DNA Repair Molecules Dance and Disband (VIDEO)

University of Pittsburgh

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Damage detector UV-DDB (red) and repair molecule OGG1 (green) come together (yellow) at the site along the DNA strand that needs fixing. Then OGG1 detaches once the job is done. The video is slowed to 1/18 speed.

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Jang et al. (2019) Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

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