"DNA Glycosylases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of DNA repair enzymes that recognize damaged nucleotide bases and remove them by hydrolyzing the N-glycosidic bond that attaches them to the sugar backbone of the DNA molecule. The process called BASE EXCISION REPAIR can be completed by a DNA-(APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE which excises the remaining RIBOSE sugar from the DNA.
| Descriptor ID |
D045647
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.074.249 D08.811.277.450.430.099
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| Concept/Terms |
DNA Glycosylases- DNA Glycosylases
- Glycosylases, DNA
- DNA Glycosylase
- Glycosylase, DNA
- DNA N-glycosidase
- DNA N glycosidase
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