G4 DNA binding by LR1 and its subunits, nucleolin and hnRNP D, a role for G-G pairing in immunoglobulin switch recombination
G4 DNA binding by LR1 and its subunits, nucleolin and hnRNP D, a role for G-G pairing in immunoglobulin switch recombination
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DOI:
10.1074/jbc.274.2.1066
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发表时间:
1999-01-08
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Maizels, N
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作者:
Dempsey, LA;Sun, H;Maizels, N
The immunoglobulin heavy chain switch regions contain multiple runs of guanines on the top (nontemplate) DNA strand. Here we show that LR1, a B cell-specific, duplex DNA binding factor, binds tightly and specifically to synthetic oligonucleotides containing G-G base pairs (K-D less than or equal to 0.25 nM). LR1 also binds to single-stranded G-rich sequences (K-D approximate to 10 nM). The two subunits of LR1, nucleolin and hnRNP D, bind with high affinity to 64 DNA (K-D = 0.4 and 0.5 nM respectively). LR1 therefore contains two independent 64 DNA binding domains. We propose that LRI binds with G-G-paired structures that form during the transcription of the S regions that is prerequisite to recombination in vivo. Interactions of donor and acceptor S regions with subunits of the LR1 could then juxtapose the switch regions for recombination.