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Nucleic Acids Research 2004 32(21):6260-6267; doi:10.1093/nar/gkh964
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Published online 1 December 2004

Nucleic Acids Research, Vol. 32 No. 21 © Oxford University Press 2004; all rights reserved

Repair of 3-methylthymine and 1-methylguanine lesions by bacterial and human AlkB proteins

Pål Ø. Falnes*

Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Oslo, Postboks 1041, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway

* Tel: +47 22854840; Fax: +47 22854443; Email: pal.falnes{at}imbv.uio.no

Received November 8, 2004; Accepted November 9, 2004

The Escherichia coli AlkB protein repairs 1-methyladenine (1-meA) and 3-methylcytosine (3-meC) lesions in DNA and RNA by oxidative demethylation, a reaction requiring ferrous iron and 2-oxoglutarate as cofactor and co-substrate, respectively. Here, we have studied the activity of AlkB proteins on 3-methylthymine (3-meT) and 1-methylguanine (1-meG), two minor lesions which are structurally analogous to 1-meA and 3-meC. AlkB as well as the human AlkB homologues, hABH2 and hABH3, were all able to demethylate 3-meT in a DNA oligonucleotide containing a single 3-meT residue. Also, 1-meG lesions introduced by chemical methylation of tRNA were efficiently removed by AlkB. Unlike 1-meA and 3-meC, nucleosides or bases corresponding to 1-meG or 3-meT did not stimulate the uncoupled, AlkB-mediated decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate. Our data show that 3-meT and 1-meG are repaired by AlkB, but indicate that the recognition of these substrates is different from that in the case of 1-meA and 3-meC.


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