Survey of variation in human transcription factors reveals prevalent DNA binding changes
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Vedenko, A.
Kurland, J. V.
Rogers, J. M.
Gisselbrecht, S. S.
Woodard, J.
Mariani, L.
Kock, K. H.
Inukai, S.
Siggers, T.
Shokri, L.
Date Issued
March 2016
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Science
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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Barrera, L. A. et al. “Survey of Variation in Human Transcription Factors Reveals Prevalent DNA Binding Changes.” Science 351, 6280 (March 2016): 1450–1454. © 2016 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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Abstract
Sequencing of exomes and genomes has revealed abundant genetic variation affecting the coding sequences of human transcription factors (TFs), but the consequences of such variation remain largely unexplored. We developed a computational, structure-based approach to evaluate TF variants for their impact on DNA binding activity and used universal protein-binding microarrays to assay sequence-specific DNA binding activity across 41 reference and 117 variant alleles found in individuals of diverse ancestries and families with Mendelian diseases. We found 77 variants in 28 genes that affect DNA binding affinity or specificity and identified thousands of rare alleles likely to alter the DNA binding activity of human sequence-specific TFs. Our results suggest that most individuals have unique repertoires of TF DNA binding activities, which may contribute to phenotypic variation.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Medical Engineering & Science
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aad2257
