ATM: an atypical kinase of the PIKK family. Regulates cell cycle checkpoints and DNA repair . May function as a tumor suppressor. Activates checkpoint signaling upon double strand breaks (DSBs), apoptosis and genotoxic stresses such as ionizing ultraviolet A light (UVA), thereby acting as a DNA damage sensor. Involved in the activation of ABL1 and SAPK. Binds DNA ends and is part of the BRCA1- associated genome surveillance complex (BASC), which contains BRCA1, MSH2, MSH6, MLH1, ATM, BLM, PMS2 and the RAD50-MRE11-NBN protein complex. This association could be a dynamic process changing throughout the cell cycle and within subnuclear domains. DNA damage promotes association with RAD17. LOF mutations associated with ataxia telangiectasia, causing progressive loss of motor control (ataxia), dilation of superficial blood vessels (telangiectasia), cancer and immune deficiency. Approximately 30% of cases develop tumors, mostly lymphomas and leukemias, due to defects in DNA damage repair. Somatic mutations seen in leukemias and lymphomas.
Protein type: Tumor suppressor; Protein kinase, Ser/Thr (non-receptor); Protein kinase, atypical; DNA repair, damage; Kinase, protein; EC 2.7.11.1; ATYPICAL group; PIKK family
Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 11q22-q23
Cellular Component: nucleoplasm; chromosome, telomeric region; cytoplasmic membrane-bound vesicle; spindle
Molecular Function: protein dimerization activity; protein serine/threonine kinase activity; protein binding; DNA binding; 1-phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase activity; protein complex binding; protein N-terminus binding; DNA-dependent protein kinase activity; histone serine kinase activity; ATP binding
Biological Process: lipoprotein catabolic process; DNA damage induced protein phosphorylation; positive regulation of apoptosis; heart development; protein amino acid autophosphorylation; pre-B cell allelic exclusion; negative regulation of B cell proliferation; signal transduction; DNA damage response, signal transduction by p53 class mediator resulting in cell cycle arrest; protein amino acid phosphorylation; positive regulation of neuron apoptosis; double-strand break repair; mitotic cell cycle spindle assembly checkpoint; cell cycle arrest; telomere maintenance; somitogenesis; V(D)J recombination; DNA repair; double-strand break repair via homologous recombination; neuron apoptosis; peptidyl-serine phosphorylation; DNA damage response, signal transduction resulting in induction of apoptosis; meiotic recombination; response to hypoxia; response to ionizing radiation; brain development; positive regulation of DNA damage response, signal transduction by p53 class mediator; response to DNA damage stimulus; oocyte development
Disease: Breast Cancer; Ataxia-telangiectasia
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