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Damage recognition by uracil-DNA-glycosylase (UDG) in the nucleosome requires strict structural conditions, suggesting that mechanical deformation of DNA around defective sites acts as a signal to accelerate the search process rather than relying on purely random search. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Investigate the molecular mechanisms and structural constraints that enable uracil-DNA-glycosylase to identify damaged uracil bases within nucleosomal DNA.

September 8, 2026Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics

Molecular Basis for Uracil‐ DNA ‐Glycosylase to Identify DNA Damage in the Nucleosome

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SGSafwen GhediriCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique RBRalf BlosseyCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique FCFabrizio CleriCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Computational simulation study reveals strict structural requirements for uracil-DNA-glycosylase damage recognition in nucleosomal DNA, suggesting mechanical deformation guides repair search.

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Investigate the molecular mechanisms and structural constraints that enable uracil-DNA-glycosylase to identify damaged uracil bases within nucleosomal DNA.
Conducted all-atom molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations of uracil-DNA-glycosylase interacting with damaged uracil.
Modeled a full nucleosome system with defective bases inserted at various positions across the 145-base-pair sequence across an ensemble of simulation trajectories.
Damage recognition by uracil-DNA-glycosylase requires strict structural conditions that are highly unlikely to be achieved through an unguided random search along nucleosomal DNA.
Mechanical deformation of nucleosomal DNA surrounding defective sites likely signals lesion presence, accelerating enzyme localization.

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Ghediri et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9fd7d558e84d0ff5b46d45 https://doi.org/10.1002/prot.70172

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Computational simulation study reveals strict structural requirements for uracil-DNA-glycosylase damage recognition in nucleosomal DNA, suggesting mechanical deformation guides repair search.

Molecular Basis for Uracil‐ DNA ‐Glycosylase to Identify DNA Damage in the Nucleosome

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