NEIL2 cleaves 5-OHU from damaged DNA

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R-HSA-5649681
Type
Reaction [transition]
Species
Homo sapiens
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5/5
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NEIL2 acts as a DNA glycosylase to cleave 5'-hydroxyuracil from damaged DNA, producing an AP (apurinic/apyrimidinic) site (Hazra et al. 2002).
Literature References
PubMed ID Title Journal Year
12097317 Identification and characterization of a novel human DNA glycosylase for repair of cytosine-derived lesions

Mokkapati, SK, Imhoff, B, Kow, YW, Mitra, S, Izumi, T, Hazra, TK, Hatahet, Z, Boldogh, I

J. Biol. Chem. 2002
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DNA N-glycosylase activity of NEIL2:5-OHU-dsDNA [nucleoplasm]

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