Reactome | Translesion synthesis by Y family DNA polymerases bypasses lesions on DNA template

Translesion synthesis by Y family DNA polymerases bypasses lesions on DNA template

Stable Identifier

R-HSA-110313

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Pathway

Species

Homo sapiens

Compartment

nucleoplasm

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5/5

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Translesion synthesis by Y family DNA polymerases bypasses lesions on DNA template

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Ubiquitous environmental and endogenous genotoxic agents cause DNA lesions that can interfere with normal DNA metabolism including DNA replication, eventually resulting in mutations that lead to carcinogenesis and/or cell death. Cells possess repair mechanisms like nucleotide excision and base excision repair pathways to maintain the integrity of the genome. However, some types of lesions are repaired very inefficiently and others may not be recognized and repaired before the lesion-containing DNA undergoes DNA replication. To prevent acute cell death through arrested DNA replication at unrepaired lesions, cells have a mechanism, referred to as translesion synthesis (TLS), which allows DNA synthesis to proceed past lesions. TLS depends on the Y family of DNA polymerases (Lindahl and Wood 1999, Masutani et al. 2000, Yang 2014).

Literature References

PubMed ID	Title	Journal	Year
10583946	Quality control by DNA repair Lindahl, T, Wood, RD	Science	1999
24716551	An overview of Y-Family DNA polymerases and a case study of human DNA polymerase ? Yang, W	Biochemistry	2014
10856253	Mechanisms of accurate translesion synthesis by human DNA polymerase eta. Kusumoto, R, Iwai, S, Masutani, C, Hanaoka, F	EMBO J	2000