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Facts about DNA repair protein RAD51 homolog 2.
Binds single-stranded DNA and double-stranded DNA and contains DNA-dependent ATPase activity. Part of this RAD21 paralog protein complex BCDX2 which functions from the BRCA1-BRCA2-dependent HR pathway.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | RAD51B |
| Uniprot: | O15315 |
| Entrez: | 5890 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| RecA family |

DNA repair protein RAD51 homolog 2; MGC34245; R51H2REC2hREC2; RAD51 (S. cerevisiae)-like 1; RAD51 homolog B; RAD51B; RAD51-like 1 (S. cerevisiae); RAD51-like protein 1; RecA-like protein; recombination repair protein
Mass (kDA):
42.196 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 14q24.1 |
| Sequence: | 14; NC_000014.9 (67819779..68683118) |
Expressed in a wide range of tissues.
Nucleus.






PMID: 9207106 by Rice M.C., et al. Isolation of human and mouse genes based on homology to REC2, a recombinational repair gene from the fungus Ustilago maydis.
PMID: 9441753 by Albala J.S., et al. Identification of a novel human RAD51 homolog, RAD51B.