Mismatch-specific thymine DNA glycosylase and DNA polymerase beta mediate the correction of G.T mispairs in nuclear extracts from human cells.
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- 1 August 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 87 (15) , 5842-5845
Abstract
To avoid the mutagenic effect of spontaneous hydrolytic deamination of 5-methylcytosine, G.T mispairs, arising in DNA as a result of this process, should always be corrected to G.C pairs. We describe here the identification of a DNA glycosylase activity present in nuclear extracts from HeLa cells, which removes the mispaired thymine to generate an apyrimidinic (AP) site opposite the guanine. We further show, using a specific antibody and inhibitors, that the single nucleotide gap, created upon processing of the AP site, is filled in by DNA polymerase beta. This finding substantiates the proposed role of this enzyme in short-patch DNA repair.Keywords
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