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SUBMITTER: Caglayan M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6976671 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20200122 1
DNA polymerase (pol) μ primarily inserts ribonucleotides into a single-nucleotide gapped DNA intermediate, and the ligation step plays a critical role in the joining of noncomplementary DNA ends during nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) for the repair of double-strand breaks (DSBs) caused by reactive oxygen species. Here, we report that the pol μ insertion products of ribonucleotides (rATP or rCTP), instead of deoxyribonucleotides, opposite 8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG) are efficiently ligated ...[more]