The recent discovery of many new mammalian DNA polymerases has left researchers trying to assign their biological functions. Surprising evidence has just emerged indicating that DNA polymerase κ, an enzyme implicated in the bypass of replication blocks, has a role in gap-filling synthesis during nucleotide excision repair (NER) of DNA adducts.
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Kunkel, T., Houten, B. Survival choices. Nat Cell Biol 8, 547–549 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb0606-547
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