DNA photolyase

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(thing) by BioTech (8.9 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Thu Aug 15 2002 at 22:44:54
A DNA repair enzyme which recognizes and removes dimers that have formed between pyrimidine nitrogenous bases on the same strand as each other, as a result of too much ultraviolet radiation. The enzyme can only do this if visible light is present. It is also called a photoreactivating enzyme.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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