NEIL3 can resolve interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) in replicating DNA, induced by intercalating DNA damaging agent psoralen, which cross links thymine bases from two replicated double strand DNAs (dsDNAs). NEIL3-mediated cleavage of psoralen-induced ICLs results in one dsDNA molecule with an abasic site (AP site) and one dsDNA molecule with a thymine-psoralen adduct. NEIL3-mediated resolution of ICLs is independent of the Fanconia anemia (FA) pathway and was demonstrated for both Xenopus (Semlow et al. 2016) and human (Martin et al. 2017) NEIL3.
Budzowska, M, Zhang, J, Semlow, DR, Drohat, AC, Walter, JC
Saparbaev, MK, Groisman, R, Couvé, S, Zutterling, C, Parsons, JL, Matkarimov, BT, Martin, PR, Elder, RH, Albelazi, MS
DNA N-glycosylase activity of NEIL3 [nucleoplasm]
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