Nei endonuclease VIII-like 3 (E. coli) is a protein in humans that is encoded by the NEIL3 gene.[5]

NEIL3
Identifiers
AliasesNEIL3, FGP2, FPG2, NEI3, ZGRF3, hFPG2, hNEI3, nei like DNA glycosylase 3
External IDsOMIM: 608934; MGI: 2384588; HomoloGene: 10094; GeneCards: NEIL3; OMA:NEIL3 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_018248

NM_146208

RefSeq (protein)

NP_060718

NP_666320

Location (UCSC)Chr 4: 177.31 – 177.36 MbChr 8: 54.04 – 54.09 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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NEIL3 belongs to a class of DNA glycosylases homologous to the bacterial Fpg/Nei family. These glycosylases initiate the first step in base excision repair by cleaving bases damaged by reactive oxygen species and introducing a DNA strand break via the associated lyase reaction.[6]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000109674Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000039396Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ "Entrez Gene: Nei endonuclease VIII-like 3 (E. coli)".
  6. ^ Bandaru V, Sunkara S, Wallace SS, Bond JP (July 2002). "A novel human DNA glycosylase that removes oxidative DNA damage and is homologous to Escherichia coli endonuclease VIII". DNA Repair (Amst.). 1 (7): 517–29. doi:10.1016/S1568-7864(02)00036-8. PMID 12509226.