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Table 2 Ribosomal proteins in DNA repair mechanisms

From: The other lives of ribosomal proteins

Ribosomal protein

Organism

Function

Reference

S9

E. coli

Involved in SOS repair mechanism by participating with polymerase UmuC

3

S3

Drosophila spp.

DNA repair endonuclease. Corrects damage resulting from oxidative and ionising radiation

27

 

H. sapiens

Knockdown of S3 protects human cells from genotoxic stress.

This is the converse of the situation in Drosophila S3

28

P0/LP0 (constituent of ribosomal stalk structure)

Drosophila, H. sapiens

Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease activity

29

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