Publication: A peek inside the machines of bacterial nucleotide excision repair
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2021-01-02
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14220067
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16616596
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Mahidol University
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Vol.22, No.2 (2021), 1-20
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Thanyalak Kraithong, Silas Hartley, David Jeruzalmi, Danaya Pakotiprapha A peek inside the machines of bacterial nucleotide excision repair. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Vol.22, No.2 (2021), 1-20. doi:10.3390/ijms22020952 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/76309
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A peek inside the machines of bacterial nucleotide excision repair
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Double stranded DNA (dsDNA), the repository of genetic information in bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes, exhibits a surprising instability in the intracellular environment; this fragility is exacerbated by exogenous agents, such as ultraviolet radiation. To protect themselves against the severe consequences of DNA damage, cells have evolved at least six distinct DNA repair pathways. Here, we review recent key findings of studies aimed at understanding one of these pathways: bacterial nucleotide excision repair (NER). This pathway operates in two modes: a global genome repair (GGR) pathway and a pathway that closely interfaces with transcription by RNA polymerase called transcription-coupled repair (TCR). Below, we discuss the architecture of key proteins in bacterial NER and recent biochemical, structural and single-molecule studies that shed light on the lesion recognition steps of both the GGR and the TCR sub-pathways. Although a great deal has been learned about both of these sub-pathways, several important questions, including damage discrimination, roles of ATP and the orchestration of protein binding and conformation switching, remain to be addressed.