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ReviewProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2019

APOBEC3s: DNA-editing human cytidine deaminases.

Tania V Silvas, Celia A Schiffer

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Review in Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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41citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Structure-guided inhibition of the cancer DNA-mutating enzyme APOBEC3A.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023
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  18. A Long-Running Arms Race betweenJournal of virology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tania V SilvasDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Celia A SchifferDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0003-2270-6613
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI150478NIGMS NIH HHS F31 GM119931NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM118474
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nucleic acid editing enzymes are essential components of the human immune system that lethally mutate viral pathogens and somatically mutate immunoglobulins. Among these enzymes are cytidine deaminases of the apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme, catalytic polypeptide-like (APOBEC) super family, each with unique target sequence specificity and subcellular localization. We focus on the DNA-editing APOBEC3 enzymes that have recently attracted attention because of their involvement in cancer and potential in gene-editing applications. We review and compare the crystal structures of APOBEC3 (A3) domains, binding interactions with DNA, substrate specificity, and activity. Recent crystal structures of A3A and A3G bound to ssDNA have provided insights into substrate binding and specificity determinants of these enzymes. Still many unknowns remain regarding potential cooperativity, nucleic acid interactions, and systematic quantification of substrate preference of many APOBEC3s, which are needed to better characterize the biological functions and consequences of misregulation of these gene editors.

Indexed as

APOBEC DeaminasesBinding SitesDNAGene EditingHumansProtein BindingProtein ConformationSubstrate SpecificityAPOBEC DeaminasesDNAAPOBECcrystal structurecytidine deaminaseDNA bindinggene editingsubstrate specificity

Identifiers

PMID31241202
PMCPMC6699113
OpenAlexW2955202122

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