developmental stage:Expression increases during promyelocyte differentiation. ,Disease:Individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and related disorders produce extremely large amounts of autoantibodies to p70 and p86. ,Domain:The EEXXXDDL motif is required for the interaction with catalytic subunit PRKDC and its recruitment to sites of DNA damage. ,Function:Single stranded DNA-dependent ATP-dependent helicase. Has a role in chromosome translocation. The DNA helicase II complex binds preferentially to fork-like ends of double-stranded DNA in a cell cycle-dependent manner. It works in the 3'-5' direction. Binding to DNA may be mediated by p70. Involved in DNA nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) required for double-strand break repair and V (D) J recombination. The Ku p70/p86 dimer acts as regulatory subunit of the DNA-dependent protein kinase complex DNA-PK by increasing the affinity of the catalytic subunit PRKDC to DNA by 100-fold. The Ku p70/p86 dimer is probably involved in stabilizing broken DNA ends and bringing them together. The assembly of the DNA-PK complex to DNA ends is required for the NHEJ ligation step. In association with NARG1 , the Ku p70/p86 dimer binds to the osteocalcin promoter and activates osteocalcin expression. ,induction:In osteoblasts , by FGF2. ,PTM:Phosphorylated on serine residues. Phosphorylation by PRKDC may enhance helicase activity. ,PTM:Sumoylated. ,similarity:Belongs to the ku80 family. ,similarity:Contains 1 Ku domain. ,subunit:Heterodimer of a 70 kDa and a 80 kDa subunit. The dimer associates in a DNA-dependent manner with PRKDC to form the DNA-dependent protein kinase complex DNA-PK , and with the LIG4-XRCC4 complex. The dimer also associates with NARG1 , and this complex displays DNA binding activity towards the osteocalcin FGF response element (OCFRE) . In addition , the 80 kDa subunit binds to the osteoblast-specific transcription factors MSX2 and RUNX2. Interacts with ELF3. May interact with APLF. ,
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