Protein Information

General Information
MoonProt ID4108
First appeared in release4.0
Name(s)X-ray repair cross-complementing protein 5 or Ku80 (XRCC5)
UniProt IDP13010
GO terms"GO:0006302 double-strand break repair GO:0008283 cell population proliferation GO:0050769 positive regulation of neurogenesis GO:0060218 hematopoietic stem cell differentiation GO:1990830 cellular response to leukemia inhibitory factor GO:0003690 double-stranded DNA binding GO:0003691 double-stranded telomeric DNA binding GO:0045027 DNA end binding GO:0051575 5'-deoxyribose-5-phosphate lyase activity GO:0000166 nucleotide binding GO:0000976 transcription cis-regulatory region binding GO:0003677 DNA binding GO:0003678 DNA helicase activity GO:0003684 damaged DNA binding GO:0003690 double-stranded DNA binding GO:0003723 RNA binding GO:0004386 helicase activity GO:0005515 protein binding GO:0005524 ATP binding GO:0008047 enzyme activator activity GO:0008094 ATP-dependent activity, acting on DNA GO:0016787 hydrolase activity GO:0016887 ATP hydrolysis activity GO:0031625 ubiquitin protein ligase binding GO:0034511 U3 snoRNA binding GO:0042162 telomeric DNA binding GO:0044877 protein-containing complex binding GO:0045027 DNA end binding GO:0000723 telomere maintenance GO:0000725 recombinational repair GO:0002218 activation of innate immune response GO:0002376 immune system process GO:0006281 DNA repair GO:0006302 double-strand break repair GO:0006303 double-strand break repair via nonhomologous end joining GO:0006310 DNA recombination GO:0006974 DNA damage response GO:0007004 telomere maintenance via telomerase GO:0032204 regulation of telomere maintenance GO:0034462 small-subunit processome assembly GO:0042254 ribosome biogenesis GO:0045087 innate immune response GO:0045892 negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription GO:0048660 regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation GO:0070198 protein localization to chromosome, telomeric region GO:0071480 cellular response to gamma radiation GO:1904430 negative regulation of t-circle formation GO:0000781 chromosome, telomeric region GO:0005576 extracellular region GO:0005634 nucleus GO:0005654 nucleoplasm GO:0005694 chromosome GO:0005730 nucleolus GO:0005737 cytoplasm GO:0005829 cytosol GO:0016020 membrane GO:0034774 secretory granule lumen GO:0090734 site of DNA damage GO:0000783 nuclear telomere cap complex GO:0005958 DNA-dependent protein kinase-DNA ligase 4 complex GO:0032040 small-subunit processome GO:0032991 protein-containing complex GO:0032993 protein-DNA complex GO:0043564 Ku70:Ku80 complex GO:0070418 DNA-dependent protein kinase complex GO:0070419 nonhomologous end joining complex GO:1990904 ribonucleoprotein complex"
Organisms for which functions have been demonstratedHomo sapiens (Human)
Sequence length732
FASTA sequence">sp|P13010|XRCC5_HUMAN X-ray repair cross-complementing protein 5 OS=Homo sapiens OX=9606 GN=XRCC5 PE=1 SV=3 MVRSGNKAAVVLCMDVGFTMSNSIPGIESPFEQAKKVITMFVQRQVFAENKDEIALVLFGTDGTDNPLSGGDQYQNITVHRHLMLPDFDLLEDIESKIQPGSQQADFLDALIVSMDVIQHETIGKKFEKRHIEIFTDLSSRFSKSQLDIIIHSLKKCDISLQFFLPFSLGKEDGSGDRGDGPFRLGGHGPSFPLKGITEQQKEGLEIVKMVMISLEGEDGLDEIYSFSESLRKLCVFKKIERHSIHWPCRLTIGSNLSIRIAAYKSILQERVKKTWTVVDAKTLKKEDIQKETVYCLNDDDETEVLKEDIIQGFRYGSDIVPFSKVDEEQMKYKSEGKCFSVLGFCKSSQVQRRFFMGNQVLKVFAARDDEAAAVALSSLIHALDDLDMVAIVRYAYDKRANPQVGVAFPHIKHNYECLVYVQLPFMEDLRQYMFSSLKNSKKYAPTEAQLNAVDALIDSMSLAKKDEKTDTLEDLFPTTKIPNPRFQRLFQCLLHRALHPREPLPPIQQHIWNMLNPPAEVTTKSQIPLSKIKTLFPLIEAKKKDQVTAQEIFQDNHEDGPTAKKLKTEQGGAHFSVSSLAEGSVTSVGSVNPAENFRVLVKQKKASFEEASNQLINHIEQFLDTNETPYFMKSIDCIRAFREEAIKFSEEQRFNNFLKALQEKVEIKQLNHFWEIVVQDGITLITKEEASGSSVTAEEAKKFLAPKDKPSGDTAAVFEEGGDVDDLLDMI"
Structure Information
PDB ID1JEQ, 1JEY, 1Q2Z, 1RW2, 3RZ9, 5Y3R, 6ERF, 6ERG, 6ERH, 6ZH6, 6ZHA, 6ZHE
Quaternary structureheterodimer
SCOP"80231051JEQ A:559-609 80354851JEQ A:559-609"
CATH1jeqA01, 1jeqA02, 1jeqA03, 1jeqA04, 1jeqA05, 1jeqB01, 1jeqB02, 1jeqB02
TM Helix Prediction0
DisProt Annotation
Predicted Disorder Regions
Connections to Disease
OMIM ID
Function 1
Function descriptionbinds DNA, initiates the non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) DNA repair pathway, recurits other NHEJ factors
References for function_
E.C. number3.6.4.
Location of functional site(s)
Cellular location of functionnucleus
Comments
Function 2
Function descriptionbinds double-stranded RNA
References for functionZhu, Y., Li, A., Maji, S. et al. Ku limits RNA-induced innate immunity to allow Alu expansion in primates. Nature 643, 562–571 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09104-w
E.C. number
Location of functional site(s)
Cellular location of functionNucleus/cytoplasm
Comments