BRCA1 is a cell cycle-regulated nuclear phosphoprotein

AUTOR(ES)

Ruffner, Heinz

FONTE

The National Academy of Sciences of the USA

RESUMO

We have characterized the BRCA1 gene product by using four polyclonal antibodies raised against peptides from four different regions of the protein. The antibodies specifically recognize an ≈220-kDa BRCA1 protein that is predominantly expressed in the nucleus of both normal and neoplastic breast cancer cells. It is a serine phosphoprotein that undergoes hyperphosphorylation during late G1 and S phases of the cell cycle and is transiently dephosphorylated early after M phase. We propose that BRCA1 is a phosphoprotein that alters in a qualitative and quantitative manner during cell cycle progression.

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