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Functional complementation of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis AP endonuclease gene (lamap) in Escherichia coli mutant strains challenged with DNA damage agents

During its life cycle Leishmania spp. face several stress conditions that can cause DNA damages. Base Excision Repair plays an important role in DNA maintenance and it is one of the most conserved mechanisms in all living organisms. DNA repair in trypanosomatids has been reported only for Old World...

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Autores principales: Verissimo-Villela, Erika, Kitahara-Oliveira, Milene Yoko, dos Reis, Ana Beatriz de Bragança, Albano, Rodolpho Mattos, Da-Cruz, Alda Maria, Bello, Alexandre Ribeiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4878305/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27223868
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0074-02760150412
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Sumario:During its life cycle Leishmania spp. face several stress conditions that can cause DNA damages. Base Excision Repair plays an important role in DNA maintenance and it is one of the most conserved mechanisms in all living organisms. DNA repair in trypanosomatids has been reported only for Old World Leishmania species. Here the AP endonuclease from Leishmania (L.) amazonensis was cloned, expressed in Escherichia coli mutants defective on the DNA repair machinery, that were submitted to different stress conditions, showing ability to survive in comparison to the triple null mutant parental strain BW535. Phylogenetic and multiple sequence analyses also confirmed that LAMAP belongs to the AP endonuclease class of proteins.