title: RETRACTED: Defective transcription-coupled repair of oxidative base damage in Cockayne syndrome patients from XP group G.
abstract: In normal human cells, damage due to ultraviolet light is preferentially removed from active genes by nucleotide excision repair (NER) in a transcription-coupled repair (TCR) process that requires the gene products defective in Cockayne syndrome (CS). Oxidative damage, including thymine glycols, is shown to be removed by TCR in cells from normal individuals and from xeroderma pigmentosum (XP)-A, XP-F, and XP-G patients who have NER defects but not from XP-G patients who have severe CS. Thus, TCR of oxidative damage requires an XPG function distinct from its NER endonuclease activity. These results raise the possibility that defective TCR of oxidative damage contributes to the developmental defects associated with CS.
authors.affiliation: Life Sciences Division, Building 934, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nouspikel
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Clarkson
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Leadon
mesh_terms: D003057:Cockayne Syndrome / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004720:Endonucleases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D009154:Mutation; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D014983:Xeroderma Pigmentosum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000099250:DNA Excision Repair Protein ERCC-5
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004720:Endonucleases; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000099250:DNA Excision Repair Protein ERCC-5