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Structural basis for recognition and repair of the endogenous mutagen 8-oxoguanine in DNA.
Nature - 24 Feb 2000
Bruner S D, Norman D P, Verdine G L
Abstract excerpt
Spontaneous oxidation of guanine residues in DNA generates 8-oxoguanine (oxoG). By mispairing with adenine during replication, oxoG gives rise to a G x C --> T x A transversion, a frequent somatic mutation in human cancers. The dedicated repair pathway for oxoG centres on 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (hOGG1), an enzyme that recognizes oxoG x C base pairs, catalysing expulsion of the oxoG and cleavage of the DNA...
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