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Yeast gene for a Tyr-DNA phosphodiesterase that repairs topoisomerase I complexes.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 15 Oct 1999
Pouliot J J, Yao K C, Robertson C A, Nash H A
Abstract excerpt
Covalent intermediates between topoisomerase I and DNA can become dead-end complexes that lead to cell death. Here, the isolation of the gene for an enzyme that can hydrolyze the bond between this protein and DNA is described. Enzyme-defective mutants of yeast are hypersensitive to treatments that increase the amount of covalent complexes, indicative of enzyme involvement in repair. The gene is conserved in...
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