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XLF/Cernunnos: An important but puzzling participant in the nonhomologous end joining DNA repair pathway
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Menon, Vijay Povirk, Lawrence F. |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Description | Journal: Dna Repair DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) are one of the most deleterious DNA lesions that promote cell death, genomic instability and carcinogenesis. The two major cellular mechanisms that repair DSBs are Nonhomologous End-Joining (NHEJ) and Homologous Recombination Repair (HRR). NHEJ is the predominant pathway, in which XLF (also called Cernunnos) is a key player. Patients with XLF mutation exhibit microcephaly, lymphopenia, and growth retardation, and are immunodeficient and radiosensitive. During NHEJ, XLF interacts with XRCC4-Ligase IV, stimulates its ligase activity, and forms DNA-binding filaments of alternating XLF and XRCC4 dimers that may serve to align broken DNA and promote ligation of noncomplementary ends. Despite its central role in NHEJ, the effects of XLF deficiency are surprisingly variable in different biological contexts, and different individual cell lines. This review summarizes the role of XLF in NHEJ, and the unexpected complexity of its interplay with other repair factors in supporting radiosurvival and V(D)J recombination. |
| Related Links | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6685063/pdf |
| Ending Page | 37 |
| Page Count | 9 |
| Starting Page | 29 |
| ISSN | 15687864 |
| e-ISSN | 15687856 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.dnarep.2017.08.003 |
| Journal | Dna Repair |
| Volume Number | 58 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
| Publisher Date | 2017-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Dna Repair Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Nonhomologous End-joining (nhej) V(d)j Recombination |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Cell Biology Biochemistry Molecular Biology |
