NTHL1 (hNTH1; endonuclease III-like protein 1) acts as a FapyA DNA glycosylase to cleave FapyA (4,6-diamino-5-formamidopyrimidine), an imidazole ring-opened adenine derivative formed during oxidative stress (Evans et al. 2004), from the DNA sugar phosphate backbone, creating an apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) site (Luna et al. 2000, Hu et al. 2005). After the AP site is created, NTHL1 can act as a beta lyase to cleave the DNA strand 5' to the AP site (Ikeda et al. 1998).
Ikeda, S, Biswas, T, Roy, R, Izumi, T, Boldogh, I, Kurosky, A, Sarker, AH, Seki, S, Mitra, S
Hu, J, de Souza-Pinto, NC, Haraguchi, K, Hogue, BA, Jaruga, P, Greenberg, MM, Dizdaroglu, M, Bohr, VA
Luna, L, Bjørås, M, Hoff, E, Rognes, T, Seeberg, E
Evans, MD, Dizdaroglu, M, Cooke, MS
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