of the p8 TFIIH subunit responsible for trichothiodystrophy". J. Mol. Biol. 368 (2): 473–80. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2007.02.020. PMID17350038.
