Photoenzymic Repair of UV-Damaged DNA: A Chemist's Perspective

摘要

Photolyases provide an opportunity to gain insights into the way in which natural systems take advantage of the energy source consisting of solar radiation. They also offer many challenges to physical and synthetic organic chemists, who employ the vast range of modern spectroscopic techniques to elucidate an intriguing photobiochemical reaction that has an important role in the maintenance of accuracy in the genetic information of cells.