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SUBMITTER: Riva V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7672437 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Riva Valentina V Garbelli Anna A Casiraghi Federica F Arena Francesca F Trivisani Claudia Immacolata CI Gagliardi Assunta A Bini Luca L Schroeder Martina M Maffia Antonio A Sabbioneda Simone S Maga Giovanni G
Nucleic acids research 20201101 20
Removal of ribonucleotides (rNMPs) incorporated into the genome by the ribonucleotide excision repair (RER) is essential to avoid genetic instability. In eukaryotes, the RNaseH2 is the only known enzyme able to incise 5' of the rNMP, starting the RER process, which is subsequently carried out by replicative DNA polymerases (Pols) δ or ϵ, together with Flap endonuclease 1 (Fen-1) and DNA ligase 1. Here, we show that the DEAD-box RNA helicase DDX3X has RNaseH2-like activity and can support fully r ...[more]