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Science 291 (5507): 1284-1289

Copyright © 2001 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Human DNA Repair Genes

Richard D. Wood,1* Michael Mitchell,2 John Sgouros,2 Tomas Lindahl1

Cellular DNA is subjected to continual attack, both by reactive species inside cells and by environmental agents. Toxic and mutagenic consequences are minimized by distinct pathways of repair, and 130 known human DNA repair genes are described here. Notable features presently include four enzymes that can remove uracil from DNA, seven recombination genes related to RAD51, and many recently discovered DNA polymerases that bypass damage, but only one system to remove the main DNA lesions induced by ultraviolet light. More human DNA repair genes will be found by comparison with model organisms and as common folds in three-dimensional protein structures are determined. Modulation of DNA repair should lead to clinical applications including improvement of radiotherapy and treatment with anticancer drugs and an advanced understanding of the cellular aging process.

1 Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Clare Hall Laboratories, Blanche Lane, South Mimms, Herts EN6 3LD, UK.
2 Imperial Cancer Research Fund, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK.
*   Present address: University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, S867 Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.

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B. Hao, H. Wang, K. Zhou, Y. Li, X. Chen, G. Zhou, Y. Zhu, X. Miao, W. Tan, Q. Wei, et al. (2004)
Cancer Res. 64, 4378-4384
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Involvement of base excision repair in response to therapy targeted at thymidylate synthase.
L. Li, S. H. Berger, and M. D. Wyatt (2004)
Mol. Cancer Ther. 3, 747-753
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High Specificity of Quantitative Excision Repair Cross-Complementing 1 Messenger RNA Expression for Prediction of Minor Histopathological Response to Neoadjuvant Radiochemotherapy in Esophageal Cancer.
U. Warnecke-Eberz, R. Metzger, F. Miyazono, S. E. Baldus, S. Neiss, J. Brabender, H. Schaefer, W. Doerfler, E. Bollschweiler, H. P. Dienes, et al. (2004)
Clin. Cancer Res. 10, 3794-3799
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DNA repair in higher plants; photoreactivation is the major DNA repair pathway in non-proliferating cells while excision repair (nucleotide excision repair and base excision repair) is active in proliferating cells.
S. Kimura, Y. Tahira, T. Ishibashi, Y. Mori, T. Mori, J. Hashimoto, and K. Sakaguchi (2004)
Nucleic Acids Res. 32, 2760-2767
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A Large-Scale Screen for Mutagen-Sensitive Loci in Drosophila.
A. Laurencon, C. M. Orme, H. K. Peters, C. L. Boulton, E. K. Vladar, S. A. Langley, E. P. Bakis, D. T. Harris, N. J. Harris, S. M. Wayson, et al. (2004)
Genetics 167, 217-231
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Polymorphisms in DNA repair and metabolic genes in bladder cancer.
S. Sanyal, F. Festa, S. Sakano, Z. Zhang, G. Steineck, U. Norming, H. Wijkstrom, P. Larsson, R. Kumar, and K. Hemminki (2004)
Carcinogenesis 25, 729-734
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Interaction of human and bacterial AlkB proteins with DNA as probed through chemical cross-linking studies.
Y. Mishina, C.-H. J. Lee, and C. He (2004)
Nucleic Acids Res. 32, 1548-1554
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Expression of Base Excision DNA Repair Genes Is a Sensitive Biomarker for in Vivo Detection of Chemical-induced Chronic Oxidative Stress: Identification of the Molecular Source of Radicals Responsible for DNA Damage by Peroxisome Proliferators.
I. Rusyn, S. Asakura, B. Pachkowski, B. U. Bradford, M. F. Denissenko, J. M. Peters, S. M. Holland, J. K. Reddy, M. L. Cunningham, and J. A. Swenberg (2004)
Cancer Res. 64, 1050-1057
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Deficient Nucleotide Excision Repair Capacity Enhances Human Prostate Cancer Risk.
J. J. Hu, M. C. Hall, L. Grossman, M. Hedayati, D. L. McCullough, K. Lohman, and L. D. Case (2004)
Cancer Res. 64, 1197-1201
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DNA Repair Gene XRCC1 and XPD Polymorphisms and Risk of Prostate Cancer.
B. A. Rybicki, D. V. Conti, A. Moreira, M. Cicek, G. Casey, and J. S. Witte (2004)
Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 13, 23-29
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Genetic Variation and Exposure Related Risk Estimation: Will Toxicology Enter a New Era? DNA Repair and Cancer as a Paradigm.
H. W. Mohrenweiser (2004)
Toxicol Pathol 32, 136-145
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MSH2 and ATR form a signaling module and regulate two branches of the damage response to DNA methylation.
Y. Wang and J. Qin (2003)
PNAS 100, 15387-15392
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p53 Mutations in Bladder Cancer: Evidence for Exogenous versus Endogenous Risk Factors.
J. C. Schroeder, K. Conway, Y. Li, K. Mistry, D. A. Bell, and J. A. Taylor (2003)
Cancer Res. 63, 7530-7538
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Exposing the MYtH about base excision repair and human inherited disease.
J. P. Cheadle and J. R. Sampson (2003)
Hum. Mol. Genet. 12, R159-R165
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Base Excision Repair Intermediates Induce p53-independent Cytotoxic and Genotoxic Responses.
R. W. Sobol, M. Kartalou, K. H. Almeida, D. F. Joyce, B. P. Engelward, J. K. Horton, R. Prasad, L. D. Samson, and S. H. Wilson (2003)
J. Biol. Chem. 278, 39951-39959
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Relationship between XPG codon 1104 polymorphism and risk of primary lung cancer.
H.-S. Jeon, K. M. Kim, S. H. Park, S. Y. Lee, J. E. Choi, G. Y. Lee, S. Kam, R. W. Park, I.-S. Kim, C. H. Kim, et al. (2003)
Carcinogenesis 24, 1677-1681
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