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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
26
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-7-15
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We have identified a novel gene referred to as activation-induced deaminase (AID) by subtraction of cDNAs derived from switch-induced and uninduced murine B lymphoma CH12F3-2 cells, more than 80% of which switch exclusively to IgA upon stimulation. The amino acid sequence encoded by AID cDNA is homologous to that of apolipoprotein B (apoB) mRNA-editing enzyme, catalytic polypeptide 1 (APOBEC-1), a type of cytidine deaminase that constitutes a catalytic subunit for the apoB mRNA-editing complex. In vitro experiments using a glutathione S-transferase AID fusion protein revealed significant cytidine deaminase activity that is blocked by tetrahydrouridine and by zinc chelation. However, AID alone did neither demonstrate activity in C to U editing of apoB mRNA nor bind to AU-rich RNA targets. AID mRNA expression is induced in splenic B cells that were activated in vitro or by immunizations with sheep red blood cells. In situ hybridization of immunized spleen sections revealed the restricted expression of AID mRNA in developing germinal centers in which modulation of immunoglobulin gene information through somatic hypermutation and class switch recombination takes place. Taken together, these findings suggest that AID is a new member of the RNA-editing deaminase family and may play a role in genetic events in the germinal center B cell.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
274
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
18470-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10373455-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10373455-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10373455-Apolipoproteins B, pubmed-meshheading:10373455-B-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10373455-Cycloheximide, pubmed-meshheading:10373455-Cytidine Deaminase, pubmed-meshheading:10373455-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:10373455-Enzyme Induction, pubmed-meshheading:10373455-Gene Library, pubmed-meshheading:10373455-Germinal Center, pubmed-meshheading:10373455-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10373455-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10373455-Open Reading Frames, pubmed-meshheading:10373455-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:10373455-Protein Synthesis Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:10373455-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10373455-RNA Editing, pubmed-meshheading:10373455-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:10373455-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Specific expression of activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID), a novel member of the RNA-editing deaminase family in germinal center B cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't