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A/T mutagenesis in hypermutated immunoglobulin genes strongly depends on PCNAK164 modification.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 6 Aug 2007
Langerak Petra, Nygren Anders O H, Krijger Peter H L, van den Berk Paul C M, Jacobs Heinz
Abstract excerpt
B cells use translesion DNA synthesis (TLS) to introduce somatic mutations around genetic lesions caused by activation-induced cytidine deaminase. Monoubiquitination at lysine(164) of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA(K164)) stimulates TLS. To determine the role of PCNA(K164) modifications in somatic hypermutation, PCNA(K164R) knock-in mice were generated. PCNA(K164R/K164R) mutants are born at a...
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