[HTML][HTML] Emerging critical roles of Fe–S clusters in DNA replication and repair

JO Fuss, CL Tsai, JP Ishida, JA Tainer - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2015 - Elsevier
Fe–S clusters are partners in the origin of life that predate cells, acetyl-CoA metabolism,
DNA, and the RNA world. The double helix solved the mystery of DNA replication by base …

Human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1

M Li, DM Wilson III - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1, also known as REF-1)
was isolated based on its ability to cleave at AP sites in DNA or activate the DNA binding …

APE1: A skilled nucleic acid surgeon

AM Whitaker, BD Freudenthal - DNA repair, 2018 - Elsevier
Before a deleterious DNA lesion can be replaced with its undamaged counterpart, the lesion
must first be removed from the genome. This process of removing and replacing DNA …

Capturing snapshots of APE1 processing DNA damage

BD Freudenthal, WA Beard, MJ Cuneo… - Nature structural & …, 2015 - nature.com
DNA apurinic-apyrimidinic (AP) sites are prevalent noncoding threats to genomic stability
and are processed by AP endonuclease 1 (APE1). APE1 incises the AP-site phosphodiester …

Endogenous oxidized DNA bases and APE1 regulate the formation of G-quadruplex structures in the genome

S Roychoudhury, S Pramanik… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Formation of G-quadruplex (G4) DNA structures in key regulatory regions in the genome has
emerged as a secondary structure-based epigenetic mechanism for regulating multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Envisioning the dynamics and flexibility of Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 complex to decipher its roles in DNA replication and repair

J Lafrance-Vanasse, GJ Williams, JA Tainer - Progress in biophysics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 (MRN) complex is a dynamic macromolecular machine
that acts in the first steps of DNA double strand break repair, and each of its components has …

APE1 distinguishes DNA substrates in exonucleolytic cleavage by induced space-filling

TC Liu, CT Lin, KC Chang, KW Guo, S Wang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The exonuclease activity of Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1) is responsible for
processing matched/mismatched terminus in various DNA repair pathways and for removing …

Structural basis for APE1 processing DNA damage in the nucleosome

TM Weaver, NM Hoitsma, JJ Spencer, L Gakhar… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Genomic DNA is continually exposed to endogenous and exogenous factors that promote
DNA damage. Eukaryotic genomic DNA is packaged into nucleosomes, which present a …

Functions of the major abasic endonuclease (APE1) in cell viability and genotoxin resistance

DR McNeill, AM Whitaker, WJ Stark, JL Illuzzi… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
DNA is susceptible to a range of chemical modifications, with one of the most frequent
lesions being apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) sites. AP sites arise due to damage-induced (eg …

The cutting edges in DNA repair, licensing, and fidelity: DNA and RNA repair nucleases sculpt DNA to measure twice, cut once

SE Tsutakawa, J Lafrance-Vanasse, JA Tainer - DNA repair, 2014 - Elsevier
To avoid genome instability, DNA repair nucleases must precisely target the correct
damaged substrate before they are licensed to incise. Damage identification is a challenge …