Photolyases and cryptochromes: common mechanisms of DNA repair and light-driven signaling?

DNA photolyases are extremely efficient light-driven DNA repair enzymes that use the energy of a blue-light photon to ‘inject’ an electron onto UV-damaged DNA, catalyzing the splitting of mutagenic pyrimidine dimers. By contrast, cryptochromes use blue light to trigger signaling cascades in multicel...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Current opinion in structural biology 2006-02, Vol.16 (1), p.51-59
1. Verfasser:	Essen, Lars-Oliver
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cryptochromes Deoxyribodipyrimidine Photo-Lyase - physiology DNA Repair - physiology Escherichia coli - enzymology Escherichia coli - genetics Flavoproteins - genetics Flavoproteins - physiology Signal Transduction - genetics Signal Transduction - physiology Thermus thermophilus - enzymology Thermus thermophilus - genetics
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