a Departamento de Genetica , Universidad de Sevilla , Sevilla , Spain.
b Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER , Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide , Sevilla , Spain.
Cell Cycle. 2019 Jan;18(1):115-117. doi: 10.1080/15384101.2018.1558861. Epub 2018 Dec 28.
Genomic DNA can be prone to endogenous nicks. The contribution of DNA nicks to genome instability includes the breakage of double-stranded DNA due to single-stranded DNA nicking. A recent study mapped the genome-wide distribution of endogenous DNA nicks suggesting that transcription contributes to the formation and distribution of DNA nicks. R-loops are a byproduct of transcription, and nicked DNA seems to contribute to R-loop formation and vice versa. Here, I want discuss the possibility that the 3'OH of nicked DNA at R-loops could trigger unscheduled replication events.
基因组 DNA 容易受到内源性缺口的影响。DNA 缺口对基因组不稳定性的贡献包括由于单链 DNA 缺口导致双链 DNA 的断裂。最近的一项研究绘制了全基因组范围内内源性 DNA 缺口的分布图谱,表明转录有助于 DNA 缺口的形成和分布。R 环是转录的副产物,而缺口 DNA 似乎有助于 R 环的形成,反之亦然。在这里,我想讨论 R 环中缺口 DNA 的 3'OH 是否可能引发无计划的复制事件。