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| Title | Mechanism of DNA targeting by human LINE-1. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | Science, Vol. 390, Issue 6769, Page eadu3433, Year 2025 |
| Publish date | Oct 9, 2025 |
Authors | Wenxing Jin / Cong Yu / Yan Zhang / Changchang Cao / Tianfan Xia / Ge Song / Zhaokui Cai / Yuanchao Xue / Bing Zhu / Rui-Ming Xu / ![]() |
| PubMed Abstract | Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1 or L1), the only autonomously active retrotransposon in humans today, constitutes a large proportion of the genome and continues to evolve the genome and ...Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1 or L1), the only autonomously active retrotransposon in humans today, constitutes a large proportion of the genome and continues to evolve the genome and impact fundamental biological processes. L1 retrotransposition critically depends on its endonuclease and reverse transcriptase subunit open reading frame 2 protein (ORF2p), which targets genomic loci and nicks DNA using an evolutionarily distinct yet not fully understood mechanism. Our structural and biochemical analyses revealed that ORF2p is a structure-dependent endonuclease. It binds a double-stranded DNA region upstream of the nicking site and recognizes a downstream forked or flap structure for efficient DNA nicking. This discovery suggests that L1 mobilization piggybacks on chromosomal processes with noncanonical DNA structure intermediates. |
External links | Science / PubMed:41066570 |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 3.0 - 3.6 Å |
| Structure data | EMDB-62126, PDB-9k6g: EMDB-62127, PDB-9k6h: EMDB-62128, PDB-9k6i: |
| Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-ZN: ![]() ChemComp-DTP: ![]() ChemComp-MN: |
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Keywords | GENE REGULATION / Endonuclease / Reverse transcriptase |
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