2018
DNA melting initiates the RAG catalytic pathway
Ru H, Mi W, Zhang P, Alt FW, Schatz DG, Liao M, Wu H. DNA melting initiates the RAG catalytic pathway. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2018, 25: 732-742. PMID: 30061602, PMCID: PMC6080600, DOI: 10.1038/s41594-018-0098-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecombination signal sequencesDNA meltingCryo-EM structureBase-specific contactsSignal sequenceDNA transpositionSubstrate bindingRetroviral integrationRAG endonucleaseDimer openingTerminal sequenceGTG sequenceDNA cleavageScissile phosphateDNAUniversal mechanismPiston-like movementSequenceActive siteHeptamerRetrotransposonsCatalytic pathwayTransposonComplexesEndonuclease
2015
Chapter One Regulation and Evolution of the RAG Recombinase
Teng G, Schatz DG. Chapter One Regulation and Evolution of the RAG Recombinase. Advances In Immunology 2015, 128: 1-39. PMID: 26477364, DOI: 10.1016/bs.ai.2015.07.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRAG activityOverall genome integrityDNA breakageSpecific DNA motifsAntigen receptor lociDNA repair pathwaysChapter One RegulationAntigen receptor genesEarly lymphocyte developmentCell cycle statusGenome integrityChromatin structureRAG recombinaseRAG2 proteinsDNA motifsSpatial regulationWidespread bindingRepair pathwaysDNA cleavage activityRecombination eventsShuffling reactionEnzymatic potentialRAG endonucleaseReceptor locusLymphocyte developmentMapping and Quantitation of the Interaction between the Recombination Activating Gene Proteins RAG1 and RAG2* ♦
Zhang YH, Shetty K, Surleac MD, Petrescu AJ, Schatz DG. Mapping and Quantitation of the Interaction between the Recombination Activating Gene Proteins RAG1 and RAG2* ♦. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2015, 290: 11802-11817. PMID: 25745109, PMCID: PMC4424321, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.638627.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCatalytic DomainDNA-Binding ProteinsGene Expression RegulationGenome, HumanHEK293 CellsHomeodomain ProteinsHumansInterferometryMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMolecular Sequence DataMutationNuclear ProteinsProtein BindingProtein Interaction MappingProtein Structure, SecondaryThymus GlandV(D)J RecombinationVDJ RecombinasesConceptsRegion of RAG1Α-helixZinc finger regionResidues N-terminalActive siteAcidic amino acidsPulldown assaysAccessory factorsHermes transposaseProteins RAG1Finger regionRAG activityQuantitative Western blottingC-terminusRAG endonucleaseN-terminalCatalytic functionRAG1Amino acidsDNA cleavageRAG2Nuclear concentrationRecombination activityCatalytic centerBiolayer interferometry
2013
The Ataxia Telangiectasia mutated kinase controls Igκ allelic exclusion by inhibiting secondary Vκ-to-Jκ rearrangements
Steinel NC, Lee BS, Tubbs AT, Bednarski JJ, Schulte E, Yang-Iott KS, Schatz DG, Sleckman BP, Bassing CH. The Ataxia Telangiectasia mutated kinase controls Igκ allelic exclusion by inhibiting secondary Vκ-to-Jκ rearrangements. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2013, 210: 233-239. PMID: 23382544, PMCID: PMC3570110, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20121605.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAllelesAnimalsAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsBase SequenceB-LymphocytesCell Cycle ProteinsDNA Breaks, Double-StrandedDNA-Binding ProteinsGene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Light ChainHistonesHomeodomain ProteinsImmunoglobulin kappa-ChainsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMiceMice, 129 StrainMice, KnockoutModels, BiologicalProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRNA, MessengerSignal TransductionTumor Suppressor ProteinsConceptsDNA double-strand breaksRAG DNA double-strand breaksAllelic exclusionIgκ rearrangementAtaxia telangiectasiaProtein kinase kinaseAntigen receptor chainsDouble-strand breaksHistone H2AX phosphorylationFeedback inhibitionATM kinaseIgκ recombinationKinase kinaseDNA-PKConcomitant repressionH2AX phosphorylationRAG endonucleaseReceptor chainsMDC1H2AXKinaseAllelesRecombinationRearrangementTelangiectasia