TREX2

TREX2
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesTREX2, three prime repair exonuclease 2
External IDsOMIM: 300370; MGI: 1346343; HomoloGene: 8046; GeneCards: TREX2; OMA:TREX2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

11219

24102

Ensembl

ENSG00000183479

ENSMUSG00000031372

UniProt

Q9BQ50

Q9R1A9

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_080701
NM_080699
NM_080700

NM_011907

RefSeq (protein)

NP_542432

NP_036037

Location (UCSC)Chr X: 153.44 – 153.47 MbChr X: 72.48 – 72.48 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Three prime repair exonuclease 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the TREX2 gene.[5][6]

This gene encodes a protein with 3' exonuclease activity. Enzymes with this activity are involved in DNA replication, repair, and recombination. Similarity to an E. coli protein suggests that this enzyme may be a subunit of DNA polymerase III, which does not have intrinsic exonuclease activity.[6]

Newer research has determined that TREX2 is also involved in flap endonuclease activity, as detected in the context of inhibiting gene-editing nickases that generate an extension flap such as prime editors that do not usually create a double-stranded break. This function was first demonstrated in a thesis by Lung in 2021,[7] and replicated by Koeppel et al. in 2023.[8] Subsequently, TREX2 has become incorporated into fusion enzymes for genetic engineering by multiple research groups for the purposes of reducing off-target edits which include chromosomal translocations and mismatched insertions.[9][10]

Mutations in this gene may lead to Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome.

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000183479 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000031372 Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Mazur DJ, Perrino FW (Aug 1999). "Identification and expression of the TREX1 and TREX2 cDNA sequences encoding mammalian 3'-->5' exonucleases". J Biol Chem. 274 (28): 19655–60. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.28.19655. PMID 10391904.
  6. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: TREX2 three prime repair exonuclease 2".
  7. Lung, Genesis (Nov 2021). "Precise Correction of A1AT E342K by Modified NGA PAM Prime Editing and Determination of Prime Editing Inhibition by TREX2".
  8. Koeppel, Jonas; Weller, Juliane; Peets, Elin Madli; Pallaseni, Ananth; Kuzmin, Ivan; Raudvere, Uku; Peterson, Hedi; Liberante, Fabio Giuseppe; Parts, Leopold (2023). "Prediction of prime editing insertion efficiencies using sequence features and DNA repair determinants". Nature Biotechnology. 41: 1444–1456.
  9. Yin, Jianhang; Lu, Rusen; Xin, Changchang; Wang, Yuhong; Ling, Xinyu; Li, Dong; Zhang, Weiwei; Liu, Mengzhu; Xie, Wutao; Kong, Lingyun; Si, Wen; Wei, Ping; Xiao, Bingbing; Lee, Hsiang-Ying; Liu, Tao (Mar 2022). "Cas9 exo-endonuclease eliminates chromosomal translocations during genome editing". Nature Communications. 13: 1204.
  10. Wang, Yue; Feng, Yi-Li; Liu, Qian; Liu, Si-Cheng; Huang, Zhi-Cheng (Dec 2023). "TREX2 enables efficient genome disruption mediated by paired CRISPR-Cas9 nickases that generate 3′-overhanging ends". Cell Molecular Therapy. 34 (102072).

Further reading

  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: Q9BQ50 (Human Three prime repair exonuclease 2) at the PDBe-KB.
  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: Q9R1A9 (Mouse Three prime repair exonuclease 2) at the PDBe-KB.
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