Flajnik Martin F
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland Baltimore, 685 West Baltimore St., Suite 380, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Cell. 2016 Jun 30;166(1):11-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.06.021.
Diversity of antibodies and T cell receptors is generated by gene rearrangement dependent on RAG1 and RAG2, enzymes predicted to have been derived from a transposable element (TE) that invaded an immunoglobulin superfamily gene early in the evolution of jawed vertebrates. Now, Huang et al. report the discovery of ProtoRAG in the lower chordate Amphioxus, the long-anticipated TE related to the RAG transposon.
抗体和T细胞受体的多样性是通过依赖RAG1和RAG2的基因重排产生的,这两种酶被认为起源于一种转座元件(TE),该转座元件在有颌脊椎动物进化早期侵入了一个免疫球蛋白超家族基因。现在,黄等人报告了在低等脊索动物文昌鱼中发现了ProtoRAG,这是长期以来人们一直期待的与RAG转座子相关的转座元件。