XPB and XPD helicases in TFIIH orchestrate DNA duplex opening and damage verification to coordinate repair with transcription and cell cycle via CAK kinase

JO Fuss, JA Tainer�- DNA repair, 2011 - Elsevier
Helicases must unwind DNA at the right place and time to maintain genomic integrity or
gene expression. Biologically critical XPB and XPD helicases are key members of the�…

[HTML][HTML] Envisioning how the prototypic molecular machine TFIIH functions in transcription initiation and DNA repair

SE Tsutakawa, CL Tsai, C Yan, A Bralić, WJ Chazin…�- DNA repair, 2020 - Elsevier
Critical for transcription initiation and bulky lesion DNA repair, TFIIH provides an exemplary
system to connect molecular mechanisms to biological outcomes due to its strong genetic�…

A history of TFIIH: two decades of molecular biology on a pivotal transcription/repair factor

JM Egly, F Coin�- DNA repair, 2011 - Elsevier
The TFIIH multiprotein complex is organized into a 7-subunit core associated with a 3-
subunit CDK-activating kinase module (CAK). Three enzymatic subunits are present in�…

TFIIH: A multi-subunit complex at the cross-roads of transcription and DNA repair

O Kolesnikova, L Radu, A Poterszman�- Advances in Protein Chemistry�…, 2019 - Elsevier
Transcription factor IIH (TFIIH) is a multiprotein complex involved in both eukaryotic
transcription and DNA repair, revealing a tight connection between these two processes�…

[HTML][HTML] In TFIIH the Arch domain of XPD is mechanistically essential for transcription and DNA repair

S Peissert, F Sauer, DB Grabarczyk, C Braun…�- Nature�…, 2020 - nature.com
The XPD helicase is a central component of the general transcription factor TFIIH which
plays major roles in transcription and nucleotide excision repair (NER). Here we present the�…

Molecular insights into the recruitment of TFIIH to sites of DNA damage

V Oksenych, BB De Jesus, A Zhovmer, JM Egly…�- The EMBO�…, 2009 - embopress.org
XPB and XPD subunits of TFIIH are central genome caretakers involved in nucleotide
excision repair (NER), although their respective role within this DNA repair pathway remains�…

ARCH domain of XPD, an anchoring platform for CAK that conditions TFIIH DNA repair and transcription activities

W Abdulrahman, I Iltis, L Radu…�- Proceedings of the�…, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
The xeroderma pigmentosum group D (XPD) helicase is a subunit of transcription/DNA
repair factor, transcription factor II H (TFIIH) that catalyzes the unwinding of a damaged DNA�…

The long unwinding road: XPB and XPD helicases in damaged DNA opening

V Oksenych, F Coin�- Cell cycle, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The mammalian nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathway removes dangerous bulky
adducts from genomic DNA. Failure to eliminate these lesions can lead to oncogenesis�…

[HTML][HTML] In TFIIH, XPD helicase is exclusively devoted to DNA repair

J Kuper, C Braun, A Elias, G Michels, F Sauer…�- PLoS�…, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The eukaryotic XPD helicase is an essential subunit of TFIIH involved in both transcription
and nucleotide excision repair (NER). Mutations in human XPD are associated with several�…

[HTML][HTML] XPD helicase structures and activities: insights into the cancer and aging phenotypes from XPD mutations

L Fan, JO Fuss, QJ Cheng, AS Arvai, M Hammel…�- Cell, 2008 - cell.com
Mutations in XPD helicase, required for nucleotide excision repair (NER) as part of the
transcription/repair complex TFIIH, cause three distinct phenotypes: cancer-prone�…