Volume 18, No 1, Jan 2008

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
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Volume 18 Issue 1, January 2008: 184-197

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Structure and mechanism for DNA lesion recognition

Wei Yang¹

¹Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA Correspondence: Wei Yang(Wei.Yang@nih.gov)

A fundamental question in DNA repair is how a lesion is detected when embedded in millions to billions of normal base pairs. Extensive structural and functional studies reveal atomic details of DNA repair protein and nucleic acid interactions. This review summarizes seemingly diverse structural motifs used in lesion recognition and suggests a general mechanism to recognize DNA lesion by the poor base stacking. After initial recognition of this shared structural feature of lesions, different DNA repair pathways use unique verification mechanisms to ensure correct lesion identification and removal.

Cell Research (2008) 18:184-197. doi: 10.1038/cr.2007-116; published online 24 December 2007

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