- 著者
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中村 照也
- 出版者
- 日本結晶学会
- 雑誌
- 日本結晶学会誌 (ISSN:03694585)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.56, no.2, pp.123-128, 2014-04-30 (Released:2014-05-01)
- 参考文献数
- 30
DNA, which carries genetic information, is easily damaged by reactive oxygen species,UV radiation and chemical agents, and DNA integrity is maintained by various nucleic acid enzymes. We carried out X-ray crystallographic studies of two types of nucleic acid enzymes, oxidative nucleotide hydrolase MutT and translesion DNA polymerase η. In this review, I will describe the mechanism of high substrate specificity for oxidative nucleotides by E. coli MutT and the visualization of nucleotidyl transfer reaction by human DNA polymerase η.