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Repair of 8-oxodeoxyguanosine lesions in mitochondrial dna depends on the oxoguanine dna glycosylase (OGG1) gene and 8-oxoguanine accumulates in the mitochondrial dna of OGG1-defective mice.
Cancer research - 15 Jul 2001
de Souza-Pinto N C, Eide L, Hogue B A, Thybo T, Stevnsner T, Seeberg E, Klungland A, Bohr V A
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondria are not only the major site for generation of reactive oxygen species, but also one of the main targets of oxidative damage. One of the major products of DNA oxidation, 8-oxodeoxyguanosine (8-oxodG), accumulates in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) at levels three times higher than in nuclear DNA. The main pathway for the repair of 8-oxodG is the base excision repair pathway initiated by oxoguanine DNA...
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