Biology:BRICHOS family

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BRICHOS domain
Human SFTPC BRICHOS 2yad.png
Human SP-C BRICHOS domain, extracted monomer (PDB: 2yad​)
Identifiers
SymbolBRICHOS
PfamPF04089
InterProIPR007084
PROSITEPDOC50869
CATH2yadA00

The BRICHOS family consists of a variety of proteins linked to major diseases, each containing a 100 amino acid BRICHOS domain that is thought to have a chaperone function.[1][2] These include BRI2, which is related to familial British and Danish dementia (FBD and FDD); Chondromodulin-I, related to chondrosarcoma; CA11, related to stomach cancer; and surfactant protein C (SP-C), related to respiratory distress syndrome (RDS).

Further reading

References

  1. "BRICHOS: a conserved domain in proteins associated with dementia, respiratory distress and cancer". Trends Biochem. Sci. 27 (7): 329–32. July 2002. doi:10.1016/s0968-0004(02)02134-5. PMID 12114016. 
  2. "BRICHOS - a superfamily of multidomain proteins with diverse functions". BMC Res Notes 2: 180. 2009. doi:10.1186/1756-0500-2-180. PMID 19747390.