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Cytoplasmic activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) exists in stoichiometric complex with translation elongation factor 1α (eEF1A).
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  22042842     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) is a B lymphocyte-specific DNA deaminase that acts on the Ig loci to trigger antibody gene diversification. Most AID, however, is retained in the cytoplasm and its nuclear abundance is carefully regulated because off-target action of AID leads to cancer. The nature of the cytosolic AID complex and the mechanisms regulating its release from the cytoplasm and import into the nucleus remain unknown. Here, we show that cytosolic AID in DT40 B cells is part of an 11S complex and, using an endogenously tagged AID protein to avoid overexpression artifacts, that it is bound in good stoichiometry to the translation elongation factor 1 alpha (eEF1A). The AID/eEF1A interaction is recapitulated in transfected cells and depends on the C-terminal domain of eEF1A (which is not responsible for GTP or tRNA binding). The eEF1A interaction is destroyed by mutations in AID that affect its cytosolic retention. These results suggest that eEF1A is a cytosolic retention factor for AID and extend on the multiple moonlighting functions of eEF1A.
Authors:
Julien Häsler; Cristina Rada; Michael S Neuberger
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2011-10-31
Journal Detail:
Title:  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America     Volume:  108     ISSN:  1091-6490     ISO Abbreviation:  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.     Publication Date:  2011 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-11-09     Completed Date:  2012-01-25     Revised Date:  2012-05-08    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7505876     Medline TA:  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  18366-71     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Cell Line
Chickens
Cytidine Deaminase / metabolism*
Cytoplasm / enzymology*
Peptide Elongation Factor 1 / metabolism*
Protein Binding
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Peptide Elongation Factor 1; EC 3.5.4.-/AICDA (activation-induced cytidine deaminase); EC 3.5.4.5/Cytidine Deaminase

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