title: Formamidopyrimidine DNA glycosylase in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: A DNA glycosylase that excises, 2,6-diamino-4-hydroxy-5N-methylformamidopyrimidine (Fapy) from double stranded DNA has been purified 28,570-fold from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Gel filtration chromatography shows that yeast Fapy DNA glycosylase has a molecular weight of about 40 kDa. The Fapy DNA glycosylase is active in the presence of EDTA, but is completely inhibited by 0.2 M KCl. Yeast Fapy DNA glycosylase does not excise N7-methylguanine, N3-methyladenine or uracil. A repair enzyme for 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine (8-OxoG) co-purifies with the Fapy DNA glycosylase. This repair activity causes strand cleavage at the site of 8-OxoG in DNA duplexes. The highest rate of incision of the 8-OxoG-containing strand was observed for duplexes where 8-OxoG was opposite guanine. The mode of incision at 8-OxoG was not established yet. The results however suggest that the Fapy- and 8-OxoG-repair activities are associated with a single protein.
authors.affiliation: Groupe Réparation des lésions radio et chimioinduites, URA147 CNRS, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: van der Kemp
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Geiger
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nehls
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boiteux
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000502:physiology*; D043382:DNA-Formamidopyrimidine Glycosylase; D006147:Guanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D011089:Polydeoxyribonucleotides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D011089:Polydeoxyribonucleotides; C024829:8-hydroxyguanine; D006147:Guanine; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases; D043382:DNA-Formamidopyrimidine Glycosylase