Figure 3.
Regulation of Rad51 by tyrosine kinases. When DNA is damaged by ionizing radiation, ATM activates c‐Abl, whereby Rad51 is phosphorylated.( 37 ) epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) upregulates Rad51 in response to ionizing radiation by an unknown mechanism.( 45 ) BCR/ABL‐related fusion tyrosine kinases (FTKs) arising from chromosomal translocation in cancer and FLT3 ITD mutations activate the transcriptional activator STAT5, which upregulates Rad51.( 38 , 39 , 43 , 44 ) BCR/ABL also phosphorylates Rad51.( 38 )