MutT,DNA

H Maki1, M Sekiguchi

  • 1Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

Nature
|January 16, 1992
PubMed
まとめ

MutTタンパク質は,酸化グアニンヌクレオチドである8-oxodGTPを分解することによって,DNA複製エラーを防止します. この発見は,DNA合成の忠節性を維持し,突然変異を防ぐために重要な新しいメカニズムを明らかにしています.

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Mismatch Repair

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Mutations

Overview
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Mismatch Repair

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Mutations

Mutations are changes in the sequence of DNA. These changes can occur spontaneously or they can be induced by exposure to environmental factors. Mutations can be characterized in a number of different ways: whether and how they alter the amino acid sequence of the protein, whether they occur over a small or large area of DNA, and whether they occur in somatic cells or germline cells.
Chromosomal Alterations Are Large-Scale Mutations
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Mismatch Repair

Organisms are capable of detecting and fixing nucleotide mismatches that occur during DNA replication. This sophisticated process requires identifying the new strand and replacing the erroneous bases with correct nucleotides. Mismatch repair is coordinated by many proteins in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
The Mutator Protein Family Plays a Key Role in DNA Mismatch Repair
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Spontaneous and Induced Mutations

Spontaneous mutations arise infrequently during DNA replication due to errors in the process. A key factor behind these errors is tautomeric shifts in nitrogenous bases, where bases transition from keto to enol forms or amino to imino forms. This shift can alter base-pairing rules, leading to mutations. Additionally, reactive oxygen species (ROS) arising from aerobic metabolism can damage DNA, resulting in depurination (loss of a purine base) or depyrimidination (loss of a pyrimidine base).