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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Kovtun IV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2681094 | biostudies-literature | 2007 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature 20070422 7143
Although oxidative damage has long been associated with ageing and neurological disease, mechanistic connections of oxidation to these phenotypes have remained elusive. Here we show that the age-dependent somatic mutation associated with Huntington's disease occurs in the process of removing oxidized base lesions, and is remarkably dependent on a single base excision repair enzyme, 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine-DNA glycosylase (OGG1). Both in vivo and in vitro results support a 'toxic oxidation' mode ...[more]