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ArticleNucleic acids research2025

DNA binding and transposition activity of the Sleeping Beauty transposase: role of structural stability of the primary DNA-binding domain.

Venkatesh V Ranjan, Gage O Leighton, Chenbo Yan, Maria Arango, Janna Lustig, Rosario I Corona, Jun-Tao Guo, Yuri E Nesmelov, Zoltán Ivics, Irina V Nesmelova

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Progresses of transposon research inSynthetic and systems biotechnology · 2026
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10 authors.

Venkatesh V RanjanDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.
Gage O LeightonDepartment of Physics and Optical Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.
Chenbo YanDepartment of Physics and Optical Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.
Maria ArangoDepartment of Physics and Optical Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.
Janna LustigDivision of Hematology, Gene and Cell Therapy, Paul Ehrlich Institute, Paul Ehrlich Strasse 51-59, 63225 Langen, Germany.
Rosario I CoronaDepartment of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.
Jun-Tao GuoDepartment of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5949-8948
Yuri E NesmelovDepartment of Physics and Optical Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.
Zoltán IvicsDivision of Hematology, Gene and Cell Therapy, Paul Ehrlich Institute, Paul Ehrlich Strasse 51-59, 63225 Langen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7803-6658
Irina V NesmelovaDepartment of Physics and Optical Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1835-1533

Funding

Post translational modifications tune cardiac myosinR15HL159585 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE · PI NESMELOV, YURI · 2021 to 2021
$440k
Structural studies of Sleeping Beauty transposaseR15GM112076 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE · PI NESMELOVA, IRINA V · 2014 to 2014
$327k
National Science Foundation DBI-2051491NHLBI NIH HHS R15 HL159585NIH HHS R15GM112076Paul Ehrlich InstituteUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA transposons have emerged as promising tools in both gene therapy and functional genomics. In particular, the Sleeping Beauty (SB) DNA transposon has advanced into clinical trials due to its ability to stably integrate DNA sequences of choice into eukaryotic genomes. The efficiency of the DNA transposon system depends on the interaction between the transposon DNA and the transposase enzyme that facilitates gene transfer. In this study, we assess the DNA-binding capabilities of variants of the SB transposase and demonstrate that the structural stability of the primary DNA-recognition subdomain, PAI, affects SB DNA-binding affinity and transposition activity. This fundamental understanding of the structure-function relationship of the SB transposase will assist the design of improved transposases for gene therapy applications.

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DNADNA Transposable ElementsTransposasesBinding SitesHumansProtein BindingProtein DomainsDNADNA Transposable Elementssleeping beauty transposase, humanTransposases

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PMID39657726
PMCPMC11754664

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