MSH2–MSH6 stimulates DNA polymerase η, suggesting a role for A:T mutations in antibody genes

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Activation-induced cytidine deaminase deaminates cytosine to uracil (dU) in DNA, which leads to mutations at C:G basepairs in immunoglobulin genes during somatic hypermutation. The mechanism that generates mutations at A:T basepairs, however, remains unclear. It appears to require the MSH2-MSH6 mismatch repair heterodimer and DNA polymerase (pol) eta, as mutations of A:T are decreased in mice and humans lacking...

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