P. W. Doetsch

Effects of abasic sites and DNA single-strand breaks on prokaryotic RNA polymerases.

Zhou, W, Doetsch, P W

Abasic sites are thought to be the most frequently occurring cellular DNA damage and are generated spontaneously or as the result of chemical or radiation damage to DNA. In contrast to the wealth of...

Identification of a mammalian nuclear factor and human cDNA-encoded proteins that recognize DNA containing apurinic sites.

Lenz, J, Okenquist, S A, LoSardo, J E, Hamilton, K K, Doetsch, P W

Damage to DNA can have lethal or mutagenic consequences for cells unless it is detected and repaired by cellular proteins. Repair depends on the ability of cellular factors to distinguish the damaged...

Escherichia coli RNA and DNA polymerase bypass of dihydrouracil: mutagenic potential via transcription and replication.

Liu, J, Doetsch, P W

Dihydrouracil (DHU) is a DNA base damage product produced in significant amounts by ionizing radiation damage to cytosine under anoxic conditions. DHU represents a model for pyrimidine base damage...

Characterization of Schizosaccharomyces pombe Rad2 protein, a FEN-1 homolog.

Alleva, J L, Doetsch, P W

FEN-1 proteins are a family of nucleases essential for lagging strand DNA synthesis. A gene with sequence similarity to FEN-1 protein-encoding genes, rad2 +, has been identified in...

Substrate specificities of the ntg1 and ntg2 proteins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for oxidized DNA bases are not identical.

Sentürker, S, Auffret Van Der Kemp, P, You, H J, Doetsch, P W, Dizdaroglu, M, Boiteux, S

Two genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, NTG1 and NTG2, encode proteins with a significant sequence homology to the endonuclease III of Escherichia coli. The Ntg1 and Ntg2 proteins were overexpressed...

Substrate specificity of ultraviolet DNA endonuclease (UVDE/Uve1p) from Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

Avery, A M, Kaur, B, Taylor, J S, Mello, J A, Essigmann, J M, Doetsch, P W

Schizosaccharomyces pombe ultraviolet DNA endonuclease (UVDE or Uve1p) has been shown to cleave 5' to UV light-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) and pyrimidine-pyrimidone (6-4)...

An alternative eukaryotic DNA excision repair pathway.

Freyer, G A, Davey, S, Ferrer, J V, Martin, A M, Beach, D, Doetsch, P W

DNA lesions induced by UV light, cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers, and (6-4)pyrimidine pyrimidones are known to be repaired by the process of nucleotide excision repair (NER). However, in the fission...

RNA polymerase bypass at sites of dihydrouracil: implications for transcriptional mutagenesis.

Liu, J, Zhou, W, Doetsch, P W

Dihydrouracil (DHU) is a major base damage product formed from cytosine following exposure of DNA to ionizing radiation under anoxic conditions. To gain insight into the DNA lesion structural...

A new ATP-independent DNA endonuclease from Schizosaccharomyces pombe that recognizes cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers and 6-4 photoproducts.

Bowman, K K, Sidik, K, Smith, C A, Taylor, J S, Doetsch, P W, Freyer, G A

We have discovered a new DNA endonuclease in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe which recognizes cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers and (6-4) pyrimidine-pyrimidone photoproducts. S. pombe DNA...

Structural determination of the ultraviolet light-induced thymine-cytosine pyrimidine-pyrimidone (6-4) photoproduct.

Franklin, W A, Doetsch, P W, Haseltine, W A

Ultraviolet light induces damage to DNA, with the majority of the damage expressed as the formation of cyclobutane dimers and pyrimidine-pyrimidone (6-4) photoproducts. The (6-4) photoproducts have...

DNA binding properties of YB-1 and dbpA: binding to double-stranded, single-stranded, and abasic site containing DNAs.

Hasegawa, S L, Doetsch, P W, Hamilton, K K, Martin, A M, Okenquist, S A, Lenz, J, ...

A number of eukaryotic DNA binding proteins have been isolated by screening phage expression libraries with DNA probes containing the binding site of the DNA-binding protein. This methodology was...

Nuclease SP: a novel enzyme from spinach that incises damaged duplex DNA preferentially at sites of adenine.

Doetsch, P W, McCray, W H, Lee, K, Bettler, D R, Valenzuela, M R

A novel endonuclease has been isolated from extracts of spinach leaves (Spinacia oleracea). The enzyme has been purified by a series of column chromatography steps and has a molecular size of...

T4 DNA polymerase (3'-5') exonuclease, an enzyme for the detection and quantitation of stable DNA lesions: the ultraviolet light example.

Doetsch, P W, Chan, G L, Haseltine, W A

Ultraviolet light irradiation of DNA results in the formation of two major types of photoproducts, cyclobutane dimers and 6-4' [pyrimidin-2'-one] -pyrimidine photoproducts. The enzyme T4 DNA...

Core (2'-5')oligoadenylate and the cordycepin analog: inhibitors of Epstein--Barr virus-induced transformation of human lymphocytes in the absence of interferon.

Doetsch, P W, Suhadolnik, R J, Sawada, Y, Mosca, J D, Flick, M B, Reichenbach, N L, ...

The 3'-deoxyadenosine (cordycepin) analog of (2'-5')oligo(A) [(2'-5')oligoadenylate with a triphosphate at the 5' end], synthesized enzymatically from cordycepin 5'-triphosphate in lysed rabbit...

A highly conserved endonuclease activity present in Escherichia coli, bovine, and human cells recognizes oxidative DNA damage at sites of pyrimidines.

Doetsch, P W, Henner, W D, Cunningham, R P, Toney, J H, Helland, D E

We have compared the sites of nucleotide incision on DNA damaged by oxidizing agents when cleavage is mediated by either Escherichia coli endonuclease III or an endonuclease present in bovine and...

Substrate specificity of a mammalian DNA repair endonuclease that recognizes oxidative base damage.

Helland, D E, Doetsch, P W, Haseltine, W A

The substrate specificity of a calf thymus endonuclease on DNA damaged by UV ligh, ionizing radiation, and oxidizing agents was investigated. End-labeled DNA fragments of defined sequence were used...

A Drosophila ribosomal protein contains 8-oxoguanine and abasic site DNA repair activities.

Yacoub, A, Augeri, L, Kelley, M R, Doetsch, P W, Deutsch, W A

Ionizing radiation and normal cellular respiration form reactive oxygen species that damage DNA and contribute to a variety of human disorders including tumor promotion and carcinogenesis. A major...

Effects of abasic sites and DNA single-strand breaks on prokaryotic RNA polymerases.

Zhou, W, Doetsch, P W

Abasic sites are thought to be the most frequently occurring cellular DNA damage and are generated spontaneously or as the result of chemical or radiation damage to DNA. In contrast to the wealth of...

Identification of a mammalian nuclear factor and human cDNA-encoded proteins that recognize DNA containing apurinic sites.

Lenz, J, Okenquist, S A, LoSardo, J E, Hamilton, K K, Doetsch, P W

Damage to DNA can have lethal or mutagenic consequences for cells unless it is detected and repaired by cellular proteins. Repair depends on the ability of cellular factors to distinguish the damaged...

Escherichia coli RNA and DNA polymerase bypass of dihydrouracil: mutagenic potential via transcription and replication.

Liu, J, Doetsch, P W

Dihydrouracil (DHU) is a DNA base damage product produced in significant amounts by ionizing radiation damage to cytosine under anoxic conditions. DHU represents a model for pyrimidine base damage...

Characterization of Schizosaccharomyces pombe Rad2 protein, a FEN-1 homolog.

Alleva, J L, Doetsch, P W

FEN-1 proteins are a family of nucleases essential for lagging strand DNA synthesis. A gene with sequence similarity to FEN-1 protein-encoding genes, rad2 +, has been identified in...

Substrate specificities of the ntg1 and ntg2 proteins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for oxidized DNA bases are not identical.

Sentürker, S, Auffret Van Der Kemp, P, You, H J, Doetsch, P W, Dizdaroglu, M, Boiteux, S

Two genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, NTG1 and NTG2, encode proteins with a significant sequence homology to the endonuclease III of Escherichia coli. The Ntg1 and Ntg2 proteins were overexpressed...

Substrate specificity of ultraviolet DNA endonuclease (UVDE/Uve1p) from Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

Avery, A M, Kaur, B, Taylor, J S, Mello, J A, Essigmann, J M, Doetsch, P W

Schizosaccharomyces pombe ultraviolet DNA endonuclease (UVDE or Uve1p) has been shown to cleave 5' to UV light-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) and pyrimidine-pyrimidone (6-4)...

An alternative eukaryotic DNA excision repair pathway.

Freyer, G A, Davey, S, Ferrer, J V, Martin, A M, Beach, D, Doetsch, P W

DNA lesions induced by UV light, cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers, and (6-4)pyrimidine pyrimidones are known to be repaired by the process of nucleotide excision repair (NER). However, in the fission...

RNA polymerase bypass at sites of dihydrouracil: implications for transcriptional mutagenesis.

Liu, J, Zhou, W, Doetsch, P W

Dihydrouracil (DHU) is a major base damage product formed from cytosine following exposure of DNA to ionizing radiation under anoxic conditions. To gain insight into the DNA lesion structural...

A new ATP-independent DNA endonuclease from Schizosaccharomyces pombe that recognizes cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers and 6-4 photoproducts.

Bowman, K K, Sidik, K, Smith, C A, Taylor, J S, Doetsch, P W, Freyer, G A

We have discovered a new DNA endonuclease in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe which recognizes cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers and (6-4) pyrimidine-pyrimidone photoproducts. S. pombe DNA...

Structural determination of the ultraviolet light-induced thymine-cytosine pyrimidine-pyrimidone (6-4) photoproduct.

Franklin, W A, Doetsch, P W, Haseltine, W A

Ultraviolet light induces damage to DNA, with the majority of the damage expressed as the formation of cyclobutane dimers and pyrimidine-pyrimidone (6-4) photoproducts. The (6-4) photoproducts have...

DNA binding properties of YB-1 and dbpA: binding to double-stranded, single-stranded, and abasic site containing DNAs.

Hasegawa, S L, Doetsch, P W, Hamilton, K K, Martin, A M, Okenquist, S A, Lenz, J, ...

A number of eukaryotic DNA binding proteins have been isolated by screening phage expression libraries with DNA probes containing the binding site of the DNA-binding protein. This methodology was...

Nuclease SP: a novel enzyme from spinach that incises damaged duplex DNA preferentially at sites of adenine.

Doetsch, P W, McCray, W H, Lee, K, Bettler, D R, Valenzuela, M R

A novel endonuclease has been isolated from extracts of spinach leaves (Spinacia oleracea). The enzyme has been purified by a series of column chromatography steps and has a molecular size of...

T4 DNA polymerase (3'-5') exonuclease, an enzyme for the detection and quantitation of stable DNA lesions: the ultraviolet light example.

Doetsch, P W, Chan, G L, Haseltine, W A

Ultraviolet light irradiation of DNA results in the formation of two major types of photoproducts, cyclobutane dimers and 6-4' [pyrimidin-2'-one] -pyrimidine photoproducts. The enzyme T4 DNA...

Core (2'-5')oligoadenylate and the cordycepin analog: inhibitors of Epstein--Barr virus-induced transformation of human lymphocytes in the absence of interferon.

Doetsch, P W, Suhadolnik, R J, Sawada, Y, Mosca, J D, Flick, M B, Reichenbach, N L, ...

The 3'-deoxyadenosine (cordycepin) analog of (2'-5')oligo(A) [(2'-5')oligoadenylate with a triphosphate at the 5' end], synthesized enzymatically from cordycepin 5'-triphosphate in lysed rabbit...

A highly conserved endonuclease activity present in Escherichia coli, bovine, and human cells recognizes oxidative DNA damage at sites of pyrimidines.

Doetsch, P W, Henner, W D, Cunningham, R P, Toney, J H, Helland, D E

We have compared the sites of nucleotide incision on DNA damaged by oxidizing agents when cleavage is mediated by either Escherichia coli endonuclease III or an endonuclease present in bovine and...

Substrate specificity of a mammalian DNA repair endonuclease that recognizes oxidative base damage.

Helland, D E, Doetsch, P W, Haseltine, W A

The substrate specificity of a calf thymus endonuclease on DNA damaged by UV ligh, ionizing radiation, and oxidizing agents was investigated. End-labeled DNA fragments of defined sequence were used...

A Drosophila ribosomal protein contains 8-oxoguanine and abasic site DNA repair activities.

Yacoub, A, Augeri, L, Kelley, M R, Doetsch, P W, Deutsch, W A

Ionizing radiation and normal cellular respiration form reactive oxygen species that damage DNA and contribute to a variety of human disorders including tumor promotion and carcinogenesis. A major...