Structural organization, evolution, and distribution of viral pyrimidine dimer-DNA glycosylases.

ABSTRACT: DNA glycosylases are DNA repair enzymes capable of removing damaged nitrogenous bases, including those formed as a result of UV irradiation with sunlight (approximately 300-400 нм). DNA glycosylases are common not only among bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes, but some groups of viruses can also encode them. The best-known viral glycosylase is endonuclease V (DenV, Pdg-T4) of Escherichia virus T4, the main substrate of which is cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers. DenV is isolated separately from other large families of glycosylases; it is quite common in nature and has homologs in a number of other viruses and even bacteria. However, the ways of its origin are poorly understood. The best-known DenV homolog is the glycosylase of Chlorella virus strain, PBCV-1 (Cv-pdg). This review contains the ma

SUBMITTER: Karmanova AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9481830 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature