DNA Repair Flashcards
Types of DNA damage
Change of base (spont. base loss, deamination, UV induced thymine dimers, base alkylation and base oxidation by ROS)
Change in DNA Structure
(Bulges in helix caused by insertions, deletions, bulky chem adducts, rep errors, cross links; strand breaks, stalled replication forks)
An example of deamination w/ change in base.
cytosine deamination goes to uracial (CG to TA in structure)
Base alkylation example for point muation
GC (to O6-meG:T) to AT
Xeroderma pigmentosum
increased sensitivity to sunlight. Skin neoplasms and Neuro degen later. Genetic defect inactivating nucleotide excision repair (Global genome NER). Pyrimidine (thymine) dimers are passed over by repair mech, meaning increased probability of mutation/skin cancer risk.
DNA structure changes interfering w/ replication and transcription
Double strand breaks
Interstrand (2 sep strands) crosslink
Intrastrand crosslink
BPDE (Guanosine BPDE, a base adduct ex, causes insertion of A opp G by DNA pol)
Direct reversal of damaged bases
- Repair single strand break w/ DNA ligase
- Reverse UV damaged bases (T-T-T-C dimers) using photlyase
- Reverse base alkylation of O6-meG using MGMT (O6-meG methyltransferase)
Base excision repair (BER)
repairs base damages that do not distort DNA
-uses base specific glycosylases to remove damaged base
Nucleotide Excision Repair (NER)
repairs base damages that distort DNA
-removes an oligonucleotide that contains the damaged base
Mismatch repair
removes misincorporated nucleotides during DNA replication
-can tell difference b/t template and new strand
MGMT
coserved direct reversal example of DNA repair
Removes methyl group from O of Guanine on C6
Lesions corrected by Base Excision Repair
deamination dealkylation oxidation spontaneous base loss (doesn't distort DNA)
Mechanism of Base Excision Repair
- Modified base recognized by spec. DNA glycosylase, which hydrolyzes the N-glycosidic bond (cleaves base) yielding an AP (abasic) site
- AP-site specific endonuclease (like APE1) cleaves sugar phosphate backbone in 5’ direction
- A second endonuclease cleaves 3’ to AP site, removing deoxyribose phophate
- DNA Pol fills gap and DNA ligase seals nick.
Lesions corrected by NER
thymine dimers, crosslinking, bulky adducts, nucleotide insertion or deletion.
-distort DNA
Steps of NER
- Recognition and binding of damaged site by multi-protein complex (2 possibilities)
- Local unwinding with helicases of TFIIH to form ~25 base bubble.
- 2 endonucleases, double incision, remove ~30 base oligonucleotide w/ lesion.
- Gap filled w/ DNA Pol
- Nick fixed with DNA ligase.
How does NER machinery recognize damage?
- Global genome NER (recognizes damage anywhere in genome)
Defect–>cancer; XD - Transcription-Coupled NER (recognizes damage in transcribed regions)
Defect–>CNS disorder like Cockayne Syndrome (CS)