Molecular basis for damage recognition and verification by XPC-RAD23B and TFIIH in nucleotide excision repair

H Mu, NE Geacintov, S Broyde, JE Yeo, OD Schärer - DNA repair, 2018 - Elsevier
Global genome nucleotide excision repair (GG-NER) is the main pathway for the removal of
bulky lesions from DNA and is characterized by an extraordinarily wide substrate specificity …

Repair-resistant DNA lesions

NE Geacintov, S Broyde - Chemical research in toxicology, 2017 - ACS Publications
The eukaryotic global genomic nucleotide excision repair (GG-NER) pathway is the major
mechanism that removes most bulky and some nonbulky lesions from cellular DNA. There is …

Structure and mechanism of pyrimidine–pyrimidone (6-4) photoproduct recognition by the Rad4/XPC nucleotide excision repair complex

D Paul, H Mu, H Zhao, O Ouerfelli… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Failure in repairing ultraviolet radiation-induced DNA damage can lead to mutations and
cancer. Among UV-lesions, the pyrimidine–pyrimidone (6-4) photoproduct (6-4PP) is …

Single-molecule imaging reveals that Rad4 employs a dynamic DNA damage recognition process

M Kong, L Liu, X Chen, KI Driscoll, P Mao, S Böhm… - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism that processes
helix-destabilizing and/or-distorting DNA lesions, such as UV-induced photoproducts. Here …

Mechanism and regulation of DNA damage recognition in mammalian nucleotide excision repair

K Sugasawa - The Enzymes, 2019 - Elsevier
Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is a versatile DNA repair pathway that eliminates various
helix-distorting base lesions such as ultraviolet (UV)-induced photolesions. Several …

[HTML][HTML] The moonlighting of RAD23 in DNA repair and protein degradation

M Grønbæk-Thygesen, C Kampmeyer… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2023 - Elsevier
A moonlighting protein is one, which carries out multiple, often wholly unrelated, functions.
The RAD23 protein is a fascinating example of this, where the same polypeptide and the …

Nucleotide Excision Repair Lesion-Recognition Protein Rad4 Captures a Pre-Flipped Partner Base in a Benzo[a]pyrene-Derived DNA Lesion: How Structure Impacts …

H Mu, NE Geacintov, JH Min, Y Zhang… - Chemical research in …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The xeroderma pigmentosum C protein complex (XPC) recognizes a variety of
environmentally induced DNA lesions and is the key in initiating their repair by the …

Mapping the recognition pathway of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer in DNA by Rad4/XPC

N Jakhar, A Prabhakant, M Krishnan - Nucleic Acids Research, 2023 - academic.oup.com
UV radiation-induced DNA damages have adverse effects on genome integrity and cellular
function. The most prevalent UV-induced DNA lesion is the cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer …

Rad4 recognition-at-a-distance: Physical basis of conformation-specific anomalous diffusion of DNA repair proteins

M Kong, B Van Houten - Progress in biophysics and molecular biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Since Robert Brown's first observations of random walks by pollen particles
suspended in solution, the concept of diffusion has been subject to countless theoretical and …

Enhanced spontaneous DNA twisting/bending fluctuations unveiled by fluorescence lifetime distributions promote mismatch recognition by the Rad4 nucleotide …

S Chakraborty, PJ Steinbach, D Paul, H Mu… - Nucleic Acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Rad4/XPC recognizes diverse DNA lesions including ultraviolet-photolesions and
carcinogen-DNA adducts, initiating nucleotide excision repair. Studies have suggested that …