Regulation of RAG1/RAG2-mediated transposition by GTP and the C-terminal region of RAG2
AUTOR(ES)
Tsai, Chia-Lun
FONTE
Oxford University Press
RESUMO
The RAG1 and RAG2 proteins perform critical DNA recognition and cleavage functions in V(D)J recombination, and also catalyze efficient DNA transposition in vitro. No transposition in vivo by the RAG proteins has been reported, suggesting regulation of the reaction by as yet unknown mechanisms. Here we report that RAG-mediated transposition is suppressed by physiological concentrations of the guanine nucleotide GTP, and by the full-length RAG2 protein. Both GTP and full-length RAG2 inhibit transposition by blocking the non-covalent ‘capture’ of target DNA, and both are capable of inhibiting RAG-mediated hybrid joint formation in vitro. We also observe that another intracellular signaling molecule, Ca2+, stimulates RAG-mediated transposition and is capable of activating transposition even in reactions containing full-length RAG2 and GTP. RAG-mediated transposition has been proposed to contribute to the chromosomal translocations that underlie the development of lymphoid malignancies, and our findings highlight regulatory mechanisms that might prevent such occurrences, and circumstances in which these regulatory mechanisms could be overcome.
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