The defense mechanisms in mammalian cells against oxidative damage in nucleic acids and their involvement in the suppression of mutagenesis and cell death.

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To counteract oxidative damage in nucleic acids, mammalian cells are equipped with several defense mechanisms. We herein review that MTH1, MUTYH and OGG1 play important roles in mammalian cells avoiding an accumulation of oxidative DNA damage, both in the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes, thereby suppressing carcinogenesis and cell death. MTH1 efficiently hydrolyzes oxidized purine nucleoside triphosphates, such...

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