Abstract
UV-damaged DNA binding protein (UV-DDB) is a heterodimeric complex, composed of DDB1 and DDB2, and is involved in global genome nucleotide excision repair. Mutations in DDB2 are associated with xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group E. UV-DDB forms a ubiquitin E3 ligase complex with cullin-4A and RBX that helps to relax chromatin around UV-induced photoproducts through the ubiquitination of histone H2A. After providing a brief historical perspective on UV-DDB, we review our current knowledge of the structure and function of this intriguing repair protein. Finally, this article discusses emerging data suggesting that UV-DDB may have other non-canonical roles in base excision repair and the etiology of cancer.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 102860 |
Journal | DNA Repair |
Volume | 94 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020 Elsevier B.V.
Keywords
- Nucleotide excision repair
- Single molecule
- Structure-function
- UV-DDB
- XP-E
- Xeroderma pigmentosum