Table 1 8-oxo-dG repair pathways.

From: 8-Oxoguanine: from oxidative damage to epigenetic and epitranscriptional modification

8-Oxo-dG repair pathway

DNA lesion (substrate)

Damage recognition and removal

Downstream repair proteins

Reference

Base excision repair (BER)

8-oxo-dG

OGG1 → APE1

Short-patch BER: DNA pol β, DNA ligase III/XRCC1

10,31,35

OGG1 → APE1

Long-patch BER: DNA pol β, DNA ligase I, FEN1, PCNA, RFC, RPA, DNA pol δ or pol ε

29,36,37,38,39

8-oxo-dG coupled with A

MUTYH → APE1

DNA pol β, DNA pol λ

40

8-oxo-dG but mainly fapyG, fapyA

NEIL1 → PNK

DNA pol β, DNA ligase III/XRCC1

36,42

Hydrolysis

8-oxo-dGTP

MTH1

N/A

42

Transcription-coupled nucleotide excision repair (TC-NER)

8-oxo-dG

CSB, XPC → APE1

 

43,44

Mismatch repair (MMR)

8-oxo-dG coupled with A

MSH2/6, MUTYH

PCNA

41

Others

8-oxo-dG

MPG, RPS3

Unknown

45,46