scholarly journals DNA nucleotide excision repair, where do all the cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers go?

Cell Cycle ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 1642-1642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus S. Cooke ◽  
Emma Harry ◽  
Tove Liljendahl ◽  
Dan Segerback
Keyword(s):  
Nucleotide Excision Repair ◽  
Excision Repair ◽  
Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimers ◽  
Pyrimidine Dimers ◽  
Nucleotide Excision

scholarly journals Emerging Roles of Post-Translational Modifications in Nucleotide Excision Repair

Cells ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara N. Borsos ◽  
Hajnalka Majoros ◽  
Tibor Pankotai
Keyword(s):  
Nucleotide Excision Repair ◽  
Ubiquitin Ligase ◽  
Excision Repair ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Genome Integrity ◽  
Repair Pathway ◽  
Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimers ◽  
Post Translational Modifications ◽  
Pyrimidine Dimers ◽  
Nucleotide Excision

Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is a versatile DNA repair pathway which can be activated in response to a broad spectrum of UV-induced DNA damage, such as bulky adducts, including cyclobutane-pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) and 6–4 photoproducts (6–4PPs). Based on the genomic position of the lesion, two sub-pathways can be defined: (I) global genomic NER (GG-NER), involved in the ablation of damage throughout the whole genome regardless of the transcription activity of the damaged DNA locus, and (II) transcription-coupled NER (TC-NER), activated at DNA regions where RNAPII-mediated transcription takes place. These processes are tightly regulated by coordinated mechanisms, including post-translational modifications (PTMs). The fine-tuning modulation of the balance between the proteins, responsible for PTMs, is essential to maintain genome integrity and to prevent tumorigenesis. In this review, apart from the other substantial PTMs (SUMOylation, PARylation) related to NER, we principally focus on reversible ubiquitylation, which involves E3 ubiquitin ligase and deubiquitylase (DUB) enzymes responsible for the spatiotemporally precise regulation of NER.

scholarly journals Nucleotide excision repair by dual incisions in plants

2016 ◽  
Vol 113 (17) ◽  
pp. 4706-4710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fazile Canturk ◽  
Muhammet Karaman ◽  
Christopher P. Selby ◽  
Michael G. Kemp ◽  
Gulnihal Kulaksiz-Erkmen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nucleotide Excision Repair ◽  
Excision Repair ◽  
Plant Genome ◽  
Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimers ◽  
Repair Gene ◽  
Phosphodiester Bonds ◽  
Pyrimidine Dimers ◽  
Nucleotide Excision ◽  
Dual Incision

Plants use light for photosynthesis and for various signaling purposes. The UV wavelengths in sunlight also introduce DNA damage in the form of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) and pyrimidine (6-4) pyrimidone photoproducts [(6-4)PPs] that must be repaired for the survival of the plant. Genome sequencing has revealed the presence of genes for both CPD and (6-4)PP photolyases, as well as genes for nucleotide excision repair in plants, such asArabidopsisand rice. Plant photolyases have been purified, characterized, and have been shown to play an important role in plant survival. In contrast, even though nucleotide excision repair gene homologs have been found in plants, the mechanism of nucleotide excision repair has not been investigated. Here we used the in vivo excision repair assay developed in our laboratory to demonstrate thatArabidopsisremoves CPDs and (6-4)PPs by a dual-incision mechanism that is essentially identical to the mechanism of dual incisions in humans and other eukaryotes, in which oligonucleotides with a mean length of 26–27 nucleotides are removed by incising ∼20 phosphodiester bonds 5′ and 5 phosphodiester bonds 3′ to the photoproduct.

scholarly journals Rescue of cells from apoptosis increases DNA repair in UVB exposed cells: implications for the DNA damage response

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 725-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahsa Karbaschi ◽  
Salvador Macip ◽  
Vilas Mistry ◽  
Hussein H. K. Abbas ◽  
George J. Delinassios ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dna Damage ◽  
Dna Repair ◽  
Nucleotide Excision Repair ◽  
Dna Damage Response ◽  
Excision Repair ◽  
Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimers ◽  
Pyrimidine Dimers ◽  
Nucleotide Excision ◽  
Damage Response ◽  
Lengthy Process

Classically, the nucleotide excision repair (NER) of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPD) is a lengthy process (t1/2 > 48 h).

scholarly journals Photolyases from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli recognize common binding determinants in DNA containing pyrimidine dimers.

1989 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 4777-4788 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Baer ◽  
G B Sancar
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Nucleotide Excision Repair ◽  
Excision Repair ◽  
Spectroscopic Studies ◽  
Pyrimidine Dimer ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence Analysis ◽  
Binding Motif ◽  
Pyrimidine Dimers ◽  
Nucleotide Excision

DNA photolyases catalyze the light-dependent repair of pyrimidine dimers in DNA. The results of nucleotide sequence analysis and spectroscopic studies demonstrated that photolyases from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli share 37% amino acid sequence homology and contain identical chromophores. Do the similarities between these two enzymes extend to their interactions with DNA containing pyrimidine dimers, or does the organization of DNA into nucleosomes in S. cerevisiae necessitate alternative or additional recognition determinants? To answer this question, we used chemical and enzymatic techniques to identify the contacts made on DNA by S. cerevisiae photolyase when it is bound to a pyrimidine dimer and compared these contacts with those made by E. coli photolyase and by a truncated derivative of the yeast enzyme when bound to the same substrate. We found evidence for a common set of interactions between the photolyases and specific phosphates in the backbones of both strands as well as for interactions with bases in both the major and minor grooves of dimer-containing DNA. Superimposed on this common pattern were significant differences in the contributions of specific contacts to the overall binding energy, in the interactions of the enzymes with groups on the complementary strand, and in the extent to which other DNA-binding proteins were excluded from the region around the dimer. These results provide strong evidence both for a conserved dimer-binding motif and for the evolution of new interactions that permit photolyases to also act as accessory proteins in nucleotide excision repair. The locations of the specific contacts made by the yeast enzyme indicate that the mechanism of nucleotide excision repair in this organism involves incision(s) at a distance from the pyrimidine dimer.

scholarly journals True Lies: The Double Life of the Nucleotide Excision Repair Factors in Transcription and DNA Repair

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Le May ◽  
Jean-Marc Egly ◽  
Frédéric Coin
Keyword(s):  
Dna Repair ◽  
Nucleotide Excision Repair ◽  
Excision Repair ◽  
Genetic Disorders ◽  
Accelerated Aging ◽  
Synthesis Process ◽  
Developmental Defects ◽  
Pyrimidine Dimers ◽  
Nucleotide Excision ◽  
Active Genes

Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is a major DNA repair pathway in eukaryotic cells. NER removes structurally diverse lesions such as pyrimidine dimers, arising upon UV irradiation or bulky chemical adducts, arising upon exposure to carcinogens and some chemotherapeutic drugs. NER defects lead to three genetic disorders that result in predisposition to cancers, accelerated aging, neurological and developmental defects. During NER, more than 30 polypeptides cooperate to recognize, incise, and excise a damaged oligonucleotide from the genomic DNA. Recent papers reveal an additional and unexpected role for the NER factors. In the absence of a genotoxic attack, the promoters of RNA polymerases I- and II-dependent genes recruit XPA, XPC, XPG, and XPF to initiate gene expression. A model that includes the growth arrest and DNA damage 45αprotein (Gadd45α) and the NER factors, in order to maintain the promoter of active genes under a hypomethylated state, has been proposed but remains controversial. This paper focuses on the double life of the NER factors in DNA repair and transcription and describes the possible roles of these factors in the RNA synthesis process.

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