AID-induced decrease in topoisomerase 1 induces DNA structural alteration and DNA cleavage for class switch recombination.
Authors:Kobayashi M, Aida M, Nagaoka H, Begum NA, Kitawaki Y, Nakata M, Stanlie A, Doi T, Kato L, Okazaki IM, Shinkura R, Muramatsu M, Kinoshita K, Honjo T,
Journal:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
PubMed ID:20018730
'To initiate class switch recombination (CSR) activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) induces staggered nick cleavage in the S region, which lies 5'' to each Ig constant region gene and is rich in palindromic sequences. Topoisomerase 1 (Top1) controls the supercoiling of DNA by nicking, rotating, and religating one strand of DNA. ... More