Very short patch repair

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title: Very short patch repair
text: Very short patch (VSP) repair is a DNA repair system that removes GT mismatches created by the deamination of 5-methylcytosine to thymine. This system exists because the glycosylases which normally target deaminated bases cannot target thymine. The components of the system are MutS, which binds to the GT mismatch, the VSR endonuclease, which cuts the DNA, and MutL, which recruits the UvrD helicase. VSR endonucleases occur in a variety of bacteria. They work by cutting, or rather, making a nick i
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