title: DNA polymerase beta is not essential for the formation of palindromic (P) region of T cell receptor gene.
abstract: Formation of palindromic (P) region at the variable (V)-diversity (D)-joining (J) junction in DNA polymerase beta (pol-beta) deficient mice were investigated by sequencing of reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) products of mRNAs encoding the beta chain of T cell receptor (TCR). Total 42 and 43 cDNA clones encoding V(beta8)-D(beta)-J(beta)-C(beta) from E18.5 embryonic thymocytes of pol-beta gene knocked-out and wild type control mouse, respectively, were sequenced. Among them five and six clones from pol-beta knocked-out and wild type, respectively, have P insertions of two nucleotides. This result unequivocally indicates that pol-beta, which is one of the repair-type DNA polymerases most abundantly expressed in thymus and spleen, is not essential for the formation of P region.
authors.affiliation: Center for Molecular Biology and Genetics, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin-kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gonda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katakai
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sugo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aratani
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D019951:DNA Polymerase beta / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000235:genetics; D007133:Immunoglobulin Joining Region / Q000235:genetics; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D007133:Immunoglobulin Joining Region; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D019951:DNA Polymerase beta