Nature Communications (Jun 2022)
SHLD1 is dispensable for 53BP1-dependent V(D)J recombination but critical for productive class switch recombination
Abstract
SHLD1, as a component of the Shieldin (SHLD) complex, mediates DNA repair via non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ), an essential process during lymphocyte development. Here the authors show that SHLD1 is actually dispensable for lymphocyte development and V(D)J recombination, but is essential for class-switching recombination in activated B cells.