TRAIP is a master regulator of DNA interstrand crosslink repair

RA Wu, DR Semlow, AN Kamimae-Lanning… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Cells often use multiple pathways to repair the same DNA lesion, and the choice of pathway
has substantial implications for the fidelity of genome maintenance. DNA interstrand …

Replication-dependent unhooking of DNA interstrand cross-links by the NEIL3 glycosylase

DR Semlow, J Zhang, M Budzowska, AC Drohat… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
During eukaryotic DNA interstrand cross-link (ICL) repair, cross-links are resolved ("
unhooked") by nucleolytic incisions surrounding the lesion. In vertebrates, ICL repair is …

Formation and repair of unavoidable, endogenous interstrand cross-links in cellular DNA

K Housh, JS Jha, T Haldar, SBM Amin, T Islam… - DNA repair, 2021 - Elsevier
Genome integrity is essential for life and, as a result, DNA repair systems evolved to remove
unavoidable DNA lesions from cellular DNA. Many forms of life possess the capacity to …

Mitotic CDK promotes replisome disassembly, fork breakage, and complex DNA rearrangements

L Deng, RA Wu, R Sonneville, OV Kochenova, K Labib… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
DNA replication errors generate complex chromosomal rearrangements and thereby
contribute to tumorigenesis and other human diseases. One mechanism that triggers these …

A role for the base excision repair enzyme NEIL3 in replication-dependent repair of interstrand DNA cross-links derived from psoralen and abasic sites

Z Yang, MI Nejad, JG Varela, NE Price, Y Wang… - DNA repair, 2017 - Elsevier
Interstrand DNA–DNA cross-links are highly toxic lesions that are important in medicinal
chemistry, toxicology, and endogenous biology. In current models of replication-dependent …

DNA interstrand cross-links induced by the major oxidative adenine lesion 7, 8-dihydro-8-oxoadenine

AL Rozelle, Y Cheun, CK Vilas, MC Koag… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Oxidative damage to DNA generates 7, 8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine (oxoG) and 7, 8-dihydro-8-
oxoadenine (oxoA) as two major lesions. Despite the comparable prevalence of these …

Reconsidering the chemical nature of Strand breaks derived from abasic sites in cellular DNA: evidence for 3′-glutathionylation

JS Jha, J Yin, T Haldar, Z Yang, Y Wang… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The hydrolytic loss of coding bases from cellular DNA is a common and unavoidable
reaction. The resulting abasic sites can undergo β-elimination of the 3′-phosphoryl group …

Unhooking of an interstrand cross-link at DNA fork structures by the DNA glycosylase NEIL3

MI Nejad, K Housh, AA Rodriguez, T Haldar, S Kathe… - DNA repair, 2020 - Elsevier
Interstrand DNA-DNA cross-links (ICLs) are generated by endogenous processes, drugs,
and environmental toxins. Understanding the cellular pathways by which various ICLs are …

Unprecedented reactivity of polyamines with aldehydic DNA modifications: structural determinants of reactivity, characterization and enzymatic stability of adducts

EP Gusti Ngurah Putu, L Cattiaux… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) sites, 5-formyluracil (fU) and 5-formylcytosine (fC) are
abundant DNA modifications that share aldehyde-type reactivity. Here, we demonstrate that …

Structure of a Stable Interstrand DNA Cross-Link Involving a β-N-Glycosyl Linkage Between an N6-dA Amino Group and an Abasic Site

AH Kellum Jr, DY Qiu, MW Voehler, W Martin… - Biochemistry, 2020 - ACS Publications
Abasic (AP) sites are one of the most common forms of DNA damage. The deoxyribose ring
of AP sites undergoes anomerization between α and β configurations, via an electrophilic …