KEGG   PATHWAY: eee03450
Entry
eee03450                    Pathway                                
Name
Non-homologous end-joining - Electrophorus electricus (electric eel)
Description
Nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) eliminates DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) by direct ligation. NHEJ involves binding of the KU heterodimer to double-stranded DNA ends, recruitment of DNA-PKcs (MRX complex in yeast), processing of ends, and recruitment of the DNA ligase IV (LIG4)-XRCC4 complex, which brings about ligation. A recent study shows that bacteria accomplish NHEJ using just two proteins (Ku and DNA ligase), whereas eukaryotes require many factors. NHEJ repairs DSBs at all stages of the cell cycle, bringing about the ligation of two DNA DSBs without the need for sequence homology, and so is error-prone.
Class
Genetic Information Processing; Replication and repair
Pathway map
eee03450  Non-homologous end-joining
eee03450

Other DBs
GO: 0006303
Organism
Electrophorus electricus (electric eel) [GN:eee]
Gene
113574805  xrcc6; X-ray repair cross-complementing protein 6 [KO:K10884]
113575647  fen1; flap endonuclease 1 [KO:K04799] [EC:3.1.-.-]
113577002  poll; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: DNA polymerase lambda [KO:K03512] [EC:2.7.7.7 4.2.99.-]
113577964  xrcc5; X-ray repair cross-complementing protein 5 isoform X1 [KO:K10885]
113578526  lig4; DNA ligase 4 [KO:K10777] [EC:6.5.1.1]
113578987  mre11; double-strand break repair protein MRE11 [KO:K10865]
113579643  nhej1; non-homologous end-joining factor 1 [KO:K10980]
113579896  dntt; DNA nucleotidylexotransferase isoform X1 [KO:K00977] [EC:2.7.7.31]
113583195  prkdc; DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit isoform X1 [KO:K06642] [EC:2.7.11.1]
113583796  polm; DNA-directed DNA/RNA polymerase mu isoform X1 [KO:K03513] [EC:2.7.7.7]
113584415  dclre1c; protein artemis [KO:K10887] [EC:3.1.-.-]
113585516  rad50; DNA repair protein RAD50 [KO:K10866] [EC:3.6.-.-]
113590030  [KO:K04799] [EC:3.1.-.-]
113590882  xrcc4; DNA repair protein XRCC4 isoform X1 [KO:K10886]
Reference
  Authors
Gennery AR.
  Title
Primary immunodeficiency syndromes associated with defective DNA double-strand break repair.
  Journal
Br Med Bull 77-78:71-85 (2006)
DOI:10.1093/bmb/ldl006
Reference
  Authors
Zhang Y, Hefferin ML, Chen L, Shim EY, Tseng HM, Kwon Y, Sung P, Lee SE, Tomkinson AE.
  Title
Role of Dnl4-Lif1 in nonhomologous end-joining repair complex assembly and suppression of homologous recombination.
  Journal
Nat Struct Mol Biol 14:639-46 (2007)
DOI:10.1038/nsmb1261
Reference
  Authors
Wyman C, Kanaar R.
  Title
DNA double-strand break repair: all's well that ends well.
  Journal
Annu Rev Genet 40:363-83 (2006)
DOI:10.1146/annurev.genet.40.110405.090451
Reference
  Authors
Weller GR, Brandt VL, Roth DB.
  Title
Doing more with less in bacterial DNA repair.
  Journal
Nat Struct Mol Biol 11:1158-9 (2004)
DOI:10.1038/nsmb1204-1158
Reference
  Authors
Weller GR, Kysela B, Roy R, Tonkin LM, Scanlan E, Della M, Devine SK, Day JP, Wilkinson A, d'Adda di Fagagna F, Devine KM, Bowater RP, Jeggo PA, Jackson SP, Doherty AJ.
  Title
Identification of a DNA nonhomologous end-joining complex in bacteria.
  Journal
Science 297:1686-9 (2002)
DOI:10.1126/science.1074584
Reference
  Authors
Pitcher RS, Brissett NC, Doherty AJ.
  Title
Nonhomologous end-joining in bacteria: a microbial perspective.
  Journal
Annu Rev Microbiol 61:259-82 (2007)
DOI:10.1146/annurev.micro.61.080706.093354
KO pathway
ko03450   

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