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Answer the following questions Put the following processes in the CORRECT order

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Question

Answer the following questions

Put the following processes in the CORRECT order for the base excision repair mechanism.
(1) DNA glycosylase cuts a base–sugar bond. This results in either an apurinic or apyrimidinic site.
(2) DNA polymerase fills in the missing stretch of DNA using the complementary DNA strand as a template.
(3) Base damage is detected.
(4) AP endonuclease nicks the damaged DNA strand upstream of the damage site.
(5) DNA ligase links the phosphate-sugar backbone of the newly synthesized DNA segment with the remainder of the existing strand.
(6) Deoxyribophosphodiesterase removes a stretch of DNA from the damaged DNA strand. 3, 4, 6, 5, 2, 1 3, 4, 2, 5, 1, 6 3, 1, 4, 6, 2, 5 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 None of the answers is correct.

Explanation / Answer

Answer for question number 1: The correct answwer is B (3, 4, 2, 5, 1, 6).

Answer for question number 2 : The correct answer is B (nucleotide-excision repair/NER).

Explanation : Xeroderma pigmentosum patients are sunlight-sensitive and they develop skin cancers upon exposed to sunlight. NER involved in repair of adducts such as Cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers, 6-4 photoproducts, benzo[a]pyrene-guanine etc.,