Annual Review of Genetics,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
51(1), P. 477 - 499
Published: Nov. 27, 2017
In
a
lifetime,
human
being
synthesizes
approximately
2×10
16
meters
of
DNA,
distance
that
corresponds
to
130,000
times
the
between
Earth
and
Sun.
This
daunting
task
is
executed
by
thousands
replication
forks,
which
progress
along
chromosomes
frequently
stall
when
they
encounter
DNA
lesions,
unusual
structures,
RNA
polymerases,
or
tightly-bound
protein
complexes.
To
complete
synthesis
before
onset
mitosis,
eukaryotic
cells
have
evolved
complex
mechanisms
process
restart
arrested
forks
through
coordinated
action
multiple
nucleases,
topoisomerases,
helicases.
this
review,
we
discuss
recent
advances
in
understanding
role
regulation
nucleases
acting
at
stalled
with
focus
on
nucleolytic
degradation
nascent
commonly
referred
as
fork
resection.
We
also
effects
deregulated
resection
genomic
instability
unscheduled
activation
interferon
response
under
stress
conditions.
Cell Reports,
Journal Year:
2013,
Volume and Issue:
3(4), P. 1036 - 1043
Published: April 1, 2013
SAMHD1
restricts
HIV-1
replication
in
myeloid
and
quiescent
CD4+
T
cells.
Here,
we
show
that
restriction
activity
is
regulated
by
phosphorylation.
interacts
with
cyclin
A2/cdk1
only
cycling
Cyclin
A2/CDK1
phosphorylates
at
the
Threonine
592
residue
both
vitro
vivo.
Phosphorylation
of
Thr592
correlates
loss
its
ability
to
restrict
HIV-1.
Indeed,
while
PMA
treatment
proliferating
THP1
cells
results
reduced
phosphorylation,
activation
resting
peripheral
blood
mononuclear
(PBMCs)
purified
increased
phosphorylation
Thr592.
Interestingly,
found
type
1
interferon
reinforcing
link
between
antiviral
activity.
Unlike
wild-type
SAMHD1,
a
phosphorylation-defective
mutant
was
able
PMA-treated
untreated
Our
uncover
as
key
regulatory
mechanism
Annual Review of Immunology,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
35(1), P. 313 - 336
Published: March 30, 2017
Protective
immune
responses
to
viral
infection
are
initiated
by
innate
sensors
that
survey
extracellular
and
intracellular
space
for
foreign
nucleic
acids.
The
existence
of
these
raises
fundamental
questions
about
self/nonself
discrimination
because
the
abundance
self-DNA
self-RNA
occupy
same
compartments.
Recent
advances
have
revealed
enzymes
metabolize
or
modify
endogenous
acids
essential
preventing
inappropriate
activation
antiviral
response.
In
this
review,
we
discuss
rare
human
diseases
caused
dysregulated
acid
sensing,
focusing
primarily
on
We
summarize
lessons
learned
from
disorders,
rationalize
in
context
evolution,
propose
framework
may
also
apply
a
number
more
common
autoimmune
which
underlying
genetics
mechanisms
not
yet
fully
understood.