Dra. María Teresa Roldán. (Univ. Córdoba)
Jueves, 6 de junio de 2019. 12:00 h
Salón de Grados cicCartuja2
Base excision repair (BER) is a crucial defense pathway that replaces damaged DNA bases. It is a multistep process initiated by DNA glycosylases, small enzymes that excise the altered base and generate an intermediate that must be processed by additional proteins before repair is completed. BER has been extensively studied in bacteria, yeast, and mammals.
Results obtained so far in plants indicate that they share many BER components with other organisms, but possess some distinctive features. Among other BER innovations, plants have evolved an unique family of large DNA glycosylases that excise 5-methylcytosine (5-meC), allowing its replacement with unmethylated C. These enzymes, typified by Arabidopsis ROS1 and DME, initiate a BER-based, active DNA demethylation pathway that prevents hypermethylation and plays important functions in genome imprinting and seed development. After 5-meC excision, ROS1/DME proteins incise the sugar-phosphate backbone, generating single nucleotide gaps with non-canonical 3´-ends that are processed by additional BER enzymes, such as APE1L and ZDP. Another repair-related factor, DDB2, avoids accumulation of potentially harmful DNA demethylation intermediates and coordinates methylation and demethylation activities.
Thus, beyond its canonical role in genome maintenance, the plant DNA repair machinery performs critical functions in epigenetic regulation.
La iniciativa es 3DBones, una idea patentada que ha logrado el Primer Premio Personal Docente Investigador en el Concurso de la US.
El GEQO concede esta distinción por sus contribuciones excepcionales a la Química Organometálica.
El pasado día 25 de febrero murió a los 92 años D. Antonio Paneque, que dejó una huella imborrable en el IBVF, instituto ayudó a fundar y al que sirvió hasta su jubilación como Profesor de Investigación del CSIC.
El Prof. Sauvage visitará cicCartuja y pronunciará conferencias en cicCartuja, la Univ. de Sevilla y el IES San Isidoro.
El concurso se realiza en dos fases, a nivel autonómico y nacional.
El ganador es Juan José Moreno del Instituto de Investiigaciones Químicas (IIQ).
Paula de Navascués, ha resultado finalista. Ambos realizaron su trabajo en el ICMS.