DDB1

The protein encoded by this gene is the large subunit (p127) of the heterodimeric DNA damage-binding (DDB) complex while another protein (p48) forms the small subunit. This protein complex functions in nucleotide-excision repair and binds to DNA following UV damage. Defective activity of this complex causes the repair defect in patients with xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group E (XPE) - an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by photosensitivity and early onset of carcinomas. However, it remains for mutation analysis to demonstrate whether the defect in XPE patients is in this gene or the gene encoding the small subunit. In addition, Best vitelliform mascular dystrophy is mapped to the same region as this gene on 11q, but no sequence alternations of this gene are demonstrated in Best disease patients. The protein encoded by this gene also functions as an adaptor molecule for the cullin 4 (CUL4) ubiquitin E3 ligase complex by facilitating the binding of substrates to this complex and the ubiquitination of proteins. [provided by RefSeq, May 2012]

Description

Damage specific DNA binding protein 1

Tissue specificity

Low tissue specificity

Subcell location

Nucleoplasm

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

Human disease related genes
Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Plasma proteins
Predicted intracellular proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)

Chromosome

11 (61299451 - 61342596)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000167986  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Ddb1: ENSMUSG00000024740

UniProt

Q16531

neXtProt

NX_Q16531

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure