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ArticleNucleic acids research2015

The architecture of the 12RSS in V(D)J recombination signal and synaptic complexes.

Mihai Ciubotaru, Marius D Surleac, Lauren Ann Metskas, Peter Koo, Elizabeth Rhoades, Andrei J Petrescu, David G Schatz

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  5. Real-time analysis of RAG complex activity in V(D)J recombination.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2016
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  6. Single-molecule analysis of RAG-mediated V(D)J DNA cleavage.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015
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7 authors.

Mihai CiubotaruDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 300 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering Horia Hulubei, Department of Life and Environmental Physics, Reactorului Str. Nr. 30, 077125, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania.
Marius D SurleacDepartment of Bioinformatics and Structural Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Splaiul Independentei 296, 060031, Bucharest, Romania.
Lauren Ann MetskasDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, 300 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
Peter KooDepartment of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511-8499, USA.
Elizabeth RhoadesDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, 300 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
Andrei J PetrescuDepartment of Bioinformatics and Structural Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Splaiul Independentei 296, 060031, Bucharest, Romania.
David G SchatzDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 300 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, 300 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 295 Congress Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, USA david.schatz@yale.edu.

Funding

Mechanism and Targeting of V(D)J RecombinationR01AI032524 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI David G. Schatz · 1992 to 2026
$6.7M
Immunoglobulin and T Cell Receptor Gene AssemblyR37AI032524 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SCHATZ, DAVID G. · 2007 to 2016
$3.5M
Self-association and membrane-binding of alpha-synucleinR01NS079955 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI RHOADES, ELIZABETH · 2013 to 2017
$1.7M
NIAID NIH HHS AI32524NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI032524NINDS NIH HHS NS079955
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

V(D)J recombination is initiated by RAG1 and RAG2, which together with HMGB1 bind to a recombination signal sequence (12RSS or 23RSS) to form the signal complex (SC) and then capture a complementary partner RSS, yielding the paired complex (PC). Little is known regarding the structural changes that accompany the SC to PC transition or the structural features that allow RAG to distinguish its two asymmetric substrates. To address these issues, we analyzed the structure of the 12RSS in the SC and PC using fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) and molecular dynamics modeling. The resulting models indicate that the 12RSS adopts a strongly bent V-shaped structure upon RAG/HMGB1 binding and reveal structural differences, particularly near the heptamer, between the 12RSS in the SC and PC. Comparison of models of the 12RSS and 23RSS in the PC reveals broadly similar shapes but a distinct number and location of DNA bends as well as a smaller central cavity for the 12RSS. These findings provide the most detailed view yet of the 12RSS in RAG-DNA complexes and highlight structural features of the RSS that might underlie activation of RAG-mediated cleavage and substrate asymmetry important for the 12/23 rule of V(D)J recombination.

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V(D)J RecombinationDNADNA CleavageHMGB1 ProteinHomeodomain ProteinsModels, MolecularNucleic Acid ConformationDNAHMGB1 ProteinHomeodomain ProteinsRAG-1 protein

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PMID25550426
PMCPMC4333397

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