[HTML][HTML] Human topoisomerases and their roles in genome stability and organization

Y Pommier, A Nussenzweig, S Takeda… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Human topoisomerases comprise a family of six enzymes: two type IB (TOP1 and
mitochondrial TOP1 (TOP1MT), two type IIA (TOP2A and TOP2B) and two type IA (TOP3A …

Cellular functions of the protein kinase ATM and their relevance to human disease

JH Lee, TT Paull - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2021 - nature.com
The protein kinase ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) is a master regulator of double-
strand DNA break (DSB) signalling and stress responses. For three decades, ATM has been …

[HTML][HTML] Quinolones: mechanism, lethality and their contributions to antibiotic resistance

NG Bush, I Diez-Santos, LR Abbott, A Maxwell - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are arguably among the most successful antibiotics of recent times.
They have enjoyed over 30 years of clinical usage and become essential tools in the …

Roles of eukaryotic topoisomerases in transcription, replication and genomic stability

Y Pommier, Y Sun, SN Huang, JL Nitiss - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2016 - nature.com
Topoisomerases introduce transient DNA breaks to relax supercoiled DNA, remove
catenanes and enable chromosome segregation. Human cells encode six topoisomerases …

HBV cccDNA: viral persistence reservoir and key obstacle for a cure of chronic hepatitis B

M Nassal - Gut, 2015 - gut.bmj.com
At least 250 million people worldwide are chronically infected with HBV, a small
hepatotropic DNA virus that replicates through reverse transcription. Chronic infection …

DNA–protein crosslinks and their resolution

P Weickert, J Stingele - Annual Review of Biochemistry, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Covalent DNA–protein crosslinks (DPCs) are pervasive DNA lesions that interfere with
essential chromatin processes such as transcription or replication. This review strives to …

[HTML][HTML] Replication-coupled DNA repair

D Cortez - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
The replisome quickly and accurately copies billions of DNA bases each cell division cycle.
However, it can make errors, especially when the template DNA is damaged. In these cases …

Mechanisms of DNA–protein crosslink repair

J Stingele, R Bellelli, SJ Boulton - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2017 - nature.com
Covalent DNA–protein crosslinks (DPCs, also known as protein adducts) of topoisomerases
and other proteins with DNA are highly toxic DNA lesions. Of note, chemical agents that …

Coordination of DNA single strand break repair

R Abbotts, DM Wilson III - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
The genetic material of all organisms is susceptible to modification. In some instances, these
changes are programmed, such as the formation of DNA double strand breaks during …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanism and regulation of DNA-protein crosslink repair by the DNA-dependent metalloprotease SPRTN

J Stingele, R Bellelli, F Alte, G Hewitt, G Sarek… - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
Covalent DNA-protein crosslinks (DPCs) are toxic DNA lesions that interfere with essential
chromatin transactions, such as replication and transcription. Little was known about DPC …