title: Enzyme structures. DNA repair flips out.
abstract: New insights into the workings of the repair enzymes that police the genome for damage to DNA come from the recently determined structures of two uracil-DNA glycosylases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Toxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Demple
mesh_terms: D045647:DNA Glycosylases; D004260:DNA Repair; D006801:Humans; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D014498:Uracil / Q000378:metabolism; D051981:Uracil-DNA Glycosidase; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins; D014498:Uracil; D045647:DNA Glycosylases; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases; D051981:Uracil-DNA Glycosidase