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  • Title: Repair of O6-methylguanine by ABC excinuclease of Escherichia coli in vitro.
    Author: Voigt JM, Van Houten B, Sancar A, Topal MD.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1989 Mar 25; 264(9):5172-6. PubMed ID: 2538476.
    Abstract:
    O6-Methylguanine, the major mutagenic product of methylnitroso compounds, was previously thought to be repaired exclusively by alkyltransferases I and II. Using synthetic substrates that contain O6-methyl-guanine at defined positions, we demonstrate that the nucleotide excision repair enzyme of Escherichia coli, ABC excinuclease, also repairs DNA containing this adduct. We show that the ABC excinuclease binds specifically to the modified DNA and produces incisions at the eight phosphodiester bond 5' and at the fifth or sixth phosphodiester bond 3' to the modified guanine.
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