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SUBMITTER: Shen B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6961979 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shen Birong B Chapman Joseph H JH Custance Michael F MF Tricola Gianna M GM Jones Charles E CE Furano Anthony V AV
eLife 20200106
Abundant APOBEC3 (A3) deaminase-mediated mutations can dominate the mutational landscape ('mutator phenotype') of some cancers, however, the basis of this sporadic vulnerability is unknown. We show here that elevated expression of the bifunctional DNA glycosylase, NEIL2, sensitizes breast cancer cells to A3B-mediated mutations and double-strand breaks (DSBs) by perturbing canonical base excision repair (BER). NEIL2 usurps the canonical lyase, APE1, at abasic sites in a purified BER system, rende ...[more]