Biology:MAG1

3-methyl-adenine DNA glycosylase [Saccharomyces cerevisiae]
Identifiers
Symbol	MAG1
NCBI gene	856885
UniProt	P22134
Other data
EC number	3.2.2.21

DNA-3-methyladenine glycosylase is an enzyme that in yeast is encoded by the MAG1 gene.

MAG1 is involved in protecting DNA against alkylating agents. It initiates base excision repair by removing damaged bases to create abasic sites that are subsequently repaired.

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