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The molecular origin of high DNA-repair efficiency by photolyase.
Nature communications - 11 Jun 2015
Tan Chuang, Liu Zheyun, Li Jiang, Guo Xunmin, Wang Lijuan, Sancar Aziz, Zhong Dongping
Abstract excerpt
The primary dynamics in photomachinery such as charge separation in photosynthesis and bond isomerization in sensory photoreceptor are typically ultrafast to accelerate functional dynamics and avoid energy dissipation. The same is also true for the DNA repair enzyme, photolyase. However, it is not known how the photoinduced step is optimized in photolyase to attain maximum efficiency. Here, we analyse the primary...
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