From Mfd to TRCF and Back Again-A Perspective on Bacterial Transcription-coupled Nucleotide Excision Repair

Overview

Journal Photochem Photobiol

Specialties Biochemistry
Biology
Chemistry

Date 2016 Nov 19

PMID 27859304

Citations 6

Authors

Alexandra M Deaconescu

Margaret M Suhanovsky

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Abstract

Photochemical and other reactions on DNA cause damage and corrupt genetic information. To counteract this damage, organisms have evolved intricate repair mechanisms that often crosstalk with other DNA-based processes such as transcription. Intriguing observations in the late 1980s and early 1990s led to the discovery of transcription-coupled repair (TCR), a subpathway of nucleotide excision repair. TCR, found in all domains of life, prioritizes for repair lesions located in the transcribed DNA strand, directly read by RNA polymerase. Here, we give a historical overview of developments in the field of bacterial TCR, starting from the pioneering work of Evelyn Witkin and Aziz Sancar, which led to the identification of the first transcription-repair coupling factor (the Mfd protein), to recent studies that have uncovered alternative TCR pathways and regulators.

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