Structural basis for recognition and repair of the endogenous mutagen 8-oxoguanine in DNA.
Bruner, S.D., Norman, D.P., Verdine, G.L.(2000) Nature 403: 859-866
- PubMed: 10706276 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/35002510
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1EBM - PubMed Abstract: 
Spontaneous oxidation of guanine residues in DNA generates 8-oxoguanine (oxoG). By mispairing with adenine during replication, oxoG gives rise to a G x C --> T x A transversion, a frequent somatic mutation in human cancers. The dedicated repair pathway for oxoG centres on 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (hOGG1), an enzyme that recognizes oxoG x C base pairs, catalysing expulsion of the oxoG and cleavage of the DNA backbone ...