PNKP, a bifunctional polynucleotide phosphatase/kinase, acts as a 3' phosphatase to remove the terminal 3' phosphate group (3'Pi) at the single strand break (SSB) generated by NEIL1 or NEIL2 beta/delta lyase activity. The presence of XRCC1 is necessary for the 3'-phosphatase activity of PNKP. The removal of the 3'Pi (generating a 3'-OH) makes the DNA with the 3'-end suitable for extension by the DNA polymerase beta (POLB) (Whitehouse et al. 2001, Wiederhold et al. 2004, Das et al. 2006).
Karimi-Busheri, F, Wang, H, Weinfeld, M, Mitra, S, Hazra, TK, Kedar, P, Wilson, SH, Leppard, JB, Prasad, R, Boldogh, I, Tomkinson, AE, Wiederhold, L, Das, A
Taylor, RM, Whitehouse, CJ, Weinfeld, M, Lasko, DD, Zhang, H, Thistlethwaite, A, Caldecott, KW, Karimi-Busheri, F
Karimi-Busheri, F, Weinfeld, M, Mitra, S, Wiederhold, L, Izumi, T, Hazra, TK, Kedar, P, Wilson, SH, Leppard, JB, Prasad, R, Rasouli-Nia, A, Tomkinson, AE
polynucleotide 3'-phosphatase activity of NEIL1,NEIL2:PNKP:POLB:LIG3:XRCC1:SSB(3'Pi)-gap-dsDNA [nucleoplasm]
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