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DNA/RNA hybrid substrates modulate the catalytic activity of purified AID.
Molecular immunology - 1 Jan 2018
Abdouni Hala S, King Justin J, Ghorbani Atefeh, Fifield Heather, Berghuis Lesley, Larijani Mani
Abstract excerpt
Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) converts cytidine to uridine at Immunoglobulin (Ig) loci, initiating somatic hypermutation and class switching of antibodies. In vitro, AID acts on single stranded DNA (ssDNA), but neither double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) oligonucleotides nor RNA, and it is believed that transcription is the in vivo generator of ssDNA targeted by AID. It is also known that the Ig loci,...
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