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Structural characterisation of complexes that arise as intermediates during the repair of general DNA damage

ReferenceB19728
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Dr Tracey Barrett
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Dr Simona Ceschini
Institution Birkbeck College
DepartmentBiological Sciences
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 150,377
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 01/09/2003
End date 31/08/2005
Duration24 months

Abstract

The repair of DNA damage, a vital cellular process, is performed by a number of distinct mechanisms that can be broadly categorised by their affinity for specific or non-specific lesions. Whilst a plethora of structural data exists for the specific class including complexes, there is only one example of a general DNA repair protein bound to its target. We aim to: (1) determine the structure of a key component of the UvrABC pathway bound to several distinct forms of DNA damage based on our recent structural data (unpublished); (2) the structure determination of complexes involved in the incision process; and (3) the characterisation of protein:DNA complexes involving the general DNA repair enzyme UVDE.

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Committee Closed Committee - Biomolecular Sciences (BMS)
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