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==Crystal structure of the RAG1 nonamer-binding domain with DNA==
<StructureSection load='3gna' size='340' side='right'caption='[[3gna]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 2.40&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[3gna]] is a 3 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus_musculus Mus musculus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=3GNA OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3GNA FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 2.4&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3gna FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=3gna OCA], [https://pdbe.org/3gna PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=3gna RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/3gna PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=3gna ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
</table>
== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/RAG1_MOUSE RAG1_MOUSE] Catalytic component of the RAG complex, a multiprotein complex that mediates the DNA cleavage phase during V(D)J recombination. V(D)J recombination assembles a diverse repertoire of immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor genes in developing B and T-lymphocytes through rearrangement of different V (variable), in some cases D (diversity), and J (joining) gene segments. In the RAG complex, RAG1 mediates the DNA-binding to the conserved recombination signal sequences (RSS) and catalyzes the DNA cleavage activities by introducing a double-strand break between the RSS and the adjacent coding segment. RAG2 is not a catalytic component but is required for all known catalytic activities. DNA cleavage occurs in 2 steps: a first nick is introduced in the top strand immediately upstream of the heptamer, generating a 3'-hydroxyl group that can attack the phosphodiester bond on the opposite strand in a direct transesterification reaction, thereby creating 4 DNA ends: 2 hairpin coding ends and 2 blunt, 5'-phosphorylated ends. The chromatin structure plays an essential role in the V(D)J recombination reactions and the presence of histone H3 trimethylated at 'Lys-4' (H3K4me3) stimulates both the nicking and haipinning steps. The RAG complex also plays a role in pre-B cell allelic exclusion, a process leading to expression of a single immunoglobulin heavy chain allele to enforce clonality and monospecific recognition by the B-cell antigen receptor (BCR) expressed on individual B-lymphocytes. The introduction of DNA breaks by the RAG complex on one immunoglobulin allele induces ATM-dependent repositioning of the other allele to pericentromeric heterochromatin, preventing accessibility to the RAG complex and recombination of the second allele. In addition to its endonuclease activity, RAG1 also acts as a E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase that mediates monoubiquitination of histone H3. Histone H3 monoubiquitination is required for the joining step of V(D)J recombination. Mediates polyubiquitination of KPNA1.<ref>PMID:2598259</ref> <ref>PMID:8521468</ref> <ref>PMID:9094713</ref> <ref>PMID:10601032</ref> <ref>PMID:10678172</ref> <ref>PMID:12629039</ref> <ref>PMID:14671314</ref> <ref>PMID:17028591</ref> <ref>PMID:19524534</ref> <ref>PMID:19118899</ref> <ref>PMID:19448632</ref> <ref>PMID:20122409</ref> <ref>PMID:19396172</ref> 
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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    <text>to colour the structure by Evolutionary Conservation</text>
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</jmol>, as determined by [http://consurfdb.tau.ac.il/ ConSurfDB]. You may read the [[Conservation%2C_Evolutionary|explanation]] of the method and the full data available from [http://bental.tau.ac.il/new_ConSurfDB/main_output.php?pdb_ID=3gna ConSurf].
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==See Also==
*[[Recombination-activating gene 3D structures|Recombination-activating gene 3D structures]]
== References ==
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</StructureSection>
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Mus musculus]]
[[Category: Bailey S]]
[[Category: Innis CA]]
[[Category: Schatz DG]]
[[Category: Steitz TA]]
[[Category: Yin FF]]