Official Full Name

RAD54-like (S. cerevisiae)

Background

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the DEAD-like helicase superfamily, and shares similarity with Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad54, a protein known to be involved in the homologous recombination and repair of DNA. This protein has been shown to play a role in homologous recombination related repair of DNA double-strand breaks. The binding of this protein to double-strand DNA induces a DNA topological change, which is thought to facilitate homologous DNA paring, and stimulate DNA recombination. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding the same protein.

Synonyms

RAD54L; RAD54-like (S. cerevisiae); RAD54 (S.cerevisiae) like; DNA repair and recombination protein RAD54-like; hHR54; hRAD54; RAD54A; RAD54 homolog; HR54; zgc:56289