A DNA repair pathway can regulate transcriptional noise to promote cell fate transitions

RV Desai, X Chen, B Martin, S Chaturvedi, DW Hwang… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Fluctuations have long been known to dynamically shape microstate
distributions in physical systems. Throughout engineering,“dithering” approaches that …

Molecular mechanisms regulating the DNA repair protein APE1: a focus on its flexible N-terminal tail domain

DJ López, JA Rodríguez, S Bañuelos - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
APE1 (DNA (apurinic/apyrimidinic site) endonuclease 1) is a key enzyme of one of the major
DNA repair routes, the BER (base excision repair) pathway. APE1 fulfils additional functions …

Toward visualizing genomic dna using electron microscopy via DNA metallization

X Jin, S Kannappan, ND Hapsari, Y Jin… - Small …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electron microscopy‐based DNA imaging is a powerful tool that provides a high resolution
for observing genomic structures involved in biochemical processes. The first method, heavy …

Human AP-endonuclease (Ape1) activity on telomeric G4 structures is modulated by acetylatable lysine residues in the N-terminal sequence

S Burra, D Marasco, MC Malfatti, G Antoniali, A Virgilio… - DNA repair, 2019 - Elsevier
Loss of telomeres stability is a hallmark of cancer cells. Exposed telomeres are prone to
aberrant end-joining reactions leading to chromosomal fusions and translocations. Human …

Modulation of the apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease activity of human APE1 and of its natural polymorphic variants by base excision repair proteins

OA Kladova, IV Alekseeva, M Saparbaev… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1) is known to be a critical player of the
base excision repair (BER) pathway. In general, BER involves consecutive actions of DNA …

Activity of human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease APE1 toward damaged DNA and native RNA with non-canonical structures

AT Davletgildeeva, AA Kuznetsova… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The primary role of apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) endonuclease APE1 in human cells is the
cleavage of the sugar phosphate backbone 5′ to an AP site in DNA to produce a single …

AP-endonuclease 1 sculpts DNA through an anchoring tyrosine residue on the DNA intercalating loop

NM Hoitsma, AM Whitaker, EC Beckwitt… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Base excision repair (BER) maintains genomic stability through the repair of DNA damage.
Within BER, AP-endonuclease 1 (APE1) is a multifunctional enzyme that processes DNA …

Coordination between human DNA polymerase β and apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 in the course of DNA repair

AS Bakman, SS Boichenko, AA Kuznetsova… - Biochimie, 2024 - Elsevier
Coordination of enzymatic activities in the course of base excision repair (BER) is essential
to ensure complete repair of damaged bases. Two major mechanisms underlying the …

Mitochondrial apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 enhances mtDNA repair contributing to cell proliferation and mitochondrial integrity in early stages of …

V Bazzani, A Barchiesi, D Radecka, R Pravisani… - BMC cancer, 2020 - Springer
Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the leading cause of primary liver cancers.
Surveillance of individuals at specific risk of developing HCC, early diagnostic markers, and …

Mechanism of stimulation of DNA binding of the transcription factors by human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1, APE1

M Bazlekowa-Karaban, P Prorok, S Baconnais… - DNA repair, 2019 - Elsevier
Aerobic respiration generates reactive oxygen species (ROS), which can damage nucleic
acids, proteins and lipids. A number of transcription factors (TFs) contain redox-sensitive …