The Bowman-Birk protease inhibitor enhances clonogenic cell survival of ionizing radiation-treated nucleotide excision repair-competent cells but not of xeroderma pigmentosum cells

2000 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. H. Dittmann, E. Dikomey, C. Mayer,
2018 ◽  
Vol 138 (2) ◽  
pp. 467-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eiji Nakano ◽  
Seiji Takeuchi ◽  
Ryusuke Ono ◽  
Mariko Tsujimoto ◽  
Taro Masaki ◽  
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Author(s):  
David A Farnell

Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is a vital DNA repair pathway which acts on a wide range of helix-distorting lesions. The importance of this pathway is highlighted by its functional conservation throughout evolution and by several human diseases, such as xeroderma pigmentosum, which are caused by a defective NER pathway. This review summarizes the NER mechanisms present in all three domains of life: eukaryotes, bacteria, and archaea.


2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (13) ◽  
pp. 5664-5674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryotaro Nishi ◽  
Yuki Okuda ◽  
Eriko Watanabe ◽  
Toshio Mori ◽  
Shigenori Iwai ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Xeroderma pigmentosum group C (XPC) protein plays a key role in DNA damage recognition in global genome nucleotide excision repair (NER). The protein forms in vivo a heterotrimeric complex involving one of the two human homologs of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad23p and centrin 2, a centrosomal protein. Because centrin 2 is dispensable for the cell-free NER reaction, its role in NER has been unclear. Binding experiments with a series of truncated XPC proteins allowed the centrin 2 binding domain to be mapped to a presumed α-helical region near the C terminus, and three amino acid substitutions in this domain abrogated interaction with centrin 2. Human cell lines stably expressing the mutant XPC protein exhibited a significant reduction in global genome NER activity. Furthermore, centrin 2 enhanced the cell-free NER dual incision and damaged DNA binding activities of XPC, which likely require physical interaction between XPC and centrin 2. These results reveal a novel vital function for centrin 2 in NER, the potentiation of damage recognition by XPC.


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