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Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > DNA Repair Enzymes > DNA Glycosylases
... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Glycoside Hydrolases > N-Glycosyl Hydrolases > DNA Glycosylases

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DNA Glycosylases  

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Entry terms

  • DNA Glycosylase
  • DNA N glycosidase
  • DNA N-glycosidase
  • Glycosylase, DNA

Scope note

  • A family of DNA repair enzymes that recognize damaged nucleotide bases and remove them by hydrolyzing the N-glycosidic bond that attaches them to the sugar backbone of the DNA molecule. The process called BASE EXCISION REPAIR can be completed by a DNA-(APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE which excises the remaining RIBOSE sugar from the DNA.

History note

  • 2004; use DNA GLYCOSIDASES (NM) 1980-2003

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D045647

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