KU80 - PRODUCT OF THE XRCC5 GENE AND ITS ROLE IN DNA-REPAIR AND V(D)J RECOMBINATION

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作者
TACCIOLI, GE
GOTTLIEB, TM
BLUNT, T
PRIESTLEY, A
DEMENGEOT, J
MIZUTA, R
LEHMANN, AR
ALT, FW
JACKSON, SP
JEGGO, PA
机构
[1] UNIV SUSSEX,MRC,CELL MUTAT UNIT,BRIGHTON BN1 9RR,ENGLAND
[2] CHILDRENS HOSP,HOWARD HUGHES MED INST,BOSTON,MA 02115
[3] HARVARD UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT GENET,BOSTON,MA
[4] UNIV CAMBRIDGE,WELLCOME CRC INST,CAMBRIDGE CB2 1QR,ENGLAND
[5] UNIV CAMBRIDGE,DEPT ZOOL,CAMBRIDGE CB2 1QR,ENGLAND
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英国惠康基金;
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10.1126/science.8073286
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The radiosensitive mutant xrs-6, derived from Chinese hamster ovary cells, is defective in DNA double-strand break repair and in ability to undergo V(D)J recombination. The human XRCC5 DNA repair gene, which complements this mutant, is shown here through genetic and biochemical evidence to be the 80-kilodalton subunit of the Ku protein. Ku binds to free double-stranded DNA ends and is the DNA-binding component of the DNA-dependent protein kinase. Thus, the Ku protein is involved in DNA repair and in V(D)J recombination, and these results may also indicate a role for the Ku-DNA-dependent protein kinase complex in those same processes.
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