Mechanisms underlying mutational signatures in human cancers

T Helleday, S Eshtad, S Nik-Zainal - Nature reviews genetics, 2014 - nature.com
The collective somatic mutations observed in a cancer are the outcome of multiple
mutagenic processes that have been operative over the lifetime of a patient. Each process …

[HTML][HTML] APOBECs and virus restriction

RS Harris, JP Dudley - Virology, 2015 - Elsevier
The APOBEC family of single-stranded DNA cytosine deaminases comprises a formidable
arm of the vertebrate innate immune system. Pre-vertebrates express a single APOBEC …

Specific and nonhepatotoxic degradation of nuclear hepatitis B virus cccDNA

J Lucifora, Y **a, F Reisinger, K Zhang, D Stadler… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Current antiviral agents can control but not eliminate hepatitis B virus (HBV), because HBV
establishes a stable nuclear covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA). Interferon-α treatment …

The APOBEC protein family: united by structure, divergent in function

JD Salter, RP Bennett, HC Smith - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2016 - cell.com
The APOBEC (apolipoprotein B mRNA editing catalytic polypeptide-like) family of proteins
have diverse and important functions in human health and disease. These proteins have an …

Structural basis for targeted DNA cytosine deamination and mutagenesis by APOBEC3A and APOBEC3B

K Shi, MA Carpenter, S Banerjee, NM Shaban… - Nature structural & …, 2017 - nature.com
APOBEC-catalyzed cytosine-to-uracil deamination of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) has
beneficial functions in immunity and detrimental effects in cancer. APOBEC enzymes have …

The topography of mutational processes in breast cancer genomes

S Morganella, LB Alexandrov, D Glodzik, X Zou… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Somatic mutations in human cancers show unevenness in genomic distribution that
correlate with aspects of genome structure and function. These mutations are, however …

APOBEC3A cytidine deaminase induces RNA editing in monocytes and macrophages

S Sharma, SK Patnaik, R Thomas Taggart… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The extent, regulation and enzymatic basis of RNA editing by cytidine deamination are
incompletely understood. Here we show that transcripts of hundreds of genes undergo site …

DNA mismatch repair promotes APOBEC3-mediated diffuse hypermutation in human cancers

D Mas-Ponte, F Supek - Nature genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Certain mutagens, including the APOBEC3 (A3) cytosine deaminase enzymes, can create
multiple genetic changes in a single event. Activity of A3s results in striking 'mutation …

Association of a germline copy number polymorphism of APOBEC3A and APOBEC3B with burden of putative APOBEC-dependent mutations in breast cancer

S Nik-Zainal, DC Wedge, LB Alexandrov, M Petljak… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The somatic mutations in a cancer genome are the aggregate outcome of one or more
mutational processes operative through the lifetime of the individual with cancer,,. Each …

Multiple APOBEC3 restriction factors for HIV-1 and one Vif to rule them all

BA Desimmie, KA Delviks-Frankenberrry… - Journal of molecular …, 2014 - Elsevier
Several members of the APOBEC3 family of cellular restriction factors provide intrinsic
immunity to the host against viral infection. Specifically, APOBEC3DE, APOBEC3F …