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Mutation Repair Mechanisms
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05/13/2013

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Photolyase
Definition
DIRECT REPAIR ENZYME: Binds to Pyrimidine Dimer, and when activated with white light breaks down dimers and restores function.
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Methyl Transferase
Definition
DIRECT REPAIR ENZYME: Repairs O6-methyl(nucleotide base) methylation which causes improper nucleotide pairing. Methyl Tranferase transfers the methyl group from the nucleotide to a Cystine Residue thus correcting the mispairing.
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DNA Glycosylase
Definition
DNA Base Excision Repair: Repair mechanism for deamination events. Recognizes and removes damaged bases leaving apurinic or a pyrimidinic (AP) site.
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AP endonuclease
Definition
DNA Base Excision Repair: DNA glycosylase removes damaged nucleotides leaving AP site then AP endonuclease cleaves phosphodiester backbone near AP site. DNA Polymerase I and ligase finishes repair.
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Excinuclease
Definition
Nucleotide Excision Repair: Isolates and nicks lesion on the damaged DNA. Helicase, DNA POL I, and Ligase finish the repair.
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E. coli UVR A Excinuclease
Definition
Nucleotide Excision Repair: Recognizes Damage and binds with UVR B
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E. coli UVR B Excinuclease
Definition
Nucleotide Excision Repair: Nothing specific on Pond's slides. Judging from figure UVR B seems to hold Damaged DNA bent until UVR C arrives at lesion.
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E. coli UVR C Excinuclease
Definition
Nucleotide Excision Repair: Binds @ Lesion after UVR A is released. Nicks (cuts) Damaged DNA on both sides. Helicase, DNA POL, and Ligase finish the repair
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Dam Methylase
Definition
Essential in mismatch repair, as mismatch repair can only occur with hemimethylated DNA. Dam methylase methylates new strand thus removing possibility for repair.
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MUT S
Definition
Mismatch Repair: MUT S recognized mismatch and is bound by MUT L
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MUT L
Definition
Mismatch Repair: Binds MUT S to damaged DNA
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MUT H
Definition
Mismatch Repair: MUT H binds hemimethylated GATC sites, and uses endonuclease activity to make a cut at lesion site. Depending upon where cut is made a combination of Helicase and Endonuclease will remove damaged DNA completely leaving Polymerase to finish repair. (see slide 39 for complete terms)
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Retrieval Repair Systems
Definition
Occurs after replication has started. Replication is blocked (eg Thymine Dimer). Pol jumps damaged site leaving gap. Parent Strand recombines to fill gap left. Gap left in parent is filled by Pol and Ligase.
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LEX A Repressor
Definition
SOS Repair System: Lex A is a repressor preventing transcription of SOS genes. In order for SOS induction to occur, Lex A must be inactivated by Rec A protein.
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REC A Protein
Definition
SOS Repair System: Rec A protein proteolyses (cleaves) Lex A repressor thus inducing SOS repair gene.
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Direct Repair
Definition
Mechanism for repairing nucleotide mismatching directly (eg. Thymine Dimers or Methylation mismatching). Uses photolyase and methyl transferase.
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Base Excision Repair
Definition
Repair for deamination events in which a small DNA segment needs repair. Glycosylase and AP endonuclease used.
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Nucleotide Excision Repair
Definition
Repair for much larger DNA lesion or distorted DNA. Requires Excinuclease, and UVR (A,B,C) excinuclease in E.coli.
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Mismatch Repair
Definition
Repair mechanism dependent upon hemimethylated DNA which is only present for a short time after replication. MUT (S,L,H) required for repair.
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SOS Repair System
Definition
Entire Gene dedicated as a desperation repair strategy. Induced in response to DNA damage that blocks replication (so if other systems fail.....). It is an error prone system.
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KRAS + PPNS35 Diester Repair
Definition
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