Oxidative demethylation by Escherichia coli AlkB directly reverts DNA base damage

Demethylation of the zygotic paternal genome

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Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +12

The DNA-repair protein AlkB, EGL-9, and leprecan define new families of 2-oxoglutarate- and iron-dependent dioxygenases

L. Aravind, Eugene V. Koonin · Genome biology · 2001 · 545 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +16

Ascorbate is consumed stoichiometrically in the uncoupled reactions catalyzed by prolyl 4-hydroxylase and lysyl hydroxylase.

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Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Enzyme Mechanism +11

Increased spontaneous mutation and alkylation sensitivity of Escherichia coli strains lacking the ogt O6-methylguanine DNA repair methyltransferase

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Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +17

A new gene (alkB) of Escherichia coli that controls sensitivity to methyl methane sulfonate

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Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +15