The cancer-predisposing mutation C61G disrupts homodimer formation in the NH2-terminal BRCA1 RING finger domain.

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The breast and ovarian cancer tumor suppressor gene, BRCA1, encodes for a Zn2+-binding RING finger motif located near the protein NH2 terminus. The RING finger motif is characterized by eight conserved Cys and His residues which form two Zn2+-binding sites termed Site I and Site II. We used limited proteolysis in conjunction with matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectroscopy to...

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