The Roles of Several Residues of Escherichia coli DNA Photolyase in the Highly Efficient Photo-Repair of Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimers by Lei Xu, Guoping Zhu

“…Escherichia coli DNA photolyase is an enzyme that repairs the major kind of UV-induced lesions, cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD) in DNA utilizing 350–450 nm light as energy source. …”
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Mechanisms by which Human Cells Bypass Damaged Bases during DNA Replication after Ultraviolet Irradiation by James E. Cleaver

“…The most accurate mechanism uses low-fidelity DNA polymerases, Pol H and Pol I, which have active sites sufficiently large to accommodate a pyrimidine dimer. Replicative bypass of DNA damage by these polymerases produces an accurately replicated, newly synthesized strand. …”
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True Lies: The Double Life of the Nucleotide Excision Repair Factors in Transcription and DNA Repair by Nicolas Le May, Jean-Marc Egly, Frédéric Coin

“…NER removes structurally diverse lesions such as pyrimidine dimers, arising upon UV irradiation or bulky chemical adducts, arising upon exposure to carcinogens and some chemotherapeutic drugs. …”
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Characterization of a Y-Family DNA Polymerase eta from the Eukaryotic Thermophile Alvinella pompejana by Sayo Kashiwagi, Isao Kuraoka, Yoshie Fujiwara, Kenichi Hitomi, Quen J. Cheng, Jill O. Fuss, David S. Shin, Chikahide Masutani, John A. Tainer, Fumio Hanaoka, Shigenori Iwai

“…Human DNA polymerase η (HsPolη) plays an important role in translesion synthesis (TLS), which allows for replication past DNA damage such as UV-induced cis-syn cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs). Here, we characterized ApPolη from the thermophilic worm Alvinella pompejana, which inhabits deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimneys. …”
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Comparison of Radio- and Phototoxicity in Association with an Enhancing Effect of the Photosensitizers Psoralen, Trioxsalen and Ortho-Iodo-Hoechst33258 on FaDu, PC-3, 4T1 and B16-F... by Katja Tietze, Florian Brandt, Kerstin Wetzig, Lisa Hübinger, Marc Pretze, Ralph Alexander Bundschuh, Jörg Kotzerke

“…Survival fraction and damage analysis using the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="normal">γ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>H2A.X assay (double-strand breaks) and the ELISA assay (cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers) were compared. <b>Results:</b> The PC-3 cells were found to be the most sensitive cells to the treatment strategies used. …”
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