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Repair of DNA-protein crosslinks
Mismatch excision repair (MMR)
Nucleotide excision repair (NER)
Modulation of nucleotide pools
DNA polymerases (catalytic subunits)
Editing and processing nucleases
Ubiquitination and modification
Genes defective in diseases associated with sensitivity to DNA damaging agents
Other identified genes with known or suspected DNA repair function
Other conserved DNA damage response genes
Gene Name (synonyms) Some gene products act in more than one pathway, but each is listed only once below |
Activity linked to |
Chromosome location linked to |
Accession number linked to |
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Direct reversal of damage | ||||
Repair of DNA-protein crosslinks | ||||
Mismatch excision repair (MMR) | ||||
Mismatch (MSH2-MSH6) and loop (MSH2-MSH3) recognition
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MutL homologs, forming heterodimer , |
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MutS homologs specialized for meiosis
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MutL homologs of unknown function
, PMS2L3 |
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER) | (XP = xeroderma pigmentosum) | |||
Binds DNA distortions
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Complex defective in XP group E , |
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Binds DNA in preincision complex , , |
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TFIIH | Catalyzes unwinding in preincision complex | |||
Kinase subunits of TFIIH , , |
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NER-related | ||||
Cockayne syndrome and UV-Sensitive Syndrome; Needed for transcription-coupled NER
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Homologous recombination | ||||
Shu subunits, RAD51 recruitment , , , |
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DNA break and crosslink repair , |
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Accessory factors for recombination , , |
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Recruit cohesion during HR , |
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Suppressing end-resection , , |
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Subunits of structure-specific DNA nuclease
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Subunit of SLX1-SLX4 structure-specific nuclease, two identical tandem genes in the human genome , |
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Fanconi anemia | Tolerance and repair of DNA crosslinks and other adducts in DNA |
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Non-homologous end-joining | ||||
Modulation of nucleotide pools | ||||
DNA polymerases | ||||
Pol delta subunits , , , |
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Pol epsilon subunits , , , |
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Editing and processing nucleases | ||||
incision 3' of hypoxanthine and uracil in DNA and inosine in RNA | ||||
Ubiquitination and modification | ||||
Ubiquitin-conjugating complex , |
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Chromatin Structure and Modification | ||||
Genes defective in diseases associated with sensitivity to DNA damaging agents | ||||
Other identified genes with known or suspected DNA repair function | ||||
Other conserved DNA damage response genes | ||||
subunits of PCNA-like sensor of damaged
DNA
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Effector kinases , |
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This table was last modified by R. Wood and M. Lowery on Wednesday 10th June 2020