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Superoxide dismutase protects ribonucleotide reductase from inactivation in yeast.
Free radical biology & medicine - 20 Feb 2018
Das Andrew B, Sadowska-Bartosz Izabela, Königstorfer Andreas, Kettle Anthony J, Winterbourn Christine C
Abstract excerpt
Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) catalyses the rate limiting step of DNA synthesis utilising a mechanism that requires a tyrosyl radical. We have previously shown that superoxide can quench protein tyrosyl radicals in vitro, either by oxidative addition, or reduction of the radical to tyrosine. Here, we observe that Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains lacking either copper-zincSOD (SOD1) or manganese SOD (SOD2) had...
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