Although NEIL1 and NEIL2 have a weak 8-oxoguanine glycosylase activity, NEIL1 (and probably NEIL2) enhance OGG1 efficiency against 8-oxogunanine by displacing OGG1 from created AP (apurinic/apyrimidinic) sites and thereby increasing OGG1 turnover (Wiederhold et al. 2004, Hazra et al. 2002a and 2002b).
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