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ArticleNucleic acids research2021

LIG1 syndrome mutations remodel a cooperative network of ligand binding interactions to compromise ligation efficiency.

Thomas J Jurkiw, Percy P Tumbale, Matthew J Schellenberg, Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles, R Scott Williams, Patrick J O'Brien

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Fidelity of DNA ligase I is sensitive to physiological MgThe Journal of biological chemistry · 2026
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  2. Huntington's disease LIG1 modifier variant increases ligase fidelity and suppresses somatic CAG repeat expansion.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Thomas J JurkiwDepartment of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Percy P TumbaleStructural Cell Biology group, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA.
Matthew J SchellenbergStructural Cell Biology group, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA.
Charlotte Cunningham-RundlesDivision of Clinical Immunology, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
R Scott WilliamsStructural Cell Biology group, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA.
Patrick J O'BrienDepartment of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
National Institutes of Health · USUniversity of Michigan · USIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · US

Funding

XenograftP30CA046592 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Alexey I Nesvizhskii · 1988 to 2026
$178.2M
Structural Biology of Genome Maintenance and DNA repairZIAES102765 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI WILLIAMS, ROBERT · 2010 to 2025
$35.2M
Regulation of IgA class switching in the intestinal mucosaP01AI061093 · NIAID · MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF NYU · PI CUNNINGHAM-RUNDLES, CHARLOTTE · 2004 to 2021
$29.8M
Cellular Biotechnology Training Program (CBTP)T32GM008353 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SCHWENDEMAN, ANNA · 1991 to 2021
$9.3M
Cellular Biotechnology Training Program (CBTP) - Years 31-35T32GM145304 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Guizhi Zhu · 2022 to 2026
$2.6M
Chemistry and Biology of DNA LigationR01GM130763 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI O'BRIEN, PATRICK J · 2019 to 2022
$1.2M
Cellular and molecular characterization of LIG1 mutations causing a spectrum of primary immune deficienciesR21AI142144 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CUNNINGHAM-RUNDLES, CHARLOTTE, O'BRIEN, PATRICK J · 2019 to 2020
$458k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA046592NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI061093NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI142144NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM130763NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008353NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM145304
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human DNA ligase I (LIG1) is the main replicative ligase and it also seals DNA breaks to complete DNA repair and recombination pathways. Immune compromised patients harbor hypomorphic LIG1 alleles encoding substitutions of conserved arginine residues, R771W and R641L, that compromise LIG1 activity through poorly defined mechanisms. To understand the molecular basis of LIG1 syndrome mutations, we determined high resolution X-ray structures and performed systematic biochemical characterization of LIG1 mutants using steady-state and pre-steady state kinetic approaches. Our results unveil a cooperative network of plastic DNA-LIG1 interactions that connect DNA substrate engagement with productive binding of Mg2+ cofactors for catalysis. LIG1 syndrome mutations destabilize this network, compromising Mg2+ binding affinity, decreasing ligation efficiency, and leading to elevated abortive ligation that may underlie the disease pathology. These findings provide novel insights into the fundamental mechanism by which DNA ligases engage with a nicked DNA substrate, and they suggest that disease pathology of LIG1 syndrome could be modulated by Mg2+ levels.

Indexed as

MutationBinding SitesDNADNA Ligase ATPHumansLigandsMagnesiumModels, MolecularPrimary Immunodeficiency DiseasesProtein FoldingSyndromeDNADNA Ligase ATPLIG1 protein, humanLigandsMagnesium

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PMID33444456
PMCPMC7897520
OpenAlexW3118630013

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