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DNA polymerase ε and δ variants drive mutagenesis in polypurine tracts in human tumors.
Cell reports - 23 Jan 2024
Ostroverkhova Daria, Tyryshkin Kathrin, Beach Annette K, Moore Elizabeth A, Masoudi-Sobhanzadeh Yosef, Barbari Stephanie R, Rogozin Igor B, Shaitan Konstantin V, Panchenko Anna R, Shcherbakova Polina V
Abstract excerpt
Alterations in the exonuclease domain of DNA polymerase ε cause ultramutated cancers. These cancers accumulate AGA>ATA transversions; however, their genomic features beyond the trinucleotide motifs are obscure. We analyze the extended DNA context of ultramutation using whole-exome sequencing data from 524 endometrial and 395 colorectal tumors. We find that G>T transversions in POLE-mutant tumors predominantly...
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