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AP-endonuclease 1 sculpts DNA through an anchoring tyrosine residue on the DNA intercalating loop.
Nucleic acids research - 27 Jul 2020
Hoitsma Nicole M, Whitaker Amy M, Beckwitt Emily C, Jang Sunbok, Agarwal Pratul K, Van Houten Bennett, Freudenthal Bret D
Abstract excerpt
Base excision repair (BER) maintains genomic stability through the repair of DNA damage. Within BER, AP-endonuclease 1 (APE1) is a multifunctional enzyme that processes DNA intermediates through its backbone cleavage activity. To accomplish these repair activities, APE1 must recognize and accommodate several diverse DNA substrates. This is hypothesized to occur through a DNA sculpting mechanism where structural...
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