title: (A)BC excinuclease: the Escherichia coli nucleotide excision repair enzyme.
abstract: Nucleotide excision repair is the major pathway for removing damage from DNA. (A)BC excinuclease is the nuclease activity which initiates nucleotide excision repair in Escherichia coli. In this review, we focus on current understanding of the structure-function of the enzyme and the reaction mechanism of the repair pathway. In addition, recent biochemical studies on preferential repair of actively transcribed genes in E. coli are summarized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sancar
mesh_terms: D004260:DNA Repair; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases; C036385:endodeoxyribonuclease uvrABC