AID enzymatic activity is inversely proportional to the size of cytosine C5 orbital cloud.

Activation induced deaminase (AID) deaminates cytosine to uracil, which is required for a functional humoral immune system. Previous work demonstrated, that AID also deaminates 5-methylcytosine (5 mC). Recently, a novel vertebrate modification (5-hydroxymethylcytosine - 5 hmC) has been implicated in...

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Main Authors: Gopinath Rangam, Kerstin-Maike Schmitz, Alexander J A Cobb, Svend K Petersen-Mahrt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3423351?pdf=render