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ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2009

Somatic hypermutation of immunoglobulin genes: lessons from proliferating cell nuclear antigenK164R mutant mice.

Petra Langerak, Peter H L Krijger, Marinus R Heideman, Paul C M van den Berk, Heinz Jacobs

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Article in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Solubility-based genetic screen identifies RING finger protein 126 as an E3 ligase for activation-induced cytidine deaminase.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2013
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Petra LangerakThe Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Peter H L Krijger
Marinus R Heideman
Paul C M van den Berk
Heinz Jacobs
The Netherlands Cancer Institute · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) encircles DNA as a ring-shaped homotrimer and, by tethering DNA polymerases to their template, PCNA serves as a critical replication factor. In contrast to high-fidelity DNA polymerases, the activation of low-fidelity translesion synthesis (TLS) DNA polymerases seems to require damage-inducible monoubiquitylation (Ub) of PCNA at lysine residue 164 (PCNA-Ub). TLS polymerases can tolerate DNA damage, i.e. they can replicate across DNA lesions. The lack of proofreading activity, however, renders TLS highly mutagenic. The advantage is that B cells use mutagenic TLS to introduce somatic mutations in immunoglobulin (Ig) genes to generate high-affinity antibodies. Given the critical role of PCNA-Ub in activating TLS and the role of TLS in establishing somatic mutations in immunoglobulin genes, we analysed the mutation spectrum of somatically mutated immunoglobulin genes in B cells from PCNAK164R knock-in mice. A 10-fold reduction in A/T mutations is associated with a compensatory increase in G/C mutations-a phenotype similar to Poleta and mismatch repair-deficient B cells. Mismatch recognition, PCNA-Ub and Poleta probably act within one pathway to establish the majority of mutations at template A/T. Equally relevant, the G/C mutator(s) seems largely independent of PCNAK(164) modification.

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DNA RepairAnimalsDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseDNA Mutational AnalysisMiceMice, Mutant StrainsModels, GeneticNucleotidyltransferasesProliferating Cell Nuclear AntigenSomatic Hypermutation, ImmunoglobulinUbiquitinationY-Family DNA PolymerasesDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseNucleotidyltransferasesProliferating Cell Nuclear AntigenRev1 protein, mouseY-Family DNA Polymerases

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PMID19008189
PMCPMC2660925
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