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Preferred term

DNA Glycosylases  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A family of DNA repair enzymes that recognize damaged nucleotide bases and remove them by hydrolyzing the N-glycosidic bond that attaches them to the sugar backbone of the DNA molecule. The process called BASE EXCISION REPAIR can be completed by a DNA-(APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE which excises the remaining RIBOSE sugar from the DNA.

Entry terms

  • DNA Glycosylase
  • DNA N-glycosidase

In other languages

  • French

  • ADN glycosylases
  • ADN N-glycosidases
  • ADN N-glycosylases

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-M3KDMHSL-P

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