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Two functional domains of the epsilon subunit of DNA polymerase IIIF W Perrino
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Biochemistry 38:16001-9. 1999..These data support the concept that epsilon contains a catalytic domain located within the N-terminal region and an alpha-association domain located within the C-terminal region of the protein...
RNaseH2 mutants that cause Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome are active nucleasesFred W Perrino
Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC, 27157, USA
J Mol Med (Berl) 87:25-30. 2009....
Cooperative DNA binding and communication across the dimer interface in the TREX2 3' --> 5'-exonucleaseFred W Perrino
Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
J Biol Chem 283:21441-52. 2008..A DNA binding analysis of TREX2 and the heterodimers indicates a cooperative binding effect within the TREX2 protomer. Finally, single turnover kinetic assays identify DNA binding as the rate-limiting step in TREX2 catalysis...
Polymerization past the N2-isopropylguanine and the N6-isopropyladenine DNA lesions with the translesion synthesis DNA polymerases eta and iota and the replicative DNA polymerase alphaFred W Perrino
Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Chem Res Toxicol 18:1451-61. 2005....
The human TREX2 3' -> 5'-exonuclease structure suggests a mechanism for efficient nonprocessive DNA catalysisFred W Perrino
Department of Biochemistry, Center for Structural Biology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
J Biol Chem 280:15212-8. 2005....
DNA binding induces active site conformational change in the human TREX2 3'-exonucleaseUdesh de Silva
Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Nucleic Acids Res 37:2411-7. 2009..The structure also shows how TREX proteins potentially interact with double-stranded DNA and suggest features that might be involved in strand denaturation to provide a single-stranded substrate for the active site...
Lesion bypass of N2-ethylguanine by human DNA polymerase iotaMatthew G Pence
Department of Biochemistry and Center for Structural Biology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
J Biol Chem 284:1732-40. 2009....
The crystal structure of TREX1 explains the 3' nucleotide specificity and reveals a polyproline II helix for protein partneringUdesh de Silva
Department of Biochemistry, Center for Structural Biology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157
J Biol Chem 282:10537-43. 2007..The structure also reveals an 8-amino acid polyproline II helix within the TREX1 enzyme that suggests a mechanism for interactions of this exonuclease with other protein complexes...
The structure of the mammalian RNase H2 complex provides insight into RNA.NA hybrid processing to prevent immune dysfunctionNadine M Shaban
Department of Biochemistry, Center for Structural Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
J Biol Chem 285:3617-24. 2010....
Sequence variants in the 3'-->5' deoxyribonuclease TREX2: identification in a genetic screen and effects on catalysis by the recombinant proteinsFred W Perrino
Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
Adv Enzyme Regul 44:37-49. 2004
The N2-ethylguanine and the O6-ethyl- and O6-methylguanine lesions in DNA: contrasting responses from the "bypass" DNA polymerase eta and the replicative DNA polymerase alphaFred W Perrino
Department of Biochemistry and Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Chem Res Toxicol 16:1616-23. 2003..These results suggest that accurate replication past the N(2)-ethylGua adduct might be facilitated in cells by pausing of replication catalyzed by DNA polymerase alpha and lesion bypass catalyzed by DNA polymerase eta...
The TREX1 double-stranded DNA degradation activity is defective in dominant mutations associated with autoimmune diseaseDuane A Lehtinen
Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
J Biol Chem 283:31649-56. 2008..The dysfunctional dsDNA degradation activities of these disease-related TREX1 mutants could account for persistent dsDNA from dying cells leading to an aberrant immune response in these clinically related disorders...
Dysfunctional proofreading in the Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III coreDuane A Lehtinen
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Biochem J 384:337-48. 2004..Thus the epsilon511 mutant has wild-type 3'-->5' exonuclease activity and associates physically with the alpha- and theta;-subunits to generate a proofreading-defective DNA pol III enzyme...
Mutagenesis by exocyclic alkylamino purine adducts in Escherichia coliDana C Upton
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Mutat Res 599:1-10. 2006..We conclude that N(2)-ethyl and -isopropyldeoxyguanosine are mutagenic adducts in E. coli whose mutation spectra differ markedly from that of O(6)-ethyldeoxyguanosine...
The exonuclease TREX1 is in the SET complex and acts in concert with NM23-H1 to degrade DNA during granzyme A-mediated cell deathDipanjan Chowdhury
CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Mol Cell 23:133-42. 2006..After granzyme A activates NM23-H1 to make single-stranded nicks, TREX1 removes nucleotides from the nicked 3' end to reduce the possibility of repair by rejoining the nicked ends...
Model for the catalytic domain of the proofreading epsilon subunit of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III based on NMR structural dataEugene F Derose
Laboratory of Structural Biology and Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, NIEHS, Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
Biochemistry 41:94-110. 2002..Nearly all of the residues which have been identified as mutators are located in the portion of the molecule which binds the DNA, with most of these playing either a catalytic or structural role...
Elucidation of the epsilon-theta subunit interface of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III by NMR spectroscopyEugene F Derose
Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
Biochemistry 42:3635-44. 2003..These chemical shift mapping results also suggest an explanation for how the unstable dnaQ49 mutator phenotype of epsilon may be stabilized by binding theta...
Structure of the Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III epsilon-HOT proofreading complexThomas W Kirby
Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences NIH, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
J Biol Chem 281:38466-71. 2006..This structure provides insight into how HOT and, by implication, may stabilize the epsilon subunit, thus promoting efficient proofreading during chromosomal replication...
A mutation in TREX1 that impairs susceptibility to granzyme A-mediated cell death underlies familial chilblain lupusMin Ae Lee-Kirsch
Klinik fur Kinder und Jugendmedizin, Technische Universitat Dresden, Fetscherstr 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany
J Mol Med (Berl) 85:531-7. 2007..Our findings also warrant further investigation of TREX1 in common forms of lupus erythematosus...
Heterozygous mutations in TREX1 cause familial chilblain lupus and dominant Aicardi-Goutieres syndromeGillian Rice
Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, St James s University Hospital, Leeds, LS9 7TF, UK
Am J Hum Genet 80:811-5. 2007..Additionally, we describe a de novo heterozygous mutation, affecting a critical catalytic residue in TREX1, that results in typical Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome...
WRN exonuclease activity is blocked by DNA termini harboring 3' obstructive groupsJeanine A Harrigan
Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
Mech Ageing Dev 128:259-66. 2007....
Replication of N2-ethyldeoxyguanosine DNA adducts in the human embryonic kidney cell line 293Dana C Upton
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Chem Res Toxicol 19:960-7. 2006..Taken together, these data indicate that N(2)-ethyldGuo in DNA exerts its principal biological activity by blocking translesion DNA synthesis in human cells, resulting in either failure of replication or frameshift deletion mutations...
Mutations in the gene encoding the 3'-5' DNA exonuclease TREX1 are associated with systemic lupus erythematosusMin Ae Lee-Kirsch
Klinik fur Kinder und Jugendmedizin, Technische Universitat Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Nat Genet 39:1065-7. 2007..1 x 10(-7)). We demonstrate that two mutant TREX1 alleles alter subcellular targeting. Our findings implicate TREX1 in the pathogenesis of SLE...
Research Grants
- Mechanisms of the 3'-->5' deoxyribonucleasesFred W Perrino; Fiscal Year: 2010..The outcome of the proposed research will have a significant impact on the medical treatment of complex autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus. ..
- Mechanisms of the 3'-->5' deoxyribonucleasesFRED PERRINO; Fiscal Year: 2009..The outcome of the proposed research will have a significant impact on the medical treatment of complex autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus. ..
- Mechanisms of the 3'-5' deoxyribonucleasesFRED PERRINO; Fiscal Year: 2007..Identification of the TREX genes encoding these 3'-->5' deoxyribonucleases has made possible these mechanistic studies that will provide new insights into the physiological function of these enzymes. ..
- Mechanisms of the 3'-->5' deoxyribonucleasesFRED PERRINO; Fiscal Year: 2009..The outcome of the proposed research will have a significant impact on the medical treatment of complex autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus. ..
