• The APEX gene (alternatively named APE1, HAP1, APEN) encodes the major AP endonuclease in human cells. (wikipedia.org)
  • XRCC1 stimulates the formation of the hOGG1 Schiff-base DNA intermediate without interfering with the endonuclease activity of APE1, the second enzyme in the pathway. (nih.gov)
  • The data presented support a model by which XRCC1 will pass on the DNA intermediate from hOGG1 to the endonuclease APE1. (nih.gov)
  • Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease I (APE1) is an essential base excision repair enzyme that catalyzes a Mg²⁺-dependent reaction in which the phosphodiester backbone is cleaved 5' of an abasic site in duplex DNA. (rcsb.org)
  • Apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) sites (also called "abasic sites") occur frequently in DNA molecules by spontaneous hydrolysis, by DNA damaging agents or by DNA glycosylases that remove specific abnormal bases. (wikipedia.org)
  • Apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) sites are abundant DNA lesions arising from spontaneous hydrolysis of the N-glycosidic bond and as base excision repair (BER) intermediates. (bvsalud.org)
  • Here, we report two in vitro models of APPXLs synthesized by cross-linking of DNA glycosylases Fpg and OGG1 to DNA followed by trypsinolysis. (bvsalud.org)
  • DNA-(apurinic or apyrimidinic site) lyase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the APEX1 gene. (wikipedia.org)
  • DNA Polymerase ß (Polß) is a key enzyme in base excision repair (BER), which is very important in maintaining the stability and integrity of the genome. (bvsalud.org)
  • Deficiency of APEX1 causes accummulation of DNA damage leading to both cellular senescence and features of premature aging. (wikipedia.org)
  • In these aggressive resistant ALL cells, POLB depletion and its inhibitor oleanolic acid (OA) treatment result in synthetic lethality with MMR deficiency through increased cellular apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) sites, DNA strand breaks and apoptosis. (bvsalud.org)
  • AP sites are pre-mutagenic lesions that can prevent normal DNA replication. (wikipedia.org)
  • Further results showed that Polß deficiency caused more DNA damage accumulation in cells and triggered the leakage of damaged DNA into the cytoplasm, which activated the STING/IRF3 pathway, promoted phosphorylated IRF3 translocating into the nucleus and enhanced the expression of type I interferon and proinflammatory cytokines. (bvsalud.org)
  • This results in an acceleration of the overall repair process of oxidized purines to yield an APE1-cleaved abasic site, which can be used as a substrate by DNA polymerase beta. (nih.gov)
  • Here, we provide evidence that DNA polymerase ß (POLB) of base excision repair (BER) pathway plays a critical role in the survival and thiopurine resistance of MMR-deficient ALL cells. (bvsalud.org)
  • XRCC1 participates in DNA single strand break and base excision repair (BER) to preserve genetic stability in mammalian cells. (nih.gov)
  • More importantly, the results unveil a highly coordinated mechanism by which XRCC1, through its multiple protein-protein interactions, extends its orchestrating role from the base excision step to the resealing of the repaired DNA strand. (nih.gov)
  • AP sites and their derivatives readily trap DNA-bound proteins, resulting in DNA-protein cross-links. (bvsalud.org)
  • Our data suggest that APPXLs produced by proteolysis of AP site-trapped proteins may be removed by the BER pathway, at least in bacterial and yeast cells. (bvsalud.org)
  • Class II AP endonucleases cleave the phosphodiester backbone 5' to the AP site, thereby initiating a process known as base excision repair (BER). (wikipedia.org)
  • Here, we report that XRCC1 interacts physically and functionally with hOGG1, the human DNA glycosylase that initiates the repair by BER of the mutagenic oxidized base 8-oxoguanine. (nih.gov)
  • This finding is consistent with the theory that DNA damage is a primary cause of aging. (wikipedia.org)
  • Taken together, our results are consistent with the initial capture of metal by D70 and E96 and repositioning of Mg²⁺ facilitated by the structural plasticity of E96 in the active site. (rcsb.org)
  • In contrast, E. coli exonuclease III and human APE1 showed little activity on APPXL substrates. (bvsalud.org)
  • This reaction has been proposed to involve either one or two metal ions bound to the active site. (rcsb.org)
  • Taken together, our findings provide mechanistic insight into the role of Polß in cancers by linking DNA repair and the inflammatory STING pathway. (bvsalud.org)
  • However, the repair mechanism of thiopurine-induced DNA damage in the absence of MMR remains unclear. (bvsalud.org)
  • Our findings suggest BER and POLB's roles in the process of repairing thiopurine-induced DNA damage in MMR-deficient ALL cells, and implicate their potentials as therapeutic targets against aggressive ALL progression. (bvsalud.org)
  • All cells, from simple prokaryotes to humans, have evolved systems to identify and repair such sites. (wikipedia.org)
  • Emerging evidence suggests that aberrant DNA repair is an underlying mechanism of lupus development. (bvsalud.org)
  • This interaction leads to a 2- to 3-fold stimulation of the DNA glycosylase activity of hOGG1. (nih.gov)
  • Direct metal binding analysis of wild-type, D70A, and E96A APE1, as assessed by differential scanning fluorimetry, indicated a role for D70 and E96 in binding of Mg²⁺ or Mn²⁺ to APE1. (rcsb.org)
  • A third conformation for E96 in the apo structure is similar to that observed in the APE1-DNA-Mg²⁺ complex structure. (rcsb.org)
  • Ape1 incises C2-AP, but the 5'-phosphorylated fragment is not a substrate for the lyase activity of DNA polymerase beta. (tamu.edu)
  • An oligonucleotide substrate containing a reduced abasic site, which was pre-incised with APE1, was employed to reconstitute the excision step of long-patch BER with purified human DNA polymerase beta and FEN1. (ox.ac.uk)
  • The APEX gene (alternatively named APE1, HAP1, APEN) encodes the major AP endonuclease in human cells. (wikipedia.org)
  • The structure of the major human apurinic/ apyrimidinic endonuclease (HAP1) has been solved at 2.2 A resolution. (nih.gov)
  • The HAP1 structure furthermore suggests a mechanism for AP site binding which involves the recognition of the deoxyribose moiety in an extrahelical conformation, rather than a 'flipped-out' base opposite the AP site. (nih.gov)
  • UV-DDB, a key protein in human global nucleotide excision repair (NER), binds avidly to abasic sites and 8-oxo-guanine (8-oxoG), suggesting a noncanonical role in base excision repair (BER). (nih.gov)
  • Various types of DNA damage are repaired through multiple repair pathways, such as base excision, nucleotide excision, homologous recombination and nonhomologous end joining. (springer.com)
  • There are six known systems of DNA repair: pathway of direct reversion of damage, base excision repair (BER), nucleotide-excision repair (NER), mismatch repair (MMR), homologous recombination (HR) and nonhomologous DNA end joining (NHEJ). (springer.com)
  • During short-patch BER, 5′dRP is displaced by DNA polymerase β (Polβ), which inserts a single nucleotide. (springer.com)
  • The oxidized abasic lesion is also a substrate for the bacterial UvrABC nucleotide excision repair system. (tamu.edu)
  • We find that human AP endonuclease 1 (APE1) physically interacts with flap endonuclease 1 (FEN1) and with proliferating cell nuclear antigen. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Class II AP endonucleases cleave the phosphodiester backbone 5' to the AP site, thereby initiating a process known as base excision repair (BER). (wikipedia.org)
  • The base excision repair (BER) pathway corrects most endogenous base lesions, including alkylation, oxidation and deamination, apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) sites as well as single-strand breaks. (springer.com)
  • Excision of a lyase-resistant oxidized abasic lesion from DNA. (tamu.edu)
  • These data suggest that the redundant nature of DNA repair systems provides a means for removing a lesion that resists excision by short patch base excision repair. (tamu.edu)
  • We demonstrate that addition of APE1 to the excision reaction mixture slightly (1.5-2-fold) stimulates the removal of the displaced flap by FEN1. (ox.ac.uk)
  • UV-DDB increased both OGG1 and APE1 strand cleavage and stimulated subsequent DNA polymerase β-gap filling activity by 30-fold. (nih.gov)
  • These loop regions apparently act in DNA abasic site (AP) recognition and cleavage since DNase I, which lacks these loops, correspondingly lacks AP site specificity. (nih.gov)
  • Structural comparison of AP endonucleases from the exonuclease III family reveals new amino acid residues in human AP endonuclease 1 that are involved in incision of damaged DNA. (nih.gov)
  • Furthermore, UV-DDB moves to sites of 8-oxoG repair in cells, and UV-DDB depletion sensitizes cells to oxidative DNA damage. (nih.gov)
  • The C2'-oxidized abasic lesion (C2-AP) is produced in DNA that is subjected to oxidative stress. (tamu.edu)
  • Lucanthone inhibits the endonuclease activity of APE1, without affecting its redox activity. (nih.gov)
  • All cells, from simple prokaryotes to humans, have evolved systems to identify and repair such sites. (wikipedia.org)
  • The control aspects of the five DNA repair mechanisms in virus-infected cells have not been well characterized. (springer.com)
  • We propose that UV-DDB is a general sensor of DNA damage in both NER and BER pathways, facilitating damage recognition in the context of chromatin. (nih.gov)
  • The AP endonucleases cleave an AP site to yield a 3′ hydroxyl adjacent to a 5′ deoxyribosephosphate (dRP). (springer.com)
  • A damaged base is recognized by a specific DNA glycosylase, which cleaves the bond between the base and sugar, creating an abasic site (AP), which is a mutagenic and cytotoxic intermediate. (springer.com)
  • Lucanthone and hycanthone are thioxanthenone DNA intercalators used in the 1980s as antitumor agents. (nih.gov)
  • Single-molecule real-time imaging revealed that UV-DDB forms transient complexes with OGG1 or APE1, facilitating their dissociation from DNA. (nih.gov)
  • The K(D) values (affinity constants) for APE1, as determined by BIACORE binding studies, were 89 nM for lucanthone/10 nM for hycanthone. (nih.gov)
  • APE1 structures reveal a hydrophobic pocket where hydrophobic small molecules like thioxanthenones can bind, and our modeling studies confirmed such docking. (nih.gov)
  • This report reviews results from studies, assaying a DNA repair system in HCMV infection. (springer.com)
  • DNA damages can lead to cell mutation, death, apoptosis and immune system activation. (springer.com)