Age-Related Differences in DNA Polymerase Alpha Specific Activity: Potential for Interaction in DNA Repair

2020 ◽  
pp. 65-87
Author(s):  
David L. Busbee ◽  
Victor L. Sylvia ◽  
Geoffrey M. Curtin
Keyword(s):  
Dna Repair ◽  
Dna Polymerase ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Dna Polymerase Alpha ◽  
Age Related

scholarly journals Aphidicolin does not inhibit DNA repair synthesis in ultraviolet-irradiated HeLa cells. A radioautographic study

1981 ◽  
Vol 199 (2) ◽  
pp. 453-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Hardt ◽  
G Pedrali-Noy ◽  
F Focher ◽  
S Spadari
Keyword(s):  
Dna Repair ◽  
Dna Replication ◽  
Dna Synthesis ◽  
Dna Polymerase ◽  
Hela Cells ◽  
Nuclear Dna ◽  
Detectable Effect ◽  
Repair Synthesis ◽  
Dna Polymerase Alpha ◽  
Dna Repair Synthesis

A radioautographic examination of nuclear DNA synthesis in unirradiated and u.v.-irradiated HeLa cells, in the presence and in the absence of aphidicolin, showed that aphidicolin inhibits nuclear DNA replication and has no detectable effect on DNA repair synthesis. Although the results establish that in u.v.-irradiated HeLa cells most of the DNA repair synthesis is not due to DNA polymerase alpha, they do not preclude a significant role for this enzyme in DNA repair processes.

scholarly journals The role of DNA polymerase alpha in the control of mutagenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells starved for nutrients

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-61
Author(s):  
Nora Babudri ◽  
Alessandro Achilli ◽  
Chiara Martinelli ◽  
Elizabeth Moore ◽  
Hovirag Lancioni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Dna Repair ◽  
Dna Polymerase ◽  
Dna Polymerases ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Dna Polymerase Alpha ◽  
Dna Polymerase Α ◽  
Dividing Cells ◽  
Base Selection

In nature, microorganisms experience numerous environmental stresses and generally grow poorly most of the time. In the last two decades it has become evident that mutations arise not only in actively dividing cells but also in nonreplicating or slowly replicating cells starved for nutrients. In yeast, precise base selection and proofreading by replicative DNA polymerases δ and ε keep starvation-associated mutagenesis (SAM) at basal levels. Less is known about the role of replicative DNA polymerase α (Pol α). Here we provide evidence that Pol α is involved in the control of SAM in yeast cells starved for adenine by participation in sporadic replication and/or DNA repair under these conditions. 

scholarly journals Crosstalk between Different DNA Repair Pathways Contributes to Neurodegenerative Diseases

Biology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Swapnil Gupta ◽  
Panpan You ◽  
Tanima SenGupta ◽  
Hilde Nilsen ◽  
Kulbhushan Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Dna Repair ◽  
Neurodegenerative Diseases ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Model Systems ◽  
Spinocerebellar Ataxias ◽  
C Elegans ◽  
Cellular Processes ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Damage Response ◽  
Lateral Sclerosis

Genomic integrity is maintained by DNA repair and the DNA damage response (DDR). Defects in certain DNA repair genes give rise to many rare progressive neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs), such as ocular motor ataxia, Huntington disease (HD), and spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA). Dysregulation or dysfunction of DDR is also proposed to contribute to more common NDDs, such as Parkinson’s disease (PD), Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Here, we present mechanisms that link DDR with neurodegeneration in rare NDDs caused by defects in the DDR and discuss the relevance for more common age-related neurodegenerative diseases. Moreover, we highlight recent insight into the crosstalk between the DDR and other cellular processes known to be disturbed during NDDs. We compare the strengths and limitations of established model systems to model human NDDs, ranging from C. elegans and mouse models towards advanced stem cell-based 3D models.

scholarly journals Tight association of DNA primase with a subspecies of mouse DNA polymerase alpha.

1983 ◽  
Vol 258 (11) ◽  
pp. 6698-6700 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Yagura ◽  
S Tanaka ◽  
T Kozu ◽  
T Seno ◽  
D Korn
Keyword(s):  
Dna Polymerase ◽  
Dna Polymerase Alpha ◽  
Dna Primase ◽  
Tight Association
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