Diversity of Endonuclease V: From DNA Repair to RNA Editing

Deamination of adenine occurs in DNA, RNA, and their precursors via a hydrolytic reaction and a nitrosative reaction. The generated deaminated products are potentially mutagenic because of their structural similarity to natural bases, which in turn leads to erroneous nucleotide pairing and subsequen...

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Main Author: Isao Kuraoka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-09-01
Series:Biomolecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/5/4/2194