The Death of a Gene

When a gene is duplicated, the new copy is often dead-on arrival (lacks the regulatory elements). 

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Recognition of Recombination Signal Sequence (RSS) by the RAG1/RAG2 enzyme complex.

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

RAG1 is expressed at all phases of the cell cycle, RAG2 is stable only in G0- or G1-phase cells.

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Threonine residue T490 on RAG2 is phosphorylated during the S, G2, and M phases of the cell cycle, and this phosphorylation triggers the destruction of RAG2. 

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RAG1 is the predominant recombinase; it forms a complex with the RSS that is stabilized by the binding of RAG2. RAG2 by itself does not exhibit detectable RSS binding activity

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RAG1 subunit and contains two aspartic acid residues and one glutamic acid residue (D600, D708, and E962, respectively). This active site “DDE motif” is found in many enzymes that cleave DNA

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

ZnA and ZnB on RAG1 are regions of the proteins that form zinc fingers, elongated protein domains stabilized by the coordination of a Zn ion.