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Human Gene BRAP (ENST00000419234.9) from GENCODE V50
  Description: BRCA1 associated protein (from RefSeq NM_006768.5)
Gencode Transcript: ENST00000419234.9
Gencode Gene: ENSG00000089234.18
Transcript (Including UTRs)
   Position: hg38 chr12:111,642,146-111,685,956 Size: 43,811 Total Exon Count: 12 Strand: -
Coding Region
   Position: hg38 chr12:111,644,199-111,685,792 Size: 41,594 Coding Exon Count: 12 

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Data last updated at UCSC: 2026-07-12 09:30:09

-  Comments and Description Text from UniProtKB
  ID: BRAP_HUMAN
DESCRIPTION: RecName: Full=BRCA1-associated protein; EC=6.3.2.-; AltName: Full=BRAP2; AltName: Full=Impedes mitogenic signal propagation; Short=IMP; AltName: Full=RING finger protein 52; AltName: Full=Renal carcinoma antigen NY-REN-63;
FUNCTION: Negatively regulates MAP kinase activation by limiting the formation of Raf/MEK complexes probably by inactivation of the KSR1 scaffold protein. Also acts as a Ras responsive E3 ubiquitin ligase that, on activation of Ras, is modified by auto- polyubiquitination resulting in the release of inhibition of Raf/MEK complex formation. May also act as a cytoplasmic retention protein with a role in regulating nuclear transport.
PATHWAY: Protein modification; protein ubiquitination.
SUBUNIT: Interacts with the nuclear localization signal of BRCA1 and with the N-terminal of KSR1. The C-terminal portion of BCRA1 interacts with DDB1.
INTERACTION: P38398:BRCA1; NbExp=3; IntAct=EBI-349900, EBI-349905; P01112:HRAS; NbExp=3; IntAct=EBI-349900, EBI-350145;
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm.
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in breast epithelial cell lines.
SIMILARITY: Contains 1 RING-type zinc finger.
SIMILARITY: Contains 1 UBP-type zinc finger.
SEQUENCE CAUTION: Sequence=AAC24200.1; Type=Frameshift; Positions=556;

-  Primer design for this transcript
 

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-  Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD)
  The following chemicals interact with this gene           more ... click here to view the complete list

-  RNA-Seq Expression Data from GTEx (53 Tissues, 570 Donors)
  Highest median expression: 40.50 RPKM in Testis
Total median expression: 317.33 RPKM



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+  Microarray Expression Data
 
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GNF Expression Atlas 2 Data from U133A and GNF1H Chips

      
      
      
     
    
     
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-  mRNA Secondary Structure of 3' and 5' UTRs
 
RegionFold EnergyBasesEnergy/Base
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5' UTR -87.70164-0.535 Picture PostScript Text
3' UTR -564.602053-0.275 Picture PostScript Text

The RNAfold program from the Vienna RNA Package is used to perform the secondary structure predictions and folding calculations. The estimated folding energy is in kcal/mol. The more negative the energy, the more secondary structure the RNA is likely to have.

-  Protein Domain and Structure Information
  InterPro Domains: Graphical view of domain structure
IPR011422 - BRAP2
IPR012677 - Nucleotide-bd_a/b_plait
IPR001841 - Znf_RING
IPR013083 - Znf_RING/FYVE/PHD
IPR001607 - Znf_UBP

Pfam Domains:
PF07576 - BRCA1-associated protein 2
PF13639 - Ring finger domain
PF02148 - Zn-finger in ubiquitin-hydrolases and other protein

ModBase Predicted Comparative 3D Structure on Q7Z569
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-  Orthologous Genes in Other Species
  Orthologies between human, mouse, and rat are computed by taking the best BLASTP hit, and filtering out non-syntenic hits. For more distant species reciprocal-best BLASTP hits are used. Note that the absence of an ortholog in the table below may reflect incomplete annotations in the other species rather than a true absence of the orthologous gene.
MouseRatZebrafishD. melanogasterC. elegansS. cerevisiae
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-  Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations with Structured Vocabulary
  Molecular Function:
GO:0003676 nucleic acid binding
GO:0004842 ubiquitin-protein transferase activity
GO:0005515 protein binding
GO:0008139 nuclear localization sequence binding
GO:0008270 zinc ion binding
GO:0016740 transferase activity
GO:0042802 identical protein binding
GO:0046872 metal ion binding
GO:0061630 ubiquitin protein ligase activity

Biological Process:
GO:0000165 MAPK cascade
GO:0007265 Ras protein signal transduction
GO:0009968 negative regulation of signal transduction
GO:0016567 protein ubiquitination

Cellular Component:
GO:0000151 ubiquitin ligase complex
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
GO:0005829 cytosol
GO:0031965 nuclear membrane


-  Descriptions from all associated GenBank mRNAs
  AB208878 - Homo sapiens mRNA for BRCA1 associated protein variant protein.
AK299326 - Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ50182 complete cds, highly similar to BRCA1-associated protein (EC 6.3.2.-).
AK290379 - Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ76247 complete cds, highly similar to Homo sapiens BRCA1 associated protein (BRAP), mRNA.
AK308279 - Homo sapiens cDNA, FLJ98227.
AF035620 - Homo sapiens BRCA1-associated protein 2 (BRAP2) mRNA, complete cds.
AY332222 - Homo sapiens impedes mitogenic signal propagation mRNA, complete cds.
BC136698 - Homo sapiens BRCA1 associated protein, mRNA (cDNA clone MGC:168311 IMAGE:9020688), complete cds.
BC136699 - Homo sapiens BRCA1 associated protein, mRNA (cDNA clone MGC:168312 IMAGE:9020689), complete cds.
AB590810 - Synthetic construct DNA, clone: pFN21AE2014, Homo sapiens BRAP gene for BRCA1 associated protein, without stop codon, in Flexi system.
AF035950 - Homo sapiens putative DDB p127-associated protein mRNA, partial cds.
JD086137 - Sequence 67161 from Patent EP1572962.
JD328828 - Sequence 309852 from Patent EP1572962.
JD476069 - Sequence 457093 from Patent EP1572962.
JD258869 - Sequence 239893 from Patent EP1572962.

-  Biochemical and Signaling Pathways
  Reactome (by CSHL, EBI, and GO)

Protein Q7Z569 (Reactome details) participates in the following event(s):

R-HSA-5674018 BRAP binds RAS:GTP
R-HSA-5674019 BRAP binds KSR1:MARK3
R-HSA-5674022 BRAP autoubiquitinates
R-HSA-5675221 Negative regulation of MAPK pathway
R-HSA-5673001 RAF/MAP kinase cascade
R-HSA-5684996 MAPK1/MAPK3 signaling
R-HSA-5683057 MAPK family signaling cascades
R-HSA-162582 Signal Transduction

-  Other Names for This Gene
  Alternate Gene Symbols: B4DRM1, B9EGS8, BRAP , BRAP_HUMAN, ENST00000419234.1, ENST00000419234.2, ENST00000419234.3, ENST00000419234.4, ENST00000419234.5, ENST00000419234.6, ENST00000419234.7, ENST00000419234.8, NM_006768, O43238, O75341, Q7Z569, RNF52, uc001tsn.1, uc001tsn.2, uc001tsn.3, uc001tsn.4, uc001tsn.5
UCSC ID: ENST00000419234.9
RefSeq Accession: NM_006768.5
Protein: Q7Z569 (aka BRAP_HUMAN)
CCDS: CCDS9154.1

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