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SUBMITTER: Zhang M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7227132 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Meng M Wang Lijuan L Shu Shi S Sancar Aziz A Zhong Dongping D
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20161001 6309
Photolyase is a blue-light-activated enzyme that repairs ultraviolet-induced DNA damage that occurs in the form of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) and pyrimidine-pyrimidone (6-4) photoproducts. Previous studies on microbial photolyases have revealed an electron-tunneling pathway that is critical for the repair mechanism. In this study, we used femtosecond spectroscopy to deconvolute seven electron-transfer reactions in 10 elementary steps in all classes of CPD photolyases. We report a unifi ...[more]