Table 2

Selected gene homologies relevant to this work

Halobacterium
Bacteria
S. cerevisiae
S. pombe
human
Function

rad21

RAD271
rad21
FEN-11
structure-specific endunuclease makes 3' incision in base excision repair
rad3a, rad3b

RAD3
rad15
XPD
5' to 3' helicase
rad25a, rad25b

RAD25

XPB
3' to 5' helicase


RAD2
rad13
XPG
makes 3' incision in eukaryotic NER
eif4a

RAD1
rad16
XPF
makes 5' incision in eukaryotic NER (with RAD10/ERCC1)
uvrA, uvrB, uvrC, uvrD
uvrA, uvrB, uvrC, uvrD



recognition, incision and removal of damaged DNA in bacterial NER

Notes

1 S. cerevisiae RAD2/human XPG belongs to the same multigene family as S. cerevisiae RAD27/FEN-1 but the Halobacterium sp. NRC-1homolog, rad2, is more closely related to RAD27/FEN-1. There is no other homolog in Halobacterium sp. NRC-1.

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