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Helix-hairpin-helix protein MJ1434 from Methanocaldococcus jannaschii and EndoIV homologue TTC0482 from Thermus thermophilus HB27 do not process DNA uracil residues.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Aug 2010
Schomacher Lars, Smolorz Sabine, Ciirdaeva Elena, Ber Svetlana, Kramer Wilfried, Fritz Hans-Joachim
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The mutagenic threat of hydrolytic DNA cytosine deamination is met mostly by uracil DNA glycosylases (UDG) initiating base excision repair. However, several sequenced genomes of archaeal organisms are devoid of genes coding for homologues of the otherwise ubiquitous UDG superfamily of proteins. Previously, two possible solutions to this problem were offered by (i) a report of a newly discovered family of uracil...
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