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The Damage and Repair of DNA. Two main types of DNA damage: *point mutations *structural changes. The molecular basis of point mutations. 1. Base substitution (mismatches) transition transversion. 2. Tautomeric shift. Gene Mutation. The molecular basis of point mutations.
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The Damage and Repair of DNA Two main types of DNA damage: *point mutations *structural changes The molecular basis of point mutations 1. Base substitution (mismatches) transition transversion 2. Tautomeric shift
Gene Mutation The molecular basis of point mutations 3. Base analogs and chemical mutagens
DNA Damage The molecular basis of structural damage 1. Hydrolytic damage Deamination N-glycosidic bond – very weak and easily broken Depurination Deamination
DNA Damage The molecular basis of structural damage 2. Alkylation
DNA Damage The molecular basis of structural damage 3. Oxidation and Radiation
Repairing Damages Bases 1. Mismatch repair (MMR) Dam methylase: MutS:
Repairing Damages Bases 1. Mismatch repair (MMR)
Repairing Damages Bases 2. Photoreactivation
Repairing Damages Bases 3. Repair of alkylation
(BER) Repairing Damages Bases 4. Base excision repair (BER)
Repairing Damages Bases 4. Base excision repair (BER)
Repairing Damages Bases 5. Nucleotide excision repair (NER)
DNA Repair 7. Double Strand Break Repair (DSB) Nonhomologous End-Joining (NHEJ) Ku XRCC4 DNA-PKcs Artemis Ligase
DNA Repair 8. Double Strand Break (DSB) repair (Homologous Recombination)
DNA Repair 8. Double Strand Break (DSB) repair (Homologous Recombination)