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ArticleBiochemistry2023

Backbone Conformational Equilibrium in Mismatched DNA Correlates with Enzyme Activity.

M N Westwood, A Pilarski, C Johnson, S Mamoud, G A Meints

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Article in Biochemistry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

M N WestwoodBiophysics Program, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1514-4827
A PilarskiDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Missouri State University, 901 S. National Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65897, United States.ORCID 0009-0005-4875-3241
C JohnsonDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Missouri State University, 901 S. National Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65897, United States.
S MamoudDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Missouri State University, 901 S. National Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65897, United States.
G A MeintsDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Missouri State University, 901 S. National Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65897, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6967-7966
Missouri State University · USUniversity of Michigan · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T:G mismatches in mammals arise primarily from the deamination of methylated CpG sites or the incorporation of improper nucleotides. The process by which repair enzymes such as thymine DNA glycosylase (TDG) identify a canonical DNA base in the incorrect pairing context remains a mystery. However, the abundant contacts of the repair enzymes with the DNA backbone suggest a role for protein-phosphate interaction in the recognition and repair processes, where conformational properties may facilitate the proper interactions. We have previously used

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NucleotidesThymine DNA GlycosylaseAnimalsBase SequenceDNADNA RepairMammalsMolecular ConformationDNANucleotidesThymine DNA Glycosylase

Identifiers

PMID37699121
PMCPMC10552547
OpenAlexW4386632261

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